Contributed Papers

Clinical Trial and Observational Studies: New Design and Estimation Techniques

Sun, Aug 3, 2:00 PM - 3:50 PM Room CC-205C Music City Center

Yanran LiChair

International Chinese Statistical Association

7 Presentations

A Minimax Approach for Optimal Incentive Policy Learning

2:05 PM - 2:20 PM

Co-authors: Chenyang Li (School of Statistics, Renmin University of China), Hao Mei (School of Statistics, Renmin University of China), Yue Liu (School of Statistics, Renmin University of China), Hao Mei (School of Statistics, Renmin University of China)

Policy learning Minimax Counterfactual principal strata Partial identification Causal inference

Bayesian Functional Factor Analysis and Bayesian Functional Principal Component Analysis

2:20 PM - 2:35 PM

Co-authors: Boshi Zhao (Northern Illinois University), Boshi Zhao (Northern Illinois University)

Functional Data Analysis (FDA)Bayesian Principal Component Analysis (BPCA)Bayesian Factor Analysis (BFA)Temporal Dependencies Dynamic Systems Smoothing Splines

Gaussianized Design Optimization for Covariate Balance in Randomized Experiments

2:35 PM - 2:50 PM

Co-authors: Wenxuan Guo (University of Chicago), Tengyuan Liang (The University of Chicago), Wenxuan Guo (University of Chicago), Panagiotis Toulis (The University of Chicago, Booth School of Business)

Optimal Experimental Design Covariate Balance Continuous Treatments Mehler's Formula

Multi-arm multi-stage survival trial design with arm-specific stopping rule

2:50 PM - 3:05 PM

Co-authors: Jianrong Wu (University of New Mexico, Dept. of Internal Medicine), Jianrong Wu (University of New Mexico, Dept. of Internal Medicine), Yimei Li, Liang Zhu (St. Jude Children's Research Hospital), Tushar Patni (St Jude)

Multi-arm multi-stage group sequential design log-rank test sequential conditional probability ratio test time-to-event

Optimal concordant tests

3:05 PM - 3:20 PM

Co-authors: Zhongxue Chen, Zhongxue Chen

chi-square test constrained likelihood ratio test gamma distribution meta-analysis uniformly most powerful test

Robust Sensitivity Analysis for Inverse Probability Weighting Estimation under Non-Overlap

3:20 PM - 3:35 PM

Co-authors: Han Cui (University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign), Xinran Li, Han Cui (University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign)

Causal inference Sensitivity analysis Unmeasured confounding Non-Overlap Overlap-weighted average treatment effect

Sensitivity Analysis of Lost to Follow-up in Life History Data with Multiple Imputation

3:35 PM - 3:50 PM

Co-authors: Hongbing Zhang (University of Kentucky), Hongbing Zhang (University of Kentucky)

life history data multistate model lost to follow-up multiple imputation.sensitivity analysis