Legend:
CC = Baltimore Convention Center,
H = Hilton Baltimore
* = applied session ! = JSM meeting theme
Activity Details
7 * !
Sun, 7/30/2017,
2:00 PM -
3:50 PM
CC-317
New Developments in Predictive Modeling of High-Dimensional Data — Invited Papers
Council of Chapters , Section on Statistical Learning and Data Science , Statistics in Business Schools Interest Group
Organizer(s): Anthony J Babinec, AB Analytics
Chair(s): Anthony J Babinec, AB Analytics
2:05 PM
ROS Regression: Integrating Regularization with Optimal Scaling for Predictive Modeling of High-Dimensional Data
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Jacqueline J Meulman, Leiden University
2:30 PM
Comparing Correlated Component Regression with Lasso for Variable Selection in Logistic Regression with High-Dimensional Data
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Jay Magidson, Statistical innovations
2:55 PM
New Problem Settings for Predictive Modeling of High-Dimensional Data
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Vladimir Cherkassky, University of Minnesota
3:20 PM
Discussant: Yunzhang Zhu, Ohio State University
3:45 PM
Floor Discussion
27 !
Sun, 7/30/2017,
2:00 PM -
3:50 PM
CC-324
Design, Implementation, and Impact of Different Approaches to Professional Development for Teachers of Statistics — Topic Contributed Panel
Section on Statistical Education , Statistics in Business Schools Interest Group
Organizer(s): Hollylynne Lee, NC State University
Chair(s): Christine Franklin, American Statistical Association
2:05 PM
Design, Implementation, and Impact of Different Approaches to Professional Development for Teachers of Statistics
Panelists:
Hollylynne Lee, NC State University
Katherine T. Halvorsen, Smith College
Victoria Weber, Meredith College
Asli Mutlu, North Carolina State University
Michael A. Posner, Villanova University
3:40 PM
Floor Discussion
49 * !
Sun, 7/30/2017,
4:00 PM -
5:50 PM
CC-331/332
Statistical Inference for Large-Scale Financial Data — Invited Papers
IMS , Business and Economic Statistics Section , Society for Risk Analysis , Statistics in Business Schools Interest Group
Organizer(s): Yingying Li, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
Chair(s): Yingying Li, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
4:05 PM
Robust High-Dimensional Volatility Matrix Estimation for High-Frequency Factor Model
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Jianqing Fan, Princeton University ; Donggyu Kim, Princeton University
4:30 PM
Solve Financial Problems by Quantum Computing
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Yazhen Wang, University of Wisconsin Madison
4:55 PM
Inference on Risk Premia Without a Fully Specified Factor Model
—
Dacheng Xiu, University of Chicago ; Stefano Giglio, University of Chicago
5:20 PM
Testing and Scoring High-dimensional Covariance Matrices When Heteroscedasticity is Present
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Xinghua Zheng, HKUST ; Xinxin Yang, HKUST ; Jiaqi Chen, Harbin Institute of Technology ; Hua Li, Chang Chun University
5:45 PM
Floor Discussion
65 * !
Sun, 7/30/2017,
4:00 PM -
5:50 PM
CC-349
Building a New and Essential Statistics Toolbox for Challenges in Finance and Business Analytics — Topic Contributed Papers
Business and Economic Statistics Section , Section for Statistical Programmers and Analysts , Section on Risk Analysis , Statistics in Business Schools Interest Group
Organizer(s): Kai-Sheng Song , Department of Mathematics, University of North Texas
Chair(s): Ta-Hsin Li, IBM Watson Research Center
4:05 PM
On Corporate Bankruptcy Prediction
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Yan Yu, University of Cincinnati ; Aidong Ding, Northeastern University ; Shaonan Tian, San Jose State University ; Hui Guo, University of Cincinnati
4:25 PM
Stochastic Tail Index Model for High Frequency Financial Data with Bayesian Analysis
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Zhengjun Zhang, University of Wisconsin ; Guangyu Mao, Beijing Jiaotong University
4:45 PM
A Statistical Approach to Corporate Debt Structure
—
Kai-Sheng Song , Department of Mathematics, University of North Texas
5:05 PM
Firm-Specic Risk-Neutral Distributions: The Role of CDS Spreads
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Mohammad Jahan-Parvar, Federal Reserve Board of Governors ; Sirio Aramonte, Federal Reserve Board ; Samuel Rosen , University of North Carolina, Kenan-Flagler Business School ; John Schindler, Federal Reserve Board
5:25 PM
Exploration of Innovating Business with Analytics
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Mingfei Li, Bentley University
5:45 PM
Floor Discussion
78 * !
Sun, 7/30/2017,
4:00 PM -
5:50 PM
CC-350
Statistical Consulting Applications — Contributed Papers
Section on Statistical Consulting , Section for Statistical Programmers and Analysts , Statistics in Business Schools Interest Group
Chair(s): James Grady, University of Connecticut Health Center
4:05 PM
Statistical Consulting: How Many Specimens Per Patient Should We Have for Improved Accuracy of Prosthetic Joint Infection?
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Jayawant Mandrekar, Mayo Clinic
4:20 PM
Disentangling Complex Multivariate Categorical Data
—
Ralph Turner
4:35 PM
Does the Story Behind Preference Change with Varying Mapping Techniques?
—
Jason Parcon, PepsiCo
4:50 PM
Managing the Response to Gas Leaks: a Case Study in Business Analytics
—
Samuel Woolford, Bentley University ; Charles Hadlock, Bentley University
5:05 PM
Statistical Modeling on Ingredients for Sugar Reduction
—
Shankang Qu, PepsiCo ; Patricia Delease, PepsiCo
5:20 PM
Exploratory Approaches for Determination of Important Physical Attributes of Cigarettes in the Yields of Tar, Nicotine and CO: a Case Study
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Christopher Ellison, Food and Drug Administration ; Qian Li, Food and Drug Administration
5:35 PM
Predicting Crude Oil Price Using the Non-Stationary Extreme Value Modeling
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Kumer Das, Lamar University ; Audrene Edwards, Lamar University
116 !
Mon, 7/31/2017,
8:30 AM -
10:20 AM
CC-318
The Essential Connections Between Industry and Statistics Education: Innovation, Technology, and Partnerships — Topic Contributed Panel
Section on Statistical Education , Section on Statistics in Sports , Statistics in Business Schools Interest Group
Organizer(s): Robert Carver, Stonehill College
Chair(s): Keith Ord, McDonough School of Business (MSB), Georgetown University
8:35 AM
The Essential Connections Between Industry and Statistics Education: Innovation, Technology, and Partnerships
Panelists:
Robert Carver, Stonehill College
David Levine, Baruch College (CUNY)
Mia Stephens, SAS Institute/ JMP Division
Scott Toney, Daniels College of Business, Univ of Denver
Billie Anderson, Ferris State University
10:10 AM
Floor Discussion
155 *
Mon, 7/31/2017,
10:30 AM -
12:20 PM
CC-348
Advances in Discrete Choice Experimentation and Modeling — Topic Contributed Papers
Section on Statistics in Marketing , Statistics in Business Schools Interest Group
Organizer(s): Jeffrey Dotson, Brigham Young University
Chair(s): Jeffrey Dotson, Brigham Young University
10:35 AM
Gremlins in the Data: Identifying the Information Content of Research Subjects
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John Howell, Penn State University
10:55 AM
Studying Consumer Choices of Location in Public Environments
—
Tatiana Dyachenko, Georgetown University ; Simon Blanchart, Georgetown University ; Keri Kettle, University of Manitoba
11:15 AM
Task-Level Error Scale Modeling Using Tracking Data
—
Roger Bailey, Ohio State Univ
11:35 AM
An Alternative Method for Measuring Willingness-To-Pay Using Truncated Distributions of Heterogeneity
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Adam Smith, The Ohio State University ; Dong Soo Kim, The Ohio State University ; Mingyu Joo, The Ohio State University
12:15 PM
Floor Discussion
173
Mon, 7/31/2017,
10:30 AM -
12:20 PM
CC-309
Novel Approaches to Pedogogy — Contributed Papers
Section on Statistical Education , Statistics in Business Schools Interest Group
Chair(s): Dalene K. Stangl, Duke University
10:35 AM
Visualizing Mean, Mean Deviation and Standard Deviation of a Continuous Random Variable
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Mamunur Rashid, Mathematics Dept. at DePauw University ; Jyotirmoy Sarkar, Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis
10:50 AM
Bayes for Beginners: No Need to Hesitate
—
Jeffrey Witmer, Oberlin College
11:05 AM
Implementing Active Learning in an Undergraduate Statistics Classroom
—
Elizabeth Jennings McGuffey, United States Naval Academy
11:20 AM
Enhancing Instruction: Preparing Graduate Teaching Assistants for Active Learning
—
Jennifer Green, Montana State University ; Elizabeth Arnold, Montana State University
11:35 AM
Insights from Interviews with Statistics Educators
—
Allan Rossman, Cal Poly - San Luis Obispo
11:50 AM
Assessment of Impact of Using Learning Assistants in an Introductory Statistics Course
—
Jeff Kollath, Oregon State University
12:05 PM
Teaching Logistic Regression Using Ordinary Least Squares in Excel
—
Milo Schield, Augsburg College
207 !
Mon, 7/31/2017,
2:00 PM -
3:50 PM
CC-338
Experiments and Inference for Social Networks — Invited Papers
Section on Statistical Computing , Section on Statistical Learning and Data Science , Section on Statistics in Marketing , Statistics in Business Schools Interest Group
Organizer(s): Daniel L Sussman, Boston University
Chair(s): Elizabeth L Ogburn, Johns Hopkins University
2:05 PM
Massive Meta-Analysis with Experiments as Instruments: Applications to Peer Effects in Networks
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Dean Eckles, MIT ; Alexander Peysakhovich, Facebook
2:30 PM
Unbiased Estimation Under Network Interference
—
Daniel L Sussman, Boston University ; Edoardo M. Airoldi, Harvard University
2:55 PM
Design of Experiments for Networks with Interference
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Alexander Volfovsky, Duke University
3:20 PM
A Computational Perspective of Information Propagation in Social Networks
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Laks V.S. Lakshmanan, University of British Columbia
3:45 PM
Floor Discussion
213 !
Mon, 7/31/2017,
2:00 PM -
3:50 PM
CC-318
Training Statisticians to Be Effective Instructors — Invited Panel
Section on Statistical Education , Section on Teaching of Statistics in the Health Sciences , Section for Statistical Programmers and Analysts , Statistics in Business Schools Interest Group
Organizer(s): Jacqueline Milton, Boston University
Chair(s): Jacqueline Milton, Boston University
2:05 PM
Training Statisticians to Be Effective Instructors
Panelists:
Meghan Short, Boston University
Jennifer Kaplan, University of Georgia
Patricia Buchanan, Penn State University
Paul Stephenson, Grand Valley State University
Adam Loy, Lawrence University
3:40 PM
Floor Discussion
266 * !
Tue, 8/1/2017,
8:30 AM -
10:20 AM
CC-314
Novel Approaches to First Statistics / Data Science Course — Invited Papers
Section on Statistical Education , Section on Statistical Computing , Statistics in Business Schools Interest Group , Caucus for Women in Statistics
Organizer(s): Mine Cetinkaya-Rundel, Duke University
Chair(s): Andrew Bray, Reed College
8:35 AM
Three Methods Approach to Statistical Inference
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Benjamin Baumer, Smith College
8:55 AM
Lessons Learned in Transitioning from "Intro to Statistics" to "Reasoning with Data"
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Rebecca Nugent, Carnegie Mellon Statistics
9:15 AM
A First-Year Undergraduate Data Science Course
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Mine Cetinkaya-Rundel, Duke University
9:35 AM
Teaching Stats for Data Science
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Daniel Kaplan, Macalester College
9:55 AM
Discussant: Dick DeVeaux, Williams College
10:15 AM
Floor Discussion
278
Tue, 8/1/2017,
8:30 AM -
10:20 AM
CC-327
Statistical Programmers: New Brand of Leaders — Invited Panel
Section for Statistical Programmers and Analysts , Biopharmaceutical Section , Section on Statistical Consulting , Statistics in Business Schools Interest Group
Organizer(s): Vipin Arora, Eli Lilly and Company
Chair(s): Vipin Arora, Eli Lilly and Company
8:35 AM
Statistical Programmers - New Brand of Leaders
Panelists:
Nebiyou Bekele, Gilead Sciences
Pandu Kulkarni, Eli Lilly and Company
Paul Schuette, FDA CDER
Jonathan Lisic, USDA/NASS
Steven Kirby, Chiltren
10:10 AM
Floor Discussion
344
Tue, 8/1/2017,
10:30 AM -
12:20 PM
CC-309
Technology in the Classroom — Contributed Papers
Section on Statistical Education , Statistics in Business Schools Interest Group
Chair(s): Jack Follis, University of St Thomas
10:35 AM
Innovative Teaching Methods for Introductory Statistics Courses
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Xiaohui Wang, University of Texas Rio Grande Valley
10:50 AM
Research Findings on Innovative Teaching Methods in Statistics Classes Using ALEKS
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Cheng Li ; Xiaohui Wang, University of Texas Rio Grande Valley
11:05 AM
Improving Statistics Education Through Interactive Learning Tools
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Philipp Burckhardt, Carnegie Mellon University ; Alexandra Chouldechova, Carnegie Mellon University
11:20 AM
A Collaboration with Four-Year Institution and Community College Faculty to Engage Students in Learning Statistics
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Ginger Rowell, Middle Tennessee State University ; Lisa Green, Middle Tennessee State University ; Nancy McCormick, Middle Tennessee State University ; Scott McDaniel, Middle Tennessee State University ; Jeremy Strayer, Middle Tennessee State University ; Marilee Gorta, Columbia State Community College ; Lori Giles, Columbia State Community College ; James Smith, Columbia State Community College ; Michael Darrell, Columbia State Community College
11:35 AM
Evaluating Change in Learning from Different Forms of Interactive Visualizations with a Large Case Study.
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Lata Kodali ; Peter Hauck , Virginia Tech, Discovery Analytics Center ; Michelle Dowling, Virginia Tech, Department of Computer Science ; Leanna House, Virginia Tech, Department of Statistics ; Scotland Leman, Virginia Tech ; Chris North, Virginia Tech, Department of Computer Science
11:50 AM
Current Use of Online and Flipped Pedagogy in Statistics and Biostatistics Courses
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Todd Schwartz, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill ; Jane Monaco, University of North Carolina School of Public Health
12:05 PM
Scrum for Students: Increasing Productivity and Mastery in Statistics with an Agile Process
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Ellen Endriss, Career Center
397 * !
Tue, 8/1/2017,
2:00 PM -
3:50 PM
CC-313
Modernizing the Statistical Collaboration Course — Topic Contributed Papers
Section on Statistical Education , Statistics in Business Schools Interest Group
Organizer(s): Amy S Nowacki, Cleveland Clinic
Chair(s): Ann Brearley, University of Minnesota
2:05 PM
Developing Collaborative Biostatisticians: Courses and Content for a Modern Program
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Miranda Kroehl, Colorado School of Public Health ; Nichole Carlson, University of Colorado Denver ; Gary Grunwald, Colorado School of Public Health
2:25 PM
Teaching Statistical Collaboration Classes in Sequence
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Dandan Liu, Vanderbilt University ; Mario Davidson, Vanderbilt University
2:45 PM
Statistical Collaboration: Experiential and Case Study Based Teaching Approaches
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Trupti Trivedi, Drexel University/Adaptimmune LLC
3:05 PM
Videos for Simulating the Statistical Collaborative Experience
—
Amy S Nowacki, Cleveland Clinic
3:25 PM
Using Videos for Teaching and Assessing Collaborative Skills
—
Kristen McQuerry, University of Kentucky ; Amy S Nowacki, Cleveland Clinic
3:45 PM
Floor Discussion
416
Tue, 8/1/2017,
2:00 PM -
3:50 PM
CC-321
A Tour of Statistical Innovations in Marketing Research — Contributed Papers
Section on Statistics in Marketing , Quality and Productivity Section , Statistics in Business Schools Interest Group
Chair(s): John Howell, Penn State University
2:05 PM
Explaining Preference Heterogeneity with Mixed Membership Modeling
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Marc Dotson, Brigham Young University
2:20 PM
MaxDiff Adjusted to Items Non-Availability and Network Effects
—
Stan Lipovetsky, GfK North America ; Michael W. Conklin, GfK North America
2:35 PM
Predicting Market Segment Membership Using Deep Learning
—
Lynd Bacon, LBA Ltd. | Northwestern Univ. | Notre Dame Univ.
2:50 PM
An IAB Taxonomy-Based Classifier for Categorizing High Volume Noisy Data of User Generated URLs
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Zainab Jamal, Guavus Inc ; Peng Wang, Guavus ; Roger Brooks, Guavus ; Prateek Jain, Guavus ; Mudit Jain, Guavus ; Kuldeep Jiwani, Guavus ; Karun Arora, Guavus ; Nisha Vashist, Guavus ; Sahil Jain, Guavus ; Shipra Kapadia, Guavus
3:05 PM
Understanding the Differences in Regulatory Tax Sampling and Estimation Methodologies by Federal and State Jurisdictions
—
Roger Carl Pfaffenberger, Ryan LLC ; Zac Rhyne, Ryan LLC
3:20 PM
SPC Charts for Monitoring Interpersonal Networks
—
Marcus Perry, University of Alabama ; Curry Hilton, University of Alabama
3:35 PM
Causal Models for Numerical Variables in Media Planning
—
Igor Mandel, Telmar Inc.
448 * !
Wed, 8/2/2017,
8:30 AM -
10:20 AM
CC-336
The Essential Role of Statistics in Modeling Complex Data in Business and Economics — Invited Papers
Section on Statistics in Marketing , Business and Economic Statistics Section , International Chinese Statistical Association , Statistics in Business Schools Interest Group
Organizer(s): Wenjiang Fu, University of Houston
Chair(s): Xiaotong T Shen, University of Minnesota
8:35 AM
Spectral Methods Meet EM: a Provably Optimal Algorithm for Crowdsourcing
—
Xi Chen, NYU
9:00 AM
Modeling Smart WiFi Tracking Data and Customer Purchase Conversion
—
Jason Duan, University of Texas at Austin
9:25 AM
Trend of the US Family Income and Assets - a Bumpy Ride Around the Millennium
—
Wenjiang Fu, University of Houston
9:50 AM
Betting on Low Volatility
—
Zhaogang Song, Johns Hopkins University ; Lai Xu, Syracuse Univeristy ; Nicola Fusari, Johns Hopkins University
10:15 AM
Floor Discussion
476
Wed, 8/2/2017,
8:30 AM -
10:20 AM
CC-341
Teaching Introductory Statistics — Contributed Papers
Section on Statistical Education , Statistics in Business Schools Interest Group
Chair(s): Suhwon Lee, University of Missouri
8:35 AM
Incorporating Open Portal Data into Courses in Statistics
—
Roberto Rivera, University of Puerto Rico Mayaguez ; Mario Marazzi, Puerto Rico Institute of Statistics ; Pedro Torres, University of Puerto Rico Mayaguez
8:50 AM
The Influence of Undergraduate Statistics and Statistics Anxiety on Graduate Statistics Success
—
Michael DeDonno, Florida Atlantic University
9:05 AM
Using Election Polls to Teach the Analysis of Trends
—
T. Ceesay, Merck & Co, Inc.
9:20 AM
Working Backwards: A New Approach to Teaching Introductory Statistics
—
Teresa Dalton, University of California, Irvine
9:35 AM
Introductory Statistics Students' Conceptual Understanding of Study Design and Conclusions
—
Elizabeth Fry, University of Minnesota
9:50 AM
Writing Assignments for Statistics
—
Brad Luen
10:05 AM
Students' Conceptions and Misconceptions in Judging Variability in Various Graph Types That Use Bars
—
Linda Cooper, Towson University
480 * !
Wed, 8/2/2017,
10:30 AM -
12:20 PM
CC-341
Modernizing the Undergraduate Statistics Curriculum — Invited Papers
Section on Statistical Education , Section on Teaching of Statistics in the Health Sciences , Section on Statistical Computing , Statistics in Business Schools Interest Group
Organizer(s): Mine Cetinkaya-Rundel, Duke University
Chair(s): Mine Cetinkaya-Rundel, Duke University
10:35 AM
Modernizing the Undergraduate Statistics Curriculum
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Nicholas J Horton, Amherst College
10:55 AM
Industry Expectations for Statistics Graduates
—
Hilary Parker, Stitch Fix
11:15 AM
Expectations and Skills for Undergraduate Students Doing Research in Statistics and Data Science
—
Jo Hardin, Pomona College
11:35 AM
Moving Away from Ad Hoc Statistical Computing Education
—
Colin Rundel, Duke University Statistical Science
11:55 AM
Discussant: Rob Gould, UCLA
12:15 PM
Floor Discussion
524
Wed, 8/2/2017,
10:30 AM -
12:20 PM
CC-Halls A&B
Contributed Poster Presentations: Section on Statistics in Marketing — Contributed Poster Presentations
Section on Statistics in Marketing , Statistics in Business Schools Interest Group
Chair(s): Jessi Cisewski, Yale University
44:
A Bayesian Structural Model for Designing Financial Incentive Offers to Automotive Dealerships
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Wenyi Wu, University of Michigan ; Peter Lenk, University of Michigan
45:
Clustering Methods for Ordered Categorical Data with Response Style
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Mariko Takagishi, Graduate School of Culture and Information Science, Doshisha University ; Michel van de Velden, Department of Econometrics, Erasmus School of Economics, Erasmus University Rotterdam ; Hiroshi Yadohisa, Department of Culture and Information Science, Doshisha University
575 !
Wed, 8/2/2017,
2:00 PM -
3:50 PM
CC-318
Modernizing the Statistics Curriculum for Non-Statistics Majors to Meet the Demands of Data Science and Analytics — Topic Contributed Panel
Statistics in Business Schools Interest Group , Section on Statistical Education , Business and Economic Statistics Section
Organizer(s): Amy Phelps, Duquesne University
Chair(s): Robert Carver, Stonehill College
2:05 PM
Modernizing the Statistics Curriculum for Non-Statistics Majors to Meet the Demands of Data Science and Analytics
Panelists:
Dick DeVeaux, Williams College
Robert Stine, University of Pennsylvania
Gareth James, University of Southern California
James Cochran, University of Alabama
Kellie Keeling, Daniels College of Business, University of Denver
3:40 PM
Floor Discussion
602 * !
Thu, 8/3/2017,
8:30 AM -
10:20 AM
CC-321
Bridging the Gap Between Statistics and Other Data Sciences: Where's the Bridge? Where's the Gap? — Invited Panel
Section on Statistical Consulting , Section on Statistical Learning and Data Science , Section on Statistical Computing , Statistics Without Borders , Conference on Statistical Practice Steering Committee , Statistics in Business Schools Interest Group
Organizer(s): Jason Brinkley, American Institutes for Research
Chair(s): Jason Brinkley, American Institutes for Research
8:35 AM
Bridging the Gap Between Statistics and Other Data Sciences: Where's the Bridge? Where's the Gap?
Panelists:
Edward Boone, Virginia Commonwealth University
Randy Bartlett, Blue Sigma Analytics
Mark Lancaster, Northern Kentucky University
Andrew Ekstrom, University of Michigan - Dearborn
Fred Hulting, General Mills
10:10 AM
Floor Discussion
629
Thu, 8/3/2017,
8:30 AM -
10:20 AM
CC-326
Advanced Topics in Statistics Education — Contributed Papers
Section on Statistical Education , Statistics in Business Schools Interest Group
Chair(s): Darcie Delzell, Wheaton College
8:35 AM
The Kumaraswamy Transmuted Pareto Distribution
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Sher Chhetri, Florida Atlantic University ; Alfred Akinsete, Marshall University ; Gokarna Aryal, Purdue University Northwest ; Hongwei Long, Florida Atlantic University
8:50 AM
The Impact of Laplace's "A Philosophical Essay on Probabilities" on the Teaching of Probability
—
Ilhan Izmirli, George Mason University
9:05 AM
Maximum Likelihood Estimation of the Mode of a Continuous Distribution (Without Grouping)
—
John Paul DeLong
9:20 AM
Can Unbiased Estimators Be Absurd?
—
Ahern Nelson ; Christopher Campbell, Metropolitan State University of Denver ; Jonathan Grant, Metropolitan State University of Denver
9:50 AM
Time Series Methodologies May Save Lives on Highways
—
Roya Amjadi, Federal Highway Administration
10:05 AM
The Simulation-Based, Standardized Z-Statistic: When and Why it Works
—
Yew-Meng Koh, Hope College
632 *
Thu, 8/3/2017,
10:30 AM -
12:20 PM
CC-339
Using Big Data to Improve Official Economic Statistics — Invited Papers
Business and Economic Statistics Section , Government Statistics Section , Survey Research Methods Section , Statistics in Business Schools Interest Group
Organizer(s): Carma R Hogue, U.S. Census Bureau
Chair(s): Carma R Hogue, U.S. Census Bureau
10:35 AM
Using Passive Data Collection, System-to-System Data Collection, and Machine Learning to Improve Economic Surveys
—
Brian Arthur Dumbacher, U.S. Census Bureau ; Demetria Hanna, U.S. Census Bureau
10:55 AM
Using Big Data to Enhance US Census Bureau Economic Data Products
—
Rebecca Hutchinson, US Census Bureau ; Scott Scheleur, US Census Bureau
11:15 AM
Improving Regional Personal Consumption Expenditure Estimates Using Credit Card Transaction Data
—
Abe Dunn, Bureau of Economic Analysis ; Ledia Guci, Bureau of Economic Analysis ; Mahsa Gholizadeh, Bureau of Economic Analysis ; Bryn Whitmire, Bureau of Economic Analysis
11:35 AM
Discussant: Frauke Kreuter, University of Maryland
11:55 AM
Discussant: Wendy Dunn, Federal Reserve Board
12:15 PM
Floor Discussion
654 * !
Thu, 8/3/2017,
10:30 AM -
12:20 PM
CC-327
Teaching Introductory Statistics Using Simulation-Based Inference Methods — Topic Contributed Papers
Section on Statistical Education , Statistics in Business Schools Interest Group
Organizer(s): Whitney Alicia Zimmerman, The Pennsylvania State University
Chair(s): James L Rosenberger, The Pennsylvania State University
10:35 AM
Integrating Randomization Methods in the Introductory Statistics Course
—
Paul Velleman, Cornell University
10:55 AM
Pilot of a Simulation-Based Inference (SBI) Approach in an Online Undergraduate-Level Introductory Statistics Course
—
Whitney Alicia Zimmerman, The Pennsylvania State University ; Mengzhao Gao, The Pennsylvania State University ; Glenn Johnson, The Pennsylvania State University ; Daniel Adam Spencer, University of California, Santa Cruz ; Daisy Philtron, The Pennsylvania State University
11:15 AM
Teaching Students to Test Robustness via Simulation
—
Cassandra Pattanayak, Wellesley College
11:35 AM
Graduate Students Teaching Simulation-Based Inference
—
Laura Ziegler
11:55 AM
Pedagogical Considerations for Simulation-Based Inference in a Large-Enrollment Introductory Biostatistics Course
—
Matthew Beckman, Penn State University ; Kari Lock Morgan, Penn State University
12:15 PM
Floor Discussion