Dr Peter Rankin

Postdoctoral Research Fellow

Institute for Social Science Research

+61 7 334 69690

p.rankin1@uq.edu.au

Researcher biography

Peter is a postdoctoral research fellow working within the Early Development, Education, and Care group at ISSR. He has a broad range of applied statistical expertise encompassing Frequentist and Bayesian techniques. His current focus is on longitudinal and multilevel modelling, psychometric techniques for measurement, and compelling visualisations of complex data. Peter is also competent in structural equation modelling, machine learning, and econometric techniques. Importantly, he can work with, communicate between, and translate for different disciplines and statistical skill levels.

Publications

Journal Articles (4)

Conference Papers (4)

Journal Articles

Thorpe, Karen, Rankin, Peter, Beatton, Tony, Houen, Sandy, Sandi, Matteo, Siraj, Iram and Staton, Sally (2020). The when and what of measuring ECE quality: Analysis of variation in the Classroom Assessment Scoring System (CLASS) across the ECE day. Early Childhood Research Quarterly, 53, 274-286. doi: 10.1016/j.ecresq.2020.05.003

Staton, Sally, Rankin, Peter S., Harding, Mollie, Smith, Simon S., Westwood, Emily, LeBourgeois, Monique K. and Thorpe, Karen J. (2020). Many naps, one nap, none: a systematic review and meta-analysis of napping patterns in children 0-12 years. Sleep Medicine Reviews, 50 101247, 101247. doi: 10.1016/j.smrv.2019.101247

McClanahan, T. R. and Rankin, P. S. (2016). Geography of conservation spending, biodiversity, and culture. Conservation Biology, 30 (5) 0053, 1089-1101. doi: 10.1111/cobi.12720

Rankin, Peter Sheldon and Lemos, Ricardo T. (2015). An alternative surplus production model. Ecological Modelling, 313, 109-126. doi: 10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2015.06.024

Conference Papers

Staton, Sally, Rankin, Peter, Thorpe, Karen, Oakes, Candice, Houen, Sandy, Cooke, Emma and Smith, Simon (2019). Improving sleep health in early childhood: Pilot RCT of an educator professional development program to improve sleep practices in childcare services. World Sleep 2019, Vancouver, Canada, 20-25 September 2019. Amsterdam, Netherlands: Elservier. doi: 10.1016/j.sleep.2019.11.1013

Rankin, P., Staton, S., Thorpe, K. and Smith, S. (2019). Actigraphy based estimates of sleep duration in young children with and without a sleep log are comparable. In: 15th World Sleep Congress, Vancouver, Canada, (S357-S357). 20-25 September 2019. doi:10.1016/j.sleep.2019.11.998

Staton, S., Rankin, P., Thorpe, K., Oakes, C., Houen, S., Cooke, E. and Smith, S. (2019). Improving sleep health in early childhood: pilot rct of an educator professional development program to improve sleep practices in childcare services. World Sleep 2019, Vancouver, Canada, 20-25 September, 2019. Amsterdam, Netherlands: Elsevier BV. doi: 10.1016/j.sleep.2019.11.1013

Staton, S., Smith, S., Rankin, P. and Thorpe, K. (2018). Regularity of infant and toddler sleep practices between home and childcare settings. 30th Annual Scientific Meeting (ASM) of Australasian-Sleep-Association and the Australasian-Sleep-Technologists-Association (Sleep DownUnder), Brisbane, QLD, Australia, 17-20 October 2018. Chichester, West Sussex, United Kingdom: Wiley-Blackwell Publishing. doi: 10.1111/jsr.106_12766