Kirk has been conducting health services research for almost 30 years, primarily in substance abuse treatment and prevention. He has studied client retention and engagement in treatment and long-term program outcomes. He has also studied the staff working environment in treatment programs, quality improvement initiatives, program costs, and the factors that drive them. That research has been published in refereed scientific journals and books.
Kirk has particular expertise in the statistical and research methods applied in these studies. He has served as a consultant and teacher for colleagues, students, and clients.
Specialties include multilevel models for hierarchical data, structural equation models, linear and logistic regression, techniques for handling missing data, psychometric analysis, measure development, and economic cost analysis.
Experience with statistical software such as SAS, SPSS, Mplus, HLM, LISREL, and Winsteps.
Experienced manager of personnel and research projects.
Kirk Broome, Ph.D.
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