Research
A complete list of published work can be seen in my CV
High-dimensional statistics
Zgodic A, Bai R, Zhang J, Wang Y, Rorden C, McLain AC. Heteroscedastic Sparse High-Dimensional Linear Regression with a Partitioned Empirical Bayes ECM Algorithm. Submitted to Statistics Methods in Medical Research. 2024+. [Preprint] [Software]
Zgodic A, Bai R, Zhang J, McLain AC. Sparse High-Dimensional Linear Mixed Modeling with a Partitioned Empirical Bayes ECM Algorithm. Revisions submitted to Statistics and Computing. 2025; 35(109). [Paper] [Software]
McLain AC, Zgodic A, Bondell HD. Sparse High-Dimensional Linear Regression with a Partitioned Empirical Bayes EM Algorithm. Computational Statistics and Data Analysis. 2025; 207:108146. [Paper] [Software]
Spatial statistics
Self S, Zhao X, Zgodic A, Overby A, White D, McLain A, Dyckman C. A Hypothesis Test for Detecting Spatial Patterns in Categorical Areal Data. Spatial Statistics. 2024; 61:100839. [Paper]
Self S, Overby A, Zgodic A, White D, McLain A, Dyckman C. A Hypothesis Test for Detecting Distance-Specific Clustering and Dispersion in Areal Data. Spatial Statistics. 2023; 55:100757. [Paper]
Small area estimation
Zgodic A, Eberth JM, Breneman CB, Wende ME, Kaczynski AT, Liese AD, McLain AC. A Multilevel Approach to Small Area Estimation and Post-Stratification of Childhood Overweight and Obesity Rates at the County, State, and Regional Levels. American Journal of Epidemiology. 2021; 190(12):2618-2629. [Paper]
Meta-analysis
Zgodic A, Schmid CH, Olkin I, Trikalinos TA. Different Evidence Summaries Have Implications for Contextualizing Findings of Meta-Analysis of Diagnostic Tests. Journal of Clinical Epidemiology. 2019; 109:51-61. [Paper]
Applied collaborations
Bradshaw J, Eberth JM, Zgodic A, Federico A, Flory K, McLain AC. County-Level Prevalence Estimates of Autism Spectrum Disorder in Children in the United States. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders. 2024; 54:2710-2718. [Paper]
Zgodic A, McLain AC, Eberth JM, Federico A, Bradshaw J, Flory K. County-Level Prevalence Estimates of ADHD in Children in the United States. Annals of Epidemiology. 2023; 79:56-64. [Paper]
Benavidez GA, Zgodic A, Zahnd WE, Eberth JM. Disparities in Being Up to Date With Breast, Cervical, and Colorectal Cancer Screening Among Women in the United States: An Analysis of 2018 BRFSS Data. Preventing Chronic Disease. 2021; 18:E37. [Paper]
Zgodic A, Zahnd WE, Advani S, Eberth JM. Low-Dose CT Lung Cancer Screening Uptake: A Rural-Urban Comparison. Journal of Rural Health. 2021; 38(1):40-53. [Paper]
Zgodic A, Zahnd WE, Miller DP Jr, Studts JL, Eberth JM. Predictors of Lung Cancer Screening Utilization in a Population-Based Survey. Journal of the American College of Radiology. 2020; 17(12):1591-1601. [Paper]