Staff
Dr. Mindy Schimmel
Dr. Mindy Schimmel, Head of Social Science and Education Research
Subject Areas
Education, social science, social policy, sociology, public health, business, demography, psychology, biostatistics
Statistics Expertise
Crosstabulations, chi-square analysis, correlational analysis, factor analysis. Linear regression, logistic regression, Cox regression. Cluster analysis, trees. Smallest space analysis. Analysis of qualitative data using quantitative measurements. ROC curves.
Computer Expertise
SAS, SPSS, Excel, Word, PowerPoint
Education
PhD in Sociology, University of Chicago
MA in Statistics, University of Chicago. Thesis title: The analysis of contingency tables using quantitative scores
BA in Sociology, Harvard University – magna cum laude
Additional Biography
Dr. Schimmel, a Fulbright scholar, graduated from Harvard University magna cum laude. She has worked as a statistician and researcher in prestigious institutions in the US and Israel, including the Guttman Institute of Applied Social Research and the University of Chicago. She has published in journals such as “Blood” and “Journal of Health and Social Behavior,” and has presented papers at many conferences, including the Annual Meeting of the American Sociological Association and the Annual Convention of the American Psychological Association.