Interdisciplinary Seminar in Quantitative Methods Archive 2014
About the workshops
The goal of the Interdisciplinary Seminar in Quantitative Methods is to provide an interdisciplinary environment where researchers can present and discuss cutting-edge research in quantitative methodology. The talks are aimed at a broad audience, with emphasis on conceptual rather than technical issues. The research presented is varied, ranging from new methodological developments to applied empirical papers that use methodology in an innovative way. We welcome speakers and audiences from all disciplines and fields, including the social, natural, biomedical, and behavioral sciences.
2014-2015 Series
Quantifying Complexity
September 10, 2014: Scott Page, Complex Systems, Political Science, and Economics, University of Michigan
How do Climate Models Compare with Reality Over the Tropics from 1958-2012? HAC-Robust Trend Comparisons Among Climate Series with Possible Intercept Shifts
September 24, 2014: Timothy J. Vogelsang, Economics, Michigan State University
Why Does the American National Election Study Overestimate Voter Turnout?
October 8, 2014: Simon Jackman, Political Science, Stanford University
Estimating the Impacts of Program Benefits: Using Instrumental Variables with Underreported and Imputed Data
October 22, 2014: Mel Stephens, Economics, University of Michigan
Using Experiments to Estimate Geographic Variation in Racially Polarized Voting
November 5, 2014: Kevin M. Quinn, School of Law, University of California at Berkeley
Mitigating the Usual Limitations of the basic Regression-Discontinuity Design: Theory and Three Empirical Demonstrations from Design Experiment
November 19, 2014: Thomas D. Cook, Sociology, Psychology, and Education and Social Policy, Northwestern University
Statisticians (Social Science) and Data Scientists (Machine Learners): Let’s Talk
December 3, 2014: Neal Beck, Department of Politics, New York University
Essential Ideas of Causal Inference in Experiments and in Observational Studies
February 11, 2015: Don Rubin, Statistics, Harvard University
Measuring Political Knowledge in the Mass Public: Calibrating a Useful Instrument
February 25, 2015: William G. Jacoby, Political Science, Michigan State University
New Developments in Mediation Analysis
March 11, 2015: Tyler J. VanderWeele, Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Harvard School of Public Health
Assessing and enhancing the generalizability of randomized trials to target populations
March 25, 2015: Elizabeth A. Stuart, Mental Health and Biostatistics, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
Optimal Multilevel Matching in Clustered Observational Studies: A Case Study of the School Voucher System in Chile
April 8, 2015: Luke Keele, Political Science, Penn State
Strong Control of the Family-wise Error Rate in Observational Studies
April 22, 2015: Dylan Small, Statistics, Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania
An empirical model of network formation: detecting homophily when agents are heterogeneous
May 6, 2015: Bryan S. Graham, Economics, University of California at Berkeley