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Dawn Porter
Associate Professor of Clinica Data Sciences and Operations Management

USC Marshall School of Business
Los Angeles, CA 90089-0808

Phone: 
213-740-172
dawn.porter@marshall.usc.edu
Education: 
PhD, MPhil, MS, New York University; BA, Cornell University

Overview

Dawn Porter is a statistician who has published in Management Science and is the coauthor of Basic Econometrics (fifth edition). Prior to joining USC, she served on the faculty at Georgetown University. Professor Porter has consulted for KPMG Consulting, Ginnie Mae, Inc., and Toys R Us.

Research

A New End-of-Auction Model for Curbing Sniping • 2009
Essentials of Econometrics, 4th edition • 2009
Essentials of Business Statistics • 2007
Enhanced Reputation Scoring for Online Auctions • 2005
A Multiple Category Agreement Measure with Repeated Classifications
A Statistical Approach to Controlling Sniping in Electronic Options
An Application of a Beta-Binomial Distribution Using a Mixing Function
Enhanced Reputation Scoring for Online Auctions: A Controlled Experiment
Multiple Category Agreement Measures in the Presence of Serial Coordination
Reputation-based Soring Procedures in Rating Systems: An Application
Simple Methods Are Best? A New Look at An Old Problem
Weighted Agreement Measures Between Automated Systems