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30
Sun, 7/29/2018, 2:00 PM - 3:50 PM CC-West 209
SPEED: Statistics and Econometrics — Contributed Speed
Business and Economic Statistics Section, Quality and Productivity Section, Section on Statistical Graphics, Transportation Statistics Interest Group, Section on Statistics in Marketing, Business Analytics/Statistics Education Interest Group
Chair(s): Denis Talbot, Universite Laval
Poster Presentations for this session.
2:05 PM Advantageous Statistical Tools for Stock Market Investing
Kenneth Davis
2:20 PM Benchmarking Monthly Seasonally Adjusted Series to Quarterly Adjustments
Brian Monsell, U.S. Census Bureau; Tucker S McElroy, U.S. Census Bureau
2:25 PM Sample Size Requirements for Estimating L-Moments
Timothy Anderson, Air Force Institute of Technology; Christine M Schubert, Air Force Institute of Technology; Fairul Mohd-Zaid, Air Force Research Lab
2:30 PM THE INEQUALITY PROCESS' (IP's) FOOTPRINT in STOCK MARKET
Presentation
John Angle, The Inequality Process Institute LLC
2:35 PM Repeated-Measures ANCOVA for an Antibiotic-Free Experiment in Swine
Presentation
Danielle Wilson-Wells, DNA Genetics; Tom A. Rathje, DNA Genetics; Caitlyn E Bruns, DNA Genetics
2:45 PM Factor GARCH-Ito Models for High-Frequency Data with Application to Large Volatility Matrix Prediction
Presentation
Donggyu Kim, KAIST; Jianqing Fan, Princeton University
2:50 PM Is Faster Always Better? Results from Joint Time-Use-Expenditure and Mode Choice Model
Presentation
Simona Jokubauskaite, Institute of Applied Statistics and Computing, BOKU Vienna; Reinhard Hoessinger, Institute for Transport Studies, BOKU Vienna; Florian Aschauer, Institute for Transport Studies, BOKU Vienna; Regine Gerike, Institute of Transport Planning and Road Traffic, TU Dresden; Sergio Jara-Diaz, University of Chile; Stefanie Peer, Institute for Multi-Level Governance and Development, WU Vienna; Basil Schmid, Institute for Transport Planning and Systems, ETH Zurich; Kay W. Axhausen, Institute for Transport Planning and Systems, ETH Zurich; Friedrich Leisch, Institute of Applied Statistics and Computing, BOKU Vienna
3:00 PM Monte Carlo Tree Search and AlphaZero: Past, Present, and Future
Presentation
Michael Fu, Smith School of Business
3:05 PM Bootstrap and Asymptotic Inference with Multiway Clustering
Matthew Webb, Carleton University; James Gordon MacKinnon, Queen's University; Morten Ø Nielsen, Queen's University and CREATES
3:10 PM Cash Versus Card: Payment Discontinuities and the Burden of Holding Coins
Presentation
Huynh Kim, Bank of Canada; Heng Chen, Bank of Canada; Oz Shy, Unaffiliated
3:15 PM Enhancing Communication in Data Visualization
Presentation
Mojca Bavdaz, University of Ljubljana; Irena Bolko, University of Ljubljana, Social Science Data Archives
3:20 PM The Analysis of Means in the Presence of Covariate (ANOMC)
Tahir Mahmood, City University of Hong Kong; Min Xie, City University of Hong Kong; Muhammad Riaz, King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals
3:25 PM Model Averaging in a Multiplicative Heteroscedastic Model
Presentation
Alan Wan, City Univ of Hong Kong; Xinyu Zhang, Chinese Academy of Sciences; Yanyuan Ma, Penn State University
3:30 PM The Art of Ensemble Modeling with SPSS Modeler
Zhen Zhang, C Spire; Lei Zhang, Mississippi State Dept. of Health; James Veillette, C Spire; Timothy Tate, C Spire
3:35 PM Two-Sample Test for Covariance Operators with Incompletely Observed Functional Data
Presentation
Lihan Yan, FDA; Tao Zhang, Guangxi University of Science and Technology; Zhaohai Li, George Washington University
3:40 PM Perspectives, Performance Measurement, and Multivariate Analysis of Grades in Teaching Statistics
William Seaver, Univ. of Tennessee at Knoxville; Missy Morris, Univ. of Tennessee at Knoxville; Thomas Edmiston, Univ. of Tennessee at Knoxville
3:45 PM Applications of Non-Standard Disclosure-Avoidance Methods in Clinical Trials Data
Barbara Do, RTI International; Pooja Iyer, RTI International
 
 

86
Sun, 7/29/2018, 5:05 PM - 5:50 PM CC-West Hall B
SPEED: Statistics and Econometrics — Contributed Poster Presentations
Business and Economic Statistics Section, Quality and Productivity Section, Section on Statistical Graphics, Transportation Statistics Interest Group, Section on Statistics in Marketing, Business Analytics/Statistics Education Interest Group
Chair(s): Paul McNicholas, McMaster University
Oral Presentations for this session.
21: Advantageous Statistical Tools for Stock Market Investing
Kenneth Davis
24: Benchmarking Monthly Seasonally Adjusted Series to Quarterly Adjustments
Brian Monsell, U.S. Census Bureau; Tucker S McElroy, U.S. Census Bureau
25: Sample Size Requirements for Estimating L-Moments
Timothy Anderson, Air Force Institute of Technology; Christine M Schubert, Air Force Institute of Technology; Fairul Mohd-Zaid, Air Force Research Lab
26: THE INEQUALITY PROCESS' (IP's) FOOTPRINT in STOCK MARKET
John Angle, The Inequality Process Institute LLC
27: Repeated-Measures ANCOVA for an Antibiotic-Free Experiment in Swine
Danielle Wilson-Wells, DNA Genetics; Tom A. Rathje, DNA Genetics; Caitlyn E Bruns, DNA Genetics
29: Factor GARCH-Ito Models for High-Frequency Data with Application to Large Volatility Matrix Prediction
Donggyu Kim, KAIST; Jianqing Fan, Princeton University
30: Is Faster Always Better? Results from Joint Time-Use-Expenditure and Mode Choice Model
Simona Jokubauskaite, Institute of Applied Statistics and Computing, BOKU Vienna; Reinhard Hoessinger, Institute for Transport Studies, BOKU Vienna; Florian Aschauer, Institute for Transport Studies, BOKU Vienna; Regine Gerike, Institute of Transport Planning and Road Traffic, TU Dresden; Sergio Jara-Diaz, University of Chile; Stefanie Peer, Institute for Multi-Level Governance and Development, WU Vienna; Basil Schmid, Institute for Transport Planning and Systems, ETH Zurich; Kay W. Axhausen, Institute for Transport Planning and Systems, ETH Zurich; Friedrich Leisch, Institute of Applied Statistics and Computing, BOKU Vienna
31: Monte Carlo Tree Search and AlphaZero: Past, Present, and Future
Michael Fu, Smith School of Business
32: Bootstrap and Asymptotic Inference with Multiway Clustering
Matthew Webb, Carleton University; James Gordon MacKinnon, Queen's University; Morten Ø Nielsen, Queen's University and CREATES
33: Cash Versus Card: Payment Discontinuities and the Burden of Holding Coins
Huynh Kim, Bank of Canada; Heng Chen, Bank of Canada; Oz Shy, Unaffiliated
34: Enhancing Communication in Data Visualization
Mojca Bavdaz, University of Ljubljana; Irena Bolko, University of Ljubljana, Social Science Data Archives
35: The Analysis of Means in the Presence of Covariate (ANOMC)
Tahir Mahmood, City University of Hong Kong; Min Xie, City University of Hong Kong; Muhammad Riaz, King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals
36: Model Averaging in a Multiplicative Heteroscedastic Model
Alan Wan, City Univ of Hong Kong; Xinyu Zhang, Chinese Academy of Sciences; Yanyuan Ma, Penn State University
37: The Art of Ensemble Modeling with SPSS Modeler
Zhen Zhang, C Spire; Lei Zhang, Mississippi State Dept. of Health; James Veillette, C Spire; Timothy Tate, C Spire
38: Two-Sample Test for Covariance Operators with Incompletely Observed Functional Data
Lihan Yan, FDA; Tao Zhang, Guangxi University of Science and Technology; Zhaohai Li, George Washington University
39: Perspectives, Performance Measurement, and Multivariate Analysis of Grades in Teaching Statistics
William Seaver, Univ. of Tennessee at Knoxville; Missy Morris, Univ. of Tennessee at Knoxville; Thomas Edmiston, Univ. of Tennessee at Knoxville
40: Applications of Non-Standard Disclosure-Avoidance Methods in Clinical Trials Data
Barbara Do, RTI International; Pooja Iyer, RTI International
Oral Presentations for this session.
 
 

216565
Mon, 7/30/2018, 10:00 AM - 11:30 AM F-Mackenzie I
Transportation Statistics Interest Group Business Meeting — Other Cmte/Business
Transportation Statistics Interest Group
Chair(s): Feng Guo, Virginia Tech
 
 

342
Tue, 7/31/2018, 10:30 AM - 12:20 PM CC-West 209
SPEED: Sports to Fire: Fascinating Applications of Statistics — Contributed Speed
Section on Statistics in Sports, SSC, Section on Statistics in Imaging, Section on Statistical Computing, Section on Statistical Consulting, Section on Statistical Learning and Data Science, Section on Statistics in Epidemiology, Statistical Auditing Interest Group, Transportation Statistics Interest Group, Section on Teaching of Statistics in the Health Sciences, Section for Statistical Programmers and Analysts
Chair(s): Bo Chen, University of Toronto
Poster Presentations for this session.
10:35 AM Claim-Level Models Using Statistical Learning Techniques and Risk Analysis
Presentation
Mathieu Pigeon, Université du Québec à Montréal; Francis Duval, Université du Québec à Montréal
10:40 AM Beach Volleyball Team Optimization
Presentation
Matthew Oehler, BYU
10:45 AM Distributions of Time to First Spot Fire
Presentation
Trevor Thomson, Simon Fraser University
10:50 AM Rao-Blackwellizing Field Goal Percentage in the NBA
Presentation
Daniel Daly-Grafstein, Simon Fraser University; Luke Bornn, Sacramento Kings and Simon Fraser University
10:55 AM Estimating Attendance at Non-Ticketed Non-Gated Events
Presentation
Carl Schwarz, Simon Fraser University
11:10 AM Teaching Statistics Graduate Students the Importance of Reproducible Research
Presentation
Kristen McQuerry, University of Kentucky
11:15 AM Shared and Study-Specific Dietary Patterns: a Novel Approach to Replicability and Validity
Roberta De Vito; Carlo La Vecchia, Università degli Studi di Milano; Giovanni Parmigiani , Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health / Dana-Farber Cancer Institute; Valeria Edefonti, Università degli Studi di Milano
11:20 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.
11:30 AM To Bet or Not to Bet - the Modified Kelly Criteria
Presentation
Dani Chu, SFU Sports Analytics Club; Yifan Wu, Simon Fraser University; Tim Swartz, Simon Fraser University
11:35 AM The Home Run Spike of MLB 2017: Drop in Quality of Pitch (QOP) Is a Missing Factor
Presentation
Jason Wilson, Biola University
11:40 AM An Application of Machine Learning for 3D IC Defect Detection
Presentation
Meihui Guo, National Sun Yat-Sen University; Yu-Jung Huang, I-Shou University
11:50 AM The Simple Story of Advanced NBA Metrics
Zach Fulker, University of Pittsburgh; Tyler Folta, University of Pittsburgh; Lucas Mentch, University of Pittsburgh
11:55 AM Application of Email Spam Filtering Algorithms to SMS Data
Presentation
Yishu Xue, University Of Connecticut
12:00 PM MLB Rule IV Draft: Valuing Draft Pick Slots
Presentation
Anthony Cacchione, City College of New York
12:05 PM Assessing the Impact of Practice Restriction Rules on Injury Rates in the National Football League (NFL)
Presentation
Zachary Binney, Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University; Cecile Janssens, Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University; Kyle E Hammond, Emory University School of Medicine; Mitchel Klein, Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University; Michael Goodman, Emory University
 
 

415
Tue, 7/31/2018, 2:00 PM - 3:50 PM CC-East 9
Modeling in Transportation Safety Issues — Contributed Papers
Transportation Statistics Interest Group
Chair(s): Fan Li, Duke University
2:05 PM Bayesian Analysis of Multivariate Crash Counts Using Copulas
Presentation
Eun Sug Park, Texas A&M Transportation Institute; Man-Suk Oh, Ewha Womans University; Rosy Oh, Ewha Womans University; Jae Youn Ahn, Ewha Womans University
2:20 PM Helicopter Safety Assessment in the Gulf of Mexico
Nastaran Coleman, Federal Aviation Administration
2:35 PM Decision-Adjusted Predictive Modeling Approach for Driver Risk Assessment
Presentation
Huiying Mao, Virginia Tech / VTTI; Feng Guo, Virginia Tech; Xinwei Deng, Virginia Tech
2:50 PM Causal Inference for the Risk of Cellphone Use While Driving
Presentation
Danni Lu, Virginia Tech; Feng Guo, Virginia Tech; Fan Li, Duke University
3:05 PM Reducing Accelerometer Data in Instrumented Vehicles
Michael Owen Bishop, University of Iowa College of Public Health; Jeffrey D Dawson, University of Iowa College of Public Health; Jennifer Merickel, University of Nebraska Medical Center; Matthew Rizzo, University of Nebraska Medical Center
3:20 PM Prescription Medications and Traffic Fatalities in Older Drivers: The Influence of Vehicle Characteristics, Driving Conditions and Roadway Geometry
Presentation
Michael Singleton, University of Kentucky; Larry Cook, University of Utah
3:35 PM Data Collection Issues in Modeling and Estimation of Urban Transportation Networks
Isabelle Kemajou-Brown, Morgan State University; Jasmine Alston, Morgan State University; Paul Bikoi, Morgan State University; Eugene Evans, Morgan State University; Xilei Zhao, University of Michigan; James C. Spall, Applied Physics Laboratory
 
 

431
Tue, 7/31/2018, 2:00 PM - 3:50 PM CC-West Hall B
Contributed Poster Presentations: Transportation Statistics Interest Group — Contributed Poster Presentations
Transportation Statistics Interest Group
Chair(s): Paul McNicholas, McMaster University
75: Analysis of Crashes at Intersections Involving Pedestrians and Bicyclists
Peter Hovey, University of Dayton; Deogratias W. Eustace, University Of Dayton; Abdulaziz W. Alshehri, University Of Dayton
 
 

435
Tue, 7/31/2018, 3:05 PM - 3:50 PM CC-West Hall B
SPEED: Sports to Fire: Fascinating Applications of Statistics — Contributed Poster Presentations
Section on Statistics in Sports, SSC, Section on Statistics in Imaging, Section on Statistical Computing, Section on Statistical Consulting, Section on Statistical Learning and Data Science, Section on Statistics in Epidemiology, Statistical Auditing Interest Group, Transportation Statistics Interest Group, Section on Teaching of Statistics in the Health Sciences, Section for Statistical Programmers and Analysts
Chair(s): Paul McNicholas, McMaster University
Oral Presentations for this session.
1: Claim-Level Models Using Statistical Learning Techniques and Risk Analysis
Mathieu Pigeon, Université du Québec à Montréal; Francis Duval, Université du Québec à Montréal
2: Beach Volleyball Team Optimization
Matthew Oehler, BYU
3: Distributions of Time to First Spot Fire
Trevor Thomson, Simon Fraser University
4: Rao-Blackwellizing Field Goal Percentage in the NBA
Daniel Daly-Grafstein, Simon Fraser University; Luke Bornn, Sacramento Kings and Simon Fraser University
5: Estimating Attendance at Non-Ticketed Non-Gated Events
Carl Schwarz, Simon Fraser University
8: Teaching Statistics Graduate Students the Importance of Reproducible Research
Kristen McQuerry, University of Kentucky
9: Shared and Study-Specific Dietary Patterns: a Novel Approach to Replicability and Validity
Roberta De Vito; Carlo La Vecchia, Università degli Studi di Milano; Giovanni Parmigiani , Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health / Dana-Farber Cancer Institute; Valeria Edefonti, Università degli Studi di Milano
10: 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: To Bet or Not to Bet - the Modified Kelly Criteria
Dani Chu, SFU Sports Analytics Club; Yifan Wu, Simon Fraser University; Tim Swartz, Simon Fraser University
12: The Home Run Spike of MLB 2017: Drop in Quality of Pitch (QOP) Is a Missing Factor
Jason Wilson, Biola University
13: An Application of Machine Learning for 3D IC Defect Detection
Meihui Guo, National Sun Yat-Sen University; Yu-Jung Huang, I-Shou University
15: The Simple Story of Advanced NBA Metrics
Zach Fulker, University of Pittsburgh; Tyler Folta, University of Pittsburgh; Lucas Mentch, University of Pittsburgh
16: Application of Email Spam Filtering Algorithms to SMS Data
Yishu Xue, University Of Connecticut
17: MLB Rule IV Draft: Valuing Draft Pick Slots
Anthony Cacchione, City College of New York
18: Assessing the Impact of Practice Restriction Rules on Injury Rates in the National Football League (NFL)
Zachary Binney, Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University; Cecile Janssens, Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University; Kyle E Hammond, Emory University School of Medicine; Mitchel Klein, Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University; Michael Goodman, Emory University
Oral Presentations for this session.
 
 

462 * !
Wed, 8/1/2018, 8:30 AM - 10:20 AM CC-East 9
SAMSI Program on Transportation Statistics — Topic Contributed Papers
Transportation Statistics Interest Group, Statistical and Applied Mathematical Sciences Institute, Statistics and Public Policy, Survey Research Methods Section
Organizer(s): David Banks, Duke University
Chair(s): Huiying Mao, Virginia Tech / VTTI
8:35 AM Model Driving Risk Through Naturalistic Driving Studies
Presentation
Feng Guo, Virginia Tech
8:55 AM Difference-In-Differences Versus Empirical Bayes for Causal Inference in Traffic Safety Research
Presentation
Fan Li, Duke University
9:15 AM Clustering Travel Behavior Time Series Using Topological Data Analysis
Presentation
Renjie Chen; nalini ravishanker, University of Connecticut; Jingyu Zhang, University of Connecticut; Karthik Konduri, University of Connecticut
9:35 AM Exploring Efficiency of Statistics Methods to Compare Highly Automated Vehicle and Human Crash Rates
Presentation
Carol A.C. Flannagan, University of Michigan, Transport Research Institute
9:55 AM Discussant: James L Rosenberger, NISS (National Institute of Statistical Sciences) and Penn State
10:15 AM Floor Discussion
 
 

503
Wed, 8/1/2018, 10:30 AM - 12:20 PM CC-East 10
Applying Item Response Theory Models to Estimate Motor Carrier Safety — Invited Panel
Transportation Statistics Interest Group, Section on Physical and Engineering Sciences, Section on Risk Analysis
Organizer(s): Mike L. Cohen, Committee on National Statistics
Chair(s): Carol A.C. Flannagan, University of Michigan, Transport Research Institute
10:35 AM Applying Item Response Theory Models to Highway Safety
Presentation 1 Presentation 2
Panelists: Donald Hedeker, University of Chicago
Joel Greenhouse, CMU
Linda Ng Boyle, University of Washington
12:10 PM Floor Discussion
 
 

612 * !
Thu, 8/2/2018, 8:30 AM - 10:20 AM CC-West 202
Privacy Protections for Transportation Data in the Big Data Environment — Topic Contributed Papers
Committee on Privacy and Confidentiality, Survey Research Methods Section, Transportation Statistics Interest Group
Organizer(s): Jacob Bournazian, US Energy Information Administration
Chair(s): Stephanie Shipp, Biocomplexity Institute of Virginia Tech
8:35 AM Power vs. Responsibility: Naturalistic Driving Data Use Cases
Miguel A. Perez, Virginia Tech
8:55 AM Balancing Participant Privacy Protection with Data Utility in Large Scale Transportation Studies
Suzie Lee, VTTI
9:15 AM Geospatial Data Anonymization Methods in Support of Transportation Planning
Presentation
William Bachman, Westat
9:35 AM SHRP 2 Naturalistic Driving Study Data: Potential Framework for Participant Disclosure Risk Assessment and Management
Christian Richard, Battelle; Filmon Habtemichael, Battelle; James Brown, Battelle
9:55 AM Discussant: Tom Krenzke, Westat
10:15 AM Floor Discussion