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| 1986 | Ph.D., Economics, The University of Michigan |
| 1981 | M.A., Economics, The University of Michigan |
| 1972 | B.A., cum laude in Mathematics, Princeton University |
| 2006 to present | Assistant Professor, Department of Developmental Studies, Schenectady County Community College, Schenectady, NY |
| 2004–2006 | Instructor, Department of Developmental Studies, Schenectady County Community College, Schenectady, NY |
| 2004 to present | Lecturer, Department of Epidemiology & Biostatistics, University at Albany, Albany NY |
| 2000–2004 | Statistician, Social Capital Development Corporation, Albany, NY |
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| 1997–2000 | Statistician, Tobler Research Associates, Averill Park, NY |
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| 1992–1995 | Econometrician, NYS Dept. of Taxation and Finance, Office of Tax Policy Analysis, Albany, NY |
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| 1992–2004 | Adjunct Assistant Professor, Department of Biometry & Statistics, University at Albany, Albany NY |
| 1985–1992 | Assistant Professor, Department of Economics, Department of Biometry & Statistics, University at Albany, Albany NY |
| 1979–1985 | Teaching & Research Assistant, Department of Economics, Department of Mathematics, Department of Statistics, The University of Michigan, Ann Arbor MI |
| 2004 | Neurobiological Technologies, Inc. |
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| 1996–1997 | American Institutes for Research in the Behavioral Sciences |
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| 1992–1995 | Office of the State Comptroller, State of New York |
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| 2004 to present | Mathematics Skills, Introduction to Algebra, Department of Developmental Studies; Concepts of Mathematics, Algebra I, Precalculus, Department of Mathematics, Science and Technology; Schenectady County Community College, Schenectady NY |
| 2004–2007 | MPH Statistical Inference II, Department of Epidemiology & Biostatistics, University at Albany, Albany NY |
| 1998 | Introduction to Econometrics, Department of Economics, Union College, Schenectady NY |
| 1996–1999 | Principles of Economics I (Microeconomics) & II (Macroeconomics), Mathematics for Economics, Applied Econometrics, Economic Statistics, Ph.D. Econometrics I & II, M.A. Quantitative Methods II, Department of Economics, University at Albany, Albany NY |
| 1997 | Economics I (Macroeconomics), Department of Behavioral & Social Sciences, Hudson Valley Community College, Troy NY |
| 1997 | Principles of Economics (Microeconomics), Department of Economics, Siena College, Loudonville NY |
| 1997 | MPH Statistical Inference I, Department of Biometry & Statistics, University at Albany, Albany NY |
| 1996 | Introduction to Macroeconomics, Department of Economics, Skidmore College, Saratoga Springs NY |
| 1992–1994 | Introduction to Algebra, Department of Developmental Studies; College Algebra, Department of Continuing Education; Schenectady County Community College, Schenectady NY |
| 1985–1992 | Ph.D. Econometrics I & II, M.A. Statistical Methods I & II, Economic Statistics, Mathematical Methods, Principles of Economics I (Microeconomics) & II (Macroeconomics), War Economics, Applied Econometrics, Department of Economics, University at Albany, Albany NY |
| 1979–1985 | Ph.D. General Equilibrium and Dynamics (teaching assistant), Introduction to Microeconomics, Introduction to Macroeconomics, Department of Economics; Calculus I, Department of Mathematics; Introduction to Statistical Inference, Department of Statistics, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor MI |
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Roona, M. R., Ray, A., Ochshorn, P., & Berg, S. (2004). Potential of Culturally Sensitive, Reading Independent, Interactive Software to Change Grades, Behavior, Norms about Drugs — A Multi-site Study. Washington, DC: What Works Clearinghouse, U.S. Dept. of Education, for CSAP's National Registry of Effective Programs.
Social Capital Development Corporation. (2004). Ripple Effects Phase II: Final Report. National Institute for Drug Abuse.
Morehouse, E., Roona, M.R., Ochshorn, P., Palmer, A. L., Fenster, B. & D'Annibale, C. (2002). Westchester Adolescent Children of Substance Abusing Parents: Final report. Rockville, MD: National Center for the Advancement of Prevention.
Roona, M.R., Streke, A.V., Ochshorn, P., Marshall, D.G., & Palmer, A.L. (2000). Identifying effective school-based substance abuse prevention interventions. In Prevention 2000: Moving Effective Programs into Practice. Princeton, NJ: The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.
Tobler, N.S., Roona, M.R., Ochshorn, P., Marshall, D.G., Streke, A.V., & Stackpole, K.M. (2000). School-based adolescent drug prevention programs: 1998 meta-analysis. Journal of Primary Prevention 20(4), 275–336.
Hamilton Fish National Institute on School and Community Violence. (1999). Model programs. In the 1999 annual report on school safety. Washington, DC: U.S. Department of Education and U.S. Department of Justice.
Tobler, N.S., Lessard, T., Marshall, D., Ochshorn, P., & Roona, M. (1999). Effectiveness of school-based drug prevention programs for marijuana use. School Psychology International 20(1), 105–137.
Tobler Research Associates, LLC. (1999). Meta-analysis of family-based prevention programs. Rockville, MD: Center for Substance Abuse Prevention.
Lankford, H., Ochshorn, P., & Wyckoff , J. (1998). The dynamics of teacher salary expense. In Selected papers in school finance, 1996. National Center for Educational Statistics, U.S. Department of Education.
Tobler Research Associates, LLC. (1998). School-based drug prevention programs. Technical report. Rockville, MD: National Center for the Advancement of Prevention.
Tobler Research Associates, LLC. (1997). Effectiveness of school-based drug prevention programs for marijuana use. Rockville, MD: National Center for the Advancement of Prevention.
Ochshorn, P. (1996). Inflation factors for stratified samples with control information. In Statistical Policy Working Paper 25: Proceedings of the Data Editing Workshop and Exposition. Washington, DC: Statistical Policy Office, Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, Office of Management and Budget.
Ochshorn, P. (1993). Splined alternatives for testing lack of fit in regression. Communications in Statistics: Computation and Simulation 22(3).
Roona, M., Ochshorn, P., & Streke, A. (2003, June). Heterogeneity in Tobler’s Meta-analyses of Substance Abuse Prevention Program Evaluations. Presented at the Society for Prevention Research 11th Annual Meeting, “Research to Policy,” Washington, DC
Ochshorn, P. (1999, September). Separating use and nonuse in the evaluation of prevention programs. Presented at the National Prevention Network's annual meeting, Buffalo, NY
Ochshorn, P. (1994). Data development for personal income tax progressivity study. Presented at the Federation of Tax Administrators 49th Annual Revenue Estimating and Tax Research Conference, Albuquerque, NM
Ochshorn, P. (2000). Maximum likelihood estimation of a partially censored random effects model for meta-analysis. Unpublished manuscript.
Ochshorn, P. (2000). WLS equivalent of GLS for correlated effect sizes. Unpublished manuscript.
Ochshorn, P. (1999). A manual for Hedges-type effect size formulas and computational flow charts. Unpublished manuscript.
Ochshorn, P. (1995). Simultaneous construction of strata and sample allocation. Unpublished manuscript.
Ochshorn, P. (1993). Some uses of nonlinear programming for multivariate sample survey design. Unpublished manuscript.
Ochshorn, P. (1993). On the optimality of the ratio estimator. Unpublished manuscript.
Ochshorn, P. (1991). On Shillington's Test for Lack of Fit. Unpublished manuscript.
Ochshorn, P. (1990). Model expansion for ad hoc tests of regression lack-of-fit. Unpublished manuscript.
Ochshorn, P. (1990). Asymptotic Distribution of the RESET Statistic. Unpublished manuscript.
Ochshorn, P. (1989). Global Inconsistency of the RESET Test. Unpublished manuscript.
Ochshorn, P. (1986). Regression specification error tests. Unpublished doctoral dissertation, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor MI.