Patricia Busk

Patricia Busk

Professor

Full-Time Faculty
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Biography

Patricia Busk is a Professor in the Learning and Instruction Department, beginning at USF in the Counseling Psychology Department. She has been a visiting professor in the School of Education at the University of California at Berkeley and prior to USF faculty, she was an Assistant Professor at Michigan State University.

Research Areas

  • Education statistics and research methods: meta-analysis, nonparametrics methods applied to analysis of single-case data, randomization tests, test construction, and performance assessment
  • Assessment in higher education; teaching statistics
  • Teaching in higher education

Education

  • PhD, Quantitative Methods in Educational Psychology, University of Wisconsin, Madison

Selected Publications

  • Busk, P. (2010). Statistical conclusion validity. In E. Baker, P. Peterson, & B. McGaw (Eds.), International Encyclopedia of Education (3rd ed.). London: Elsevier.
  • Busk, P. L. (2005). Causal-comparative research. In B. Everitt & D. Howell (Eds.), Encyclopedia Statistics in Behavioral Science. John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
  • Busk, P. L. (2005). Correlational study. In B. Everitt & D. Howell (Eds.) Encyclopedia Statistics in Behavioral Science. John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
  • Busk, P. L. (2005). Cross-sectional design. In B. Everitt & D. Howell (Eds.), Encyclopedia Statistics in Behavioral Science. John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
  • Busk, P. L. (2005). Field experiment. In B. Everitt & D. Howell (Eds.), Encyclopedia Statistics in Behavioral Science. John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.