Ronald D. Fricker

Introduction to Statistical Methods for Biosurveillance

With an Emphasis on Syndromic Surveillance

Bioterrorism is not a new threat, but in an increasingly interconnected world, the potential for catastrophic outcomes is greater today than ever. The...

Conducting Research Surveys via E-mail and the Web

Internet-based surveys, although still in their infancy, are becomingincreasingly popular because they are believed to be faster, better,cheaper, and ...

Monitoring the Health of Populations by Tracking Disease Outbreaks

Saving Humanity from the Next Plague

Today the citizens of developed counties have never experienced a large-scale disease outbreak. One reason is the success of the public health communi...

Going to the Mines to Look for Diamonds

Experimenting with Recruiting Stations in Malls

Describes RAND's evaluation of performance of a prototype military recruiting station located in an outlet mall in northern Virginia during its first ...

Pesticide Use During the Gulf War

A Survey of Gulf War Veterans

This report documents the results of a telephone survey of 2,005 Gulf War veterans investigating the use of pesticides during Operation Desert Shield/...

Introduction to Probability and Statistics for Data Science

with R

Introduction to Probability and Statistics for Data Science provides a solid course in the fundamental concepts, methods and theory of statistics for ...

Introduction to Statistical Methods for Biosurveillance

With an Emphasis on Syndromic Surveillance

Presents basic and advanced methods with a focus on demonstrated added value for a broad class of public health surveillance problems....

Measuring and Evaluating Local Preparedness for a Chemical Or Biological Terrorist Attack

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Retooling for the Logistics Revolution

Designing Marine Corps Inventories to Support the Warfighter

This report presents new inventory management techniques to help the Marine Corps continue to improve logistics and repair processes. The authors advo...

The Effects of Perstempo on Officer Retention in the U.S. Military

Are increased deployments in the U.S. military associated with decreased retention? This report looks at retention of servicemembers in the decade fol...

Going to the Mines to Look for Diamonds. Experimenting with Military Recruiting Stations in Malls

In December 2000, the Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness (USDP & R) presided over the opening ceremony of a prototype "marketing-e...

Introduction to Statistical Methods for Biosurveillance

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Measuring and Evaluating Local Preparedness for a Chemical Or Biological Terrorist Attack

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