[Pols-announce] FW: Workgroups Forming for Fall 2018

Thu Aug 16 15:42:24 CDT 2018

FYI, pardon any duplication

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Subject: [Methods-l] Workgroups Forming for Fall 2018

Hello All,

I hope everyone enjoyed their summer and has a good first week back next week! As always, CRMDA will be hosting Workgroups this Fall. We have created a new group this year as well. Below are the details or you can visit the Workgroup website: http://crmda.ku.edu/workgroups.

To help us determine the best schedule and topics for these Workgroups, we will be hosting an organizational meeting next Friday, August 24th from 2-3 p.m. in Watson Library room 455. Anyone is free to participate in this discussion. Please bring ideas with you!

Below are the descriptions for each Workgroup:

*         Bayesian Multilevel Modeling Workgroup - Paul Johnson, CRMDA Director

o   This group will develop examples and workshop notes for an overview of Bayesian research methods and applications to multi-level ("mixed effects") models.

*         Big Data: Analysis with Many Predictors - Ben Sherwood, CRMDA Faculty Fellow, Assistant Professor, School of Business

o   A common problem in the big data era is how to deal with a large number of predictors. In some cases the number of predictors can be larger than the sample size, thus making it impossible to fit classical models, such as least squares, without doing some variable selection. Topics discussed in this Workshop will include: Variable screening, methods for balancing fit and model size (AIC, BIC, cross-validation) and penalized regression

If you have any questions, please let me know.

Thank you!

Auburn Packer
Administrative Associate
Center for Research Methods & Data Analysis
College of Liberal Arts & Sciences | University of Kansas
Watson Library, 470B
1425 Jayhawk Blvd | Lawrence, KS  66045
785.864.3353 | crmda.ku.edu | crmda at ku.edu<mailto:crmda at ku.edu>

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