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
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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
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10:05 AM |
Data Scraping, Parsing, Wrangling, and Cleaning
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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
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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
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11:50 AM |
Bridging the Gap on Multi-Channel Attribution
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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
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11:50 AM |
Sentiment Analysis of Brand Social Mentions: The Polarity Classification and Beyond
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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
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11:50 AM |
Rapid Data Visualization and Dissemination Using R and Shiny
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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)
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2:50 PM |
My Marathon Journey for Analytics Change
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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
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2:50 PM |
Probability Density for Repeated Events
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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
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2:50 PM |
Using Text Analytics and Signal Detection to Predict Medical Device Recalls
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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
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2:50 PM |
Bayesian Structural Equation Modeling
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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
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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
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4:35 PM |
Intro to Deep Learning with TensorFlow
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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
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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
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10:05 AM |
How the New ASA Guidelines Help Practicing Statisticians
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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
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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
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10:05 AM |
Designing Automated Workflows for Model Selection and Optimization
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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
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10:05 AM |
How to Avoid Some Common Graphical Mistakes
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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
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11:50 AM |
Strategic Marketing and Communication for Statistical Consultants and Collaborators
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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
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11:50 AM |
Competing Risk Data and Semi-Competing Risk Data Analysis and Visualization in SAS and R
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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
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11:50 AM |
Optimization of Processes and Products from Historical (Un-Designed) Data
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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
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