Program-at-a-Glance
Keynote Address | Concurrent Sessions | Poster Sessions
Short Courses (full day) | Short Courses (half day) | Tutorials | Practical Computing Demonstrations | Closing General Session with Refreshments
Keynote Address | Concurrent Sessions | Poster Sessions
Short Courses (full day) | Short Courses (half day) | Tutorials | Practical Computing Demonstrations | Closing General Session with Refreshments
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Friday, February 16 | ||
CS01
#LeadWithStatistics
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Fri, Feb 16, 9:15 AM - 10:45 AM
Salon A |
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Chair(s): Sejong Bae, Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of Alabama | ||
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9:20 AM |
Q&A with Lisa LaVange
Lisa LaVange, The University of North Carolina |
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10:05 AM |
Developing and Delegating: Two Key Strategies to Master as a Technical Leader
View Presentation Diahanna L. Post, Nielsen, Columbia University |
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CS02
Practical Considerations for Modeling
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Fri, Feb 16, 9:15 AM - 10:45 AM
Salons BC |
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Chair(s): Trijya Singh, Le Moyne College | ||
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9:20 AM |
Evaluating Model Fit for Predictive Validity
Katherine M. Wright, Northwestern University |
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10:05 AM |
Flexible Modeling and Experimental Design Strategies
Timothy E. O'Brien, Loyola University Chicago |
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CS03
Text Analytics Applications
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Fri, Feb 16, 9:15 AM - 10:45 AM
Salon D |
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Chair(s): Steven Cohen, RTI International | ||
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9:20 AM |
Approachable, Interpretable Tools for Mining and Summarizing Large Text Corpora in R
View Presentation Luke W. Miratrix, Harvard University |
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10:05 AM |
Latent Dirichlet Allocation Topic Models Applied to the Center for Disease Control and Prevention’s Grant
View Presentation Matthew Keith Eblen, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention |
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CS04
Working with Messy Data
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Fri, Feb 16, 9:15 AM - 10:45 AM
Salon E |
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Chair(s): Karol Krotki, RTI | ||
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9:20 AM |
Practical Time-Series Clustering for Messy Data in R
View Presentation Jonathan Robert Page, University of Hawaii Economic Research Organization (UHERO) |
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10:05 AM |
Doing Data Linkage: A Behind-the-Scenes Look
View Presentation Clinton J. Thompson, National Center for Health Statistics, CDC |
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CS05
Collaboration Essentials
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Fri, Feb 16, 11:00 AM - 12:30 PM
Salon A |
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Chair(s): Terrie Vasilopoulos, University of Florida, College of Medicine | ||
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11:05 AM |
Asking Great Questions
View Presentation Eric Vance, LISA--University of Colorado Boulder |
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11:50 AM |
Listening, Paraphrasing, and Summarizing
View Presentation Heather Smith, Cal Poly |
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CS06
Bayesian Applications
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Fri, Feb 16, 11:00 AM - 12:30 PM
Salons BC |
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Chair(s): Mariangela Guidolin, Department of Statistical Sciences, University of Padua | ||
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11:05 AM |
Bayesian Inference for Stochastic Processes
View Presentation Lyle David Broemeling, University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center |
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11:50 AM |
Forecasting Periodic Accumulating Processes with Semiparametric Distributional Regression Models and Bayesian Updates
Harlan D. Harris, WayUp |
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CS07
Exploring Big Data
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Fri, Feb 16, 11:00 AM - 12:30 PM
Salon D |
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Chair(s): Christina Phan Knudson, University of St. Thomas | ||
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11:05 AM |
Exploratory Data Structure Comparisons by Use of Principal Component Analysis
View Presentation Anne Helby Petersen, Biostatistics, University of Copenhagen |
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11:50 AM |
Tools for Exploratory Data Analysis
View Presentation Wendy L. Martinez, U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics |
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CS08
Streamlining Your Work Using Apps
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Fri, Feb 16, 11:00 AM - 12:30 PM
Salon E |
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Chair(s): Blake Langlais, Mayo Clinic | ||
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11:05 AM |
Mechanizing Clinical Review Processes with R Shiny for Efficiency and Standardization
View Presentation Jimmy Wong, Food and Drug Administration |
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11:50 AM |
Building Shiny Apps: With Great Power Comes Great Responsibility
View Presentation Jessica Minnier, Oregon Health & Science University |
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CS09
Presenting and Storytelling
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Fri, Feb 16, 2:00 PM - 3:30 PM
Salon A |
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Chair(s): Shasha Bai, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences | ||
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2:05 PM |
How to Give a Really Awful Presentation
View Presentation Paul Teetor, William Blair & Co |
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2:50 PM |
Telling the Story of Your Stats
View Presentation Jennifer H. Van Mullekom, Virginia Tech |
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CS10
Propensity Scores and Resampling Methods
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Fri, Feb 16, 2:00 PM - 3:30 PM
Salons BC |
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Chair(s): Christine Wells, UCLA Statistical Consulting Group | ||
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2:05 PM |
CANCELED: A Streamlined Process for Conducting a Propensity Score-Based Analysis
John A. Craycroft, University of Louisville |
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2:50 PM |
Resampling Methods for Statistical Inference on Multi-Rater Kappas
Chia-Ling Kuo, University of Connecticut Health |
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CS11
Data Mining Algorithms
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Fri, Feb 16, 2:00 PM - 3:30 PM
Salon D |
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Chair(s): Abbass Sharif, University of Southern California | ||
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2:05 PM |
Stochastic Gradient Boosting on Distributed Data
View Presentation Roxy Cramer, Rogue Wave Software |
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2:50 PM |
Deep Neural Networks for Scalable Prediction
View Presentation Lynd Bacon, Loma Buena Assoc./Notre Dame Univ./Northwestern Univ. |
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CS12
Education to Practice and Data Visualization
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Fri, Feb 16, 2:00 PM - 3:30 PM
Salon E |
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Chair(s): Chester Ismay, DataCamp | ||
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2:05 PM |
What Is Happening at the School Level and Why It Is Important to Statistical Practice
View Presentation Jane Watson, University of Tasmania |
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2:50 PM |
The Life-Cycle of a Project: Visualizing Data from Start to Finish
View Presentation Nola du Toit, NORC at the University of Chicago |
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CS13
Managing Up
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Fri, Feb 16, 3:45 PM - 5:15 PM
Salon A |
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Chair(s): Ronald Gangnon, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health | ||
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3:50 PM |
What Does It Take for an Organization to Make Difficult Information-Based Decisions? Using the Oregon Department of Forestry’s RipStream Project as a Case Study
View Presentation Jeremy Groom, Groom Analytics |
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4:35 PM |
Statistics for Management of an Organization
Joyce Nilsson Orsini, Fordham University Graduate School of Business |
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CS14
Working with Health Care Data
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Fri, Feb 16, 3:45 PM - 5:15 PM
Salons BC |
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Chair(s): Melanie Edwards, Exponent | ||
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3:50 PM |
Application of Support Vector Machine Modeling and Graph Theory Metrics for Disease Classification
View Presentation Jessica Michelle Rudd, Kennesaw State University |
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4:35 PM |
Assessing Correspondence Between Two Data Sources Across Categorical Covariates with Missing Data: Application to Electronic Health Records
View Presentation Emile Latour, Oregon Health & Science University |
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CS15
Statisticians Teaching
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Fri, Feb 16, 3:45 PM - 5:15 PM
Salon D |
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Chair(s): Georgette Asherman, Direct Effects, LLC | ||
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3:50 PM |
Should I Bring a Basket of Fish or Some Fishing Poles?
View Presentation Kathy Hall, Hewlett Packard |
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4:35 PM |
Engaging Undergraduates in Statistical Consulting
View Presentation Christina Phan Knudson, University of St. Thomas |
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CS16
Novel Applications of Data Visualization
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Fri, Feb 16, 3:45 PM - 5:15 PM
Salon E |
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Chair(s): Mary Grace Crissey, CSRA | ||
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3:50 PM |
Warranty/Performance Text Exploration for Modern Reliability
View Presentation Scott Lee Wise, SAS Institute, Inc. |
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4:35 PM |
Improving the Data Customer’s Ability to Visualize Historical Agricultural Data at the National Agricultural Statistics Service
Irwin Anolik, USDA-NASS |
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Saturday, February 17 | ||
CS17
Passion for Statistics
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Sat, Feb 17, 9:15 AM - 10:45 AM
Salon A |
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Chair(s): Kathleen A. Jablonski, The George Washington University | ||
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9:20 AM |
Am I Supposed to Enjoy My Job? Career Observations from a Biostatistician
View Presentation Daniel Thomas Cotton, Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals |
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10:05 AM |
Statistics in the Wild: Practicing Statistics in Nontraditional Places, from a Tiny Island in the Pacific to the Federal Cabinet
Heather Krause, Datassist |
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CS18
Survival Analysis v. 'Survival' Analysis
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Sat, Feb 17, 9:15 AM - 10:45 AM
Salons BC |
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Chair(s): Yulia Marchenko, StataCorp LLC | ||
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9:20 AM |
'How Long Would You Wait?' Using Time-to-Event (Survival) Analysis to Explore Waiting Times
View Presentation Ruth Hummel, SAS Institute |
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10:05 AM |
Statistical Methods for National Security Risk Quantification and Optimal Resource Allocation
View Presentation Robert Brigantic, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory |
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CS19
Business Intelligence Applications
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Sat, Feb 17, 9:15 AM - 10:45 AM
Salon D |
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Chair(s): Chris Holloman, ICC | ||
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9:20 AM |
Business Intelligence (BI) Reporting Solution: From Source to Nuts
View Presentation Andrew Piskorowski, Survey Research Center, University of Michigan |
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10:05 AM |
Location Analytics: An Application of GIS
Moxie Zhang, Esri (China) |
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CS20
Understanding Populations
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Sat, Feb 17, 9:15 AM - 10:45 AM
Salon E |
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Chair(s): Shelley DeVost, Los Angeles LGBT Center | ||
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9:20 AM |
Quantifying Populations in Proximity to Oil and Gas Development: A National Spatial Analysis and Review
View Presentation Tanja Srebotnjak, Harvey Mudd College |
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10:05 AM |
Approaches and Techniques for Estimating the Total Number of Species in a Population, with Emphasis on Application to Mineral Species
View Presentation Grethe Hystad, Purdue University Northwest |
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CS21
Developing Communication Skills
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Sat, Feb 17, 11:00 AM - 12:30 PM
Salon A |
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Chair(s): Cynthia R. Long, Palmer Center for Chiropractic Research, Palmer College of Chiropractic | ||
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11:05 AM |
How to Communicate Statistics, and How Statisticians Should Communicate
View Presentation Achim Guettner, Novartis Pharma |
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11:50 AM |
PANEL: Communication Skills: What's Next
Lillian S. Lin, Montana State University; Kim Love, K. R. Love Quantitative Consulting and Collaboration; Alicia Toledano, Biostatistics Consulting, LLC; Eric Vance, LISA--University of Colorado Boulder |
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CS22
Small Sample Sizes and Non-Probability Sampling
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Sat, Feb 17, 11:00 AM - 12:30 PM
Salons BC |
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Chair(s): Amy Laird, Oregon Clinical & Translational Research Institute (OCTRI) | ||
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11:05 AM |
Quantifying and Incorporating Sources of Variability and Uncertainty in Statistical Analyses with Very Small Sample Sizes
View Presentation Annette M. Bachand, Ramboll Environ |
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11:50 AM |
Non-Probability Sampling: Wave of the Future in Survey Research?
View Presentation Karol Krotki, RTI |
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CS23
Data Science Applications
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Sat, Feb 17, 11:00 AM - 12:30 PM
Salon D |
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Chair(s): Sarah Burgoyne, Claritas | ||
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11:05 AM |
Recent Advances in the Analysis and Detection of Communities in a Network
Frederick Kin Hing Phoa, Institute of Statistical Science, Academia Sinica |
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11:50 AM |
Firehose Data Science: Real-Time Analytics of Twitter Feeds
View Presentation David Corliss, Ford Motor Company |
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CS24
Causal Inference
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Sat, Feb 17, 11:00 AM - 12:30 PM
Salon E |
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Chair(s): Larisa G. Tereshchenko, Oregon Health and Science University | ||
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11:05 AM |
Causal Inference with Multilevel Data Structures
Luke Keele, Georgetown |
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11:50 AM |
A Decision Tool for Causal Inference and Observational Data Analysis Methods in Comparative Effectiveness Research (DECODE CER)
View Presentation Douglas Landsittel, University of Pittsburgh |
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