Jason W Osborne joined Miami University in 2019 as a Professor of Statistics, Provost and Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs. He currently serves as Professor and Chair of the Department of Statistics.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
As an educational psychologist, Jason W Osborne concentrates on factors linked to equitable achievement and student success. This includes the impact of environmental and socio-cultural impacts on achievement gaps and the relationship between persistence and success in education, using real world data as a valuable tool for quantitative analysis.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Specialties include data science, evaluation, clinical outcomes, best practices in quantitative data analysis, data informatics, applied statistics, statistical consulting and social justice.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In 2013, Jason W Osborne was awarded a PSTAT (Accredited Professional Statistician) by the American Statistical Association. The award recognized Dr. Osborne’s expertise as a globally-cited author in data analysis, educational psychology, statistics, best practices in quantitative methods, and applying a practitioner oriented look in evidence-based research methods using influential data points to predict important outcomes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Positions prior to Jason W Osborne joining Miami University, including as a faculty member and in leadership roles in recent years:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
2015-2019: Associate Provost, Dean of the Graduate School and Professor of Statistics at Clemson University. Using his background in educational psychology and world class research methods, Jason W Osborne championed inclusivity, grew graduate and professional higher education across the university, and expanded internal and extramural funding.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
2013-2015: Department Chair and Professor at the University of Louisville, (KY). Jason Osborne served as Chair of Counseling and Human Development and Interim Chair of Health and Sport Sciences. Jason W Osborne was also a leader in development of service and engagement initiatives, including establishment of the Cardinal Success Program<\/a>, which provided mental health and wellness services free of charge to the most underserved areas of the city. He also published extensively on modern research methods and applied evidence-based best practices in data analysis and quantitative methods.<\/p>\n\n\n\n 2011-2013: Associate Professor, Old Dominion University where he served as departmental director of graduate programs. Joining in the fall semester Jason W Osborne taught statistics and research methods and applied these skills through mentoring of faculty and students in the Educational Foundations and Leadership programs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n 2001- 2011: Assistant\/Associate Professor, Graduate Program Coordinator at North Carolina State University in Educational Psychology, Department of Curriculum and Instruction and Counselor Education.<\/p>\n\n\n\n 1998-2001: Assistant Professor at the University of Oklahoma across the particular domains of Statistics and Research Methods in the Department of Educational Psychology.<\/p>\n\n\n\n 2021, 2023: Named in the Top 2% of researchers in the world<\/a> by Stanford University, highlighting his commitment to world-class research methods and data recording.<\/p>\n\n\n\n 2018: University Research, Scholarship and Artistic Achievement Award as Clemson University Professor of Educational Psychology Statistics.<\/p>\n\n\n\n 2017: Best Paper from the American Counseling Association for his book “Best Practices in Data Cleaning: How Outliers and \u201cFringeliers\u201d Affect Your Analysis”.<\/p>\n\n\n\n 2016: Presidential Service Award by Clemson University Graduate School for recognition of contributions to students in higher education.<\/p>\n\n\n\n 2015: Faculty Favorite, Outstanding Teaching Award, University of Louisville<\/p>\n\n\n\n 2013: Accredited Professional Statistician (PSTAT) from the American Statistical Association.<\/p>\n\n\n\n 2017: Regression and Linear Modeling: Best practices and modern methods. Thousand Oaks, CA: SAGE Publishing. ISBN #978-1-50630-276-8<\/p>\n\n\n\n 2016: With Banjanovic, E. Exploratory factor analysis using SAS: Best practices and modern methods. Cary, NC: SAS Publishing. ISBN # 978-1-62960-064-2<\/p>\n\n\n\n 2015: Best practices in logistic regression. Thousand Oaks, CA: SAGE Publishing. ISBN 978-1-4522-4479-2.<\/p>\n\n\n\n 2014: Best Practices in Exploratory Factor Analysis. Scotts Valley, CA: CreateSpace Independent Publishing. ISBN-13: 978-1500594343, ISBN-10:1500594342.<\/p>\n\n\n\n 2013: Sweating the Small Stuff: Does data cleaning and testing of assumptions really matter in the 21st century? Lausanne, Switzerland: Frontiers Research Foundation. ISBN 978-2-88919-155-0.<\/p>\n\n\n\n 2013a: Best practices in data cleaning: A complete guide to everything you need to do before and after collecting your data. Thousand Oaks, CA: SAGE Publishing. ISBN: 9781412988018. Translated into Arabic by International Publishers Association (IPA), Geneva Switzerland.<\/p>\n\n\n\n 2008: Best practices in quantitative methods. Thousand Oaks, CA: SAGE Publishing. Included in SAGE Research Methods Online). ISBN: 9781412940658<\/p>\n\n\n\n Adelson, J., Osborne, J. W., & Crawford, B. J. (2019). Correlation and other measures of association. In G. Hancock, L. Stapleton, & R. Mueller (Eds.) The Reviewer\u2019s Guide to Quantitative Methods in the Social Sciences, 2nd edition. New York, NY: Routledge.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Gabel, C. P., Moktarinia, H., Hoffman, J., Osborne, J., Laakso, L., & Melloh, M. (2018). Does the performance of five back-associated exercises relate to the presence of low back pain? A cross-sectional observational investigation in regional Australian council workers. British Medical Journal Open, 8, 1-11. doi: 10.1136\/bmjopen-2017-020946<\/p>\n\n\n\n Osborne, Jason W. (2017). Best practices: A moral imperative. Canadian Journal of Behavioral Science, 49(3), 153-158.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Balkin, R. S., Richey Gosnell, K. M., <\/em>Holmgren, A., & Osborne, J. W. (2017). Nonlinear analysis in counseling research. Measurement and Evaluation in Counseling and Development, 50, 109-155. Recipient of Patricia B. Elmore Award for Outstanding Research in Measurement by the American Counseling Association.<\/p>\n\n\n\n *Pitts, C. H., <\/em>Klein-Tasman, B. P., Osborne, J. W., Mervis, C.B. (2016). Predictors of Specific Phobia in Children with Williams Syndrome: Behavior Regulation and IQ. Journal of Intellectual Disability Research, 60(10), 1031-1042.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Clark, J. E., Osborne, J. W., Gallagher, P., & Watson, S., (2016). A simple method for optimizing transformation of non-parametric data: An illustration by reference to cortisol assays. Human Pharmacology: Clinical and Experimental, 31(4), 259-267. DOI: 10.1002\/hup.2528<\/p>\n\n\n\n Gabel, C. P., Cuesta-Vargas, A., Barr, S., <\/em>Winkeljohn-Black, S. Osborne, J. W., & Melloh, M. (2016). Confirmatory factor analysis of the neck disability index, comparing patients with whiplash associated disorders to a control group with non-specific neck pain. European Spine Journal, 14(8), 1410-1416. http:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/pubmed\/27040281<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\nRecent Awards and Honors<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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