Publications

BOOKS

  • Kabacoff, R. (2018) Data visualization with R. (open source textbook) [link]

  • Kabacoff, R. (2015). R in Action: Data analysis and graphics with R (2nd ed.). CT: Manning.

  • Girden, E., & Kabacoff, R (2010). Evaluating research articles from start to finish (3rd Ed.). CA: Sage.

Book Chapters

  • Kabacoff (2008). Working effectively in global environments: New findings about leadership and country culture. In R. Presiosi (Ed.) Pfeiffer 2008 Annual on Management Development (pp. 195-214). San Francisco, CA: Pfeiffer.

  • Burns, W., Burns, K., & Kabacoff, R. (1992). Item and factor analyses of the Bayley Scales of Infant Development. In C. Rovee Collier (Ed.), Advances in Infancy Research (Vol. 7). Abtex.

INVITED WORKSHOPS

  • Kabacoff, R. (2014). An introduction to R for data analysts. Workshop presented at the American Statistical Analysis Conference on Statistical Practice, Tampa, FL. (1 day)

  • Kabacoff, R. (2014). R for SAS Users. Workshop conducted for Machine Learning division of a Fortune 50 Health Insurance organization, Hartford, Connecticut. (2 days)

  • Kabacoff, R. (2014). Introduction to R for Data Analysis and Graphics, American Statistical Association – Cleveland Chapter, Cleveland, OH. (1 day)

  • Kabacoff, R. (2014). Predictive Analytics: Working with Big Data. Workshop conducted for Machine Learning division of a Fortune 50 Health Insurance organization, Hartford, Connecticut. (1 day)

  • Kabacoff, R. (2014). R for software developers and data analysts. Workshop conducted for the Association of Computing Machinery, Boston, MA. (1 day)

  • Kabacoff, R. (2013). Beginning and advanced data analysis and visualization for anthropometric data. Workshop conducted for the Joint POW/MIA Accounting Command, Department of Defense, Honolulu, Hawaii. (7 days)

  • Kabacoff, R. (2012). R analytics for software developers and data analysts. Workshop conducted for the Association of Computing Machinery, San Francisco, CA. (1 day)

PRESENTATIONS

  • Kabacoff, R. (2014). R for data analysis and graphics. Paper presented at the American Statistical Analysis Conference on Statistical Practice, Tampa, FL.

  • Kabacoff, R. (2014). Leadership best practices for senior executives in Europe. Symposium conducted for the International Institute for Management Development (IMD), Lausanne, Switzerland.

  • Kabacoff, R. (2014). Leadership development in humanitarian organizations. Symposium conducted for the International Committee of the Red Cross, Geneva, Switzerland.

  • Kabacoff, R. (2014). Coaching to break the glass ceiling. Paper presented at the Harvard Medical School: Coaching in Leadership and Healthcare Conference, Boston, MA.

  • Kabacoff, R. & Estienne, M. (2013). Are you a coach who is cross culturally competent? Paper presented at the Harvard Medical School: Coaching in Leadership and Healthcare Conference, Boston, MA.

  • Kabacoff, R., & Ringwood, D. (2013). Leading across boundaries: Country differences in leadership. Paper presented at the 3rd Annual International Conference on Business Strategy and Organizational Behavior, Singapore.

  • Kabacoff, R. (2012). The glass ceiling revisited: Gender and perceptions of competency. Paper presented at the 26th Annual Convention of the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology, San Diego, CA.

  • Kabacoff, R. (2012). The Changing Landscape of the CHRO Role. Symposium conducted for the Human Resources Management Association of Chicago - Chief HR Officers Roundtable. Chicago, IL.

  • Kabacoff, R. (2010). Leadership best practices for front line supervisors. Paper presented at the 24th Annual Convention of the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology, Atlanta, GA.

  • Kabacoff, R. (2007). Assessing work motivation across cultural boundaries: Applications of SEM, IRT and sampling methodologies to the problem of measurement invariance in cross-cultural research. Paper presented at the 22nd Annual Convention of the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology, New York, NY.

  • Kabacoff, R. (2007) Cross-Cultural personality comparisons: Issues and guidelines for the creation and use of global norms. Paper presented at the Association of Test Publishers’ Innovations in Testing, Palm Springs, CA.

  • Kabacoff, R. (2007). Leading across cultures. Symposium conducted for the Conference Board. New York City.

JOURNAL ARTICLES

  • Kabacoff, R. (2013). Leading across boundaries: Country differences in leadership. International Journal of Contemporary Research in Management, Engineering and Health Sciences, 1, 76-81.

  • Kabacoff, R. (2008). Issues of global and local norm use in the assessment of motivation. International Journal of Testing, 8, 1-17.

  • Sessa, V., Kabacoff, R., & Deal, J. (2007). Generational differences in leader values and leadership behaviors. The Psychologist-Manager Journal, 10, 1-28.

  • Segal, D., Hersen, M., Kabacoff, R., Falk, S., Van Hasselt, V., & Dorfman, K. (1998). Personality disorders and depression in community-dwelling older adults. Journal of Mental Health and Aging, 4, 171-182.

  • Kabacoff, R., Segal, D., Hersen, M., & Van Hasselt, V. (1997). Psychometric properties and diagnostic utility of the Beck Anxiety Inventory and the State-Trait Anxiety Inventory with older adult psychiatric patients. Journal of Anxiety Disorders, 11, 33-47.

  • Orvaschel, H., Beeferman, D., Kabacoff, R. (1997). Depression, self-esteem, sex, and age in a child and adolescent clinical sample. Journal of Clinical Child Psychology, 26, 285-289.

  • Kogan, E., Van Hasselt, V., Hersen, M., & Kabacoff, R. (1995). Relationship of depression, assertiveness, and social support in community-dwelling older adults. Journal of Clinical Geropsychology, 1, 157-187.

  • Hersen, M., Kabacoff, R., & Van Hasselt, V. (1995). Psychometric properties of the Wolpe-Lazarus Assertiveness Scale with older adult psychiatric outpatients. International Journal of Rehabilitation and Health, 1, 179-187.

  • Segal, D., Kabacoff, R., Hersen, M., Van Hasselt, V., & Ryan, C. (1995). Update on the reliability of diagnosis in older psychiatric outpatients using the Structured Clinical Interview for DSM-III-R. Journal of Clinical Geropsychology, 1, 313-321.

  • Kogan, E., Hersen, M., Kabacoff, R., & Van Hasselt, V. (1995). Psychometric properties of the WolpeLazarus Assertiveness Scale with community-dwelling older adults. Journal of Psychopathology and Behavioral Assessment, 17, 97-110.

  • Hersen, M., Kabacoff, R., Van Hasselt, V., Null, J., Ryan, C., & Melton, M. (1995). Assertiveness, depression, and social support in older visually impaired adults. Visual Impairment and Blindness, 86, 524-530.

  • Burger, G., & Kabacoff, R. (1994). Prototypical Factor Scale Profiles: Potential uses in assessment and selection. Consulting Psychology Journal, 46, 12-18.

  • Miller, I., Kabacoff, R., Epstein, N., Bishop, D., Keitner, G., Baldwin, L., van der Spuy, H. (1994). The Development of a Clinical Rating Scale for the McMaster Model of Family Functioning. Family Process, 33, 53-69.

  • Kogan, E., Kabacoff, R., Hersen, M., & Van Hasselt, V. (1994). Clinical cutoffs for the Beck Depression Inventory and the Geriatric Depression Scale with older adult psychiatric outpatients. Journal of Psychopathology and Behavioral Assessment, 16, 233-242.

  • Segal, D., Hersen, M., Van Hasselt, V., Kabacoff, R., & Roth, L. (1993). Reliability of diagnoses in older patients using the structured clinical interview for DSM-III-R. Journal of Psychopathology and Behavioral Assessment, 15, 347-356.

  • Kabacoff, R., Miller, I., Bishop, D., Epstein, N., & Keitner, G. (1990). A psychometric study of McMaster Family Assessment Device in psychiatric, medical, and nonclinical samples. Journal of Family Psychology, 3, 431-439.

  • Kochanek, T., Kabacoff, R., & Lipsitt, L. (1990). Conceptualizing and researching surveillance programs for developmentally disabled and at risk children from birth to seven years. Exceptional Children, 56, 528-538.

  • Overholser, J., Kabacoff, R., & Norman, W. (1989). The assessment of personality characteristics in depressed and dependent psychiatric inpatients. Journal of Personality Assessment, 53, 40-50.

  • Kochanek, T., Kabacoff, R., & Lipsitt, L. (1987). Early detection of handicapping conditions in infancy and early childhood: Toward a multivariate model. Journal of Applied Development Psychology, 8, 411-420.

  • Miller, I., Kabacoff, R., Keitner, G., Epstein, N., & Bishop, D. (1986). Family functioning in the families of psychiatric patients. Comprehensive Psychiatry, 27, 302-312.

  • Burger, G., & Kabacoff, R. (1985). An MMPI short form for predicting shape and elevation. Multivariate Experimental Clinical Research, 7, 95-102.

  • Kabacoff, R., Marwit, S., & Orlofsky, J. (1985). Correlates of sex-role stereotyping among mental health professionals. Professional Psychology, 16, 98-105.

  • Burger, G., & Kabacoff, R. (1984). Using typological systems to assess the relationships between personality inventories. In H.G. Tittman (Ed.), Advances in Biosciences: Vol. 47. Advanced Concepts in Alcoholism. NY: Pergamon Press.

  • Kabacoff, R., & Burger, G. (1984). PROF: A computer program for analyzing group differences based upon profile data. Educational and Psychological Measurement, 44, 667-670.

  • Burger, G., & Kabacoff, R. (1983). Relationships between two 16PF interpretive systems. Multivariate Experimental Clinical Research, 6, 111-118.

  • Burger, G., Kabacoff, R. (1983). Using Q-type factor analysis to study the relationships among personality inventories. Interdisciplinaria, 4, 141-151.

  • Hekmat, F., Kabacoff, R., & Klein, H. (1983). Motivations for childbearing and fertility behavior among urban and rural families in Iran. Birth Psychology Bulletin, 4, 26-39.

  • Kabacoff, R., Shaw, I., Putnam, G., & Klein, H. (1983). Comparison of administrators and direct service workers in agencies dealing with the elderly. Psychological Reports, 52, 979-985.

  • Mrad, D., Kabacoff, R., & Duckro, P. (1983). Validation of Megargee’s MMPI typology in a half-way house setting. Criminal Justice and Behavior, 10, 252-262.

  • Burger, G., Kabacoff, R. (1983). Personality types as measured by the 16PF. Journal of Personality Assessment, 46, 175-180.

PUBLISHED PROCEEDINGS

  • Kabacoff, R. (2011). Combining the results of multiples SAS PROCs in publication quality tables. Proceeding of the Northeast SAS Users Group. Portland, ME.

  • Kabacoff, R. (2002). Determining the dimensionality of data: A SAS® macro for parallel analysis. Proceedings of the 27th Annual Meeting of the SAS Users Group International. Cary, NC: SAS Institute.

  • Kabacoff, R. (1996). Developing Interfaces between the World Wide Web and statistical applications. Proceedings of the 27th Symposium on the Interface: Computing Science and Statistics.

  • Kabacoff, R. (1996). Developing World Wide Web tools for statistical education. Proceedings of the Annual Meeting of the American Statistical Association.

Magazine Articles (Online and in Print)

WEBSITES

  • Quick-R (2011 - present). An online guide to statistical programming and graphics with the R language. Quick-R currently averages 50,000 visitors a day. http://www.statmethods.net

  • Inter-Links™ (1993-1997). A popular and innovative web portal for students and educators, logging more than 3 million visitors per month.

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Robert Kabacoff
Professor of the Practice Quantitative Analysis Center