Elaine L. Zanutto

                       Assistant Professor, Department of Statistics
                    The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania
                    466 Jon M. Huntsman Hall , 3730 Walnut Street
                                      Philadelphia, PA 19104 
                                            215-898-8231
                                   zanutto@wharton.upenn.edu





Course Links:

Sample Survey Methods, Stat920 (Wharton webcafe site -- password needed)

Statistical Inference, Stat431  (Wharton webcafe site---password needed)


Education:

Ph.D. in Statistics, 1998 Harvard University
A.M. in Statistics, 1995, Harvard University, Statistics
M.Sc. in Statistics, 1993, Carleton University, Ottawa, Canada
B.A. in Mathematics and Statistics, 1991, Carleton University, Ottawa, Canada


Curriculum Vitae: .pdf file         
                          
Summary of my Research and Teaching:   .pdf file                                               


Articles in Refereed Journals

Copyright notice: Although several publications and conference manuscripts are made available through this page, copyright laws apply. In general, copyright for publications resides with the publisher, and copyright for conference papers resides with the author(s). You may print one copy for personal use. For any other reproduction or distribution, please contact copyright holder.

  1. Zanutto, E. and Zaslavsky, A.M. "A Model for Estimating and Imputing Nonrespondent Census Households under Sampling for Nonresponse Follow-up." To appear in  Survey Methodology (accepted January 2006).
  1. Zanutto, E.L. and Bradlow, E. (2006, to appear).  "Data Pruning in Consumer Choice Models."  Quantitative Marketing and Economics (accepted July 2005). [pdf file]
  1. Zanutto, E.L. (2006) "A Comparison of Propensity Score and Linear Regression Analysis of Complex Survey Data."  Journal of Data Science, 67-91. [pdf file]
  1. Chiu, W.F., Yucel, R.M., Zanutto, E.L., and Zaslavsky, A.M. (2005). "Using Matched Substitutes to Improve Imputations for Geographically Linked Databases." Survey Methodology, 31:65-72. [pdf file]
  1. Reiter, J., Zanutto, E., and Hunter, L. (2005). "Analytical Modeling in Complex Surveys of Work Practices."  Industrial and Labor Relations Review, 59:82-100. [pdf file]
  1. Zanutto, E., Lu, B., and Hornik, R. (2005). "Using Propensity Score Subclassification for Multiple Treatment Doses to Evaluate a National Anti-Drug Media Campaign." Journal of Educational and Behavioral Statistics, 30: 59-73. [pdf file]
  1. Yanovitzky, I., Zanutto, E., and Hornik, R.  (2005). "Estimating Causal Effects of Communication Campaigns Using Propensity Scores." Evaluation and Program Planning, 28:209-220. [pdf file]
  1. Rubin, D.B, Stuart, E. A., and Zanutto, E.L. (2004). "A Potential Outcomes View of Value-Added Assessment in Education." Journal of Educational and Behavioral Statistics, 29:103-116.[pdf file]
  1. Ten Have, T.R., Elliott, M., Joffe, M., Zanutto, E., and  Datto, C. (2004). "Causal Models for Randomized Physician Encouragement Trials in Treating Primary Care Depression." Journal of the American Statistical Association, 99:16-25. [pdf file]
  1. Leow, C., Marcus, S., Zanutto, E., and Boruch, R. (2004). "Effects of Advanced Course-Taking on Math and Science Achievment: Addressing Selection Bias Using Propensity  Scores." American Journal of Evaluation, 25:461-478. [pdf file]
  1. Thatcher, S.M.B., Jehn, K.A., and Zanutto, E. (2003). "Cracks in Diversity Research: The Effects of Faultines on Conflict and Performance." Group Decision and Negotiation, 12:217-241.[pdf file]
  1. Zanutto, E. and Zaslavsky, A.M. (2002). "Using Administrative Records to Improve Small Area Estimation: An Example from the U.S. Decennial Census."  Journal of Official Statistics, 18:559-576.[pdf file]
  1. Lu, B., Zanutto, E., Hornik, R. and Rosenbaum, P. (2001). "Matching with Doses in an Observational Study of a Media Campaign Against Drug Abuse."  Journal of the American Statistical Association, 96:1245-1253. [pdf file]
Articles Submitted to  Refereed Journals
  1. Zanutto, E., Bezrukova, K., and Jehn, K. "Measuring Group Faultline Strength and Distance."  Revision under review by  Organizational Research Methods (first submitted November 2005, revision submitted March 2006).
  1. Bezrukova, K., Jehn, K., Zanutto, E., and Thatcher, S.M.B. "Do Workgroup Faultlines Help or Hurt? The Role of Distance and Shared Identity on Individual Outcomes." Under revision for Organizational Science (first submitted July 2005).

Book Chapters

  1. Hill, J.L., Reiter, J.P., and Zanutto, E.L. (2004) . "A Comparison of Experimental and Observational Data Analyses," in Applied Bayesian Modeling and Causal Inference From an Incomplete-Data Perspective, edited by A. Gelman and X.-L. Meng, New York: John Wiley,  44-56. [pdf file]
  1. Zanutto, E., and Zaslavsky A.M. (2002). "Using Administrative Records to Impute for Nonresponse," in Survey Nonresponse, edited by R. Groves, D.A. Dillman, R.J.A. Little, and J. Eltinge, New York: John Wiley,  403-415. [pdf file]
  1. Rubin, D.B., and Zanutto, E. (2002). "Using Matched Substitutes to Adjust for Nonignorable Nonresponse through Multiple Imputations," in Survey Nonresponse, edited by R. Groves, D.A. Dillman, R.J.A. Little, and J. Eltinge, New York: John Wiley,  389-402. [pdf file]
  1. Zanutto, E., and Gelman, A. (2001). "Analysis of Large-Scale Social Surveys," in International Encyclopedia of the Social and Behavioral Sciences, edited by N.J. Smelser and P.B. Baltes, Elsevier. [pdf file]

Other Selected Publications

  1. Hornik, R., Maklan, D., Judkins, D., Cadell, D., Yanovitzky, I., Zador, P., Southwell, B., Mak, K., Das, B., Prado, A., Barmada, C., Jacobsohn, L., Morin, C., Steele, D., Baskin, R., and Zanutto, E. (2001). “Evaluation of the National Youth Anti-Drug Media Campaign, Second Semi-Annual Report of Findings” (delivered to National Institute on Drug Abuse, National Institutes of Health). Rockville, MD: Westat. [full report]     [evaluation website]
  1. Hornik, R., Maklan, D., Cadell, D., Prado, A., Barmada, C., Jacobsohn, L., Orwin, R., Sridharan, S., Zador, P., Southwell, P., Zanutto, E., Baskin, R., Chu, A., Morin, C., Taylor, K., and Steele, D. (2002a). “Evaluation of the National Youth Anti-Drug Media Campaign,  Fourth Semi-Annual Report of Findings” (delivered to National Institute on Drug Abuse, National Institutes of Health). Rockville, MD: Westat. [full report]     [evaluation website]
  1. Hornik, R., Maklan, D., Cadell, D., Henry-Barmada, C., Jacobsohn, L., Prado, A., Romantan, A., Orwin, R., Sridharan, S., Zanutto, E., Baskin, R., Chu, A., Morin, C., Taylor, K., and Steele, D. (2002b). “Evaluation of the National Youth Anti-Drug Media Campaign, Fifth Semi-Annual Report of Findings” (delivered to National Institute on Drug Abuse, National Institutes of Health). Rockville, MD: Westat. [full report]     [evaluation website]


SAS code for Faultline Calculations

can be found on my co-author's, Katerina Bezrukova, site.



Links to my colleagues at the Wharton Statistics Department and our students