Nov
17
127 Corwin Hall
1:30 PM
Dr. Jessica Preece, Editor of Political Behavior will be here to answer your questions about journal publishing. Dr. Preece received her PhD from UCLA in 2010 and joined Brigham Young
Dec
8
127 Corwin Hall
12:00 PM
Title: Simpler Machine Learning Models for a Complicated World Abstract: While the trend in machine learning has tended towards building more complicated (black box) models, such models have not shown
Nov
3
127 Corwin Hall
1:30 PM
Beginning at 1:30 and the second talk at 3:00 PM.
Dec
1
127 Corwin Hall
12:00 PM
Title: Inference for Cluster-Level Randomized Experiments (with Matched Pairs) Abstract: This paper considers the problem of inference in cluster randomized trials where treatment status is determined according to a "matched
Oct
13
127 Corwin Hall
12:00 PM
Title: Mapping the Terrain of Online Storytelling: Perceptions, Datasets, and Communities Abstract: People use storytelling to persuade, to entertain, to inform, and to make sense of their experiences as a
Oct
6
127 Corwin Hall
12:00 PM
"A Simple Computer Age Approach to Small Sample Corrections" (joint work with Haoge Chang, Cyrus Samii, and Ye Wang)
Sep
22
127 Corwin Hall
12:00 PM
Title: Estimating the Value of Evidence-Based Decision Making Abstract: Business/policy decisions are often based on evidence from randomized experiments and observational studies. In this article we propose an empirical framework
Sep
15
127 Corwin Hall
12:00 PM
Title: Observational Average Treatment Effect Estimation with Images as Confounders Abstract: This talk lays out a straightforward framework for treatment effect inference with image-valuate control covariates, and numeric treatments and