Elaine L. Zanutto Faculty Profile

Elaine L. Zanutto
Assistant Professor of Statistics

PhD, Harvard University, 1998; MA, Harvard University, 1995; MSc, Carleton University, 1993; BA, Carleton University, 1991

Research Areas
Sample survey design and analysis; imputation for nonresponse; causal analysis of observational studies; missing data problems

Recent Consulting
Evaluating value-added assessment methods in education, Evaluating the effectiveness of a national anti-drug media campaign, Statistical estimation in the decennial census

Academic Positions Held
Wharton: 1998-present.

Representative Publications
(with W.F. Chiu, R.M. Yucel, and A.M. Zaslavsky)
“Using Matched Substitutes to Improve Imputations for Geographically Linked Databases,” to appear in Survey Methodology.

(with J. Reiter and L. Hunter)
“Analytical Modeling in Complex Surveys of Work Practices,” to appear in Industrial and Labor Relations Review.

“A Comparison of Propensity Score and Linear Regression Analysis of Complex Survey Data,” to appear in Journal of Data Science.

(with D.B. Rubin and E.A. Stuart)
“A Potential Outcomes View of Value-Added Assessment in Education,” Journal of Educational and Behavioral Statistics (2004).

(with A.M. Zaslavsky)
"Using Administrative Records to Improve Small Area Estimation: An Example for the U.S. Decennial Census," Journal of Official Statistics 18 (2002).

(with B. Lu, R. Hornik, and P.R. Rosenbaum)
"Matching with Doses in an Observational Study of a Media Campaign Against Drug Abuse," Journal of the American Statistical Association 96 (2001).