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Dr Peter Rankin

Postdoctoral Research Fellow
Institute for Social Science Research
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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 (3)
Conference Papers (3)

Journal Articles

Sally Staton, Peter Rankin, Mollie Harding, Smith, Simon S., Westwood, Emily, LeBourgeois, Monique K. and Karen Thorpe (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.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: 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, 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. In: World Sleep 2019, Vancouver, Canada, (S363). 20-25 September, 2019. doi:10.1016/j.sleep.2019.11.1013
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. In: World Sleep 2019, Vancouver, Canada, (S363-S363). 20-25 September 2019. 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. In: 30th Annual Scientific Meeting (ASM) of Australasian-Sleep-Association and the Australasian-Sleep-Technologists-Association (Sleep DownUnder), Brisbane, QLD, Australia, (). 17-20 October 2018. doi:10.1111/jsr.106_12766