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 24 | ||
CS01
Presentation and Storytelling
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Fri, Feb 24, 9:15 AM - 10:45 AM
River Terrace 2 |
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Chair(s): Cynthia R. Long, Palmer College of Chiropractic | ||
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9:20 AM |
The Statistician’s Role in Data Storytelling Projects: Case Studies and Best Practices
Haviland Wright, Boston University |
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10:05 AM |
Statistical Presentation Power: How to Reveal Your 'X Factor'!!!
Jennifer H Van Mullekom, Laboratory for Interdisciplinary Statistical Analysis (LISA), Virginia Tech |
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CS02
Beyond the Basics: Advanced Modeling Methods
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Fri, Feb 24, 9:15 AM - 10:45 AM
River Terrace 3 |
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Chair(s): Shankang Qu, PepsiCo | ||
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9:20 AM |
Don't Be Silly; Do It Bayesian
Perceval Sondag, Arlenda |
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10:05 AM |
Improve Regression and Communicate Results Using Stochastic Gradient Boosting and LASSO
View Presentation Charles William Harrison, Salford Systems |
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CS03
Data Wrangling and Visualization
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Fri, Feb 24, 9:15 AM - 10:45 AM
City Terrace 7 |
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Chair(s): Robert P. Yerex, University of Virginia Medical Center | ||
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9:20 AM |
Discover and Visualize the Golden Paths, Unique Sequences, and Marvelous Associations Out of Your Big Data Using Link Analysis in SAS Enterprise Miner
View Presentation Delali Agbenyegah, Alliance Data Card Services |
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10:05 AM |
Data Scraping, Parsing, Wrangling, and Cleaning
View Presentation Mark Daniel Ward, Purdue University |
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CS04
Keep It Simple with R
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Fri, Feb 24, 9:15 AM - 10:45 AM
City Terrace 9 |
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9:20 AM |
Reproducibility in Action
View Presentation Richard Thomas Schwinn, U.S. Small Business Administration |
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10:05 AM |
Managing Many Models
Hadley Wickham, RStudio |
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CS05
Statistical Collaboration
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Fri, Feb 24, 11:00 AM - 12:30 PM
River Terrace 2 |
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Chair(s): Michael Latta, YTMBA Research & Consulting and Coastal Carolina University | ||
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11:05 AM |
Practical Examples and Challenges of Statistical Consulting in Health Settings
Laura H Gunn, Stetson University |
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11:50 AM |
Panel Discussion on Statistical Volunteers
David J Corliss, Peace-Work |
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CS06
Business Intelligence Practices
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Fri, Feb 24, 11:00 AM - 12:30 PM
River Terrace 3 |
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Chair(s): Madhuri Mulekar, University of South Alabama | ||
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11:05 AM |
On the Street: Conducting Business Research
View Presentation Joyce Nilsson Orsini, Fordham University GBA |
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11:50 AM |
Bridging the Gap on Multi-Channel Attribution
View Presentation John Lin, Epsilon Data Management |
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CS07
Surveys and Sentiment Analysis
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Fri, Feb 24, 11:00 AM - 12:30 PM
City Terrace 7 |
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Chair(s): Susan Simmons, NC State Institute for Advanced Analytics | ||
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11:05 AM |
The Nexus Between Data Science, Survey Design, and Statistical Practice
View Presentation Steven B Cohen, RTI International |
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11:50 AM |
Sentiment Analysis of Brand Social Mentions: The Polarity Classification and Beyond
View Presentation Jin Su, Johnson & Johnson Vision Care, Inc. |
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CS08
Interactivity with R Shiny
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Fri, Feb 24, 11:00 AM - 12:30 PM
City Terrace 9 |
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Chair(s): Edward Mulrow, NORC at the University of Chicago | ||
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11:05 AM |
Working with Shiny Things
View Presentation Harlen Hays, Cerner Corporation |
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11:50 AM |
Rapid Data Visualization and Dissemination Using R and Shiny
View Presentation Bogdan Alexandru Rau, UCLA Center for Health Policy Research |
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CS09
Organizational Impact
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Fri, Feb 24, 2:00 PM - 3:30 PM
River Terrace 2 |
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Chair(s): Kathy Hanford, University of Nebraska-Lincoln | ||
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2:05 PM |
Developing a Data Science Center of Excellence (DS CoE)
View Presentation Celeste R Fralick, Unaffiliated |
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2:50 PM |
My Marathon Journey for Analytics Change
View Presentation Terri Henderson, Johnson & Johnson Vision Care, Inc. |
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CS10
Probability Distributions
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Fri, Feb 24, 2:00 PM - 3:30 PM
River Terrace 3 |
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Chair(s): Kathleen Jablonski, The George Washington University | ||
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2:05 PM |
Modeling Proportions and Probabilities: The Beta Distribution Is Your Friend
View Presentation Paul Teetor, William Blair & Co. |
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2:50 PM |
Probability Density for Repeated Events
View Presentation Bruce Stephen Lund, Magnify Analytic Solutions |
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CS11
Text Analytics
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Fri, Feb 24, 2:00 PM - 3:30 PM
City Terrace 7 |
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Chair(s): Laura H Gunn, Stetson University | ||
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2:05 PM |
Predicting Regulatory Risk from Unstructured Text Data
View Presentation Danielle Leigh Boree, Johnson & Johnson Vision Care, Inc. |
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2:50 PM |
Using Text Analytics and Signal Detection to Predict Medical Device Recalls
View Presentation Lisa Ensign, Significant Statistics |
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CS12
Going Big on Bayesian
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Fri, Feb 24, 2:00 PM - 3:30 PM
City Terrace 9 |
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Chair(s): Alok Kumar Dwivedi, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center | ||
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2:05 PM |
Introduction to Bayesian Analysis Using Stata
View Presentation Chuck Huber, StataCorp |
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2:50 PM |
Bayesian Structural Equation Modeling
View Presentation M'hamed Hamy Temkit, Mayo Clinic |
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CS13
Career and Personal Development
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Fri, Feb 24, 3:45 PM - 5:15 PM
River Terrace 2 |
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Chair(s): Rich Newman, Johnson & Johnson Vision Care, Inc. | ||
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3:50 PM |
Soft Skills for Succeeding Outside of Academia
View Presentation Diahanna L Post, Nielsen |
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4:35 PM |
Career Development for Statisticians in a Collaborative Environment: Importance of Effective Mentoring and Development of Soft Skills
Jay N Mandrekar, Mayo Clinic |
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CS14
Addressing Statistical Problems and Issues
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Fri, Feb 24, 3:45 PM - 5:15 PM
River Terrace 3 |
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Chair(s): Bonita Singal, United States Department of Energy | ||
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3:50 PM |
Data Preparation: The Key for Meaningful Insights
Huiyu Qian, AutoAnything Inc. |
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4:35 PM |
Matched Case-Control Data Analysis
Yinghui Duan, Connecticut Institute for Clinical and Translational Science |
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CS15
Machine Learning
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Fri, Feb 24, 3:45 PM - 5:15 PM
City Terrace 7 |
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Chair(s): John Stevens, Utah State University | ||
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3:50 PM |
Tree-Based Techniques for High-Dimensional Data
View Presentation Wei-Yin Loh, University of Wisconsin |
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4:35 PM |
Intro to Deep Learning with TensorFlow
View Presentation Denisa A.O. Roberts, ASAPP Inc. |
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CS16
Generalized Linear Mixed Models with R
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Fri, Feb 24, 3:45 PM - 5:15 PM
City Terrace 9 |
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Chair(s): Doug Lehmann, University of Miami | ||
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3:50 PM |
Constructing and Analyzing Generalized Linear Mixed Models
View Presentation Christina P Knudson, Macalester College |
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4:35 PM |
Simulation and Power Analysis of Generalized Linear Mixed Models
Brandon LeBeau, University of Iowa |
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Saturday, February 25 | ||
CS17
Ethical Guidelines
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Sat, Feb 25, 9:15 AM - 10:45 AM
River Terrace 2 |
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Chair(s): Constantine Daskalakis, Thomas Jefferson University | ||
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9:20 AM |
How to Deal with Ethical Issues of Human Subjects, Difficult Colleagues, and Networking
View Presentation Michael Latta, YTMBA Research & Consulting and Coastal Carolina University |
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10:05 AM |
How the New ASA Guidelines Help Practicing Statisticians
View Presentation Alan C. Elliott, Southern Methodist University |
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CS18
Going Mainstream: Emerging Modeling Methods
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Sat, Feb 25, 9:15 AM - 10:45 AM
River Terrace 3 |
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Chair(s): Viswanathan Ramakrishnan, Medical University of South Carolina | ||
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9:20 AM |
Amazon Product Co-Purchasing Network Estimation Through ERGM Model Using Reference Prior
View Presentation Sayan Chakraborty, Michigan State University |
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10:05 AM |
Integrating Text Analytics with Traditional Structured Analytics
Edward Jones, Texas A&M University |
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CS19
Guided and Automatic Model Selection
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Sat, Feb 25, 9:15 AM - 10:45 AM
City Terrace 7 |
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Chair(s): Inyoung Kim, Virginia Tech | ||
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9:20 AM |
Best Practices in Model Selection and Profiling
View Presentation Scott Lee Wise, SAS Institute, Inc. |
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10:05 AM |
Designing Automated Workflows for Model Selection and Optimization
View Presentation Christian Kendall, Salford Systems |
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CS20
A Graph Is Worth a Thousand Words
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Sat, Feb 25, 9:15 AM - 10:45 AM
City Terrace 9 |
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Chair(s): Andrew D. Althouse, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center | ||
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9:20 AM |
Geospatial Analysis with R
View Presentation Michael Jadoo, Unaffiliated |
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10:05 AM |
How to Avoid Some Common Graphical Mistakes
View Presentation Naomi B. Robbins, NBR |
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CS21
Communicating to Motivate and Influence
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Sat, Feb 25, 11:00 AM - 12:30 PM
River Terrace 2 |
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Chair(s): Yuanyuan Tang, Saint Luke's Health System | ||
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11:05 AM |
The Psychology of Influence
View Presentation Colleen Mangeot, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center |
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11:50 AM |
Strategic Marketing and Communication for Statistical Consultants and Collaborators
View Presentation Renita Canady, Association of American Medical Colleges |
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CS22
In THIS Corner: X1! When Model Variables Compete
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Sat, Feb 25, 11:00 AM - 12:30 PM
River Terrace 3 |
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Chair(s): Michael Reiger, West Virginia University | ||
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11:05 AM |
Estimating with Weights: Common Sense vs. Unbiasedness
View Presentation Tim Hesterberg, Google |
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11:50 AM |
Competing Risk Data and Semi-Competing Risk Data Analysis and Visualization in SAS and R
View Presentation Ran Liao, Indiana University |
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CS23
Latent Variable and Mixed Effects Models
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Sat, Feb 25, 11:00 AM - 12:30 PM
City Terrace 7 |
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Chair(s): Xianggui (Harvey) Qu, Oakland University | ||
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11:05 AM |
Nonparametric Mixed-Effects Regression for Large Samples
View Presentation Nathaniel Erik Helwig, University of Minnesota |
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11:50 AM |
Optimization of Processes and Products from Historical (Un-Designed) Data
View Presentation John F. MacGregor, ProSensus, Inc. |
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CS24
It's a Package Deal
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Sat, Feb 25, 11:00 AM - 12:30 PM
City Terrace 9 |
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Chair(s): John Castelloe, SAS Institute | ||
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11:05 AM |
Introduction to JMP Software
Terrie Vasilopoulos, University of Florida |
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11:50 AM |
Logistic Regression Cross-Package Comparison
View Presentation Lillian Ma, Capital One Bank |
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