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Applied Statistician | Software Developer

Profile Summary

With 15 years of experience applying statistics and research methods, I empower organizations with data-driven insights. My expertise spans education, medicine, public health, market research, and scale development for clients ranging from small research firms to government agencies. 🔹 Proficiencies • Statistical analysis • Machine learning • AI applications • Psychometric analysis • Systematic reviews • Meta-analysis • Simulations • Power analysis • R package development 🔹 Career Highlights • Developed fourteen peer-reviewed R packages published on CRAN • Served as Software Manager for Juvo, a behavioral health services company • Lead Reviewer for Abt Associates’ National Evaluation of Investing in Innovation • Co-authored peer-reviewed research reports 🔹 Additional Research Services • Drafting protocols, grants, and reports • Building data collection tools and dashboards • Conducting What Works Clearinghouse reviews I provide tailored solutions to meet your specific data analysis and research needs. Please reach out if you need an experienced statistician and researcher on your team. I look forward to collaborating with you!

Subject Matter Expertise

• ☆ Biostatistics
• ☆ Biophysics
• ☆ Statistics
• ☆ Applied Statistics
• ☆ Meta-Analysis
• ☆ Regression Analysis
• ☆ Multivariate Analysis
• ☆ Nonlinear Regression
• ☆ Bayesian Statistics
• ☆ Correlation Analysis
• ☆ Statistical Computing
• ☆ Study Design
• ☆ Statistical Review
• ☆ Medical Statistics
• ☆ Health Data Analysis

Services

• Writing
• Research
• Consulting
• Data & AI

Writing Clinical Trial Documentation, Technical Writing

Research Market Research, Meta-Research, Feasibility Study, Gray Literature Search, Scientific and Technical Research, Systematic Literature Review, Secondary Data Collection

Consulting Scientific and Technical Consulting

Data & AI Predictive Modeling, Statistical Analysis, Data Visualization, Text Mining & Analytics, Data Mining, Data Cleaning, Data Processing, Data Insights

Work Experience

Applied Statistics

Freelancer

June 2015 - Present

Software Manager

Juvo Autism & Behavioral Health Services

January 2017 - January 2020

Scientific Researcher

ANALYTICA, Inc

August 2011 - February 2017

Education

Biophysics

UCLA

January 2026 - January 2026

Statistics, Measurement, Assessment, and Research Technology

University of Pennsylvania

August 2009 - June 2010

Certifications

• Protecting Human Research Participants Online Training

  PHRP Online Training

  https://phrptraining.com/

  October 2021 - Present

• What Works Clearinghouse Group Design Standards

  https://ies.ed.gov/

  https://ies.ed.gov/ncee/WWC/Reviewer#/Keyword:Mackson,IsOrganization:false,SetNumber:1

  May 2012 - Present

• SAS Certified Base Programmer for SAS 9 (CBP)

  SAS

  https://www.sas.com/

  May 2012 - Present

Publications

JOURNAL ARTICLE

Mackson Ncube, Sahmla Gabriel, David M. Goldman, Eugene Scharf, Alan C. Goldhamer, Toshia R. Myers (2025). Prolonged Water‐Only Fasting Followed by a Whole‐Plant‐Food Diet Promotes Fat‐Free Mass Recovery and Continued Fat Mass Loss in Adults With Overweight or Obesity . Obesity Science & Practice.

Mackson Ncube, Evelyn Zeiler, Sahmla Gabriel, Natasha Thompson, Daniel Newmire, Eugene L. Scharf, Alan C. Goldhamer, Toshia R. Myers (2024). Prolonged Water-Only Fasting Followed by a Whole-Plant-Food Diet Is a Potential Long-Term Management Strategy for Hypertension and Obesity . Nutrients.

Mackson Ncube, Natasha Thompson, Sahmla Gabriel, Evelyn Zeiler, Alan Goldhamer, Toshia Myers (2024). A Preliminary Observational Study on Potential Effects of Prolonged Water-Only Fasting Followed by Whole-Plant-Food Refeeding in Normal-Weight Females . International Journal of Disease Reversal and Prevention.

Mackson Ncube, Sahmla Gabriel, Evelyn Zeiler, Natasha Thompson, Micaela Karlsen, David Goldman, Zrinka Glavas, Andrew Beauchesne, Eugene Scharf, Alan Goldhamer, et al. (2022). A Six-Week Follow-Up Study on the Sustained Effects of Prolonged Water-Only Fasting and Refeeding on Markers of Cardiometabolic Risk . Nutrients.

Mackson Ncube, Toshia R Myers, Bradley Saul, Micaela Karlsen, Andrew Beauchesne, Zrinka Glavas, Ryan Bradley, Alan C Goldhamer (2022). Potential Effects of Prolonged Water-Only Fasting Followed by a Whole-Plant-Food Diet on Salty and Sweet Taste Sensitivity and Perceived Intensity, Food Liking, and Dietary Intake . Cureus.

Mackson Ncube, Eugene Scharf, Evelyn Zeiler, Patricia Kolbe, Su-Yeon Hwang, Alan Goldhamer, Toshia R. Myers (2022). The Effects of Prolonged Water-Only Fasting and Refeeding on Markers of Cardiometabolic Risk . Nutrients.

Mackson Ncube, Herbert Turner, Annette Turner, Robert Boruch, Nneka Ibekwe (2018). What are the effects of Teach For America on Math, English Language Arts, and Science outcomes of K–12 students in the USA? . Campbell Systematic Reviews.

Mackson Ncube, Herbert Turner, Robert Boruch, Annette Turner (2016). Protocol for a Systematic Review: Teach For America (TFA) for Improving Math, Language Arts, and Science Achievement of Primary and Secondary Students in the United States: A Systematic Review . Campbell Systematic Reviews.

SOFTWARE

Mackson Ncube (2024). mmints: Workflows for Building Web Applications . CRAN: Contributed Packages.

Mackson Ncube (2024). holi: Higher Order Likelihood Inference Web Applications . CRAN: Contributed Packages.

Mackson Ncube (2024). scdtb: Single Case Design Tools . CRAN: Contributed Packages.

Mackson Ncube (2024). mmiCATs: Cluster Adjusted t Statistic Applications . CRAN: Contributed Packages.

Mackson Ncube (2023). npboottprmFBar: Informative Nonparametric Bootstrap Test with Pooled Resampling . CRAN: Contributed Packages.

Mackson Ncube (2023). mmibain: Bayesian Informative Hypotheses Evaluation Web Applications . CRAN: Contributed Packages.

Mackson Ncube (2023). mmirestriktor: Informative Hypothesis Testing Web Applications . CRAN: Contributed Packages.

Mackson Ncube (2023). mmcards: Playing Cards Utility Functions . CRAN: Contributed Packages.

Mackson Ncube (2023). exactamente: Explore the Exact Bootstrap Method . CRAN: Contributed Packages.

Mackson Ncube (2023). bootwar: Nonparametric Bootstrap Test with Pooled Resampling Card Game . CRAN: Contributed Packages.

Mackson Ncube (2023). npboottprm: Nonparametric Bootstrap Test with Pooled Resampling . CRAN: Contributed Packages.

Mackson Ncube (2023). OLStrajr: Ordinary Least Squares Trajectory Analysis . CRAN: Contributed Packages.

Mackson Ncube (2023). idmact: Interpreting Differences Between Mean ACT Scores . CRAN: Contributed Packages.

Mackson Ncube (2023). swaprinc: Swap Principal Components into Regression Models . CRAN: Contributed Packages.

PREPRINT

Mackson Ncube, Evelyn Zeiler, Sahmla Gabriel, Natasha Thompson, Eugene Scharf, Alan C. Goldhamer, Toshia R. Myers (2024). Prolonged Water-only Fasting is a Safe and Feasible Treatment Option for Managing Stage 1 and 2 Hypertension .

OTHER

U.S. Department of Education, Office of Planning, Evaluation and Policy Development, Policy and Program Studies Service. (2016). Preschool through third grade alignment and differentiated instruction: A literature review .

Good, K., Ho, H.-Y., Muñoz-Miller, M., Ncube, M., & Turner, H. M., III. (2015). Impact of Virginia public libraries' summer reading program: Library of Virginia year 2 report. McREL International .