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Keyword Search Criteria: policy returned 30 record(s)
Sunday, 07/31/2016
Two Case Studies of Statistical Approaches That Simplify the VHA Learning Health Care System
Rebecca B. McNeil, Durham VA Medical Center; Kellie J. Sims, Durham VA Medical Center; Leah L. Zullig, Durham VA Medical Center; George L. Jackson, Durham VA Medical Center; Dawn T. Provenzale, Durham VA Medical Center
2:05 PM

Evaluating Air Quality Control Policies: Bipartite Causal Inference with Interference
Corwin Zigler, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
3:05 PM

Monday, 08/01/2016
Sequential Policy Making in Management of Emerging Infectious Disease with Monte Carlo Tree Search
Sihan Wu, North Carolina State University


Optimal Monetary Policy with Noisy Information
Jacob Orchard, Brigham Young University; James McDonald, Brigham Young University; Kerk Phillips, Brigham Young University


The Policy Landscape for Statistics in the UK and the U.S.
Hetan Shah, RSS; Steve Pierson, ASA; Brian Harris-Kojetin, Committee on National Statistics
8:35 AM

Spatio-Temporal Trends in Mass Shooting Incidents in the United States
Ali Arab, Georgetown University
8:50 AM

Problems with P-Value Reform: Who Can We Blame?
Regina Nuzzo, Gallaudet University
8:55 AM

Sequential Policy Making in Management of Emerging Infectious Disease with Monte Carlo Tree Search
Sihan Wu, North Carolina State University
9:05 AM

Optimal Monetary Policy with Noisy Information
Jacob Orchard, Brigham Young University; James McDonald, Brigham Young University; Kerk Phillips, Brigham Young University
9:45 AM

Integrating Patient Voice and Experience in Benefit and Risk Assessments
Laura Lee Johnson, FDA
11:25 AM

Spatial Confounding Adjustment with Propensity Score Matching
Georgia Papadogeorgou, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health; Corwin Zigler, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
2:45 PM

Bayesian Nonparametric Methods for Precision Medicine
Qian Guan, North Carolina State University; Eric Laber, North Carolina State University; Dipankar Bandyopadhyay, Virginia Commonwealth University; Brian J. Reich, North Carolina State University
2:55 PM

Tuesday, 08/02/2016
Impact of Medicaid Prior Authorization Policies on the Use of ADHD Medication Among Preschool-Aged Children
Melissa Danielson, CDC; Susanna Visser, CDC; Scott Grosse, CDC


Basic Versus Advanced Life Support Ambulances for Out-of-Hospital Medical Emergencies
Prachi Sanghavi, The University of Chicago; Anupam B. Jena, Harvard Medical School; Joseph P. Newhouse, Harvard; Alan M. Zaslavsky, Harvard Medical School


Comparison of Financial Cycles to Other Economic Cycles: Old Methods and New Dimension
Joselito Basilio, Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas


Variable Selection in Empirical Economics: Potential Pitfalls and Solutions
Christian Hansen, The University of Chicago Booth School of Business; Esther Duflo, MIT; Victor Chernozhukov, MIT; Maddie McKelway, MIT
8:35 AM

How Modern Statistical Techniques Have Influenced DoD Policy and Guidance
Kelly McGinnity, Institute for Defense Analyses
8:35 AM

Probabilistic Graphical Model for Cyber Defensive Policy Assessment and Facilitation of Intuitive Optimal Policy Selection
Pranab Banerjee, Boston Fusion Corp.; Thomas Allen, Boston Fusion Corp.
8:50 AM

Basic Versus Advanced Life Support Ambulances for Out-of-Hospital Medical Emergencies
Prachi Sanghavi, The University of Chicago; Anupam B. Jena, Harvard Medical School; Joseph P. Newhouse, Harvard; Alan M. Zaslavsky, Harvard Medical School
9:20 AM

Comparison of Financial Cycles to Other Economic Cycles: Old Methods and New Dimension
Joselito Basilio, Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas
10:55 AM

Data Visualization and Power of Evidence-Based Policymaking in Countries in Transition
Giang Nguyen, University of Iowa; Ariel Lee, ISR Center for Science Diplomacy; Igor Barahona, Mathematics Institute of the UNAM; Star Ying, U.S. Department of Commerce; Hannah Cho, ISR Center for Interdisciplinary Research
2:05 PM

Wednesday, 08/03/2016
Break Detection Methods Applied for International Industrial Property Time Series Data
BeomYong Kim, Seoul National University; HyUP YANG, Kangwon National University


What Works in Boston May Not Work in Los Angeles: A Double Robust Transportability Estimator for Understanding Site Differences in Policy Interventions
Kara Rudolph, University of California at Berkeley; Mark van der Laan, University of California at Berkeley
8:35 AM

Causal Inference with Unequal Sampling Weights: Investigating Policy Effect Using Population Health Surveys
Bo Lu, The Ohio State University; Robert Ashmead, U.S. Census Bureau
9:00 AM

Generating Policy-Relevant Statistical Evidence in Sequentially Monitored Vaccine and Drug Safety Evaluations Using Electronic Health Record Data
Jennifer Clark Nelson, Group Health Research Institute; Andrea J. Cook , Group Health Research Institute; Robert Wellman, Group Health Research Institute; Ram Tiwari, FDA/CDER/OT/OB; Michael Nguyen, FDA; Estelle Russek-Cohen, FDA; Tracey Marsh, University of Washington; Azadeh Shoaibi, FDA; Denise Boudreau, Group Health Research Institute
9:25 AM

Insurance Premiums and Patient Experience: Do You Get What You Pay for in Medicare Advantage Plans?
Amelia M. Haviland, Carnegie Mellon University; Sai MA, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services; Katrin Hambarsoomian, RAND Corporation; Marc N. Elliott, RAND Corporation
10:55 AM

Fired from School: Evaluating Health Risk Factors Among Young Adults After High-School Suspension Using Matched Sampling and Causal Mediation Methods
Janet Rosenbaum
2:20 PM

Evaluation Transition: Comparing RealVAMS and Current Value-Added Models
Jennifer Broatch, Arizona State University; Jennifer Green, Montana State University
3:20 PM

Thursday, 08/04/2016
A Commentary on Statistical Assessment of Violence Recidivism Risk
Peter B. Imrey, Cleveland Clinic; Philip Dawid, University of Cambridge
11:00 AM

Using Student Test Scores for Teacher Evaluations: The Pros and Cons of Student Growth Percentiles
J.R. Lockwood, Educational Testing Service; Katherine E. Castellano, Educational Testing Service; Daniel F. McCaffrey, Educational Testing Service
11:25 AM

 
 
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