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Sunday, 07/29/2018
On Using Gene Genealogies to Find Trait-Influencing Variants
Payman Nickchi, Simon Fraser University; Jinko Graham, Simon Fraser University


Senior Swim Competition Times
David P. Doane, Oakland University; Lori E Seward, University of Colorado; Kevin Murphy, Oakland University
2:05 PM

On Using Gene Genealogies to Find Trait-Influencing Variants
Payman Nickchi, Simon Fraser University; Jinko Graham, Simon Fraser University
2:10 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

Partial Distance Correlation Screening for High-Dimensional Time Series
Kashif Yousuf, Columbia University; Yang Feng, Columbia University
4:05 PM

Understand the Impact of Video Game Marketing Spend: a Data Science Approach of Multi-Touch Attribution
Yushu Chai, Electronic Arts, Inc.; Chen Teel, Electronic Arts
4:05 PM

Predictive and Interpretable Bayesian Machine Learning Models for Understanding Microbiome Dynamics
Georg Kurt Gerber, Harvard Medical School / Brigham and Women's Hospital
4:45 PM

Understanding Associations Among Multi-Omic Data via Integrative Modeling
Asuman Seda Turkmen, The Ohio State University; Hancong Tang, The Ohio State University; Shili Lin, The Ohio State University
4:55 PM

Monday, 07/30/2018
Tools, Resources and Skills for Statistics Distance Learning/Blended Learning
Xiaofang Shi, University of Kentucky


Standard Analyses and Displays for Common Clinical Trial Data: An Industry-Wide Initiative
Mercidita Navarro, Genentech


Using an Apprenticeship Model to Train Future Teachers of Statistics
Laura J Le, University of Minnesota; Ann M Brearley, University of Minnesota


Continuous Tempering Through Path Sampling
Yuling Yao, Columbia Univ; Andrew Gelman, Columbia University


A Theoretical Framework for Bayesian Nonparametric Regression: Orthonormal Random Series and Rates of Contraction
Fangzheng Xie, Johns Hopkins University; Wei Jin, Johns Hopkins University; Yanxun Xu, Johns Hopkins University


Quantile-Optimal Treatment Regimes with Censored Data
Yu Zhou, University of Minnesota; Lan Wang, University of Minnesota; Rui Song, North Carolina State University


A Didactic Game to Understand Multicollinearity and Its Consequences in a Linear Regression Model
Luis Quiros Gomez, School of Statistics, University of Costa Rica; María José Solís Quirós, School of Statistics, University of Costa Rica; Noelia Rojas Ramírez, School of Statistics, University of Costa Rica


Geometric Sensitivity Measures for Nonparametric Bayesian Models in Density Estimation
Abhijoy Saha, The Ohio State University; Sebastian Kurtek, The Ohio State University; Karthik Bharath, The University of Nottingham


Constrained Bayesian Inference Through Posterior Projections
Sayan Patra, Duke University; David B Dunson, Duke University


Affordable and Open Educational Resources (OER) in Statistical Education
Suhwon Lee, Univ of Missouri


Flexible Group Difference Tests for Age-Varying Distributions
Philip Reiss, University of Haifa
8:55 AM

Quantile-Optimal Treatment Regimes with Censored Data
Yu Zhou, University of Minnesota; Lan Wang, University of Minnesota; Rui Song, North Carolina State University
9:15 AM

A Didactic Game to Understand Multicollinearity and Its Consequences in a Linear Regression Model
Luis Quiros Gomez, School of Statistics, University of Costa Rica; María José Solís Quirós, School of Statistics, University of Costa Rica; Noelia Rojas Ramírez, School of Statistics, University of Costa Rica
9:20 AM

The Development of an Online Teaching Curriculum for PCORI's Methodology Standards
Elizabeth A Stuart, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
9:35 AM

Parameter Estimation using EM algorithm for Constant-stress and Step-stress Accelerated Life Tests under Interval Monitoring
Tianyu Bai; David Han, University of Texas At San Antonio
9:50 AM

Constrained Bayesian Inference Through Posterior Projections
Sayan Patra, Duke University; David B Dunson, Duke University
9:50 AM

Affordable and Open Educational Resources (OER) in Statistical Education
Suhwon Lee, Univ of Missouri
9:50 AM

ESTIMATING TREATMENT IMPORTANCE in MULTIDRUG-RESISTANT TUBERCULOSIS USING TARGETED LEARNING: AN OBSERVATIONAL INDIVIDUAL PATIENT DATA NETWORK META-ANALYSIS
Guanbo Wang, McGill University; Mireille Schnitzer, University of Montreal; Andrea Benedetti, Respiratory Epidemiology and Clinical Research Unit, McGill University Health Centre
10:35 AM

Understanding the Benefits and Barriers of Undergraduate Research in Statistics
Kelly McConville, Swarthmore College; Joseph Nolan, Northern Kentucky University; Vittorio Addona, Macalester College; Nathan Tintle, Dordt College; Dennis Pearl, Penn State University
10:35 AM

Geometric Sensitivity Measures for Nonparametric Bayesian Models in Density Estimation
Abhijoy Saha, The Ohio State University; Sebastian Kurtek, The Ohio State University; Karthik Bharath, The University of Nottingham
10:40 AM

Statistically and Numerically Efficient Independence Tests That Are Based on Distances
Xiaoming Huo, Georgia Institute of Technology, ; Cheng Huang, Georgia Institute of Technology
10:55 AM

A Theoretical Framework for Bayesian Nonparametric Regression: Orthonormal Random Series and Rates of Contraction
Fangzheng Xie, Johns Hopkins University; Wei Jin, Johns Hopkins University; Yanxun Xu, Johns Hopkins University
10:55 AM

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

Understanding Cryptocurrency Price Formation from Time Series of Local Blockchain Graph Features
Cuneyt Akcora, University of Texas at Dallas; Asim Dey, University of Texas at Dallas; Ceren Abay, University of Texas at Dallas; Yulia Gel, University of Texas at Dallas; Umar Islambekov, University of Texas at Dallas; Murat Kantarcioglu, University of Texas at Dallas
11:25 AM

Income Inequality Grew Faster from 1970-2016 Than Reflected by the Standard Measures
Joseph Gastwirth, George Washington University
11:35 AM

Improving Our Understanding of Dynamic Group-Based Interventions for Treating Depression and Substance Use Disorders
Susan M Paddock, RAND Corporation; Bing Han, RAND Corporation; Lane Burgette, RAND Corporation
2:05 PM

Using Standard Microbiome Reference Groups to Simplify Beta-Diversity Analyzes and Facilitate Independent Validation
Mitchell Gail, National Cancer Institute, Biostatistics Branch; Marlena Maziarz, National Cancer Institute, Biostatistics Branch; Ruth Pfeiffer , National Cancer Institute; Yunhu Wan, National Cancer Institute, Biostatistics Branch
2:20 PM

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

Attraction Indian Buffet Distribution
David Dahl, Brigham Young University; Richard Warr, Brigham Young University
2:45 PM

ODE Parameter Estimation with $L_1$ Distance
Yuping Yang, Simon Fraser University; Jiguo Cao, Simon Fraser University
3:20 PM

Approximate L0-Penalized Estimation of Piecewise-Constant Signals on Graphs
Zhou Fan, Stanford University; Leying Guan, Stanford University
3:35 PM

Tuesday, 07/31/2018
On Survival Tree Under the Dependency Between Failure and Censoring
Asanao Shimokawa, Tokyo University of Science; Etsuo Miyaoka, Tokyo University of Science


Patient- and Site-Level Factors Associated with Abstinence Outcome in a Multisite Clinical Trial of a Technology-Delivered Psychosocial Intervention for Substance Use Disorders
Martina Pavlicova, Columbia University; Leila M. Vaezazizi, New York State Psychiatric Institue; Aimee N. C. Campbell, New York State Psychiatric Institute; Mei-Chen Hu, Columbia University; Edward V. Nunes, New York State Psychiatric Institute


Understanding Rerandomization Through Simulation
Crystal Shaw, UCLA; Thomas Belin, UCLA


Has the Day of the Week Effect on Volatility Structure of the SandP 500 and Its Sectors Changed Over the 2007-2009 Recession?
Marcel Trick; V A Samaranayake, Missouri S&T


Analytic White Matter Tractography and Compositional Distance-Based Summarization of White Matter Brain Structures
Wendy Meiring, University of California, Santa Barbara; Matthew Cieslak, UCSB; Tegan Brennan, UCSB; Subhash Suri, UCSB; Scott T. Grafton, UCSB


Bayesian Inference for Sample Surveys in the Presence of High-Dimensional Auxiliary Information
Yutao Liu, Columbia University; Andrew Gelman, Columbia University; Qixuan Chen, Columbia University


Statistical Ethics and Challenging Substantial Errors in Statistical Methods and Results in a Prominent Peer Reviewed Economics Journal
Chris Barker, Statistical Planning and Analysis Services, Inc.


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


Samples, Unite! Understanding the Consequences of Combining Probability and Non-Probability Samples When Linking Records Is Difficult
Benjamin Williams, Southern Methodist University


A Comprehensive Germ Cell Tumor Data Commons and Its Application in Risk Classification Model Validation
Bo Ci; Yang Xie, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center ; Lindsay Frazier, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute; Matthew Murray, Cambridge University Hospitals; James Amatruda, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center; Mark Krailo, University of Southern California; Samuel Volchenboum, University of Chicago; Bo Yao, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center; Caihong Xia, Children's Oncology Group; Lin Xu, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center; Danni Luo, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center; Shin-Yi Lin, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
8:50 AM

Analyzing Matched Sets of Microbiome Data Using the Linear Decomposition Model
Glen Alan Satten, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; Yijuan Hu, Emory University; Zhengyi Zhu, Emory University
9:05 AM

Samples, Unite! Understanding the Consequences of Combining Probability and Non-Probability Samples When Linking Records Is Difficult
Benjamin Williams, Southern Methodist University
9:55 AM

What Should Be the Role of Collaboration/Consulting for Applied Statistical Faculty Members in Academia: Rewards and Punishments
Virginia Lesser, Oregon State University; Shane Reese, Brigham Young University; George P. McCabe, Purdue University ; Dipak Kumar Dey, University of Connecticut; James Cochran, University of Alabama
10:35 AM

Distribution of Interpoint Distances for Discrete Multivariate Distributions
Yu Song; Reza Modarres, The George Washington University
10:35 AM

Estimating Small Area Life Expectancy Using Hellinger Distance Spatial Correlation
Robert E. Johnson, Vanderbilt University; Sarah Lotspeich, Vanderbilt University
11:05 AM

How to Select the Number of Components in PCA and Factor Analysis? Understanding and Improving Permutation Methods
Edgar Dobriban; Art Owen, Stanford University
11:05 AM

Bayesian Inference for Sample Surveys in the Presence of High-Dimensional Auxiliary Information
Yutao Liu, Columbia University; Andrew Gelman, Columbia University; Qixuan Chen, Columbia University
11:15 AM

A Distance Method for Administrative Record Modeling in the 2020 Census
Vincent Mule, U.S. Census Bureau; Andrew Keller, U.S. Census Bureau; Scott Konicki, U.S. Census Bureau; Darcy Steeg Morris, U.S. Census Bureau
11:15 AM

Mitigating Standard Errors of County-Level Survey Estimates When Data are Sparse
Valbona Bejleri, USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service; Habtamu Benecha, USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service; Andreea Erciulescu, National Institute of Statistical Sciences; Nathan Cruze, USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service; Balgobin Nandram, Worcester Polytechnic Institute
11:15 AM

Statistical Ethics and Challenging Substantial Errors in Statistical Methods and Results in a Prominent Peer Reviewed Economics Journal
Chris Barker, Statistical Planning and Analysis Services, Inc.
11:20 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

Distance-Based Analysis with Quantile Regression Models
Shaoyu Li, University of North Carolina Charlotte; Yanqing Sun, University of North Carolina At Charlotte
11:20 AM

Identifying and Validating Surrogate Endpoints for Overall Survial (OS) in Metastatic Castration-Resistant Prostate Cancer
Xiaowei Guan, Pfizer, Inc.; Michelle Casey, Pfizer, Inc.; De Phung, Astellas Pharma, Inc. ; Suha Sari, Pfizer, Inc.; Eren Demirhan, Pfizer, Inc.
11:35 AM

Network Meta-Analysis: On the Use of the Standard Contrast-Based Approach in Disconnected Networks
Audrey Béliveau, University of Waterloo; Paul Gustafson, University of British Columbia
11:50 AM

Reproducibility of FDG-PET Standardized Uptake Value (SUV) for Use as an Integral Biomarker in Clinical Trials
Brenda Kurland, University of Pittsburgh
3:05 PM

Recreating Plays - Testing Shot Policies in Basketball Using Non-Stationary Markov Decision Processes
Nathan Sandholtz, Simon Fraser University; Luke Bornn, Sacramento Kings and Simon Fraser University
3:05 PM

Understanding Gene Regulation Through Graph-Based Posterior Regularization in Structured Probabilistic Models
Maxwell Libbrecht, Simon Fraser University
3:05 PM

MASES: a Nonparametric Dimension Reduction Approach
Hui Zou, University of Minnesota; Qing Mai, Florida State University; Xin Zhang, Florida State University
3:20 PM

Improving the Standards for Reporting of Clinical Trial Data
Jitendra Ganju, Consultant
3:35 PM

Wednesday, 08/01/2018
Behaviors and Exposures Associated with Pathogen Carriage at a Large Community Gathering
Ruby Bayliss, St. Catherine University; Meghan Mason, St. Catherine University; Bozena Morawski, University of Minnesota; James Johnson, University of Miinesota; Connie Clabots, Minneapolis VA Health Care System


Distance-Weighted Predictor Models to Estimate the Spatial Scale of Built Environment Health Effects
Adam Peterson, University of Michigan; Brisa N. Sanchez, University of Michigan; Emma V Sanchez-Vaznaugh, San Francisco State University


Impact of Distance Calculation Methods on Geospatial Analysis of Healthcare Access
Sarah Lotspeich, Vanderbilt University; Robert E. Johnson, Vanderbilt 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


Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) Integrity Monitoring
Zhicong Zhao


Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) Integrity Monitoring
Zhicong Zhao
8:35 AM

How Clustered Standard Errors Are Changing Applied Econometrics
James Gordon MacKinnon, Queen's University
9:00 AM

Looking Inward: Quality Audits for Demographic Programs at the U.S. Census Bureau
Cynthia A Rothhaas, U.S. Census Bureau; Richard Levy, U.S. Census Bureau
9:20 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

Impact of Distance Calculation Methods on Geospatial Analysis of Healthcare Access
Sarah Lotspeich, Vanderbilt University; Robert E. Johnson, Vanderbilt University
9:50 AM

Building and Teaching a Statistics Curriculum for Post-Doctoral Biomedical Scientists at a Free-Standing Cancer Center
Sujata M Patil, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center; Ushma Neill, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center; Jaya M Satagopan, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
10:55 AM

Towards Multiple-Imputation-Proper Predictive Mean Matching
Philipp Gaffert, GfK SE; Florian Meinfelder, Universität Bamberg; Volker Bosch, GfK SE
10:55 AM

Adaptive Mantel Test for Penalized Inference, with Applications to Imaging Genetics
Dustin Pluta, University of California, Irvine; Tong Shen, University of California, Irvine; Hernando Ombao, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology; Zhaoxia Yu, University of California, Irvine
10:55 AM

Reflections on 10 Years of Teaching Online
Iain Pardoe, Thompson Rivers University
11:50 AM

Substate Small Area Estimates Using Data from the 2014-2016 National Surveys on Drug Use and Health (NSDUHs)
Neeraja Sathe, RTI International; Matthew Williams, SAMHSA/CBHSQ; Kathy Spagnola, RTI International; Akhil Vaish, RTI International
2:05 PM

Robust Outlier Detection for Low and High-Dimensional Neuroimaging Data with Principal Components Analysis and Split-Half Resampling
Derek Beaton, Baycrest Health Sciences; Kelly M Sunderland, Baycrest Health Sciences; Abiramy Uthirakumaran, Baycrest Health Sciences; Stephen R Arnott, Baycrest Health Sciences; Robert Bartha, Robarts Research; Sandra E Black, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre; Leanne Casaubon, Krembil Research Institute; Morris Freedman, Baycrest Health Sciences; Richard H Swartz, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre; Sean Symons, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre; ONDRI Investigators, ONDRI; Malcolm A Binns, Baycrest Health Sciences; Stephen C Strother, Baycrest Health Sciences
2:05 PM

Dependency Diagnostic: Visually Understanding Pairwise Variable Relationships
Kevin Lin, Carnegie Mellon University; Han Liu, Northwestern University
2:20 PM

Comparison of NSDUH Population Percentages from the United States, Census Regions, States, and the District of Columbia
Kathy Spagnola, RTI International; Matthew Williams, SAMHSA/CBHSQ; Akhil Vaish, RTI International; Neeraja Sathe, RTI International
2:35 PM

Toward an Updated Publication Standard for Official County-Level Crop Estimates
Nathan Cruze, USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service; Andreea Erciulescu, National Institute of Statistical Sciences; Habtamu Benecha, USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service; Valbona Bejleri, USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service; Balgobin Nandram, Worcester Polytechnic Institute; Linda J Young, USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service
3:35 PM

Thursday, 08/02/2018
A New Direction for Health Policy Decisions Based on Subgroup Discovery: The Cost-Effectiveness Determination Curve
Andrew Justin Spieker, University of Pennsylvania; Jason Roy, University of Pennsylvania; Nandita Mitra, University of Pennsylvania
8:50 AM

Validation of 2015 Residential Energy Consumption Survey End-Use Estimates by Bayesian Calibration Models
Hiroaki Minato, U. S. Energy Information Administration (EIA)
9:05 AM

SOME EWMA SCHEMES for SIMULTANEOUS MONITORING of UNKNOWN MEAN and VARIANCE of a NORMALLY DISTRIBUTED PROCESS
Ridwan Sanusi, City Univ of Hong Kong; AMITAVA MUKHERJEE, INDIAN INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT ; Min Xie, City University of Hong Kong
10:35 AM

Shewhart-Type Charts in Some Nonstandard Situations: Phase I and Phase II
Yuhui Yao, University of Alabama; Subhabrata Chakraborti, University of Alabama
11:05 AM

First Reproducible Nationwide Survey on Substance Use in Brazil: Survey Design and Weighting
Pedro Luis do Nascimento Silva, IBGE-ENCE; Mauricio Teixeira Leite de Vasconcellos, IBGE-ENCE; Raquel B De Boni, FIOCRUZ; Francisco Inacio Pinkusfeld Monteiro Bastos, FIOCRUZ; Neilane Bertoni dos Reis, Instituto Nacional de Câncer; Carolina Fausto de Souza Coutinho, FIOCRUZ; Jurema Corrêa da Mota, FIOCRUZ; Lidiane da Silveira Gouvea Toledo, FIOCRUZ
11:20 AM

Methodological Considerations for the Analysis of Relative Treatment Effects in Multi-Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis from Fused Observational Studies
Mireille Schnitzer, University of Montreal; Andrea Benedetti, Respiratory Epidemiology and Clinical Research Unit, McGill University Health Centre; Guanbo Wang, McGill University; Arman Alam Siddique, McMaster University; Asma Bahamyirou, Université de Montréal
11:35 AM

Distance Correlation as a Measure for Dependence of Distance Matrices with Complex Spatial Patterns: An Alternative to Mantel Test
Deniz Yenigun, Istanbul Bilgi University; Maria Rizzo, Bowling Green State University
11:35 AM

Selecting Among Treatments with Two Bernoulli Endpoints
Elena M Buzaianu, University of North Florida; Pinyuen Chen, Syracuse University; Lifang Hsu, Le Moyne College
11:50 AM

Understand International Differences in Treatment Effect
Li Chen, Amgen
11:55 AM

A Model-Centric Approach to Scientific Progress and Understanding Reproducibility of Scientific Claims
Erkan Buzbas, University of Idaho; Berna Devezer, University of Idaho; Bert Baumgaertner, University of Idaho; Luis Gustavo Nardin, Brandenburg University of Technology Cottbus - Senftenberg
12:05 PM