Research:

 

My research interests include Bayesian statistics, paired comparison models, and statistical methods applied to health services research. Below are a sampling of my research papers.

Please refer to my Curriculum Vitae for a complete list of publications.

• Glickman, Mark E., "Paired Comparison Models with Time Varying Parameters" (1993), Doctoral thesis, Harvard University Dept of Statistics.

• Glickman, Mark E., "A Comprehensive Guide to Chess Ratings" (1995). A subsequent version of this paper appeared in the American Chess Journal, 3, pp. 59--102.

• Glickman, Mark E., and Stern, Hal S., "A State-Space Model for National Football League Scores" (1998), Journal of the American Statistical Association, 93, 25-35.

• Glickman, Mark E., and Jones, Albyn C., "Rating the chess rating system" (1999), Chance, 12, 2, 21-28.

• Glickman, Mark E., "Parameter estimation in large dynamic paired comparison experiments" (1999) Applied Statistics, 48, 377-394. This paper describes the technical details of the "Glicko" rating system - for a more condensed and less technical discussion, you might want to look at this paper).

• Glickman, Mark E., and Normand, Sharon-Lise T., "The Derivation of a Latent Threshold Instrumental Variables Model" (2000), Statistica Sinica, 10, 517-544.

• Glickman, Mark E., "Dynamic paired comparison models with stochastic variances" (2001), Journal of Applied Statistics, 28, 673-689. This paper describes the technical details of the Glicko-2 rating system. Click here for a more condensed version with a worked-out example.

• Glickman, Mark E., and Gagnon, David R., "Modeling the effects of genetic factors on late-onset diseases in cohort studies" (2002), Lifetime Data Analysis, 8, 211-228.

• Glickman, Mark E., and Jensen, Shane T., "Adaptive paired comparison design" (2005). Journal of Statistical Planning and Inference, 127, 279-293.

• Glickman, Mark E., Gray, Jeremy R., and Morales, Carlos, "Combining speed and accuracy to assess error-free cognitive processes" (2005). Psychometrika, 70, 405-432.

• Glickman, Mark E., and Kao, Mei-Fang, "Apo-E genotypes and cardiovascular diseases: A sensitivity study using cross-validatory criteria" (2005). The Biometrical Journal, 47, 541-553.

• Chabris, Christopher F., and Glickman, Mark E., "Sex differences in intellectual performance: Analysis of a large cohort of competitive chess players" (2006). Psychological Science, 17, 1009-1107.

• Glickman, Mark E. "Bayesian locally-optimal design of knockout tournaments" (2008). Journal of Statistical Planning and Inference, 138, 2117-2127.

• Glickman, Mark E., Seal, Pradipta, and Eisen, Susan V. "A non-parametric Bayesian diagnostic for detecting differential item functioning in IRT models" (2009) To appear in Health Services and Outcomes Research Methodology.

• Glickman, Mark E., and Chabris, Christopher F. "Comparing Extreme Members is a Low-Power Method of Comparing Groups: An Example Using Sex Differences in Chess Performance" (2009) Under review.