Geographic Information Systems, Spatial Analysis, and Data Visualization

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2007

Gregorio DI, Huang L, DeChello LM, Samociuk H, Kulldorff M. Place of residence effect on likelihood of surviving prostate cancer. Ann Epidemiol Jul 2007;17(7):520-4.

Huang L, Kulldorff M, Gregorio D. A spatial scan statistic for survival data. Biometrics Mar 2007;63(1):109-18.

Huang L, Pickle LW, Stinchcomb D, Feuer EJ. Detection of spatial clusters: application to cancer survival as a continuous outcome. Epidemiology Jan 2007;18(1):73-87.

Pickle LW, Hao Y, Jemal A, Zou Z, Tiwari RC, Ward E, Hachey M, Howe HL, Feuer EJ. A new method of estimating United States and state-level cancer incidence counts for the current calendar year. CA Cancer J Clin 2007;57(1):30-42.

2006

Bell BS, Hoskins RE, Pickle LW, Wartenberg D. Current practices in spatial analysis of cancer data: mapping health statistics to inform policymakers and the public. Int J Health Geogr 2006;5:49.

Duczmal L, Kulldorff M, Huang L. Evaluation of spatial scan statistics for irregular shaped clusters. Journal of Computational and Graphical Statistics Jun 2006;15(2):428-42.

Gumpertz ML, Pickle LW, Miller BA, Bell BS. Geographic patterns of advanced breast cancer in Los Angeles: associations with biological and sociodemographic factors (United States). Cancer Causes Control Apr 2006;17(3):325-39.

Hao Y, Ward EM, Jemal A, Pickle LW, Thun MJ. U.S. congressional district cancer death rates. Int J Health Geogr 2006;5:28.

Kulldorff M, Huang L, Pickle L, Duczmal L. An elliptic spatial scan statistic. Stat Med 30 Nov 2006;25(22):3929-43.

Oliver MN, Smith E, Siadaty M, Hauck FR, Pickle LW. Spatial analysis of prostate cancer incidence and race in Virginia, 1990-1999. Am J Prev Med Feb 2006;30(2 Suppl):S67-76.

Pickle LW. Evaluating data with GIS and spatial statistical analyses. Healthy GIS 2006;Summer:1-3.

Pickle LW. Review of Graphic Discovery: a trout in the milk and other visual adventures by Howard Wainer. The American Statistician May 2006;60(2):203-203.

2005

Oliver MN, Matthews KA, Siadaty M, Hauck FR, Pickle LW. Geographic bias related to geocoding in epidemiologic studies. Int J Health Geogr 10 Nov 2005;4:29.

Pickle LW, Waller LA, Lawson AB. Current practices in cancer spatial data analysis: a call for guidance. International journal of health geographics [electronic resource]. 13 Jan 2005;4(1):3.

White AA, Pickle LW, Herrmann DJ, Croner CM, Wilson BF. Map design preferences associated with professional discipline. Proceedings of Statistical Graphics Section, American Statistical Association Meeting; 1994; Toronto, Canada. 2005. p. 54-59.

2004

Pickle LW. Usability testing of map designs. Proceedings of Symposium on the Interface of Computing Science and Statistics; 2003; Alexandria, VA. 2004. p. 42-56.

2003

Boscoe FP, Pickle LW. Choosing geographic units for choropleth rate maps, with an emphasis on public health applications. Cartography and GIS 2003;30(3):237-248.

Carr DB, Bell BS, Pickle LW, Zhang Y, Li Y. The state cancer profiles web site and extensions of linked micromap plots and conditioned choropleth map plots. Proceedings of 2003 National Conference on Digital Government Research; 2003; Boston, MA. ACM International Conference Proceeding Series; Vol. 130: 2003. p. 1-5.

Pickle LW, Feuer EJ, Edwards BK. US Predicted Cancer Incidence, 1999: Complete Maps by County and State from Spatial Projection Models. NCI Cancer Surveillance Monograph Series, Number 5. Bethesda, MD: National Cancer Institute; 2003. NIH Publication No. 03-543. Available at http://srab.cancer.gov/incidence/monograph.html.

2002

Bell BS. Spatial Analysis of Disease - Applications. In: Beam C, ed. Biostatistical Applications in Cancer Research. Boston: Kluwer Academic Publishers; Jan 2002. p. 151-182. [View PDF]

Brewer CA, Pickle LW. Evaluation of methods for classifying epidemiological data on choropleth maps in series. Annals of the Amer Assoc of Geographers Dec 2002;92(4):662-681.

Pickle LW. Spatial analysis of disease. In: Beam C, ed. Biostatistical Applications in Cancer Research. Boston: Klewer Academic Publishers; Jan 2002. p. 113-150. [View PDF]

Pickle LW, Su Y. Within-state geographic patterns of health insurance coverage and health risk factors in the United States. Am J Prev Med Feb 2002;22(2):75-83. [View PDF]

2001

Pickle LW, Feuer EJ, Edwards BK. Predicting cancer incidence in non-SEER counties. Proceedings of Biometrics Section of the Annual Meeting of the American Statistical Association; 2000; 2001. p. 45-52.

Pickle LW, Heineman EF, Ward MH, Nuckols JR, Gumpertz ML, Bell BS. Applications of GIS to cancer research at the National Cancer Institute. Proceedings of 2001 ESRI international health geographics conference; Washington, DC. 2001.

2000

Cubbin C, Pickle LW, Fingerhut L. Social context and geographic patterns of homicide among US black and white males. Am J Public Health Apr 2000;90(4):579-87.

Nandram B, Pickle LW. A Bayesian analysis of trends in U.S. homicide rates. Proceedings of Section on Bayesian Statistical Sciences of the 1999 Annual Meeting of the American Statistical Association; 2000. p. 66-71.

Nandram B, Sedransk J, Pickle LW. Bayesian analysis and mapping of mortality rates for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. J Am Stat Assoc Dec 2000;95:1110-18.

Pickle LW. Exploring spatio-temporal patterns of mortality using mixed effects models. Stat Med Sep 2000;19(17-18):2251-63.

Pickle LW. Mapping Mortality Data in the United States. In: Elliott P, Wakefield J, Best N, Briggs D, eds. Spatial Epidemiology: Methods and Applications. New York: Oxford University Press; 2000. p. 240-252.

Pickle LW, Herrmann DJ. Cognitive research for the design of statistical rate maps. Proceedings of Survey Research Section of the 1999 Annual Meeting of the American Statistical Association; 2000. p. 185-191.

1999

Mungiole M, Pickle LW, Simonson KH. Application of a weighted head-banging algorithm to mortality data maps. Stat Med 15 Dec 1999;18(23):3201-9.

Mungiole M, Pickle LW, Simonson KH. Effects of smoothing mortality data using the weighted head-banging algorithm. Proceedings of Biometrics Section, American Statistical Association Meeting; 1998; Dallas, TX. 1999. p. 43-51.

Nandram B, Sedransk J, Pickle LW. Bayesian analysis of mortality rates for U.S. Health Service Areas. Sankhya B 1999;61(1):145-165.

Pickle LW, Gillum RF. Geographic variation in cardiovascular disease mortality in US blacks and whites. J Natl Med Assoc Oct 1999;91(10):545-56.

Pickle LW, Mungiole M, Jones GK, White AA. Exploring spatial patterns of mortality: the new atlas of United States mortality. Stat Med 15 Dec 1999;18(23):3211-20.

1998

Kulldorff M, Athas WF, Feuer EJ, Miller BA, Key CR. Evaluating cluster alarms: a space-time scan statistic and brain cancer in Los Alamos, New Mexico. Am J Public Health Sep 1998;88(9):1377-80.

MacEachren AM, Boscoe F, Huag D, Pickle LW. Geographic visualization: Designing manipulable maps for exploring temporally varying georeferenced statistics. Proceedings of IEEE Symposium on Information Visualization; Research Triangle Park, NC. 1998. p. 87-94.

MacEachren AM, Brewer CA, Pickle LW. Visualizing georeferenced data: Representing reliability in health statistics. Environment and Planning 1998;30:1547-1561.

MacEachren AM, Polsky C, Haug D, Brown D, Boscoe F, Beedasy J, Pickle LW, Marrara M. Visualizing spatial relationships among health, environmental, and demographic statistics: Interface design issues. Proceedings of 18th International Cartographic Conference; 1997; Stockholm, Sweden. 1998. p. 880-887.

1997

Brewer CA, MacEachren AM, Pickle LW. Choice of colors for the new NCHS mortality atlas. Proceedings of International Symposium on Computer Mapping in Epidemiology and Environmental Health; 14 Feb 1995; Tampa, FL. 1997. p. 14-20.

Brewer CA, MacEachren AM, Pickle LW, Herrmann DJ. Mapping mortality: Evaluating color schemes for choropleth maps. Annals of the Amer Assoc of Geographers Sep 1997;87(3):411-438.

Kulldorff M, Feuer EJ, Miller BA, Freedman LS. Breast cancer clusters in the northeast United States: a geographic analysis. Am J Epidemiol 15 Jul 1997;146(2):161-70.

Mungiole M, Pickle LW, Simonson KH, White AA. Application of a weighted headbanging algorithm to mortality data maps. Proceedings of Statistical Graphics Section of the 1996 Annual Meeting of the American Statistical Association; 1997. p. 45-49.

Pickle LW, Herrmann DJ, Mungiole M, White AA. Design of the new U.S. mortality atlas. Proceedings of International Symposium on Computer Mapping in Epidemiology and Environmental Health; 14 Feb 1995; Tampa, FL. 1997. p. 4-12.

Pickle LW, Mungiole M, Gillum RF. Geographic variation in stroke mortality in blacks and whites in the United States. Stroke Aug 1997;28(8):1639-47.

Pickle LW, Mungiole M, Jones GK, White AA. Analysis of mapped mortality data by mixed effects models. Proceedings of Biometrics Section, American Statistical Association Meeting; 1996; Chicago, IL. 1997. p. 227-232.

Pickle LW, White AA, Mungiole M, Jones GK. Atlas of United States Mortality. Proceedings of Statistical Graphics Section, American Statistical Association Meeting; 1996; Chicago, IL. 1997. p. 40-44.

1996

Herrmann DJ, Pickle LW. A cognitive subtask model of statistical map reading. Visual Cognition 1 Jun 1996;3:165-190.

Herrmann DJ, Pickle LW. The new cognitive perspective in statistical map reading. Proceedings of Statistical Graphics Section, American Statistical Association Meeting; 1995; Orlando, FL. 1996. p. 4-7.

Jones GK, Pickle LW, Mungiole M. The use of the SAS programming language and procedures to model and process data used in creating the new U.S. Mortality Atlas. Proceedings of 21st Annual SAS Users' Group International Conference; 1996. p. 1074-1079.

Pickle LW, Mungiole M, Jones GK, White AA. Atlas of United States Mortality. Hyattsville, Maryland: National Center for Health Statistics; 1996.

Pickle LW, Mungiole M, Jones GK, White AA. Statistical analysis and graphical design for the new U.S. mortality atlas. Proceedings of Biometrics Section, American Statistical Association Meeting; 1995; Orlando, FL. 1996. p. 573-8.

1995

Cognitive Aspects of Statistical Mapping. Working paper series report no 18. Hyattsville, Maryland: National Center for Health Statistics; 1995.

MacEachren AM, Brewer CA, Pickle LW. Mapping health statistics: Representing data reliability. Proceedings of 17th International Cartographic Association Conference; 11 Sep 1995; Barcelona, Spain. 1995. p. 311-31.

Pickle LW, White AA. Effects of the choice of age-adjustment method on maps of death rates. Stat Med Mar 1995;14(5-7):615-27.

1994

Herrmann DJ, Kerwin J, Pickle LW, Croner CM, White AA, Jobe JB, Jones GK. Cognitive processes in statistical map reading. Proceedings of Statistical Graphics Section, American Statistical Association Meeting; 1993; San Francisco, CA. 1994. p. 51-54.

Herrmann DJ, Pickle LW. A cognitive subtask model of statistical map reading. NCHS Working Paper Series Report, No. 18. 1994. No.11.

Pickle LW, Herrmann DJ. The process of reading statistical maps: The effect of color. Statistical Computing and Statistical Graphics Newsletter 1994;5(1):12-16.

Pickle LW, Herrmann DJ, Kerwin J, Croner CM, White AA. The impact of statistical graphic design on interpretation of disease rate maps. Proceedings of Statistical Graphics Section, American Statistical Association Meeting; 12 Aug 1993; San Francisco, CA. Alexandria, VA: ASA; 1994. p. 111-116.

1993

Carr DB, Pickle LW. Topics in scientific visualization: Plot production issues and details. Statistical Computing and Statistical Graphics Newsletter 1993;4(2):16-20.

Lewandowsky S, Herrmann DJ, Behrens JT, Li S, Pickle LW, Jobe JB. Perception of clusters in statistical maps. Appl Cog Psych 19 Mar 1993;7:533-551.

1992

Croner CM, Pickle LW, Wolf DR, White AA. A GIS approach to hypothesis generation in epidemiology. Proceedings of American Congress on Surveys and Mapping; 1992. p. 275-283.

1990

Pickle LW, Mason TJ, Howard N, Hoover R, Fraumeni JF Jr. Atlas of U.S. cancer mortality among whites, 1950-1980. DHHS Publ. No. (NIH) 87�00. Washington, DC: U.S. Gov. Printing Office; 1990.

1987

Pickle LW, Mason TJ, Howard N, Hoover R, Fraumeni JF Jr. Atlas of U.S.Cancer Mortality among Nonwhites, 1950-1980. DHHS Publ. No. (NIH) 90�82. Washington, DC: U.S. Gov. Printing Office; 1987.