Publications
Dissertation Research
Hitt, B.D., Bilder, C.R., Tebbs, J.M., and McMahan, C.S. (2019). The objective function
controversy for group testing: Much ado about nothing? Statistics in Medicine, 38(24),
4912-4923. https://doi.org/10.1002/sim.8341
Collaborations
Library Sciences
Allison, D., DeFrain, E., Hitt, B., and Tyler, D. (2019). Academic library as learning space and as
collection: A learning commons' effect on collections and related resources and
services. The Journal of Academic Librarianship, 45, 305-314.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.acalib.2019.04.004
Tyler, D., Hitt, B., Nterful, F., and Mettling, M. (2019). The scholarly impact of books acquired
via approval plan selection, librarian orders, and patron-driven acquisitions as
measured by citation counts. College & Research Libraries, 80(4), 525.
https://doi.org/10.5860/crl.80.4.525
Tyler, D.C., and Hitt, B.D., "UNL libraries book use by broad discipline (social sciences,
sciences, and humanities): Circulations and renewals: Books acquired 2003/04 -
2007/08 via approval plan selection, librarian order form, and ILL patron-driven
acquisition" (2019). White papers: University of Nebraska-Lincoln Libraries. 15.
https://digitalcommons.unl.edu/librarywhitepapers/15
Agronomy
Thompson, L.J., Glewen, K.L., Elmore, R.W., Rees, J., Pokal, S., and Hitt, B.D. (2019). Farmers as
researchers: In-depth interviews to discern participant motivation and impact.
Journal of Agronomy.
Entymology
Reinders, J.D., Hitt, B.D., Stroup, W.W., French, B.W., and Meinke, L.J. (2018). Spatial variation in
western corn rootworm (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) susceptibility to Cry3 toxins in
Nebraska. PLoS ONE 13(11): e0208266. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0208266
Presentations
Professional Presentations
Hitt, B.D., Bilder, C.R., Tebbs, J.M., and McMahan, C.S. "The optimal group size controversy for infectious disease
testing: Much ado about nothing?!," presented at Royal Statistical Society International Conference, Poster
Session, on August 4, 2018; Cardiff, Wales, United Kingdom.
Hitt, B.D., Bilder, C.R., Tebbs, J.M., and McMahan, C.S. “Optimal testing configurations for group testing,” presented
at Joint Statistical Meetings, Contributed SPEED Session: Biometrics Section, on July 31, 2018; Vancouver, BC,
Canada.
Hitt, B.D., Bilder, C.R., Tebbs, J.M., and McMahan, C.S. “Optimal group testing algorithms for infectious disease
detection with the binGroup package,” presented at useR! Conference, on July 13, 2018; Brisbane, Queensland,
Australia.
Chee, A., Kim, S., Hitt, B.D., and Hahn, C. “Percent bone mineral loss and visualization on digital radiographs,” Oral
presentation presented by Alan Chee, American Association of Endodontists Annual Meeting, April 26, 2018;
Denver, CO.
Bilder, C.R., Tebbs, J.M., McMahan, C.S., and Hitt, B.D. “Optimal pool sizes for group testing,” Contributed poster
presented by Dr. Chris Bilder, IBS ENAR meetings, March 12, 2017; Washington, D.C.
Bilder, C.R., Tebbs, J.M., McMahan, C.S., and Hitt, B.D. “Objective functions for group testing,” Accepted contributed
paper presented by Dr. Chris Bilder, International Biometrics Conference, July 15, 2016; Victoria, BC, Canada.
Hitt, B.D. and Blankenship, E.E. “Modeling Undergraduate Retention to Aid in Making Programming Decisions at
Universities,” presented at the Joint Statistical Meetings, Contributed Paper Presentations: Section on Statistical
Education, on August 10, 2015; Seattle, WA.
Hitt, B.D. “Using ROC Curves to Evaluate Diagnostic Tests: An Exercise in Teaching through Replicating Research,”
presented at the Joint Statistical Meetings, Contributed Oral Poster Presentations: Section on Teaching of
Statistics in the Health Sciences, on August 5, 2014; Boston, MA.
Departmental Presentations
Hitt, B.D. “Group testing identification: Objective functions, implementation, and multiplex assays,” Departmental
seminar, Department of Statistics, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, November 28, 2018; Lincoln, NE.
Hitt, B.D., Karnik, K., Roslan, N.F., and Pokal, S. "Statistical Cross-disciplinary Collaboration and Consulting Lab
(SC3L)," Departmental seminar, Department of Statistics, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, August 29, 2018;
Lincoln, NE.
Hitt, B.D. and Blankenship, E.E. “Retention of CASNR Undergraduate Students,” Departmental seminar,
Department of Statistics, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, April 22, 2015; Lincoln, NE.
Hitt, B.D. and Blankenship, E.E. “Retention of CASNR Undergraduate Students,” CASNR Curriculum Committee,
CASNR Dean’s office, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, April 17, 2015; Lincoln, NE.