Alan Elliott, MBA

Faculty Associate
Department of Clinical Sciences, Surgery

Contact Information

UT Southwestern Medical Center
5323 Harry Hines Boulevard
Dallas, Texas 75390

alan.elliott@utsouthwestern.edu

Biography

Alan Elliott holds masters degrees in Business Administration (MBA) and Applied Statistics (MAS). He has authored or coauthored a number of scientific articles and over a dozen books on a wide variety of subjects including the Statistical Analysis Quick Reference Guidebook, Directory of Microcomputer Statistical Software, Microcomputing with Applications and other books with Que, West, John Wiley, Brady, and Marcel Dekker. He has taught courses in statistics, research methods and computing (including SAS and SPSS) at the university for more than 15 years and has been a collaborator on numerous medical research projects for more than 20 years.

Education

Graduate SchoolUniversity of Texas at Arlington (1991)
Graduate SchoolSouthern Methodist University (1976)
UndergraduateDallas Baptist University (1974)

Research Interests

Medical computing
Statistical analysis

Publications

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When Policy Meets Statistics: The Very Real Effect That Questionable Statistical Analysis Has on Limiting Health Care Access for Bariatric Surgery

Livingston, Edward H., Elliott, Alan C., Hynan, Linda S., Engel, Eli , Arch Surg , October 2007; (142 (No. 10), Oct 2007):979-987

Statistical Analysis Quick Reference Guide

Elliott, A. C. and Woodward, W. A. , Sage Publishers , August 2006; (Book)

Preparing Data for Analysis Using Microsoft Excel

Elliott, A. C., Hynan, L. S., Reisch, J. S., & Smith J. P. , Journal for Investigative Medicine , Fall 2006; (Accepted)

Implementing a Multiple Comparisons Test for Proportions

Elliott, A. C., Reisch, J. S , SUGI Proceedings , April 2006; (31)

Is hypothermia simply a marker of shock and injury severity or an independent risk factor for mortality in trauma patients? Analysis of a large national trauma registry

Shafi S, Elliott AC, Gentilello L , Journal of Trauma , November 2005; (59(5)):1081-5

Prospective Comparison of Methicillin-susceptible and Methicillin-resistant Community Associated Staphylococcus aureus infection in hospitalized patients

? Skiest, Daniel J. Brown, K, Cooper, T. W., Mussa, H.R., Hoffman-Roberts, H, Elliott, Alan C , 43rd Infectious Disease Society of America , October 2005;