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Sunday, 07/29/2018
The Consequences of Requiring 'Greater Statistical Stringency' for Scientific Publication
Harlan Campbell, University of British Columbia; Paul Gustafson, University of British Columbia


Spatiotemporal Analysis of Environmental Health Risk
Renjun Ma, University of New Brunswick; Edward Hughes, Edward Hughes Consulting


A Deep Learning Approach to the Estimation of Bias and Variance in HARDI
Allison Hainline, Vanderbilt University; Hakmook Kang, Vanderbilt University Medical Center; Bennett Landman, Vanderbilt University


Semiparametric Regression Analysis of Length-Biased Interval-Censored Data
Fei Gao, University of Washington; Kwun Chuen Gary Chan, University of Washington


Bias and Estimation Under Misspecification of the Risk Period in Self-Controlled Case Series Studies
Danh Nguyen, University of California At Irvine; Luis Fernando Campos, Harvard University; Yanjun Chen, UC Irvine; Damla Senturk, UCLA, Dept. of Biostatistics
2:20 PM

Regression-Adjusted Estimators in Randomized Experiments with a Diverging Number of Predictors
Lihua Lei, UC Berkeley; Peng Ding, UC Berkeley
2:20 PM

Understanding Variance Estimator Bias in Stratified Two-Stage Sampling
Khoa Dong, U.S. Census Bureau; Timothy Trudell, US Census Bureau; Yang Cheng, US Census Bureau; Eric Slud, U.S. Census Bureau
2:25 PM

Generalized Bias and Variance for Convex Regularized Estimators
Pierre Bellec, Rutgers University
2:25 PM

A Deep Learning Approach to the Estimation of Bias and Variance in HARDI
Allison Hainline, Vanderbilt University; Hakmook Kang, Vanderbilt University Medical Center; Bennett Landman, Vanderbilt University
3:00 PM

Debiasing the Debiased Lasso with Bootstrap
Sai Li, Rutgers University
3:05 PM

Semiparametric Regression Analysis of Length-Biased Interval-Censored Data
Fei Gao, University of Washington; Kwun Chuen Gary Chan, University of Washington
3:20 PM

Perils and Possibilities of EHR Data Linked to Population Disease Registries: The Example of Cancer Registry Linkage
Rebecca Hubbard, University of Pennsylvania
4:05 PM

Outlier Robust Inference Using Probabilistically Linked Data
Nicola Salvati, University of Pisa; Suojin Wang, Texas A&M University; Enrico Fabrizi, Catholic University of Sacro Cuore; Raymond Chambers, University of Wollongong
4:05 PM

Quantifying and Controlling for Sources of Technical Variation and Bias in Longitudinal Microbiome Surveys
Justin D Silverman, Duke University; Heather Durand, Duke University; Sayan Mukherjee, Duke University; Lawrence A David, Duke University
5:05 PM

Budget-Constrained Group Testing Designs for Prevalence Estimation
Shih-Hao Huang, Academia Sinica
5:05 PM

Monday, 07/30/2018
What If We Get a Break in Series? Risk Management in the Integration of Multiple Data Sources
John L. Eltinge, United States Census Bureau


Is Randomization ". a Fetish of a Piece of Nonsense,.." ?
Donald Taves


Counting Maternal Deaths? You Better Bayes It! a Systematic Assessment of Underreporting and Misclassification in Registration of Maternal Deaths in High and Middle Income Countrie
Emily Peterson, University of Massachusetts Amherst; Leontine Alkema, University of Massachusetts Amherst


Combining Inverse Probability Weighting and Multiple Imputation to Adjust for Selection Bias in Electronic Health Records-Based Research
Tanayott Thaweethai, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health; Sebastien Haneuse, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health; David Arterburn, Kaiser Permanente Washington Health Research Institute


Comparisons of Modeling Methods on Longitudinal and Survival Data: Identifying Use of Repeat Biomarker Measurements to Predict Time-To-Event Outcome in Cancer Research
Meng Ru, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai; Erin Moshier, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai; Madhu Mazumdar, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai


The Impact of Bias and Uncertainty of Weather Forecasts on Storm Events
Mary Frances Dorn, Los Alamos National Laboratory; Kimberly Kaufeld, Los Alamos National Laboratory


Accounting for Variation in Instrumental Effect Estimates Leads to More Precise Estimates of Causal Effects in MR Studies
Richard Barfield, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center; Li Hsu, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, USA


Addressing Time of Measurement Bias in Records of Daily Temperature Extrema: A Spatio-Temporal Imputation Strategy
Maxime Rischard, Harvard Statistics; Natesh Pillai, Harvard Statistics; Karen A. McKinnon, National Center for Atmospheric Research; Descartes Labs


An Evaluation of Interviewer Observation Accuracy in the Food Acquisition and Purchasing Survey Pilot Study
Weijia Ren, Westat; Tom Krenzke, Westat; Brady T. West, University of Michigan
8:50 AM

The Impact of Bias and Uncertainty of Weather Forecasts on Storm Events
Mary Frances Dorn, Los Alamos National Laboratory; Kimberly Kaufeld, Los Alamos National Laboratory
9:10 AM

Empirical Study on the Size of Nonresponse Bias
Ann-Marie Flygare, Örebro university; Dan Hedlin, Stockholm university
9:35 AM

Nonresponse Bias Analysis for National Survey on Drug Use and Health Using Small Area Estimation Methodology
Akhil Vaish, RTI International; Matthew Williams, SAMHSA/CBHSQ; Kathy Spagnola, RTI International; Ana Saravia, RTI International; Neeraja Sathe, RTI International
10:05 AM

Relevance, Validity, and Bias in the Integration of Health Data
Jerald Lawless, University of Waterloo
10:35 AM

Addressing Time of Measurement Bias in Records of Daily Temperature Extrema: A Spatio-Temporal Imputation Strategy
Maxime Rischard, Harvard Statistics; Natesh Pillai, Harvard Statistics; Karen A. McKinnon, National Center for Atmospheric Research; Descartes Labs
10:50 AM

Combining Inverse Probability Weighting and Multiple Imputation to Adjust for Selection Bias in Electronic Health Records-Based Research
Tanayott Thaweethai, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health; Sebastien Haneuse, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health; David Arterburn, Kaiser Permanente Washington Health Research Institute
10:55 AM

Sensitivity Analysis for Unmeasured Confounding in Meta-Analyzes
Maya Mathur, Harvard University; Tyler VanderWeele, Harvard University
11:05 AM

Sound Statistical Inference from Big Data in the Insurance Industry
Christopher Haydon Holloman, ICC
11:15 AM

Comparisons of Modeling Methods on Longitudinal and Survival Data: Identifying Use of Repeat Biomarker Measurements to Predict Time-To-Event Outcome in Cancer Research
Meng Ru, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai; Erin Moshier, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai; Madhu Mazumdar, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
11:15 AM

A starless bias in the maximum likelihood phylogenetic methods
Xuhua Xia, University of Ottawa
11:15 AM

Misclassification in Binary Choice Models with Sample Selection
Maria Felice Arezzo, Sapienza University of Rome; Giuseppina Guagnano, Sapienza University of Rome
11:50 AM

Accounting for Variation in Instrumental Effect Estimates Leads to More Precise Estimates of Causal Effects in MR Studies
Richard Barfield, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center; Li Hsu, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, USA
12:00 PM

Complexity in Simple Regression Models with Binary Disease Outcome
Mei-Cheng Wang, Johns Hopkins University
2:05 PM

Bias Correction of Arctic Sea Ice Contours
Hannah Director, University of Washington; Adrian Raftery, University of Washington; Cecilia Bitz, University of Washington
2:05 PM

Is There a 'safe Area' Where the Nonresponse Rate Has Only a Modest Effect on Bias Despite Non-Ignorable Nonresponse?
Dan Hedlin, Stockholm university
2:15 PM

Design-Based Alternative Calibration Weighting Under Nonresponse in Survey Sampling
Per Andersson, Stockholm University
2:20 PM

A Simulation Study to Evaluate How Sample Weight Adjustment with Prevalence Calibration for the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) Affects Nonresponse Bias
Te-Ching Chen, CDC/NCHS; Jennifer Parker, CDC/NCHS; Tala Fakhouri, CDC/NCHS
2:25 PM

Nonresponse Bias Studies for Department of Defense Surveys
Eric Falk, Department of Defense/Office of People Analytics
2:35 PM

Characterising for Sensitivity Analyzes the Participant Attrition in a Childhood Cohort with Large Initial Drop-Out
Petr Otahal, Menzies Institute for Medical Research University of Tasmania; Leigh Blizzard, Menzies Institute of Medical Research, University of Tasmania; David W Hosmer, University of Massachusetts; Jim Stankovich, School of Medicine, University of Tasmania; Alison Venn, Menzies Institute for Medical Research University of Tasmania
2:35 PM

A Bayesian Analysis of Small N Sequential Multiple Assignment Randomized Trials (SnSMARTs)
Boxian Wei, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor; Kelley M Kidwell, University of Michigan; Thomas M Braun, University of Michigan; Roy N Tamura, University of South Florida
2:40 PM

Pre-Specified Bias Evaluation of ECG Measurements for Assay Sensitivity Assessment
Xiaoli Hou, Merck; Nancy Kim, Merck; Wei Gao, Merck; Leticia Arrington, Merck; Kajal Larson, Merck
2:50 PM

Independence Conditions and Intermittent Observation in Life History Studies
Richard John Cook, University of Waterloo; Jerald Lawless, University of Waterloo
2:55 PM

Nonresponse Bias Analysis for the Medicare Current Beneficiary Survey
Kirk Wolter, NORC at the University of Chicago; Ying Li, NORC at the University of Chicago; Whitney Murphy, NORC at the University of Chicago
3:00 PM

Does Sequence of Imputed Variables Matter in Hot Deck Imputation for Large-Scale Complex Survey Data?
Amang Sukasih, RTI International; Peter Frechtel, RTI International; Karol Krotki, RTI International
3:10 PM

Joint Modeling of Length-Biased and Competing Risks Survival Times with View Toward Individualized Prediction: An Application to Spontaneous Labor
Rajeshwari Sundaram, Eunice Kennedy SHriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development; Ling Ma, Clemson University
3:20 PM

A Simulation-Based Comparison Study About Different Methods Adjusting for the Bias of Treatment Non-Adherence
Jia Jia, AbbVie; Ying Zhang, Penn State College of Medicine; Jane Qian, Abbvie
3:20 PM

Tuesday, 07/31/2018
Examining the Agreement Between Parent and Provider Report of Child Influenza Vaccination Status on the National Immunization Survey-Flu, 2015-16 Influenza Season
Tammy A. Santibanez, CDC; James Singleton , CDC; Yusheng Zhai, CDC; Katherine E. Kahn, CDC


Firth Adjustment for Parametric Current-Status Survival Analysis
Hung-Mo Lin, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai; JOHN M WILLIAMSON, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; HAE-YOUNG KIM, New York Medical College


Identifying Morphologies of Precancerous Cells
Theresa Gebert, Carnegie Mellon University


Does Sequence of Imputed Variables Matter in Hot Deck Imputation for Large-Scale Complex Survey Data?
Amang Sukasih, RTI International; Peter Frechtel, RTI International; Karol Krotki, RTI International


Estimating Attendance at Non-Ticketed Non-Gated Events
Carl Schwarz, Simon Fraser University


A Simulation Study to Evaluate How Sample Weight Adjustment with Prevalence Calibration for the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) Affects Nonresponse Bias
Te-Ching Chen, CDC/NCHS; Jennifer Parker, CDC/NCHS; Tala Fakhouri, CDC/NCHS


Extended Rank Tests for Analyzing Recurrent Event Data
Qiang Zhao; Mark Chang, Veristat; Michael LaValley, Boston University; Joseph M. Massaro, Boston University; Bin Zhang, Seqirus; Kathryn Lunetta, Boston University


Nonresponse Bias Studies for Department of Defense Surveys
Eric Falk, Department of Defense/Office of People Analytics


A Bayesian Analysis of Small N Sequential Multiple Assignment Randomized Trials (SnSMARTs)
Boxian Wei, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor; Kelley M Kidwell, University of Michigan; Thomas M Braun, University of Michigan; Roy N Tamura, University of South Florida


Nonresponse Bias Analysis for the Medicare Current Beneficiary Survey
Kirk Wolter, NORC at the University of Chicago; Ying Li, NORC at the University of Chicago; Whitney Murphy, NORC at the University of Chicago


Pre-Specified Bias Evaluation of ECG Measurements for Assay Sensitivity Assessment
Xiaoli Hou, Merck; Nancy Kim, Merck; Wei Gao, Merck; Leticia Arrington, Merck; Kajal Larson, Merck


Sampling from Twitter: Can a Probability Sample Be Drawn to Target Hard to Reach Populations?
Marcus Berzofsky, RTI International; Tasseli McKay, RTI International; Patrick Hsieh, RTI International; Amanda Smith, RTI Internatinal; Natasha Latzman, RTI International


Is There a 'safe Area' Where the Nonresponse Rate Has Only a Modest Effect on Bias Despite Non-Ignorable Nonresponse?
Dan Hedlin, Stockholm university


Design-Based Alternative Calibration Weighting Under Nonresponse in Survey Sampling
Per Andersson, Stockholm University


Hybrid Cluster-Individual Randomization Allocation
Yi-Fan Chen, University of Illinois at Chicago; Jonathan Yabes, University of Pittsburgh


Parameter Estimate Bias Resulting from Level 3 Sample Size Decisions
Tingqiao Chen; Frank Lawrence, Michigan State University; Wenjuan Ma, Michigan State University


Desirability Functions for Evaluating Clinical Trial Design Quality
Priscilla K Yen, UCLA; Weng Kee Wong, UCLA
8:50 AM

On the Use of Raking to Improve Regression Calibration: A Flexible Method to Address Error-Induced Bias Efficiently
Eric Oh, University of Pennsylvania; Pamela A Shaw, University of Pennsylvania
9:00 AM

Extended Rank Tests for Analyzing Recurrent Event Data
Qiang Zhao; Mark Chang, Veristat; Michael LaValley, Boston University; Joseph M. Massaro, Boston University; Bin Zhang, Seqirus; Kathryn Lunetta, Boston University
9:15 AM

Sampling from Twitter: Can a Probability Sample Be Drawn to Target Hard to Reach Populations?
Marcus Berzofsky, RTI International; Tasseli McKay, RTI International; Patrick Hsieh, RTI International; Amanda Smith, RTI Internatinal; Natasha Latzman, RTI International
9:20 AM

Meta-Analysis and the Estimation of Publication Bias
Ronnie Pingel, Uppsala University; Johan Lyhagen, Uppsala University
9:35 AM

Multivariate Network Meta-Analysis to Mitigate Outcome Reporting Bias
Stacia Marie DeSantis, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston
9:55 AM

Weighted Averages for Reconstructed Pathways: a Novel Method for Pathway Level Analysis of Gene Expression Profiles
Monnie McGee, Southern Methodist University; Elizabeth McClellan, Metropolitan State University of Denver; Richard H Scheuermann, J Craig Venter Institute
10:05 AM

Hybrid Cluster-Individual Randomization Allocation
Yi-Fan Chen, University of Illinois at Chicago; Jonathan Yabes, University of Pittsburgh
10:45 AM

Estimating Attendance at Non-Ticketed Non-Gated Events
Carl Schwarz, Simon Fraser University
10:55 AM

Efficiency Comparisons of Selective Editing Methods
Chin-Fang Weng, U.S. Census Bureau; Joanna Fane Lineback, U.S. Census Bureau
11:05 AM

Detecting and Correcting Influential Values Using the Conditional Bias Approach : Application to the Canadian Survey of Household Spending
Christiane Laperrière, Statistics Canada; Aliou Seydi, Statistics Canada
11:20 AM

Inconsistent Regression and Nonresponse Bias
Peter Lundquist, Statistics Sweden; Carl-Erik Särndal, Statistics Sweden
11:35 AM

Estimation of Treatment Effect in Enriched Clinical Trials: Application to Multiple Sclerosis
Rachel MacKay Altman, Simon Fraser University
11:35 AM

Parameter Estimate Bias Resulting from Level 3 Sample Size Decisions
Tingqiao Chen; Frank Lawrence, Michigan State University; Wenjuan Ma, Michigan State University
11:45 AM

Maximum Likelihood Estimation of First-Passage Structural Credit Risk Models Correcting for the Survivorship Bias
Mathieu Boudreault, Université du Québec à Montréal; Diego Amaya, Wilfrid Laurier University; Don L. McLeish, University of Waterloo
2:05 PM

Inference on the Treatment Effect in Non-Randomized Pretest-Posttest Studies with Missing Data: An Empirical Likelihood Approach
Shixiao Zhang, University of Waterloo; Peisong Han, University of Michigan; Changbao Wu, University of Waterloo
2:35 PM

A Comparison of Bayesian and Monte Carlo Sensitivity Analysis for Unmeasured Confounding
Lawrence McCandless, Simon Fraser University; Paul Gustafson, University of British Columbia
2:55 PM

Evaluation of Therapeutic Effect in Clinical Study Using Companion Diagnostic Device for Patient Screening
Jeng Mah, Beckman Coulter
3:05 PM

A General Class of Weighted Semiparametric Models for Recurrent Event Data
Russell Stocker, Indiana University of Pennsylvania; Akim Adekpedjou, Missouri University of Science and Technology
3:20 PM

Incorporating Auxiliary Information by Joint Modeling of Pseudo Data and Length Biased Data
Yidan Shi, University of Waterloo; Leilei Zeng, University of Waterloo; Mary E. Thompson, University of Waterloo; Suzanne Tyas, University of Waterloo
3:20 PM

Wednesday, 08/01/2018
Thinking Big: Creating Global and Organizational Partnerships to Advance Women in Statistics
Amanda L. Golbeck, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences


Bias Analysis of Current Approaches to Estimating Combined Population Attributable Risk for Multiple Risk Factors
Yibing Ruan, Alberta Health Services; Stephen D. Walter, McMaster University; Darren R. Brenner, Alberta Health Services; Christine M. Friedenreich, Alberta Health Services; on behalf of ComPARe Study Team, Alberta Health Services


Analyzing Bias in Object Detection Data Sets
Meera Haridasa, Purdue University; Cailey Farrell, Purdue University


Modeling Missingness to Reduce Bias in Single-Cell DNA Methylation Data
Divy Kangeyan, Harvard University; Martin Aryee, Harvard University


A Monte Carlo Simulation of the Effects of Ignoring Measurement Non-Invariance on the Standard Error for Mean Difference Testing
Scott Colwell, University of Guelph; Theodore J Noseworthy, York University


Improved Variance Component Score Tests of Gene-Environment Interactions
NANXUN MA, University of Washington; Michael C. Wu, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center; Jing Ma, Fred Hutch Cancer Research Center
8:35 AM

Cox Regression Model Under Dependent Truncation with Applications to Studies of Neurodegenerative Diseases
Lior Rennert, Clemson University; Sharon X Xie, University of Pennsylvania
8:35 AM

A Monte Carlo Simulation of the Effects of Ignoring Measurement Non-Invariance on the Standard Error for Mean Difference Testing
Scott Colwell, University of Guelph; Theodore J Noseworthy, York University
9:30 AM

EXTENDED SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS for HETEROGENEOUS UNMEASURED CONFOUNDING with an APPLICATION to SIBLING STUDIES of RETURNS to EDUCATION
Raiden Hasegawa, The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania; Colin Fogarty, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
9:35 AM

Approximate Pointwise Tolerance Intervals for Semiparametric Regression Models
Kedai Cheng, University of Kentucky; Derek S. Young, University of Kentucky
10:50 AM

Weighting-Based Sensitivity Analysis in Causal Mediation Studies: Interactive Tools for Analysts
Guanglei Hong, University of Chicago; Xu Qin, University of Chicago; Fan Yang, University of Colorado Denver
10:55 AM

Measurement Errors in Reported Race-Related Attitudes by Race of Interviewer, Perceived Race of Interviewer, and Race of Respondent
Paul Lavrakas, Self-Employed - Independent Consultant; Dan Thaler, Michigan State U. Office for Survey Research; Lin Stork, Michigan State U. Office for Survey Research; Del Solis, Michigan State U. Office for Survey Research
11:20 AM

Comparison of Two Methods for Evaluating Bias in Method Comparison Studies
Kyungsook Kim, FDA
11:50 AM

Comparing Non-Response Adjustment Methods in the Panel on Household Finances
Panagiota Tzamourani, Deutsche Bundesbank; Julian Sengewald, University of Bamberg
2:05 PM

Display Advertising: Estimating Conversion Probability Efficiently
Abdollah Safari, Simon Fraser University; Rachel MacKay Altman, Simon Fraser University; Thomas Loughin, Simon Fraser University
2:35 PM

On Mean Corrected Generalized Estimating Equations
Ye Shen, University of Georiga; Chao Li, University of Georgia
2:35 PM

Bias Reduction in Logistic Regression with Missing Responses When the Missing-Data Mechanism Is Non-Ignorable
Vivek Pradhan
2:35 PM

The Predictive Risk of Misspecified Quantile Regression
Alexander Giessing, University of Michigan; Xuming He, University of Michigan
2:50 PM

Evaluating Disease Prediction Models Using a Cohort Whose Covariate Distribution Differs from That of the Target Population
Alice S Whittemore, Stanford University
2:55 PM

ESTIMATION of a MONOTONE DENSITY in S-SAMPLE BIASED SAMPLING MODELS
Hok Kan Ling, Columbia University; Kwun Chuen Gary Chan, University of Washington; Tony Sit, The Chinese University of Hong Kong; Sheung Chi Phillip Yam, The Chinese University of Hong Kong
3:20 PM

Thursday, 08/02/2018
Utilization of Historical Data and Real World Evidence in Clinical Trial Development - Case Studies in Rare Disease and Oncology
Florence H Yong, Pfizer Inc.; Ray Li, Pfizer Inc.; Steven Y Hua, Celgene - Receptos; Jeffery Palmer, Pfizer Inc.; Roberto Bugarini, Pfizer Inc.
8:50 AM

Inference for Clinical Trials That Rely on Historical Data: a Review of Statistical Approaches for Reducing Risk of Bias
Lei Nie, Division of Biometrics V, office of Biostatistics, CDER/FDA; James Signorovitch, Analysis Group; Rajeev Ayyagari, Analysis Group
8:55 AM

Switching from Field Enumeration to an ABS Frame: The Effect on Coverage Bias
Ashley Amaya, RTI International; Matthew Williams, SAMHSA/CBHSQ; Devon Cribb, RTI International; Rachel Harter, RTI International; Katherine B Morton, RTI International
9:05 AM

Evaluation of Statistical Methods for Survival Analysis with Time-Dependent Variables
Chris Holland, Amgen; Qui Tran, Amgen; Cassie Dong, Amgen
9:20 AM

Bayesian Hierarchical Methods for Meta-Analysis Combining Randomized-Controlled and Single-Arm Studies
Jing Zhang, University of Maryland College Park; Chia-Wen Ko, U.S. Food and Drug Administration; Lei Nie, Division of Biometrics V, office of Biostatistics, CDER/FDA; Yong Chen, University of Pennsylvania; Ram Tiwari, Center for Devices and Radiologica Health, FDA
10:55 AM

Bias-Corrected Estimation of Treatment Effects in Biomarker-Based Adaptive Subgroup Analysis: New Approach Based on Randomized Tests with Smooth Rejection Function
Kiichiro Toyoizumi, Shionogi Inc.; Shigeyuki Matsui, Nagoya University
11:05 AM