Martin S. Levy, PhD
Professor of Applied Statistics/Quantitative Analysis

Martin S. Levy is Professor of Quantitative Analysis whose research and teaching specialty is applied statistics. He received his Ph.D. in Statistics from Kansas State University. He has written close to fifty refereed research papers. Most of these pertain to statistical methodology, the remainder being co-authored contributions in other diverse areas reflecting his collaboration in experimental design and data analysis with scientists and researchers. He has broad interests spanning several areas of applied statistics including statistical prediction analysis, linear statistical models, multivariate statistical methods, and sample survey. His statistical research has appeared in The Journal of the American Statistical Association, Communications in Statistics, The American Statistician, Journal of Educational and Behavioral Statistics, The Journal of Computational Statistics and Data Analysis, Journal of Statistical Planning and Inference, Mathematical Methods of Statistics, Survey Methodology, and Computers and Operations Research as well as other well respected academic journals. He also regularly serves as a referee for some of these journals. His collaborative research has appeared in The Journal of Biomechanical Engineering, The Journal of Orthopedic Research, The Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery, The American Journal of Sports Medicine, and The Journal of Arthoplasty. His extensive experience in statistical consulting and practical collaborative research includes work on contracts and grants with Federated Department Stores, Cinergy, Gibson Greeting Cards, Kroger, Bethesda Hospital, Christ Hospital, LexusNexus, Deaconess Hospital, and as an expert witness in legal cases.

Contact Information
E-mail: martin.levy@uc.edu Phone: (513) 556-7145
Office/Address: 529 Carl H. Lindner Hall
PO Box 210130
Cincinnati, Ohio 45221-0130
Fax: (513) 556-5499
 
 
Areas of Expertise
General Expertise: Quantitative Analysis
Specific Expertise: Data Analysis
Research Interests: Prediction Analysis, Sample Survey, Multivariate Statistics, Statistical Inference, Linear Models, Data Analysis in Collaborative Research
Teaching Interests: Sampling Techniques, Decision Theory and Bayesian Analysis, Stochastic Models, Mathematical Statistics, Multivariate Methods, Forecasting, Design of Experiments, Data Analysis, Statistical Methods, Statistical Prediction Analysis, Probability, Statistical Inference, Decision Analysis, Business Statistics, and many other statistics courses
Working Papers
  • “Effects of a Many-to-Many Frame Structure on the Estimate of a Population Total: An Analytic Investigation”, (with T. Byczkowski)
  • “An application of Bayes Estimation Under Bounded Asymmetric BLINEX Loss: Direct Mail Decision Problem”, (with Daling Wen)
  • "The Finitized Poisson Distribution"
Publications
  • "BLINEX: A Bounded Asymmetric Loss Function with Application to Bayesian Estimation", (2001), Communications in Statistics: Theory and Methods (with Daling Wen)
  • "Admissibility of Bayes Estimates under BLINEX Loss for the Normal Mean Problem", (2001), Communications in Statistics: Theory and Methods, (with Daling Wen)
  • “The role of the popliteofibular ligament and the tendon of popliteus in providing stability in the human knee”, (2003), Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery - British Volume, (with C. Pasque, FR Noyes, M. Gibbons, E. Grood)
  • “The effects of matrix stabilization using glutaraldehyde on the material properties of porcine meniscus", (2003) Journal of Biomedical Materials Research. (with Hunter, Shawn S., Butler, David L., Noyes, Frank R. Haridas, Balakrishna)
  • “Subject variation in caprine anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction”. (2003). J Orthop Res., (with Cummings JF, Grood ES, Butler DL.)
  • “The effects of graft width and graft laxity on the outcome of caprine anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction”. (2003) J Orthop Res. (with Cummings JF, Grood ES, Korvick DL, Wyatt R, Noyes FR.)
  • “Posterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction: An In Vivo Study of Femoral and Tibial Graft Placement”, (2003), The American Journal of Sports Medicine (with M.T. Galloway, E.S. Grood, J.N. Mehalik, S.C. Saddler, F.R. Noyes)
  • “Algorithms for fitting BLINEX loss parameters”, (2004), Communications in Statistics: Computation and Simulation, (with Daling Wen)
  • “Two-Bundle Posterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction: How Bundle Tension Depends on Femoral Placement”, (2004), Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery, (with Shearn,J.T., Grood,E.S., Noyes, F.R.)
  • "Planning a Sample Survey with a Many-To-Many Frame Structure: An Empirical Investigation of the Effects of Frame Imperfections on Estimates of Population Totals", (2005), Journal of Statistical Planning and Inference, (with T. Byczkowski)
  • “Meniscal material properties are minimally affected by matrix stabilization using glutaraldehyde and glycation with ribose”, (2005), Journal of Orthopaedic Research, (with Hunter, S., Noyes, F., Haridas, B., Butler, D.)
  • "Effect of age on collagen fibril diameter in rabbit patellar tendon repair”, (2006) Comparative Medicine, (with Greg Boivin, Angela M. Sklenka)
  • “Effects of cell seeding density and collagen concentration on contraction kinetics of msc-seeded collagen constructs", (2006) Tissue Engineering, (with Nirmalanandhan, V.S., Huth, A.J., Butler, D.L.)
  • “One- and two-strand posterior cruciate ligament reconstructions: Cyclic fatigue testing”, (2006) Journal of Orthopedic Research, (with Shearn, J., Grood, E., Noyes, F.)
  • “The Effect of Gamma Irradiation on Anterior Cruciate Ligament Allograft Biomechanical and Biochemical Properties in the Caprine Model at Time Zero and at 6 Months After Surgery“, (2006) American Journal of Sports Medicine, (with Schwartz,H.E., Matava,M.J., Proch, F.S., Butler, D.L., Ratcliff)
  • "Bayesian Models for Stochastic Coverage Optimization, (2008), Journal of Combinatorial Optimization (with James Cochran and Jeff Camm)
  • “Obesity does not reduce maximum acceptable weights of lift”, (2009), Journal of Applied Ergonomics, (with Devender Singh, W. Park)
  • “The effects of obesity and standing time on postural sway during prolonged quiet standing”, (2009), Journal of Ergonomics, (with Devender Singh, Woojin Park),
Affiliations
  • American Statistical Association
  • Institute of Mathematical Statistics
Honors & Achievements
  • Nominated for CoB Research Fellow - 1999
  • Nominated for Award for Excellence in Mentoring of Doctoral Students - 2004
  • Twice Nominated for EXCEL award for CoB Graduate Teaching - 2001, 2006
Education
  • Ph.D. Degree in Statistics - Kansas State University
  • Masters Degree in Mathematics - State University of New York at Binghamton
  • Bachelors Degree in Physics - State University of New York at Stony Brook
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