[Methods-l] Friday Workgroups + Presentation Announcements

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Hello All,

I hope everyone is enjoying this nice weather! Below are quick descriptions for the Workgroups this Friday. Also, please take note that Eric Shannon, a GRA at CRMDA, will be giving his research presentation this Friday from 3-4 p.m. in Watson 455. Everyone is welcome to come listen. Likewise, we have also booked another colloquium for the following Friday, March 9th. Doug Duhaime, a Digital Humanities Developer from Yale University will give a presentation over topic modeling in Python. Again, all are welcome and no registration necessary.

1)      Bayesian Multi-Level Modeling Workgroup with Paul Johnson, CRMDA Director | 11 AM - 12 PM | Watson 455 Conference Room
Check status of team member assignments for Stan code. The group will develop visualization strategy for Markov Chain estimates and plan for evaluation of unimodal and quasi-concave posterior distributions.

2)      Spatial Stats Workgroup with Jacob Fowles, CRMDA Faculty Fellow | 12-1 PM | Watson 455 Conference Room
This week, Zack will speak about spatial Bayesian IRT models. Following Zack, Charlie, Eric, and Patrick will speak about options for spatial weight matrix normalization and how various options are implemented in R and Stata.

3)      Python Text Analysis Workgroup with Jonathan Lamb, CRMDA Faculty Fellow | 1 - 2 PM | Watson 410A
This week the group will explore topic modelling in Python.

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CRMDA Presentation This Friday!
Eric Shannon will give a presentation showcasing his evaluation on disclosure policy strategies. He will look at how disclosure policies are used as a tool for reducing both irresponsible financial practices of private postsecondary institutions while also protecting consumers from making risky investment decisions due to asymmetric information.

Presenter: Eric Shannon, School of Public Affairs and Administration
Date: Friday, March 2nd
Time: 3-4 PM
Where: Watson Library room 455
More info, go to: https://crmda.ku.edu/shannon-20180302

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CRMDA Colloquium Next Friday!
Doug Duhaime, a developer in Yale University's Digital Humanities Lab, is the presenter of this workshop. He will guide participants through the process of building topic models in the Python programming language. Discussion will cover different techniques used to build topic models and will then move onto implementing custom topic models with sample data and visualizing the results.

Presenter: Doug Duhaime, PhD
Date: Friday, March 9th
Time: 2-3:30 PM
Where: Watson Library room 455
More info, go to: https://crmda.ku.edu/duhaime-20180309


Thank you,

Auburn Packer
Administrative Associate
Center for Research Methods & Data Analysis
College of Liberal Arts & Sciences | University of Kansas
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