Ran Xu
Assistant Professor/Allied Health Sciences

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Scholarly Contributions

67 Scholarly Contributions

57
Journal Articles
9
Poster/Presentations
1
Book Chapter
konfound: Command to quantify robustness of causal inferences
2019
Kenneth A Frank, Spiro J Maroulis, Ran Xu, Joshua M Rosenberg
Research Type: Journal Article

konfound: An R Sensitivity Analysis Package to Quantify the Robustness of Causal Inferences
2024
Joshua M Rosenberg, Qinyun Lin, Sarah Narvaiz, Kenneth A Frank, Wei Wang, Spiro J Maroulis, Ran Xu
Research Type: Journal Article

Why Similar Policies Resulted In Different COVID-19 Outcomes: How Responsiveness And Culture Influenced Mortality Rates: Study examines why similar policies resulted in different COVID-19 outcomes in using data from more than 100 countries
2023
Hazhir Rahmandad, Mohammad S Jalali, Navid Ghaffarzadegan, Nick Ruktanonchai, Ran Xu, Lauren M Childs, Omar Saucedo, Tse Yang Lim
Research Type: Journal Article

Weather, air pollution, and SARS-CoV-2 transmission: a global analysis
2021
Navid Ghaffarzadegan, Heresh Amini, Catherine DiGennaro, Mohammad S Jalali, Ran Xu, Hazhir Rahmandad, Marichi Gupta
Research Type: Journal Article

Validating a nutrition ranking system for food pantries using the Healthy Eating Index-2015
2022
Maria Fernanda Gombi-Vaca, Katie Martin, Caitlin E Caspi, Marlene Schwartz, Ran Xu, Hesse, Michelle Battista
Research Type: Journal Article

Using Crowdsourced Food Image Data for Assessing Restaurant Nutrition Environment: A Validation Study
2023
Ran Xu, Weixuan Lyu, Nina Seok, Xiang Chen
Research Type: Journal Article

Unfriended, blocked, and reported: when and why Facebook friendships end
2021
Ran Xu, Richard Bannor, Sherry Pagoto, Molly Waring
Research Type: Poster/Presentation

The impact of the Michigan Merit Curriculum on high school math course-taking
2019
Kenneth Frank, Ran Xu, Barbara Schneider, Gregory Wallsworth, Susan Dynarski, Soobin Kim, Brian Jacob
Research Type: Journal Article

The Mann-Kendall-Sneyers test to identify the change points of COVID-19 time series in the United States
2022
Hui Wang, Weixuan Lyu, Xiang Chen, Ran Xu
Research Type: Journal Article

Supporting Wellness at Pantries (SWAP): changes to inventory in six food pantries over one year
2020
Talea Cornelius, Margaret Read, Marlene B Schwartz, Kristen Cooksey Stowers, Katie S Martin, Ran Xu, Michelle McCabe, Michele Wolff
Research Type: Journal Article

Statistical methods for the estimation of contagion effects in human disease and health networks
2020
Ran Xu
Research Type: Journal Article

Sources of information about child nutrition and perceived credibility of sources by maternal health literacy
2021
Sherry Pagoto, Lauryn Tetreault, Ran Xu, Julie Pham, Valeria Herrera, Brooke Libby, Kate Bauer, Valerie Duffy, Paige Piera, Molly Waring, Lauren Rudin
Research Type: Poster/Presentation

Sources and perceived credibility of child nutrition information in relation to maternal health literacy.
2024
Valerie B. Duffy
Research Type: Journal Article

Social network analysis of the effects of a social media--based weight loss intervention targeting adults of low socioeconomic status: Single-arm intervention trial
2021
Ran Xu, David Cavallo
Research Type: Journal Article

Sensitivity analysis for network observations with applications to inferences of social influence effects
2021
Ran Xu, Kenneth A Frank
Research Type: Journal Article

Selective daily mobility bias in the community food environment: case study of Greater Hartford, Connecticut
2023
Caitlin E Caspi, Ran Xu, Ailing Jin, Xiang Chen, Xiao Huang, Zhenlong Li
Research Type: Journal Article

Risk perception and resource scarcity in food procurement during the early outbreak of COVID-19
2021
Yiru Wang, Xiang Chen, Ran Xu, Yunhe Cui, Yang Yang
Research Type: Journal Article

Retail Soda Purchases Decrease and Water Purchases Increase: 6-Year Results From a Community-Based Beverage Campaign
2022
Abiodun T Atoloye, Brooke L Bennett, Nicolette Highsmit H Vernick, Ran Xu, Glenn E Schneider, Marlene B Schwartz, Yoon-Youn Y Choi, Lawrence J Appel
Research Type: Journal Article

Randomized non-inferiority trial comparing an asynchronous remotely-delivered versus clinic-delivered lifestyle intervention
2024
Ran Xu, Monica L Wang, Lindsay Palmer, Jared M Goetz, Sherry L Pagoto, Stephenie C Lemon
Research Type: Journal Article

Quantifying the robustness of empirical inferences in strategic management: The impact threshold of a confounding variable and robustness of inference to replacement
2021
Ran Xu, Qinyun Lin, Spiro J Maroulis, Kenneth A Frank, John R Busenbark
Research Type: Book Chapter