Principal Investigator
Joseph F. Lucke, Ph.D.
Primary Research Areas
Bayesian statistics; Quantitative methods in the social and biological sciences; Multivariate statistical analysis.
On-going Projects
Outcomes in patients with Parkison’s disease following deep-brain stimulation (funded by Adriana Blood Foundation). Statistician, in collaboration with Mya C. Schiess, M.D.
Measuring the value of remote ICU monitoring (funded by Agency for Healthcare). Statistician (in collaboration with Eric Thomas, M.D.).
Representative and Recent Publications
Lucke, J. F. (2009). A critique of the false-positive report probability. Genetic Epidemiology, 33, 145-150.
Gill, S. L., Lucke, J. F., Reifsnider, E., & Mann, A. (2007). Predicting breastfeeding attrition: Adapting the breastfeeding attrition prediction tool. Journal of Perinatal & Neonatal Nursing, 21, 216-224.
Gill, S. L., Reifsnider, E., & Lucke, J. F. (2007). Effects of support on the incidence and duration of breastfeeding. Western Journal of Nursing Research, 29, 708-723.
Tyson, J. E., Kennedy, K. A., Lucke, J. F., & Pedroza, C. (2007). Dilemmas initiating enteral feedings in high risk infants: How can they be resolved? Seminars in Perinatology, 31, 61-73.
Dorn, L. D., Lucke, J. F., Loucks, T. L., & Berga, S. L. (2007). Salivary cortisol reflects serum cortisol: Analysis of circadian profiles. Annals of Clinical Biochemistry, 44, 281-284.
Lucke, J. F. (2005). “Rassling the hog”: The influence of correlated item error on internal consistency, classical reliability, and congeneric reliability. Applied Psychological Measurement, 29, 106-125.
Lucke, J. F. (2005). The α and the ω of Congeneric Test Theory: An extension of reliability and internal consistency to heterogeneous tests. Applied Psychological Measurement, 29, 65-81.
Lucke, J. F. (2004). Fall prevention programs for the elderly: A Bayesian secondary meta-analysis. Canadian Journal of Nursing Research, 36, 48-64.

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