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Sessions Were Renumbered as of May 19.

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CC-W = McCormick Place Convention Center, West Building,   CC-N = McCormick Place Convention Center, North Building
H = Hilton Chicago,   UC= Conference Chicago at University Center
* = applied session       ! = JSM meeting theme

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27 * !
Sun, 7/31/2016, 2:00 PM - 3:50 PM CC-W183a
The First Self-Administered Survey in North Korea: A Glimpse of Self-Esteem of North Koreans Compared with Peers in 53 Other Countries — Topic Contributed Panel
Social Statistics Section
Organizer(s): Asaph Young Chun, U.S. Census Bureau
Chair(s): Darryl Creel, RTI International
2:05 PM The First Self-Administered Survey in North Korea: A Glimpse of Self-Esteem of North Koreans Compared with Peers in 53 Other Countries
Panelists: Elliott Chun, ISR Center for Science Diplomacy
Jacquelyn Pennings, Elite Research
Asaph Young Chun, U.S. Census Bureau
Cindy Won, ISR Center for Science Diplomacy
Clara Kyung, McGill University and ISR Foundation Center for Interdisciplinary Research
3:45 PM Floor Discussion
 
 

88
Sun, 7/31/2016, 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM CC-Hall F1 West
The Extraordinary Power of Data — Invited Poster Presentations
Section on Statistical Learning and Data Science , Section on Statistical Graphics , Section on Statistics in Imaging , Business and Economic Statistics Section , Biometrics Section , ENAR , Section for Statistical Programmers and Analysts , Scientific and Public Affairs Advisory Committee , Section on Bayesian Statistical Science , Section on Statistics in Epidemiology , Section on Statistics in Marketing , Social Statistics Section , Statistics in Business Schools Interest Group
Chair(s): Tyler McCormick, University of Washington
1: Communicate Better with R, R Markdown, and Shiny Garrett Grolemund, RStudio
2: Spectral Filtering for Spatial-Temporal Dynamics Tian Zheng, Columbia University ; Lu Meng, Columbia University
3: A Mixed-Effects Modeling Approach to Study the Impact of Pesticides on Farmworkers' Brain Networks Using RS-fMRI Data Mohsen Bahrami, Virginia Tech ; Paul Laurienti, Wake Forest School of Medicine ; Thomas Arcury, Wake Forest School of Medicine ; Sean Simpson, Wake Forest School of Medicine
4: Cascaded High-Dimensional Histograms: A Generative Approach to Density Estimation Siong Thye Goh, MIT ; Cynthia Rudin, Duke University
5: TV Advertising's Impact on Online Searches Yonathan Schwarzkopf, Google ; Ying Liu, Google ; Makoto Uchida, Google ; Elissa Lee, Google ; Jim Koehler, Google
6: Modeling Connectivity in High-Dimensional Time Series Data via Factor Analysis Hernando Ombao, University of California at Irvine ; Yuxiao Wang, University of California at Irvine ; Chee-Ming Ting, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia
7: Analysis of Longitudinal Multi-Sequence MRI in Multiple Sclerosis Elizabeth M. Sweeney, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health ; Russell Shinohara, University of Pennsylvania ; John Muschelli, The Johns Hopkins University ; Daniel Reich , National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke ; Ciprian Crainiceanu, The Johns Hopkins University ; Jonathan Gellar, Mathematica Policy Research ; Philip Reiss, New York University/University of Haifa ; Ani Eloyan, Brown University
8: Law, Order, and Algorithms Sharad Goel, Stanford University
9: Defining and Estimating Reliability in Hierarchical Logistic Regression Models for Health Care Provider Profiling — Jessica Hwang, RAND Corporation ; John Adams, Kaiser Permanente ; Susan M. Paddock, RAND Corporation
10: Probabilistic Cause-of-Death Assignment Using Verbal Autopsies Tyler McCormick, University of Washington ; Sam Clark, University of Washington ; Zehang Li, University of Washington
11: We Are What We Ask: Mapping the Ecosystem of Software Development Using Stack Overflow Data David G. Robinson, Stack Overflow
12: Data Science at Stitch Fix Hilary Parker, Stitch Fix
13: Text Mining on Domain Names Kenneth E. Shirley, Amazon
14: Fighting Fraud with Statistics! Alyssa Frazee, Stripe
15: Forecasting Seasonal Epidemics with Ensemble Methods and Collective Human Judgment Logan Conrad Brooks, Carnegie Mellon University ; Sangwon Hyun, Carnegie Mellon University ; Ryan Tibshirani, Carnegie Mellon University
16: Geometric Methods for Network Comparison and Multilevel Modeling Anna Smith, The Ohio State University ; Catherine Calder, The Ohio State University
17: Mixed-Effects Models for Resampled Network Statistics Improve Statistical Power to Find Differences in Functional Brain Connectivity Manjari Narayan, Rice University ; Genevera Allen, Rice University
18: Estimating the Causal Impact of Recommendation Systems from Observational Data Amit Sharma, Microsoft Research ; Jake Hofman, Microsoft Research ; Duncan Watts, Microsoft Research
19: The Future of the Journal Biostatistics — Dimitris Rizopoulos, Erasmus University Medical Center ; Jeffrey Leek, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
20: Sample Size Calculations for Micro-Randomized Trials in MHealth Peng Liao, University of Michigan ; Ji Sun, University of Michigan ; Susan A. Murphy, University of Michigan
 
 

213617
Mon, 8/1/2016, 7:00 AM - 8:00 AM H-PDR7
Social Statistics Section Executive Committee Meeting (Closed) — Other Cmte/Business
Social Statistics Section
Chair(s): Guillermina Jasso, New York University
 
 

138
Mon, 8/1/2016, 8:30 AM - 10:20 AM CC-W175b
Statistical Applications in Criminal Justice and Law Enforcement — Contributed Papers
Social Statistics Section , Statistics Without Borders
Chair(s): Valarie Bell, Texas Woman's University
8:35 AM A Log-Linear Model Approach to Eyewitness Identification Data Amanda Luby
8:50 AM Spatio-Temporal Trends in Mass Shooting Incidents in the United States Ali Arab, Georgetown University
9:05 AM Metrics and Tests for Measuring Segregation Stephanie Zimmer, RTI International ; Marcus Berzofsky, RTI International
9:20 AM Urban Analytics: Methodology and Results on Demographics in Philadelphia Colman Humphrey, The Wharton School ; Rachel Thurston, Stantec Architecture ; Shane Jensen, The Wharton School
9:35 AM On the Prognosis of Third Generation Migrants' Occupation-al Status in Germany Dawid Bekalarczyk ; Petra Stein, University of Duisburg-Essen
9:50 AM Testing for Network Effects in Field Experiments: Examples from Legislative Studies Sayali Phadke, Penn State University ; Bruce A. Desmarais, Penn State University
10:05 AM Performance Evaluation of Temporal Anomaly Detection on Simulated Social Networks Using a Moving Window-Based Scan Method Meng Zhao, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University ; William H. Woodall, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University ; Anne R. Driscoll, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University ; Ronald D. Fricker, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University ; Dan Spitzner, University of Virginia
 
 

154 * !
Mon, 8/1/2016, 10:30 AM - 12:20 PM CC-W192b
Adaptive Design in Large-Scale Sample Surveys: Different Perspectives — Invited Panel
Social Statistics Section , Committee on Applied Statisticians , Statistics Without Borders
Organizer(s): Marilyn Seastrom, National Center for Education Statistics
Chair(s): Brian Harris-Kojetin, Committee on National Statistics
10:35 AM Adaptive Design in Large-Scale Sample Surveys: Different Perspectives
Panelists: Peter Miller, U.S. Census Bureau
Marilyn Seastrom, National Center for Education Statistics
Paul Biemer, RTI International
12:15 PM Floor Discussion
 
 

170
Mon, 8/1/2016, 10:30 AM - 12:20 PM CC-W181b
SPEED: Statistics for Education and Social Sciences Research — Contributed Speed
Section on Statistical Education , Social Statistics Section
Chair(s): Ulrike Genschel, Iowa State University
10:35 AM Comparisons of Math Anxiety Levels and Study Habits Among Hispanic Students Xiaohui Wang, The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley ; Cristina Villalobos, The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley ; Olga Ramirez, The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley ; Luis Fernandez, The University of Texas at Austin
10:40 AM Political Change Strategy Preference Catherine Durso, University of Denver ; Cass Dorff, University of Denver
10:45 AM Using Introduction to Statistics Courses to Teach Quantitative Literacy Cathy Poliak, University of Houston
10:50 AM Incorporating Big Data into an Introductory Statistics Course Paul Stephenson, Grand Valley State University ; Laura Kapitula, Grand Valley State University
10:55 AM Unified Definition of Effect Size and Universal Labeling of Its Magnitude Panduan An, Ohio University ; Wei Lin, Ohio University
11:00 AM Classroom Investigations of Recent Research Concerning the Gamblers' Fallacy Kevin Ross, Cal Poly
11:05 AM Causal Inference with a Continuous Treatment and Outcome: Alternative Estimators for Parametric Dose-Response Functions Douglas Galagate
11:10 AM The Evaluation of a Pedagogical Tool for Quantitative Literacy Gerald Iacullo, Berkeley College
11:15 AM Multiple Regression Replaces the Need for a Tailor Allison Davidson, Muhlenberg College
11:30 AM Examples of How a P-Value Interpretation Depends on the Underlying Statistical Philosophy Andrew Neath, Southern Illinois University
11:35 AM Investigating How the Wording of a Survey Question Can Change the Results Phyllis Curtiss, Grand Valley State University
11:40 AM Finding Event Transitions in Twitter Data Ame Osotsi ; Qunhua Li, Penn State University
11:45 AM Effect Comparison in Nonlinear Dyadic Mixed-Effects Models Between Equations Christoph Kern, University of Duisburg-Essen ; Petra Stein, University of Duisburg-Essen
11:50 AM The Unexamined Statistician Life Ellen Endriss, Career Center
11:55 AM Pushing the Boundary Between Tools for Learning and for Doing Statistics Amelia McNamara, Smith College
12:05 PM Are Volcanic Eruptions Increasing? An Example of Teaching Data Wrangling and Visualization in Stat 2 Kelly McConville, Swarthmore College
12:10 PM Performing Comparison of Normality Tests Danush Wijekularathna, Troy University ; Ananda Manage
12:15 PM Getting Past the Gatekeeper: Does Randomization-Based Curriculum in Introductory Statistics Promote Student Success? Laura Hildreth, Montana State University ; Jim Robison-Cox, Montana State University ; Jade Schmidt, Montana State University
 
 

196
Mon, 8/1/2016, 10:30 AM - 12:20 PM CC-Hall F1 West
Contributed Poster Presentations: Social Statistics Section — Contributed Poster Presentations
Social Statistics Section
Chair(s): Genevera Allen, Rice University
47: Adjustment by Minimum Discriminant Information in the Presence of Measurement Error Daniel F. McCaffrey, Educational Testing Service ; J.R. Lockwood, Educational Testing Service ; Shelby Haberman, Educational Testing Service ; Lili Yao, Educational Testing Service
48: Statistical Power of Mixed Zero-Inflated Poisson Regression Models with Time-Dependent vs. Time-Independent Covariates Gadir Alomair ; Enayetur Raheem, University of Northern Colorado
49: Distributions of Age at Death from Roman Epitaph Inscriptions: An Application of Data Mining Peter Pflaumer
50: Comparing Performance of Tests for One-Factor ANOVA Models Under Heterogeneity and Non-Normality: A Monte Carlo Simulation Study Thanh Pham, University of South Florida ; Yan Wang, University of South Florida ; Diep Nguyen, University of South Florida ; Eun Sook Kim, University of South Florida ; Jeffrey Kromrey, University of South Florida ; Yi-Hsin Chen, University of South Florida
52: A Frailty Model for Recurrent Events of the Same Type During Alternating Restraint and Non-restrain Time Periods Xiaoqi Li, Baylor College of Medicine ; Yong Chen, University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine ; Ruosha Li, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston
 
 

238
Mon, 8/1/2016, 2:00 PM - 3:50 PM CC-W175a
If You Measure, They Will Publish: State and Federal Data on Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity in Action — Topic Contributed Papers
Social Statistics Section , Scientific and Public Affairs Advisory Committee
Organizer(s): Paul Guerino, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
Chair(s): Paul Guerino, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
2:05 PM Sexual Orientation and Health Outcomes in the U.S. Medicare-Aged Population: National Health Interview Survey, 2013--2014 Erkan ERDEM, KPMG ; Samuel "Chris" Haffer, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
2:25 PM Marriage Equality and Health for the Lesbian, Gay, and Bisexual Population Gilbert Gonzales, Vanderbilt University
2:45 PM Keeping the 'T' in LGBT: Testing and Implementing Gender Identity Questions in the California Health Interview Survey (CHIS) Matt Jans, University of California at Los Angeles ; David Grant, University of California at Los Angeles ; Royce Park, University of California at Los Angeles ; Ninez Ponce, University of California at Los Angeles ; Jody Herman, The Williams Institute ; Bianca D. M. Wilson, The Williams Institute ; Gary Gates, The Williams Institute ; Sue Holtby, Public Health Institute ; Nicole Lordi, Public Health Institute ; Joe Viana, University of California at Los Angeles
3:05 PM Difficulties in Assessing Sexual Minority Status Without Standardized Measures: The Youth Risk Behavior Survey Gregory Phillips, Northwestern University
3:25 PM Discussant: Diane Herz, Mathematica Policy Research
3:45 PM Floor Discussion
 
 

267
Mon, 8/1/2016, 2:00 PM - 2:45 PM CC-Hall F1 West
SPEED: Statistics for Education and Social Sciences Research, Part 2A — Contributed Poster Presentations
Section on Statistical Education , Social Statistics Section , Statistics in Business Schools Interest Group
Chair(s): Genevera Allen, Rice University
11: Comparisons of Math Anxiety Levels and Study Habits Among Hispanic Students Xiaohui Wang, The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley ; Cristina Villalobos, The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley ; Olga Ramirez, The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley ; Luis Fernandez, The University of Texas at Austin
12: Political Change Strategy Preference Catherine Durso, University of Denver ; Cass Dorff, University of Denver
13: Using Introduction to Statistics Courses to Teach Quantitative Literacy Cathy Poliak, University of Houston
14: Incorporating Big Data into an Introductory Statistics Course Paul Stephenson, Grand Valley State University ; Laura Kapitula, Grand Valley State University
15: Unified Definition of Effect Size and Universal Labeling of Its Magnitude Panduan An, Ohio University ; Wei Lin, Ohio University
17: Classroom Investigations of Recent Research Concerning the Gamblers' Fallacy Kevin Ross, Cal Poly
18: Causal Inference with a Continuous Treatment and Outcome: Alternative Estimators for Parametric Dose-Response Functions Douglas Galagate
19: The Evaluation of a Pedagogical Tool for Quantitative Literacy Gerald Iacullo, Berkeley College
20: Multiple Regression Replaces the Need for a Tailor Allison Davidson, Muhlenberg College
The oral portion will take place during Session 213158
 
 

270
Mon, 8/1/2016, 3:05 PM - 3:50 PM CC-Hall F1 West
SPEED: Statistics for Education and Social Sciences Research, Part 2B — Contributed Poster Presentations
Section on Statistical Education , Social Statistics Section , Statistics in Business Schools Interest Group , Statistics Without Borders
Chair(s): Genevera Allen, Rice University
11: Examples of How a P-Value Interpretation Depends on the Underlying Statistical Philosophy Andrew Neath, Southern Illinois University
12: Investigating How the Wording of a Survey Question Can Change the Results Phyllis Curtiss, Grand Valley State University
13: Finding Event Transitions in Twitter Data Ame Osotsi ; Qunhua Li, Penn State University
14: Effect Comparison in Multilevel Structural Equation Models with Non-Metric Outcomes Christoph Kern, University of Duisburg-Essen ; Petra Stein, University of Duisburg-Essen
15: The Unexamined Statistician Life Ellen Endriss, Career Center
16: Pushing the Boundary Between Tools for Learning and for Doing Statistics Amelia McNamara, Smith College
18: Are Volcanic Eruptions Increasing? An Example of Teaching Data Wrangling and Visualization in Stat 2 Kelly McConville, Swarthmore College
19: Performing Comparison of Normality Tests Danush Wijekularathna, Troy University ; Ananda Manage
20: Getting Past the Gatekeeper: Does Randomization-Based Curriculum in Introductory Statistics Promote Student Success? Laura Hildreth, Montana State University ; Jim Robison-Cox, Montana State University ; Jade Schmidt, Montana State University
The oral portion will take place during Session 213158
 
 

213619
Mon, 8/1/2016, 5:30 PM - 7:00 PM H-Stevens Salon C 8
Social Statistics Section Business Meeting — Other Cmte/Business
Social Statistics Section
Chair(s): Guillermina Jasso, New York University
 
 

281 * !
Tue, 8/2/2016, 8:30 AM - 10:20 AM CC-W178b
CANCELLED: Immigration: Measuring Integration and Impact on American Society — Invited Papers
Social Statistics Section , International Chinese Statistical Association , Scientific and Public Affairs Advisory Committee , Statistics Without Borders
Organizer(s): Carol C. House, Committee on National Statistics
 
 

366
Tue, 8/2/2016, 10:30 AM - 12:20 PM CC-W185a
Statistics for Public Health and Health Services — Contributed Papers
Social Statistics Section
Chair(s): Gerald Arnold, American Board of Internal Medicine
10:35 AM Monitoring Newly Diagnosed HIV-Positive Persons from 61 CDC-Funded Health Department Jurisdictions in the United States, 2014: Measurement Issues and Possible Solutions Guoshen Wang, CDC ; Puja Seth, CDC ; Argelia Figueroa, CDC ; Samuel Dooley, CDC ; Lisa Belcher, CDC
10:50 AM The Structure of Activity-Based Online Personal Networks Zack Almquist, University of Minnesota ; Emma Spiro, University of Washington
11:05 AM Adding Complexity to an Already Difficult Task: The Affordable Care Act (ACA) and the Quality of Public Coverage Estimates from the American Community Survey Michel Boudreaux, University of Maryland ; Brett Fried, State Health Access Data Assistance Center ; Kathleen Call, State Health Access Data Assistance Center ; Elizabeth Lukanen, State Health Access Data Assistance Center ; Giovann Alarcon, State Health Access Data Assistance Center
11:20 AM Effects of the Great Recession on Income Poverty and Material Hardships of Working-Age Adults with Disabilities Subhrangshu Nandi, University of Wisconsin - Madison ; Subharati Ghosh, Tata Institute of Social Sciences ; Susan Parish, Brandeis University
11:35 AM Statistical Modeling of Outcomes for Children of Parents with Disabilities Jesse Canchola, StatCon ; Jean Jacob, Through the Looking Glass ; Paul Preston, Through the Looking Glass
11:50 AM Weeding Out Under-Reporting: A Study of Trends in Reporting of Marijuana Consumption in the U.S. Maria Cuellar, Carnegie Mellon University
12:05 PM Model-Based Differential Private Data Synthesis Fang Liu, University of Notre Dame
 
 

425 * !
Tue, 8/2/2016, 2:00 PM - 3:50 PM CC-W192b
Data Visualization and Power of Evidence-Driven Approaches to Addressing Social Issues in Countries in Transition — Topic Contributed Panel
Social Statistics Section , International Chinese Statistical Association , Scientific and Public Affairs Advisory Committee , Statistics in Business Schools Interest Group , Statistics Without Borders
Organizer(s): Asaph Young Chun, U.S. Census Bureau
Chair(s): Asaph Young Chun, U.S. Census Bureau
2:05 PM Data Visualization and Power of Evidence-Based Policymaking in Countries in Transition
Panelists: 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
3:45 PM Floor Discussion
 
 

503
Wed, 8/3/2016, 8:30 AM - 10:20 AM CC-W187c
Applications for Education and Schools Research — Contributed Papers
Social Statistics Section
Chair(s): Zhulin He, Iowa State University
8:35 AM Statistical Models of Faculty Retention: Logistic Regression, COACHE, and Support Mechanisms Mack Shelley, Iowa State University ; LIsa Larson, Iowa State University ; Sandra Gahn, Iowa State University ; Diane Rover, Iowa State University ; Beate Schmittmann, Iowa State University ; Megan Heitmann, Iowa State University
8:50 AM A Finite Mixture Model Approach on the First-Year University Drop-Out Probability Matilde Bini, Universita Europea di Roma ; Lucio Masserini, University of Pisa
9:05 AM Person-Fit Analysis for Computerized Adaptive Testing Using Change-Point Detection Methods Sandip Sinharay, Educational Testing Service
9:20 AM Optimal Multilevel Matching Using Network Flows: An Application to a Summer Reading Intervention Luke Keele, Penn State University ; Samuel D. Pimentel, University of Pennsylvania
9:35 AM Using Empirical Bayes Residual Estimates to Identify Effective Schools D. Betsy McCoach, University of Connecticut ; M. Shane Tutweiler, University of Connecticut ; Rashea Hamilton, University of Connecticut
9:50 AM Development of a Record Linkage System for Analysis of Education Data Mark Krzeminski, Statistics Canada ; Kim Bornais, Statistics Canada ; Dany Faucher, Statistics Canada ; Carole Morin, Statistics Canada ; Martin Pantel, Statistics Canada
10:05 AM Floor Discussion
 
 

509 * !
Wed, 8/3/2016, 10:30 AM - 12:20 PM CC-W195
Social Networks as the Unit of Observation — Invited Papers
Social Statistics Section , Section on Statistics in Marketing , Survey Research Methods Section
Organizer(s): Tracy Sweet, University of Maryland
Chair(s): Brian W. Junker, Carnegie Mellon University
10:35 AM Using Feature Vectors to Cluster Social Networks Tracy Sweet, University of Maryland ; David Sungjun Choi, Carnegie Mellon University ; Gabrielle Flynt, Bucknell University
11:00 AM Modeling the Effects of Network Attributes on Subgroup Integration Qiwen Zheng, University of Maryland
11:25 AM Longitudinal Latent Space Network Model with VAR Evolution Samrachana Adhikari, Carnegie Mellon University ; Brian W. Junker, Carnegie Mellon University
11:50 AM Causal Mediation Analysis of Social Networks Adam Chaim Sales, The University of Texas at Austin ; Tracy Sweet, University of Maryland ; Brian W. Junker, Carnegie Mellon University
12:15 PM Floor Discussion
 
 

533
Wed, 8/3/2016, 10:30 AM - 12:20 PM CC-W194a
Modeling Confounders via Smoothing and Regularization Methods? The Case of Age-Period-Cohort and Beyond — Topic Contributed Papers
Social Statistics Section , Survey Research Methods Section
Organizer(s): Wenjiang Fu, University of Houston
Chair(s): Wenjiang Fu, University of Houston
10:35 AM A Bayesian Approach to Smoothed Lexis Diagram with Applications to Breast Cancer I-Shou Chang, National Health Research Institutes
10:55 AM The Selection of the Constraint for Smoothing Cohort Model Shujiao Huang, University of Houston ; Wenjiang Fu, University of Houston
11:15 AM Parameter Constraints and Impact on Parameter Estimation in ANOVA and Age-Period-Cohort Models Kuikui Gao, University of Houston ; Shujiao Huang, University of Houston ; Wenjiang Fu, University of Houston
11:35 AM Resolving the Identifiability Problem with the Lasso Regularization Method in Age-Period-Cohort Analysis Beverly Fu ; Wenjiang Fu, University of Houston
11:55 AM Bias Correction in Modeling Confounded Age, Period, and Cohort Effects Martina Fu, Stanford University
12:15 PM Floor Discussion
 
 

601
Wed, 8/3/2016, 2:00 PM - 3:50 PM CC-W190a
Expanding Capacity for the Measurement of Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity in Federal Surveys — Topic Contributed Papers
Social Statistics Section , Scientific and Public Affairs Advisory Committee , Survey Research Methods Section
Organizer(s): Paul Guerino, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
Chair(s): Diane Herz, Mathematica Policy Research
2:05 PM Measurement of Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity in the Federal Statistical System Jennifer Park, Office of Management and Budget
2:25 PM Improving Measurement of Same-Sex Couple Households for Census 2020 Nancy Bates ; Rose Kreider, U.S. Census Bureau ; Daphne Loquist, U.S. Census Bureau
2:45 PM Results from Cognitive Interviews to Assess Items to Measure Gender and Sexual Identity Among English- and Spanish-Speaking Older Adults in Surveys Stuart Michaels, NORC at the University of Chicago ; Michael Stern, NORC at the University of Chicago ; Michael Kozloski, NORC at the University of Chicago ; Samuel "Chris" Haffer, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services ; Paul Guerino, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services ; Debra Reed-Gillette, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
3:05 PM Testing of Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity Questions for the National Crime Victimization Survey Jennifer Truman, Bureau of Justice Statistics
3:25 PM Discussant: Sean Cahill, The Fenway Institute
3:45 PM Floor Discussion
 
 

602
Wed, 8/3/2016, 2:00 PM - 3:50 PM CC-W192a
Using Demography and Randomized Response Model to Improve Social Science Research — Contributed Papers
Survey Research Methods Section , Social Statistics Section
Chair(s): Norman Bradburn, NORC at the University of Chicago
2:05 PM Identifying the Transgender Population in the Medicare Program — Samuel "Chris" Haffer, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services ; Kimberly Proctor, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services ; Carla Hodge, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services ; Cara James, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services ; Erin Ewald, NORC at the University of Chicago ; Paul Guerino, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
2:20 PM Urban Analytics: A Case Study in Philadelphia Shane Jensen, The Wharton School ; Rachel Thurston, Stantec Architecture ; Colman Humphrey, The Wharton School
2:35 PM Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Health Care: An Examination of State Inpatient Databases in the Utilization of and Outcomes Following Total Knee Arthroplasty Wei Zhang, The George Washington University
2:50 PM Applications of Statistical Techniques to Smoking Cessation Studies Using National Survey Data Julia Soulakova, University of Nebraska - Lincoln ; Lisa Crockett, University of Nebraska - Lincoln
3:05 PM A Randomized Response Model for Continuous Data Alaa Elkadry, Oakland University ; Gary C. McDonald, Oakland University
3:20 PM A Revisit to Two-Deck Randomized Response Model Oluseun Odumade, Deloitte Consulting ; Augustus Jayaraj, Cornell University ; Stephen Sedory, Texas A&M University - Kingsville ; Sarjinder Singh, Texas A&M University - Kingsville
3:35 PM Simultaneous Estimation of Means of Two Sensitive Quantitative Variables SEGUN AHMED, Texas A&M University - Kingsville ; Stephen Sedory, Texas A&M University - Kingsville ; Sarjinder Singh, Texas A&M University - Kingsville
 
 

633 * !
Thu, 8/4/2016, 8:30 AM - 10:20 AM CC-W196a
Can Confounders Be Estimated? How and Why? The Case of Age-Period-Cohort — Invited Papers
Social Statistics Section , Royal Statistical Society , International Chinese Statistical Association
Organizer(s): Wenjiang Fu, University of Houston
Chair(s): Yu Zhu, Purdue University
8:35 AM Age-Period-Cohort Models: Solution Lines, Bounds, and Mechanisms — Ethan Fosse, Harvard ; Christopher Winship, Harvard
9:00 AM Confusions About the APC Confounding. What Have We Missed? How Can We Do Better? Wenjiang Fu, University of Houston
9:25 AM Toward a Proper Apportionment of Period and Cohort Slopes in Age-Period-Cohort Analysis Wen-Chung Lee, National Taiwan University
9:50 AM Discussant: Jiming Jiang, University of California at Davis
10:15 AM Floor Discussion
 
 

686 * !
Thu, 8/4/2016, 10:30 AM - 12:20 PM CC-W179a
Statistics for Social Good — Topic Contributed Papers
Social Statistics Section
Organizer(s): Hui Fen Tan, Cornell University
Chair(s): Hadley Wickham, RStudio
10:35 AM Cascaded High-Dimensional Histograms and an Application to Criminology Siong Thye Goh, MIT ; Cynthia Rudin, Duke University
10:55 AM Detecting Text Reuse in State Legislative Bills Joe Walsh, The University of Chicago ; Matthew Burgess, University of Michigan ; Eugenia Giraudy, YouGov ; Julian Katz-Samuels, University of Michigan ; Derek Willis, ProPublica ; Rayid Ghani, The University of Chicago
11:15 AM Testing for Discrimination in Police Searches Camelia Simoiu ; Sam Corbett-Davies, Stanford University ; Sharad Goel, Stanford University
11:35 AM Predicting Patient Cost Blooms: A Longitudinal Population-Based Study Suzanne Tamang, Stanford University ; Jean-Raymond Betterton, Stanford University ; Lester Mackey, Stanford University ; Lucas Jansen, Stanford University ; Arnold Milstein, Stanford University ; Henrik Sorensen, Aarhus University ; Lars Pedersen, Aarhus University ; Nigam Shah, Stanford University
11:55 AM Discussant: Rayid Ghani, The University of Chicago
11:55 AM Floor Discussion
 
 
 
 
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