Happening @ Michigan https://events.umich.edu/list/rss RSS Feed for Happening @ Michigan Events at the University of Michigan. MIDAS Seminar Series Presents: Ben Wellington, Quantitative Analyst, Two Sigma (April 19, 2021 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/81088 81088-20846549@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, April 19, 2021 4:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Michigan Institute for Data Science

Ben Wellington is a Quantitative Analyst at Two Sigma and the creator of I Quant NY, a data science and policy blog that focuses on insights drawn from New York City’s public data, and advocates for the expansion and improvement of that data. His data science has influenced local government policy including changes in NYC street infrastructure, the way New Yorkers pay for cabs and the design of NYC subway vending machines. Ben is a contributor to the New Yorker, and a visiting assistant professor in the City & Regional Planning program at the Pratt Institute in Brooklyn where he teaches statistics using urban open data and holds a Ph.D. in Computer Science from New York University.

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Presentation Fri, 22 Jan 2021 11:05:47 -0500 2021-04-19T16:00:00-04:00 2021-04-19T17:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Michigan Institute for Data Science Presentation Ben Wellington
Data Science Coast to Coast: Data Equity and Open Science (April 21, 2021 3:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/83774 83774-21503041@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, April 21, 2021 3:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Michigan Institute for Data Science

Please register: https://academicdatascience.org/resources/coast2coastseminar

H. V. Jagadish, Director, Michigan Institute for Data Science; Bernard A Galler Collegiate Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, University of Michigan

Data Equity: A Core Requirement for Responsible Data Science

It was only recently that we regularly used to hear statements like “Let the data speak for themselves”. Today, we instead hear worries about fairness of data-driven systems and AI. Nevertheless, a focus on a specific formulation of fairness in one data science step is far too narrow to be the whole story. We need to address inequitable representation in the data record, inequities due to the data scientist’s world view being reflected in the model, inequities in the resulting outcomes, and inequities in access to fruits of the analysis. In this talk, I will lay out a research agenda in this direction, and invite you to join me.

Ciera Martinez, Biodiversity and Environmental Sciences Lead, Berkeley Institute for Data Science, University of California – Berkeley

Open science in the wild: principles to build reproducible and collaborative data analysis workflows

The academic research system is not built to incentivize open science practices, but transparency and reproducible methodology allows researchers to critically assess and build upon results to fuel scientific discovery and supports a more collaborative and equitable research community. Open science and data practices are often presented as ideals, but rarely do we train for how to handle the intricacies that emerge from every unique research project life cycle. In this talk I will present the ERP (Explore, Refine, and Produce) workflow – a three-phase data analysis workflow that guides researchers to create reproducible and responsible data analysis workflows. Each phase is centered on how to make decisions based on the audience the research is communicated, the research products created, and the career aspirations of the researchers involved. We hope this work helps create a community of practice for how we design and train for reproducible data intensive research and helps demystify data analysis for both students new to research and current researchers who are new to data-intensive work.

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Presentation Thu, 15 Apr 2021 19:53:35 -0400 2021-04-21T15:00:00-04:00 2021-04-21T16:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Michigan Institute for Data Science Presentation Data Equity and Open Science
Examining the impact of COVID-19 on adults with physical disabilities from marginalized communities (April 22, 2021 2:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/83637 83637-21446269@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, April 22, 2021 2:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research

This webinar will present the findings from a recent study on the initial impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on adults with physical disabilities from marginalized communities in Southeast Michigan, one of the early pandemic epicenters in the United States. Interviews with 16 adults revealed how participants either had to engage in risky behavior to have their needs met or avoid risk and not have those needs met. They contribute to understandings of risk, its impact on physical and psychological health, and the importance of accommodations. The study expands insight into early responses to the pandemic among individuals with long-term physical disabilities from marginalized communities. It helps elucidate how socioeconomic status and race/ethnicity can differentially impact the lives of adults with physical disabilities and further marginalize a population that is “always already” vulnerable. This knowledge can expand awareness and appreciation of how social, economic, and political systems are structured and integrated into future clinical guidelines and emergency response policies and more adequately addressed.

This webinar is free and open to the public. Communication Access Realtime Translation services will be available to provide live closed captions for the event.

The content of this webinar has been developed under a grant from the National Institute on Disability, Independent Living, and Rehabilitation Research (NIDILRR #90RTHF0001). NIDILRR is a Center within the Administration for Community Living (ACL), Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). The contents of this webinar do not necessarily represent the policy of NIDILRR, ACL, or HHS and you should not assume endorsement by the Federal Government.

Register at https://umich.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_8RIqY8GES1q8EeoSya0JCQ.

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Presentation Thu, 08 Apr 2021 15:28:26 -0400 2021-04-22T14:00:00-04:00 2021-04-22T15:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research Presentation Blue and white promotional flyer for UofM IDEAL RRTC Webinar - Examining Impact of COVID19 on Adults with Physical Disability from Marginalized Communities
Stress and Health in Context: The Role of Negative Relationships (April 28, 2021 1:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/83765 83765-21501085@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, April 28, 2021 1:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Institute for Social Research

Stress and Health in Context: The Role of Negative Relationships
Wednesday, April 28, 1pm EDT: https://umich.zoom.us/j/98477632981

A burgeoning literature shows social ties are integral for health and survival. Kira Birditt‘s program of research focuses on negative aspects of relationships including the extent to which they are irritating, critical, or demanding. In this talk she will discuss the findings from her program of research showing that: 1) There is a great deal of variability in negative aspects of relationships within and between individuals, 2) Negative aspects of relationships have important implications for health that often vary by the context of stress, and 3) The implications of relationships and stress vary race/ethnicity. She will also discuss the Aging and Biopsychosocial Innovations program that she leads and directions for future research.

Kira Birditt earned a PhD in Human Development and Family Studies from Pennsylvania State University and B.A. and M.S. degrees in Psychology from Western Washington University. She serves as a Research Associate Professor at the Survey Research Center and the Director of the Aging and Biopsychosocial Innovations Program. She is currently PI on three R01 projects funded by NIA examining: 1) racial health disparities in stress, social ties and health, 2) racial inequities in health among Alzheimer’s caregivers, and 3) alcohol use and cardiovascular health among aging couples.

This webinar is part of a continuing series focusing on the research happening at ISR. If there is a topic you would like to see featured or have an idea for a future presentation, please email abeattie@umich.edu. This talk is being recorded and will be shared widely.

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Lecture / Discussion Thu, 15 Apr 2021 15:59:00 -0400 2021-04-28T13:00:00-04:00 2021-04-28T14:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Institute for Social Research Lecture / Discussion event flyer
Beyond the Pandemic: Challenges and Opportunities for Changes in Education (May 12, 2021 1:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/83937 83937-21619168@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, May 12, 2021 1:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Institute for Social Research

Beyond the Pandemic: Challenges and Opportunities for Changes in Education
Wednesday, May 12 at 1pm EDT
https://umich.zoom.us/j/96351558688

At the end of the school year in 2020 parents, educators, and researchers, wondered how to deal with the “COVID slide” related to achievement and gains in learning due to schools shifting to virtual learning across the country. What we did not know at the time is that many schools would struggle to open at all in the Fall of 2020 and online and remote learning would continue to be one of the primary ways that children were educated for the rest of the 2020-21 school year. Today, the question remains: What will parents, educators, and researchers need to consider regarding achievement and learning gains as children are likely to return to in-person schooling in Fall 2021? Dr. Pamela Davis-Kean will discuss her research on how homeschooling was discussed on social media, the issues related to “holding back” or repeating a grade in primary school, and how new proposed policies for free community college may be important for helping those in secondary education get extra time to develop skills for entry into a four-year college.

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Lecture / Discussion Fri, 30 Apr 2021 16:44:15 -0400 2021-05-12T13:00:00-04:00 2021-05-12T14:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Institute for Social Research Lecture / Discussion event flyer
The Arts and Cultural Production Satellite Account: New Statistics for 2018 & 2019 (May 19, 2021 1:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/83936 83936-21619170@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, May 19, 2021 1:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research

Join us on May 19 at 1:00 pm ET for a free webinar, “The Arts and Cultural Production Satellite Account: New Statistics for 2018 and 2019,” featuring Section Chief Paul Kern with the United States Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA). The webinar is hosted by the National Archive of Data on Arts & Culture (NADAC), a data repository funded by the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA). Participants will get an overview of the ACPSA, learn about key findings from the latest 2019 data, and discover ways ACPSA can be used in arts research. Finally, participants will learn about the ACPSA resources available on the NEA and NADAC websites and have the opportunity to ask questions.

Link to register: https://myumi.ch/gjPWr

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Presentation Fri, 30 Apr 2021 15:45:28 -0400 2021-05-19T13:00:00-04:00 2021-05-19T14:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research Presentation NADAC Webinar May 19, 2021
How to Use TransPop Data: The first national probability sample of transgender individuals in the United States (July 22, 2021 2:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/84448 84448-21623998@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, July 22, 2021 2:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research

Join us for a virtual presentation of TransPop, the first national probability sample of transgender individuals in the United States. During this presentation you'll learn how to use these data to reach your own groundbreaking results.

The TransPop study not only describes the demographic make-up of the transgender population and their experiences related to identity and transition, but also aims to provide information on areas like health outcomes, health care access, quality of life, and experiences with discrimination.

In addition to being the first national probability sample of transgender individuals in the United States, it also includes a comparative cisgender sample. A primary goal of this study was to provide researchers with a representative sample of transgender people in the United States. The study examines a variety of health-relevant domains including health outcomes and health behaviors, experiences with interpersonal and institutional discrimination, identity, transition-related experiences, and basic demographic characteristics (age, race/ethnicity, religion, political party affiliation, marital status, employment, income, location, sex, gender, and education).

The TransPop study is available at https://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR37938.v1.

This webinar is free and open to the public. A live transcript will be available. The webinar will be recorded, and the recording and slides will be sent to all registrants after the webinar.

Zoom FAQs for Attendees: http://myumi.ch/kx2oo

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Presentation Mon, 12 Jul 2021 17:31:28 -0400 2021-07-22T14:00:00-04:00 2021-07-22T15:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research Presentation Promotional image for TransPop data webinar from ICPSR featuring transgender flag on white background
Dimensions of Public Attitudes Toward the Affordable Care Act, 2010 through 2017 (July 27, 2021 7:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/84699 84699-21624454@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, July 27, 2021 7:30pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research

Join us for this Blalock lecture at 7:30 pm EDT: https://myumi.ch/ICPSR2021Blalock

The 2021 ICPSR Summer Program Blalock Lectures are virtual, free and open to the public.

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Presentation Thu, 22 Jul 2021 12:31:13 -0400 2021-07-27T19:30:00-04:00 2021-07-27T21:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research Presentation ICPSR Summer Program Blalock Lectures 2021
Dimensions of Public Attitudes Toward the Affordable Care Act, 2010 through 2017 (July 27, 2021 7:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/84752 84752-21624872@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, July 27, 2021 7:30pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research

Join us for this Blalock lecture at 7:30pm EDT: https://myumi.ch/ICPSR2021Blalock

The 2021 ICPSR Summer Program Blalock Lectures are virtual, free and open to the public.

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Presentation Mon, 26 Jul 2021 15:12:05 -0400 2021-07-27T19:30:00-04:00 2021-07-27T21:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research Presentation ICPSR Summer Program Blalock Lecture series
Analyzing Open-Ended Responses for Understanding Opinions About Presidential Candidates (July 28, 2021 7:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/84698 84698-21624453@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, July 28, 2021 7:30pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research

Join us for this Blalock lecture at 7:30pm EDT: https://myumi.ch/ICPSR2021Blalock

The 2021 ICPSR Summer Program Blalock Lectures are virtual, free and open to the public.

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Presentation Thu, 22 Jul 2021 12:28:58 -0400 2021-07-28T19:30:00-04:00 2021-07-28T21:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research Presentation ICPSR Blalock Lecture series 2021
Harnessing Big Data for Health and Social Science Research (August 3, 2021 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/84713 84713-21624468@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, August 3, 2021 12:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research

This lecture will be pre-recorded and available two weeks before this session on the ICPSR Summer Program YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgQWgr9Np3SKx54T_0hbo-Q

Please join us for this live Q&A session with the presenter on 8/3/21 at 12pm EDT at https://myumi.ch/ICPSR2021Blalock.

The 2021 ICPSR Summer Program Blalock Lectures are virtual, free and open to the public.

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Presentation Thu, 22 Jul 2021 13:03:54 -0400 2021-08-03T12:00:00-04:00 2021-08-03T13:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research Presentation ICPSR Summer Program Blalock Lecture Series 2021
Data Collection Methods in the Age of Data Science: Where Are We Headed? (August 5, 2021 7:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/84715 84715-21624470@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, August 5, 2021 7:30pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research

Join us for this Blalock lecture at 7:30pm EDT: https://myumi.ch/ICPSR2021Blalock

The 2021 ICPSR Summer Program Blalock Lectures are virtual, free and open to the public.

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Presentation Thu, 22 Jul 2021 12:39:39 -0400 2021-08-05T19:30:00-04:00 2021-08-05T21:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research Presentation ICPSR Summer Program Blalock Lecture Series 2021
Measuring Exposure to News and Political Information in the Digital Age (August 10, 2021 7:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/84716 84716-21624471@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, August 10, 2021 7:30pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research

Join us for this Blalock lecture at 7:30pm EDT: https://myumi.ch/ICPSR2021Blalock

The 2021 ICPSR Summer Program Blalock Lectures are virtual, free and open to the public.

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Presentation Thu, 22 Jul 2021 12:44:49 -0400 2021-08-10T19:30:00-04:00 2021-08-10T21:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research Presentation ICPSR Summer Program Blalock Lecture Series 2021
The Post-API Age Reconsidered: Social Media Research in the '20s and Beyond (August 11, 2021 12:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/84717 84717-21624472@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, August 11, 2021 12:30pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research

This lecture will be pre-recorded and available two weeks before this session on the ICPSR Summer Program YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgQWgr9Np3SKx54T_0hbo-Q

Please join us for this live Q&A session with the presenter on 8/11/21 at 12pm EDT at https://myumi.ch/ICPSR2021Blalock.

The 2021 ICPSR Summer Program Blalock Lectures are virtual, free and open to the public.

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Presentation Thu, 22 Jul 2021 13:30:58 -0400 2021-08-11T12:30:00-04:00 2021-08-11T13:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research Presentation 2021 ICPSR Summer Program Blalock Lecture series
Measuring White Racial Solidarity and Examining its Relationship to Political Attitudes and Preferences (August 12, 2021 7:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/84718 84718-21624473@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, August 12, 2021 7:30pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research

Join us for this Blalock lecture at 7:30pm EDT: https://myumi.ch/ICPSR2021Blalock

The 2021 ICPSR Summer Program Blalock Lectures are virtual, free and open to the public.

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Presentation Thu, 22 Jul 2021 13:29:27 -0400 2021-08-12T19:30:00-04:00 2021-08-12T21:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research Presentation 2021 ICPSR Summer Program Blalock Lecture series
Introduction to Multilevel Models (August 19, 2021 9:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/84809 84809-21625038@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, August 19, 2021 9:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Institute for Social Research

PDHP resumes our 2021 workshop series on Thursday, August 19th, with a workshop entitled Introduction to Multilevel Models, presented by Dr. Kris Preacher of Vanderbilt University's Quantitative Methods program (within the Department of Psychology and Human Development). This half-day workshop is geared toward data analysts and researchers of all levels, particularly those performing analysis on hierarchically clustered (nested) data using Mplus, R, or SPSS. Attendees will receive an introduction to the key concepts of multilevel models (appropriate settings for their use over standard statistical models, equation conventions, and interpretation), as well as hands-on practice implementing state-of-the-art features of MLM using popular statistical software packages.

Topics include:

• Key concepts and motivation for MLM vs. standard statistical models
• Estimating and plotting interaction effects
• Implications of nested vs. cross-classified mutlilevel data
• Power analysis for MLM using a general Monte Carlo technique

Registration Required

https://pdhp.isr.umich.edu/workshops/

Dr. Preacher is a Professor in the Quantitative Methods program and Department of Psychology and Human Development at Vanderbilt University. His research concerns the use (and combination) of structural equation modeling and multilevel modeling to model correlational and longitudinal data. Other interests include developing techniques to test mediation and moderation hypotheses, bridging the gap between substantive theory and statistical practice, and studying model evaluation and model selection in the application of multivariate methods to social science questions. He serves on the editorial boards of Multivariate Behavioral Research, Behavior Research Methods, Communication Methods and Measures, and Journal of Educational & Behavioral Statistics, and is an associate editor of Psychological Methods.

The Population Dynamics and Health Program (PDHP) provides resources and services that support innovative approaches to data collection and analysis and the development of early-career population scientists, as well as research on significant and emergent issues in population dynamics and health.

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Workshop / Seminar Thu, 29 Jul 2021 15:55:30 -0400 2021-08-19T09:00:00-04:00 2021-08-19T13:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Institute for Social Research Workshop / Seminar Introduction to Multilevel Models poster
Intro to the Chitwan Valley Family Study (CVFS) (September 15, 2021 2:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/85327 85327-21626235@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, September 15, 2021 2:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Institute for Social Research

This webinar series on the Chitwan Valley Family Study (CVFS) is about global and comparative population research. Sessions include measuring mental health, Covid-19, linking data, genetics, & migrant data.

Webinar 1: Intro to CVFS
Wednesday, September 15, 2-3pm EDT
Presenters: William Axinn and Dirgha Ghimire

This webinar will explain the purpose of the CVFS and give an overview of data collection from study launch to present day. There will be a Q&A session after the presentation.

The webinar will be hosted using Zoom. Registration is required to attend the webinar. Support provided by NICHD (R25 HD101358).

Registration is required for this event: https://umich.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJwpf-qtpjojGteGYl9ntT4cBx7X9TPZtB6H

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Presentation Tue, 17 Aug 2021 11:59:26 -0400 2021-09-15T14:00:00-04:00 2021-09-15T15:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Institute for Social Research Presentation Nepal mountains
How the Measurement and Meaning of Family Structure Shape Research on Young Adult Racial Inequality (September 27, 2021 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/86249 86249-21632226@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, September 27, 2021 12:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Institute for Social Research

Abstract:
At the population level, Black and White youth in the United States enter adulthood after a lifetime of divergent family structure experiences. A substantial social science literature has investigated whether this variation in childhood family structure contributes to racial disparities in the timing, sequence, and context of events in the transition into adulthood. This discussion adopts a critical perspective on mainstream research on this topic. The panelists highlight opportunities in family demography, social stratification, human development, and race and ethnic studies to advance theory, measurement, and empirical modeling in order to more accurately reflect Black family organization and to situate Black and White families in the a broader context of racialized social, economic, and political inequality.

Speakers:
Paula Fomby is a research associate professor in the Survey Research Center and Population Studies Center, Institute for Social Research, University of Michigan. She holds a PhD in Sociology with an emphasis in social demography from University of Wisconsin-Madison. Her research considers how family composition and family process contribute to variation in child and young adult well-being, particularly in the context of social inequality. Fomby is the associate director of the UM Population Studies Center, a co-investigator on the Panel Study of Income Dynamics (PSID), and the associate director of the PSID Child Development Supplement.

Christina Cross is a postdoctoral fellow and incoming assistant professor of Sociology at Harvard University. She completed her PhD in Sociology and Public Policy at University of Michigan. Her research examines how family structure, change, and dynamics influence individual wellbeing across the life course, particularly among minority and/or low-income populations. Much of her work has focused on childhood as a key stage in the life course for the emergence and accumulation of social advantages or disadvantages.

Bethany Letiecq is an associate professor in the Human Development and Family Science program at George Mason University. - She received her PhD in health education/family studies and her MS in family and community development from the University of Maryland, College Park. Dr. Letiecq employs community-based participatory and action research approaches to conduct research in partnership with families systematically marginalized by society to promote family health and justice. She is keenly interested in how social policies and practices facilitate or hinder family functioning and health across all families.

This event is an ISR Inclusive Research Matters presentation, sponsored by the Education Programs Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Team, the Population Studies Center and the Michigan Program in Survey and Data Science.

Michigan Population Studies Center (PSC) Brown Bag seminars highlight recent research in population studies and serve as a focal point for building our research community.

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Lecture / Discussion Fri, 03 Sep 2021 17:45:07 -0400 2021-09-27T12:00:00-04:00 2021-09-27T13:10:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Institute for Social Research Lecture / Discussion event flyer
Unprecedented: The Expansion of the Social Safety Net During the COVID Era and Its Impacts on Poverty and Hardship (September 29, 2021 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/84891 84891-21625249@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, September 29, 2021 11:00am
Location: Institute For Social Research
Organized By: Institute for Social Research

ISR Insights Speaker Series
Unprecedented: The Expansion of the Social Safety Net During the COVID Era and Its Impacts on Poverty and Hardship
Wednesday, September 29 at 11am EDT, ISR Thompson Rm 1430 and online: https://umich.zoom.us/j/94299595467

Speaker: H. Luke Shaefer (Director of Poverty Solutions; Hermann and Amalie Kohn Professor of Social Justice and Social Polic; Professor of Public Policy; Professor of Social Work; Faculty Associate at PSC & SRC)

A major economic crisis accompanied the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, but in response the federal government mounted the largest and most comprehensive expansion of the social safety net in modern times. In this talk, H. Luke Shaefer will review research on the impacts of this safety net expansion, and where the nation goes from here.

This webinar is part of a continuing series focusing on the research happening at ISR. If there is a topic you would like to see featured or have an idea for a future presentation, please email abeattie@umich.edu. This talk is being recorded and will be shared widely.

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Lecture / Discussion Fri, 10 Sep 2021 15:58:40 -0400 2021-09-29T11:00:00-04:00 2021-09-29T12:00:00-04:00 Institute For Social Research Institute for Social Research Lecture / Discussion event flyer
MICDE & MIDAS Information Session (Virtual) (September 29, 2021 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/86450 86450-21634339@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, September 29, 2021 12:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Michigan Institute for Computational Discovery and Engineering

Join the MICDE and MIDAS teams for a 1-hour virtual information session to learn more about our graduate program offerings, including: Ph.D. in Scientific Computing, Graduate Data Science Certificate Program, Graduate Certificate in Computational Neuroscience, and Graduate Certificate in Computational Discovery & Engineering.

Each program’s faculty and/or staff manager will be present to answer questions in a small group or 1:1 setting.

Please register for this event via Zoom to receive login details. Note: You may register after the event has started.

The event recording will be distributed to all event registrants within 24 hours of the event.

Link to register via Zoom: https://umich.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJMvde2hqzkjGtUEhi4zkYBvj4m-ndmUhBy8

View this event on our website: https://myumi.ch/51qjM

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Other Tue, 07 Sep 2021 15:47:48 -0400 2021-09-29T12:00:00-04:00 2021-09-29T13:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Michigan Institute for Computational Discovery and Engineering Other MICDE & MIDAS Info Session - Wed. 9/29/2021 @ 12pm
MICDE & MIDAS Information Tables (In-Person, Outdoors) (September 30, 2021 3:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/86448 86448-21634337@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, September 30, 2021 3:00pm
Location: Ingalls Mall
Organized By: Michigan Institute for Computational Discovery and Engineering

Meet 1:1 with MICDE and MIDAS graduate program faculty and staff managers to learn more about the institutes and the graduate programs they offer, including: Ph.D. in Scientific Computing, Graduate Data Science Certificate Program, Graduate Certificate in Computational Neuroscience, and Graduate Certificate in Computational Discovery & Engineering.

This event will be held in-person under the outdoor canopy tent located on the Ingalls Mall, across the street from the Rackham Graduate School building.

All attendees are required to wear masks.

View this event on our website: https://myumi.ch/jxA2w

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Other Tue, 07 Sep 2021 15:38:47 -0400 2021-09-30T15:00:00-04:00 2021-09-30T16:00:00-04:00 Ingalls Mall Michigan Institute for Computational Discovery and Engineering Other MICDE & MIDAS Info Tables - Thurs. 9/30/2021 @ 3pm
Linking Data within the CVFS and Beyond (October 13, 2021 2:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/85329 85329-21626241@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, October 13, 2021 2:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Institute for Social Research

This webinar series on the Chitwan Valley Family Study (CVFS) is about global and comparative population research. Sessions include measuring mental health, Covid-19, linking data, genetics, & migrant data.

Webinar 3: Linking Data within the CVFS and Beyond

Wednesday, October 13, 2021
2-3pm EDT
Presenter: Emily Treleaven and Adrienne Epstein

This webinar will give an overview of how to link observations across CVFS files, link individuals to households and neighborhoods, and link external data sources to CVFS. There will be a Q&A session after the presentation.

The webinar will be hosted using Zoom. Registration is required to attend the webinar. Support provided by NICHD (R25 HD101358).

Registration is required for this event: https://umich.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJYld-yoqDorGtBK9EJBUYvQIBWBKTJUlhn1

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Presentation Tue, 17 Aug 2021 12:10:17 -0400 2021-10-13T14:00:00-04:00 2021-10-13T15:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Institute for Social Research Presentation Nepal mountains
Is the Phone Mightier than the Virus? Cell Phone Access and Epidemic Containment Efforts (October 25, 2021 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/88052 88052-21648952@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, October 25, 2021 12:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Institute for Social Research

This talk examines the impact of mobile phone access on the containment of an epidemic. Speaker Elisa Maffioli et al. study this question in the context of the 2014 Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) outbreak in Liberia. They found that having access to cell phone coverage leads to a 10.8 percentage point reduction in the likelihood that a village has an EVD case. Results from this novel survey collected following the epidemic suggest that this is mostly explained by cellphone access facilitating emergency care provision rather than improving access to outbreak-related information.

Dr. Maffioli is an Assistant Professor at the Department of Health Management and Policy, at the University of Michigan School of Public Health. Her research is in development economics, health economics and political economy, with a focus on infectious diseases, maternal and child health, and nutrition in lower income countries. She is currently working in Liberia, Myanmar, Brazil, Mozambique and Nigeria, and has also conducted research in Lesotho, Kenya and India.


Michigan Population Studies Center (PSC) Brown Bag seminars highlight recent research in population studies and serve as a focal point for building our research community.

https://www.psc.isr.umich.edu/events/brown-bag/

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Lecture / Discussion Fri, 08 Oct 2021 12:02:51 -0400 2021-10-25T12:00:00-04:00 2021-10-25T13:10:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Institute for Social Research Lecture / Discussion event flyer
Impact of response styles on inclusive measurement (October 27, 2021 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/86252 86252-21640716@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, October 27, 2021 12:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Institute for Social Research

Impact of response styles on inclusive measurement
Wednesday, October 27, noon to 1:10pm ET via Zoom

Speakers:
Fernanda Alvarado-Leiton
(PhD Candidate, Program in Survey and Data Science, University of Michigan)

Sunghee Lee
(Research Associate Professor, Program in Survey and Data Science, University of Michigan)

Rachel Davis
(Associate Professor, Arnold School of Public Health, University of South Carolina)

Abstracts:

Negated and Polar Opposite Items for Balanced Scale construction: An Empirical Cross-Cultural Assessment

Fernanda Alvarado-Leiton

Acquiescent Response Style (ARS) is a culturally patterned measurement error in surveys that threatens comparisons across groups with different cultural backgrounds potentially undermining inclusivity estimating attitudes and beliefs in a population. Balanced scales blend items written in different directions and are hypothesized as a method for controlling ARS. This study examined the differences in measurement properties between two types of balanced scales. The first balanced scale type included negated items, which were item reversals formed by inserting a negation, such as, “no” and “not.” The second type included polar opposite items, which used antonyms or opposite terms to reverse the item direction (e.g., “unhappy” as the opposite of “satisfied”). Participants were recruited to a Web survey and randomly assigned to (1) unbalanced, (2) negated balanced or (3) polar opposite balanced scales. Participants came from three groups with different ARS tendencies to contrast the effects of scale wording in mitigating ARS across groups and improving measurement across cultural subgroups. These groups were: Non-Hispanic White respondents, Hispanic respondents in Mexico and Hispanic respondents in the US. Both types of balanced scales outperformed unbalanced scales in convergent validity, with higher correlations between scale scores and validation variables for balanced than unbalanced scales. No statistical differences were observed between negated and polar opposite scales in fit indices of factor models, reliability measures or convergent validity for any group. These findings suggest that negated and polar opposite balanced scales are equivalent for ARS control, and that they yield adequate measurement properties for all groups included in the study.

Response Style and Measurement of Satisfaction with Life

Sunghee Lee

Satisfaction with Life (SWL), a five-item scale, is designed to assess global judgment about one’s satisfaction with life as a whole rather than specific domains of life. Popularly used by many organizations, including the World Health Organization (WHO), the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) and the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), it has been translated into over 30 languages. However, with its standard version using a 7-point Likert response scale, it is subject to measurement error due to response style and measurement non-comparability across groups associated with systematically different response styles. More importantly, whether and how this is addressed in research may have implications for its inclusivity. This study examines the utility of balancing the SWL scale experimentally with multiple racial/ethnic/linguistic groups in the US: Latinx dominant in English, Latinx dominant in Spanish, non- Latinx Whites, non-Latinx Blacks, non-Latinx Koreans dominant in English and non-Latinx Koreans dominant in Korean. The results suggest the benefit of balancing measurement scales but not for groups that engage in middle response style.

Reducing Acquiescent Response Style with Conversational Interviewing

Rachel Davis

Acquiescent response style (ARS), the tendency for survey respondents to select positive answers such as “Strongly Agree,” is of particular concern for increasing measurement error in surveys with populations who are more likely to acquiesce, such as U.S. Latinx respondents. This study enrolled 891 Latinx telephone survey respondents in an experiment to address two questions: (1) Does administering a questionnaire using conversational interviewing (CI) yield less ARS than standardized interviewing (SI)? (2) Do item-specific (IS) response scales reduce ARS when compared to disagree/agree (DA) response formats? No difference was observed in ARS between the DA and IS response scales. However, CI yielded significantly lower ARS than SI, likely due to the CI interviewers' efforts to clarify questions and help with response mapping. Findings from this study suggest that using CI to administer survey questions may decrease use of ARS and improve data quality among survey respondents who are more likely to engage in ARS.

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Lecture / Discussion Tue, 19 Oct 2021 12:06:36 -0400 2021-10-27T12:00:00-04:00 2021-10-27T13:10:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Institute for Social Research Lecture / Discussion event flyer
Innovation in Tracking and Collecting Migrant Data (October 27, 2021 2:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/85330 85330-21626242@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, October 27, 2021 2:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Institute for Social Research

This webinar series on the Chitwan Valley Family Study (CVFS) is about global and comparative population research. Sessions include measuring mental health, Covid-19, linking data, genetics, & migrant data.

Webinar 4: Innovation in Tracking and Collecting Migrant Data
Wednesday, October 27, 2021
2-3pm EDT
Presenter: Dirgha Ghimire

This webinar will provide an overview of CVFS design for tracking migrants and innovation in collecting migrant data along with empirical findings investigating consequences of international migration. There will be a Q&A session after the presentation.

The webinar will be hosted using Zoom. Registration is required to attend the webinar. Support provided by NICHD (R25 HD101358).

Registration is required for this event: https://umich.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJEtcu-trzsjGdW33jgiYGmw1_x0dEER9CZO

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Presentation Tue, 17 Aug 2021 12:15:26 -0400 2021-10-27T14:00:00-04:00 2021-10-27T15:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Institute for Social Research Presentation Nepal mountains
Detecting white supremacist speech on social media (November 3, 2021 1:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/88358 88358-21653508@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, November 3, 2021 1:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Institute for Social Research

Detecting white supremacist speech on social media
Wednesday, November 3, 1pm ET

Social media have been repeatedly shown to harbor white supremacist networks, enabling far-right extremists to find one another, recruit and radicalize new members, and normalize their hate. In order to address the problem of white supremacist speech on social media, platforms must first be able to identify it.

In this talk, Libby Hemphill will present research to understand what white supremacist speech looks like, especially how it’s different from general or commonplace speech, and to determine whether white supremacists try to adapt to avoid detection from social media platforms’ current content moderation systems.

ISR Insights Speaker Series is a series focusing on the research happening at ISR.

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Lecture / Discussion Mon, 18 Oct 2021 12:25:09 -0400 2021-11-03T13:00:00-04:00 2021-11-03T14:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Institute for Social Research Lecture / Discussion event flyer
Representative Research: Assessing Diversity in Online Samples (November 10, 2021 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/86292 86292-21640719@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, November 10, 2021 12:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Institute for Social Research

Representative Research: Assessing Diversity in Online Samples
Wednesday, November 10, noon to 1:10pm Eastern via Zoom

Speaker: Frances Barlas
Vice President, Research Methods at Ipsos Public Affairs

In 2020, we saw a broader awakening to the continued systemic racism throughout all aspects of our society and heard renewed calls for racial justice. For the survey and market research industries, this has renewed questions about how well our industry does to ensure that our public opinion research captures the full set of diverse voices that make up the United States. These questions were reinforced in the wake of the 2020 election with the scrutiny faced by the polling industry and the role that voters of color played in the election. In this talk, we’ll consider how well online samples represent people of color in the United States. Results from studies that use both KnowledgePanel – a probability-based online panel – and non-probability online samples will be shared. We’ll discuss some strategies for ways to improve our sample quality.

Dr. Frances Barlas is a Senior Vice President and the lead KnowledgePanel Methodologist for Ipsos. She has worked in the survey and market research industries for 20 years. In her current role, she is charged with overseeing and advancing the statistical integrity and operational efficiency of KnowledgePanel, the largest probability-based panel in the US, and other Ipsos research assets. Her research interests focus on survey measurement and online survey data quality. She holds a Ph.D. in Sociology from Temple University.

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Lecture / Discussion Fri, 29 Oct 2021 16:18:12 -0400 2021-11-10T12:00:00-05:00 2021-11-10T13:10:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Institute for Social Research Lecture / Discussion poster
Michigan Institute of Data Science Annual Symposium (November 15, 2021 3:45pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/88887 88887-21658823@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, November 15, 2021 3:45pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Michigan Institute for Data Science

3:45 PM - 4:00 PM: H.V. Jagadish, Opening Remarks
4:00 PM - 5:00 PM: Dr. Rebecca Fiebrink, Keynote Address: “How machine learning can support human creators"

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Workshop / Seminar Tue, 02 Nov 2021 10:42:22 -0400 2021-11-15T15:45:00-05:00 2021-11-15T17:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Michigan Institute for Data Science Workshop / Seminar MIDAS Symposium 2021
Michigan Institute of Data Science Annual Symposium (November 16, 2021 9:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/88888 88888-21658824@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, November 16, 2021 9:00am
Location: Michigan League
Organized By: Michigan Institute for Data Science

Workshops

Sign up to attend one of the four mini-workshops as part of the 2021 U-M Data Science and AI Symposium. Bring your own laptop!

Nov. 16th | 9:00am - 11:00am @ Michigan League

1. Introduction to data visualization on the web with D3.js. Led by Prof. Fred Feng (Industrial and Manufacturing Systems Engineering)

2. Using text as data: Introduction to machine learning for natural language processing. Led by Drs. Jule Krueger (Institute for Social Research) and Meghan Dailey (Advanced Research Computing)

3. Diversity and equity in data science - a community forum. Led by Drs. Lia Corrales (Astronomy), Tayo Fabusuyi (U-M Transportation Research Institute), H. V. Jagadish (MIDAS Director), and Rada Mihalcea (U-M AI Lab Director). Presenters will highlight technical designs to detect and adjust for data and algorithmic biases, and programs that promote diversity in data science and AI research community. Attendees will be encouraged to share their work and discuss ways to collaborate.

4. Developing best practices for reproducible data science. Led by Drs. Jing Liu (MIDAS Managing Director), Johann Gagnon-Bartsch (Statistics), Tom Valley (Internal Medicine) and Sharon Glotzer's Lab. The presenters will offer tutorials on building reproducible workflows, data and code review and sharing. They will also answer questions for those who are interested in entering the MIDAS 2021 Reproducibility Challenge.

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Workshop / Seminar Tue, 02 Nov 2021 10:48:50 -0400 2021-11-16T09:00:00-05:00 2021-11-16T11:00:00-05:00 Michigan League Michigan Institute for Data Science Workshop / Seminar MIDAS Symposium 2021
The Gender Gap in Summer Work Interruptions (November 29, 2021 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/86412 86412-21634272@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, November 29, 2021 12:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Institute for Social Research

The Gender Gap in Summer Work Interruptions
Monday, November 29
12-1:10 pm ET via zoom
Speaker: Melanie Wasserman (University of California, Los Angeles)

Michigan Population Studies Center (PSC) Brown Bag seminars highlight recent research in population studies and serve as a focal point for building our research community.

Dr. Melanie Wasserman, Assistant Professor of Economics at the UCLA Anderson School of Management, will discuss her work on "The Gender Gap in Summer Work Interruptions".

Dr. Melanie Wasserman's research investigates the mechanisms underlying gender differences in labor market and educational outcomes. She was a postdoctoral fellow at the Michigan Population Studies Center after completing her Ph.D. in economics at MIT.

https://www.melaniewasserman.com/

Michigan Population Studies Center (PSC) Brown Bag seminars highlight recent research in population studies and serve as a focal point for building our research community.

https://www.psc.isr.umich.edu/events/brown-bag/

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Lecture / Discussion Tue, 02 Nov 2021 13:37:45 -0400 2021-11-29T12:00:00-05:00 2021-11-29T13:10:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Institute for Social Research Lecture / Discussion flyer
Michael Elliott - Combining Probability Non-probability Samples - JPSM MPSDS Seminar Series (December 1, 2021 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/88381 88381-21653608@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, December 1, 2021 12:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Michigan Program in Survey and Data Science

Michael Elliott is professor of biostatistics at the University of Michigan School of Public Health and research professor of survey methodology at the Survey Research Center at the Institute for Social Research. He has been at Michigan since 2005, where he returned after serving as an assistant professor at the Department of Biostatistics and Epidemiology at the University of Pennsylvania from 2000-2005.

COMBINING PROBABILITY NON-PROBABILITY SAMPLES
Although probability sample designs remain a “gold standard” in survey research, demand for use of non-probability samples is increasing, due to, among other reasons, rising costs and falling response rates in probability samples and the availability of “big data” from administrative databases, social media users, and other sources. Design-based inference, in which the distribution for inference is generated by the random mechanism used by the sampler, cannot be used for non-probability samples. If probability and non-probability samples are available that target the same population, the probability sample can be used to account for possible selection bias if there are sufficient overlapping covariates even if the outcome is not available in the probability sample. One approach is “quasi-randomization” in which pseudo-inclusion probabilities are estimated based on covariates available for samples and nonsample units. An extension of this uses a model to predict values for the outcome in the probability sample, yielding a “doubly robust” estimator that consistent estimates target population quantities if either the pseudo-inclusion probabilities or outcome model is correct. I will overview these approaches, with a focus on using Bayesian additive regression tree to reduce model misspecification, and apply results to “naturalistic” driving studies that use volunteer samples to follow long-term driving behavior.

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Lecture / Discussion Mon, 18 Oct 2021 18:10:42 -0400 2021-12-01T12:00:00-05:00 2021-12-01T13:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Michigan Program in Survey and Data Science Lecture / Discussion Michael Elliott - Combining Probability Non-probability Samples - JPSM MPSDS Seminar Series
Michigan Program in Survey and Data Science Information Session (December 2, 2021 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/89094 89094-21660472@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, December 2, 2021 11:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Michigan Program in Survey and Data Science

Michigan Program in Survey and Data Science (MPSDS) offers graduate degrees that combine ideas and techniques for producing and analyzing data about humans and our society. Join us to launch your career in this exciting and rewarding field in which scientists interpret the world through data.
Visit our website: https://surveydatascience.isr.umich.edu/ for detailed information.

Advance registration is required, https://umich.zoom.us/webinar/register/4716359688195/WN_MSEcVDFwQT2eQhNyK0sw8Q

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Presentation Tue, 09 Nov 2021 10:41:54 -0500 2021-12-02T11:00:00-05:00 2021-12-02T12:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Michigan Program in Survey and Data Science Presentation info session flyer
Equity & Inclusion in Accessible Survey Design (December 8, 2021 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/86452 86452-21640720@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, December 8, 2021 12:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Institute for Social Research

Equity & Inclusion in Accessible Survey Design
Wednesday, December 8, noon to 1:10pm ET via Zoom (link to come)
Speaker: Scott Crawford (Founder and Chief Vision Officer, SoundRocket)

As we work to adapt research designs to make use of new technologies (web and smart devices), it is also important to consider how study design and survey design may impact those who rely on assistive technology. Sections 508 (covering use of accessible information and communication technology) and 501(addressing reasonable accommodation) of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 compliance standards have been around for a long time—but the survey research industry has often taken the path providing reasonable (non-technological) accommodations for study participants. These often involve alternate modes of data collection, but rarely provide a truly equitable solution for study participation. If a web-based survey is not compliant with assistive technologies, the participant may be offered the option of completing a survey with an interviewer. Survey methodologists know well that introducing a live human interaction may change how participants respond—especially if the study involves sensitive topics. Imagine a workplace survey on Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion where a sight-impaired employee is asked to answer questions about how they are treated in their workplace, but they are required to answer these questions through an interviewer, and not privately via a website. Not only is this request not equitable for the employee (fully sighted employees get to respond more privately), it can also bias the results if the participant is not honest about the struggle for fear of receiving backlash from their employer if the interviewer passed along their frustrations. In the act of being denied equitable participation, future decisions will then be made on potentially faulty results about the experience of such people.

In this presentation, I will focus on developing an equitable research design, partially through considering the overall study—not just the technology itself. But we will also share experiences in the development of a highly accessible web-based survey that is compliant with screen reading technology (screen readers, mouse input grids, voice, keyboard navigation, etc.). I will present experimental, anecdotal, and descriptive experiences with accessible web-based surveys and research designs in higher education student, faculty, and staff surveys conducted on the topic of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion. Our results will be directly relevant for inclusion and equity in these settings as well as some surprising unintended positive consequences of some of these design decisions. Lastly, I will also share some next steps for where the field may go in continuing to improve in these areas.

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Lecture / Discussion Fri, 19 Nov 2021 14:31:55 -0500 2021-12-08T12:00:00-05:00 2021-12-08T13:10:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Institute for Social Research Lecture / Discussion event flyer
The Patient-Centered Outcomes Data Repository: Preparing and Depositing Your Dataset (December 8, 2021 1:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/88955 88955-21659305@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, December 8, 2021 1:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research

The Patient-Centered Outcomes Data Repository (PCODR) is the place to discover, access, and analyze clinical research data collected with funding from the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI). Researchers funded by PCORI can deposit their full data sets in the PCODR in accordance with PCORI's Policy for Data Management and Data Sharing.

In this webinar, PCORI awardees will learn about the deposit process, including preparing the full data package, uploading datasets and associated files to ICPSR’s secure deposit form, and what happens after data are deposited.

This webinar is free and open to the public but targeted at PCORI grantees. A live transcript will be available. This webinar will be recorded, and the slides and recording will be sent to all registrants. Zoom FAQs are available at http://myumi.ch/kx2oo.

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Presentation Mon, 06 Dec 2021 15:17:37 -0500 2021-12-08T13:00:00-05:00 2021-12-08T14:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research Presentation Webinar Flyer: five researchers standing up, huddled around an ipad viewing a CT scan.
New Deal policy and the racialization of homeownership (January 24, 2022 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/90734 90734-21673479@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, January 24, 2022 12:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Institute for Social Research

New Deal policy and the racialization of homeownership
by Jacob William Faber, New York University

Bio:
Jacob William Faber is an Associate Professor at New York University's Robert F. Wagner School of Public Service and holds a joint appointment in NYU's Sociology Department. His research and teaching focuses on spatial inequality. He leverages observational and experimental methods to study the mechanisms responsible for sorting individuals across space and how the distribution of people by race and class interacts with political, social, and ecological systems to create and sustain economic disparities. While there is a rich literature exploring the geography of opportunity, there remain many unsettled questions about the causes of segregation and its effects on the residents of urban ghettos, wealthy suburbs, and the diverse set of places in between.

Michigan Population Studies Center (PSC) Brown Bag seminars highlight recent research in population studies and serve as a focal point for building our research community.

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Lecture / Discussion Tue, 18 Jan 2022 13:38:39 -0500 2022-01-24T12:00:00-05:00 2022-01-24T13:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Institute for Social Research Lecture / Discussion event flyer
CVFS COVID-19 2021 Pilot (January 26, 2022 2:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/85341 85341-21626254@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, January 26, 2022 2:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Institute for Social Research

This webinar series on the Chitwan Valley Family Study (CVFS) is about global and comparative population research. Sessions include measuring mental health, Covid-19, linking data, genetics, & migrant data.

Webinar 9: CVFS COVID-19 2021 Pilot
Wednesday, January 26, 2022
2-3pm EDT
Presenter: Sabrina Hermosilla

This webinar will review the methods and primary findings from the COVID-19 CVFS Pilot Study implemented in the first quarter of 2021. This study explored the physical, social, and economic disruptions caused by COVID-19 prevention measures within households of the CVFS. There will be a Q&A session after the presentation.

The webinar will be hosted using Zoom. Registration is required to attend the webinar. Support provided by NICHD (R25 HD101358).

Registration is required for this event: https://umich.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJYqcuCgpz8jGtNqH0O03W4w1QbQmBQAS1ph

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Presentation Tue, 17 Aug 2021 14:47:13 -0400 2022-01-26T14:00:00-05:00 2022-01-26T15:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Institute for Social Research Presentation Nepal mountains
The Scars of Life Course Trauma on the Immune System (January 31, 2022 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/90732 90732-21673478@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, January 31, 2022 12:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Institute for Social Research

The Scars of Life Course Trauma on the Immune System
by Grace Noppert

Monday, January 31
12-1:10 pm ET via Zoom

Abstract:
We are currently observing an unprecedented rise in childhood trauma from COVID-19—specifically related to the loss and disruption of caregiving. Yet, we know little about the impact or persistence of early life trauma on later life immune function. Using nationally representative data on older adults from the U.S. Health and Retirement Study, we examined the association between experiencing parental death or parental separation before the age of 16 years and four markers of immune function in late life: high sensitive C-reactive Protein (CRP), Interleukin-6 (IL-6), soluble Tumor Necrosis Factor (sTNFR), and immune response to cytomegalovirus (CMV) measured by the level of Immunoglobulin G (IgG). We also examined racial and ethnic differences in these associations. We found that racialized minority individuals were more likely to experience parental death/separation in early life compared to non-Hispanic Whites and had poorer immune function in later life. We also found consistent associations between parental death or separation and poor immune function in later life measured by both CMV and IL-6 across all race/ethnic subgroups. This presentation will discuss the growing body of evidence that early life trauma becomes embedded in the architecture of the immune system with consequences for health throughout the life course.

Bio:
Dr. Noppert's work lies at the intersection of biology, sociology, and epidemiology. Her work seeks to explain how social processes become biologically embedded with implications for health across the life course. She began her work as an infectious disease epidemiologist examining health disparities in tuberculosis (TB) in the U.S. Since then, her work has focused on uncovering the social underpinning of a range of infectious diseases, both established (e.g., TB) and emergent (e.g., SARS-CoV-2). Her current work focuses on sociobiological exposures such as persistent viral infections (e.g., CMV, HSV-1, etc.) and how they intersect with the immune system. Understanding the link between social factors, infections, and immune function may hold clues to explaining and disrupting persistent health inequities across the life course.

Michigan Population Studies Center (PSC) Brown Bag seminars highlight recent research in population studies and serve as a focal point for building our research community.

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Lecture / Discussion Tue, 18 Jan 2022 13:39:42 -0500 2022-01-31T12:00:00-05:00 2022-01-31T13:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Institute for Social Research Lecture / Discussion event flyer
Brian M. Wells and Hani Zainulbhai - Using a Web Diary Survey to Measure Out-of-Home Media Consumption and Engagement (February 9, 2022 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/90980 90980-21675125@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, February 9, 2022 12:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Michigan Program in Survey and Data Science

Brian M. Wells is a Senior Data Scientist at Nielsen where he works on a variety of quantitative projects to evaluate, improve, and expand Nielsen panels. Previously he served as the Data Quality and Survey Methodology Manager for the California Health Interview Survey (CHIS) where he evaluated the need for and implemented a new data collection methodology. Brian received his PhD in Survey Methodology from the University of Michigan.

Hani Zainulbhai is a Senior Data Scientist at Nielsen and a 2018 MPSM graduate. At Nielsen, she has been involved in developing alternative recruitment methods for the TV audience measurement panel.

Using a Web Diary Survey to Measure Out-of-Home Media Consumption and Engagement

Dimensions of out-of-home (OOH) media measurement rely on human input and cannot be fully captured through passive data collection via smart devices or portable meters. To better understand OOH TV consumption, we designed a web-based diary survey to capture the various components of OOH TV consumption while trying to minimize recall bias, especially for brief, unanticipated viewings. The study consisted of two parts: a Recruitment phase and a Diary phase. During the Recruitment phase, selected panelists from a nationally representative sample completed a short survey and were asked to participate in the 7-day diary. Those who agreed were enrolled in the Diary and were asked to complete a once-daily diary, logging all their OOH activity and TV consumption. The surveys were conducted over four weeks from mid-October to mid-November 2021, with each week having an independent and representative sample covering a different 7-day period. This presentation will provide an overview of the methodology and process used to administer the Recruitment and Diary surveys, including sample design, recruitment procedures, web-based diary survey design, and participation and response rates for each survey. In addition, we will discuss the results of a questionnaire experiment exploring differences between the concepts of attention to and engagement with media. A random half-sample was assigned questions about either “attention” or “engagement” to each program viewed. Within each half-sample, we also randomly assigned each respondent to an ascending or a descending response order condition to observe if there is any primacy effect due to collection in a self-administered mode. Preliminary results show differences in the distributions for attention and engagement implying some differentiation in how respondents perceive these two measures. In addition, the direction of the response order seems to alter the response distribution for attention but not for engagement.

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Lecture / Discussion Thu, 27 Jan 2022 14:44:56 -0500 2022-02-09T12:00:00-05:00 2022-02-09T13:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Michigan Program in Survey and Data Science Lecture / Discussion Brian M. Wells and Hani Zainulbhai - Using a Web Diary Survey to Measure Out-of-Home Media Consumption and Engagement
Studying Women’s Employment in Chitwan: Seasonal Work History Calendars (February 9, 2022 2:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/85342 85342-21626255@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, February 9, 2022 2:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Institute for Social Research

This webinar series on the Chitwan Valley Family Study (CVFS) is about global and comparative population research. Sessions include measuring mental health, Covid-19, linking data, genetics, & migrant data.

Webinar 10: Studying Women’s Employment in Chitwan: Seasonal Work History Calendars
Wednesday, February 9, 2022
2-3pm EDT
Presenter: Sarah Brauner-Otto

This webinar will describe the process of developing the seasonal work history calendars used to study women’s employment in the CVFS and will provide some illustrations of how to analyze these data alone and in combination with other CVFS components. There will be a Q&A session after the presentation.

The webinar will be hosted using Zoom. Registration is required to attend the webinar. Support provided by NICHD (R25 HD101358).

Registration is required for this event: https://umich.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJcpd-yhqDssGdJq-kASxS6dz-vJ3YTBhr1Q

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Presentation Tue, 17 Aug 2021 14:51:52 -0400 2022-02-09T14:00:00-05:00 2022-02-09T15:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Institute for Social Research Presentation Nepal mountains
Exposure to Violence and Subsequent Weapons Use in Two Urban High-Risk Communities (February 10, 2022 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/91744 91744-21682698@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, February 10, 2022 12:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Institute for Social Research

ISR Insights Speaker Series
Exposure to Violence and Subsequent Weapons Use in Two Urban High-Risk Communities
Thursday, Feb. 10, noon ET via Zoom

Speakers: Eric F. Dubow (Adjunct Research Scientist, Research Center for Group Dynamics; Professor of Psychology, Bowling Green State University) and L. R. Huesmann (Amos N Tversky Collegiate Professor Emeritus of Communication Studies and Psychology, Professor Emeritus of Communication and Media, Professor Emeritus of Psychology, College of LSA and Research Professor Emeritus, Research Center for Group Dynamics, Institute for Social Research)

Researchers Dubow and Huesmann report preliminary results of data that they have collected over the last 13 years from youth and young adults in two diverse, urban, high-crime communities (Flint, MI, and Jersey City, NJ). Their findings have shown that early exposure to weapons violence (whether in the family, neighborhood, or through engaging with violent media) significantly correlates at modest levels with weapon carrying, weapon use or threats-to-use, arrests for weapons use, and criminally violent acts 10 years later. Violence exposure was significantly linked to beliefs about the acceptability of behaving aggressively. They argue that youth who observe more violence with weapons, whether in the family, among peers, in the neighborhood, or through the media or video games become infected from the exposure with a social-cognitive-emotional disease (evidenced particularly by normative beliefs approving of gun violence) that increases their own risk of behaving violently with weapons later in life.

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Lecture / Discussion Mon, 31 Jan 2022 14:38:02 -0500 2022-02-10T12:00:00-05:00 2022-02-10T13:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Institute for Social Research Lecture / Discussion flyer
Precision Health Feb. 2022 Webinar (February 10, 2022 12:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/90513 90513-21671209@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, February 10, 2022 12:30pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Precision Health

Join us for a unique look into data and resources that can accelerate health research and improve clinical care, and concrete examples of how data has provided unprecedented insight into treatment and predicting outcomes. Erin Kaleba, MPH, Director of the Data Office for Clinical and Translational Research, will review the landscape of rich resources available to U-M clinicians and researchers and recent enhancements that greatly simplify access. Brahmajee Nallamothu, MD, MPH, Professor of Internal Medicine - Cardiovascular Diseases and Co-Director of Precision Health, will share real-life case studies of how these resources have improved clinical care and will continue to benefit patients.

This webinar is the fifth in the Precision Health educational series: "Demystifying the Data, Processes, and Tools that Are Changing Clinical Care."

*Please use @umich.edu (NOT @med.umich.edu) email to register.*

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Workshop / Seminar Wed, 05 Jan 2022 16:12:27 -0500 2022-02-10T12:30:00-05:00 2022-02-10T13:30:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Precision Health Workshop / Seminar How clinicians can benefit from precision health tools
CANCELLED - Laura Lindberg - Quality of Abortion Reporting in the US and Pathways to Improvement (February 16, 2022 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/91431 91431-21679571@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, February 16, 2022 12:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Michigan Program in Survey and Data Science

Laura Lindberg
Principal Research Scientist, Guttmacher Institute

Dr. Laura Lindberg is a Principal Research Scientist at the Guttmacher Institute, where she has worked for nearly two decades. As a social demographer, Dr. Lindberg focuses on measuring the trends, determinants and consequences of sexual and reproductive health in the U.S. population and working to improve the quality of survey data on sexual and reproductive behaviors. She currently has two NICHD grants on measurement of core demographic constructs, abortion and contraceptive failure rates. Over the course of her career, she has conducted policy-related research on adolescent sexual behaviors, sex education, adolescent preventive services, unintended pregnancy and contraceptive use. Dr. Lindberg received her undergraduate degree from Princeton University; she earned her MA and PhD in sociology at the University of Michigan, where her favorite class was on survey research methods with Bob Groves.

Quality of Abortion Reporting in the US and Pathways to Improvement

Despite the fact that an estimated one in five pregnancies in the United States end in induced abortion, abortion remains a highly sensitive, stigmatized and thus difficult-to-measure behavior. I will present on a body of recent research designed to help to develop new techniques and improve existing methodologies for measuring abortion reporting. First, I share a series of quantitative analyses to identify the scope and correlates of abortion underreporting for three of the most commonly used national fertility surveys in the United States: the National Survey of Family Growth, the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth 1997, and the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent to Adult Health. These analyses informed the development of new question designs were explored in cognitive interviews and experimentally tested and evaluated in a national survey. Abortion underreporting in population surveys has far-reaching implications for research in sexual and reproductive health and maternal and child health.

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Lecture / Discussion Mon, 14 Feb 2022 09:50:07 -0500 2022-02-16T12:00:00-05:00 2022-02-16T13:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Michigan Program in Survey and Data Science Lecture / Discussion February 16th Seminar Cancelled
Arts Production in an Era of Crowdfunding: Introduction to Data from the Kickstarter Platform (February 16, 2022 1:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/91475 91475-21679947@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, February 16, 2022 1:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research

The National Archive of Data on Arts and Culture is hosting a free webinar on Wednesday, February 16, at 1pm ET about data and research on crowdfunding in arts production. We hope you’re able to join us! To learn more and to register, please visit: https://myumi.ch/xd7rm

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Presentation Tue, 25 Jan 2022 11:51:24 -0500 2022-02-16T13:00:00-05:00 2022-02-16T14:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research Presentation Feb 16 Webinar: Arts Production in an Era of Crowdfunding: Introduction to Data from the Kickstarter Platform
New CVFS Data on the Transition to Adulthood: Web Panel on Sensitive Topics and Hair-based Cortisol to Measure Stress (February 23, 2022 2:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/85343 85343-21626256@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, February 23, 2022 2:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Institute for Social Research

This webinar series on the Chitwan Valley Family Study (CVFS) is about global and comparative population research. Sessions include measuring mental health, Covid-19, linking data, genetics, & migrant data.

Webinar 11:New CVFS Data on the Transition to Adulthood: Web Panel on Sensitive Topics and Hair-based Cortisol to Measure Stress
Wednesday, February 23, 2022
2-3pm EDT
Presenters: William Axinn, Dirgha Ghimire, Heather Gatny, Sabrina Hermosilla

During the 2021-2022 year CVFS is launching two innovative approaches to measurement of key experiences in the transition to adulthood. First, with support from an NICHD R01 to study the consequences of parental mental disorders on their children’s transitions to adulthood, CVFS is launching a new web-based panel survey of potentially sensitive topics, including sex, contraception, sexual assault, alcohol use, and substance use. Second, with support from an NICHD R21 CVFS will launch a large-scale collection and analysis of young adult respondent’s hair samples to measure biological indicators of chronic psychological stress.

The webinar will be hosted using Zoom. Registration is required to attend the webinar. Support provided by NICHD (R25 HD101358).

Registration is required for this event: https://umich.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJAofuGsrD8vGNaAKLUxm-Be3aVG90WSOgS1

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Presentation Tue, 17 Aug 2021 14:56:09 -0400 2022-02-23T14:00:00-05:00 2022-02-23T15:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Institute for Social Research Presentation Nepal mountains
Ipek Bilgen and Amelia Burke-Garcia - The Use of Advanced Social Media Targeting Methodology During Recruitment of Hard-to-Reach Audiences (March 9, 2022 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/91859 91859-21683564@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, March 9, 2022 12:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Michigan Program in Survey and Data Science

The Use of Advanced Social Media Targeting Methodology During Recruitment of Hard-to-Reach Audiences
Ipek Bilgen and Amelia Burke-Garcia

One of the major benefits of social media ad-based survey recruitment is the use of various types of data to target ads to users of these platforms. To target users of social media, researchers can use the basic demographic and geographic that social media platforms currently provide, or they can use enhanced data that can be embedded within the social media platforms supplied by third party providers based on external data sources, e.g., historical purchase data. We will examine whether and how much this enhanced data can impact ad based social media recruitment capabilities to reach niche and hard-to-reach audiences.

To investigate the targeting efficiency, quality, and cost differences among these two approaches that can be used to target audiences within social media platforms, NORC piloted a strategic initiative research study in 2020. A web survey was constructed using existing items from national surveys on individual’s health and online habits, as well as new items related to life changes during the pandemic. Two main audience groups that are generally hard to recruit through probability-based studies were targeted – young adults, ages 18-24, and people with low education (defined as anyone who has completed high school as the highest level of education or lower). Five sets of tailored ads with unique URLs that linked to a web-based survey were designed and launched via Facebook and Instagram. Two sets used basic targeting to recruit the sample and the other three used the enhanced targeting. This brown bag will present the design of the study, our approach to the ads and targeting, and what we learned through our examination of the differences between the samples obtained from basic and advanced targeting on the dimensions of recruited sample composition, survey estimates, and recruitment costs.

Dr. Ipek Bilgen is a Senior Research Methodologist in the Methodology and Quantitative Social Sciences (MQSS) Department at NORC at the University of Chicago. Bilgen is AmeriSpeak Panel’s lead research methodologist. She also directs web and emerging technologies strategic initiative at NORC. She has over a decade of experience in applied survey methods and received both her Ph.D. and M.S. from the Survey Research and Methodology (SRAM) Program at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln.

Bilgen has published and co-authored articles in Journal of Official Statistics, Public Opinion Quarterly, Survey Practice, Social Currents, Social Science Computer Review, Field Methods, SAGE Research Methods, and Quality and Quantity on issues related to interviewing methodology, web surveys, internet sampling and recruitment approaches, cognition and communication, and measurement error in surveys. Her current research investigates panel recruitment and retention, total survey error sources in probability-based online panels, the use of web and emerging technologies in surveys, and questionnaire design and survey implementation issues. Her research also examines studies related to the use of auxiliary data for improved efficiency in surveys that use address-based sampling (ABS) and active survey recruitment through social media and search engines.

Bilgen is currently serving as Associate Editor of Public Opinion Quarterly (POQ). In the past, she has served as an elected member of American Association for Public Opinion Research (AAPOR)’s Executive Council as Membership and Chapter Relations Chair. She has also served on Midwest Association for Public Opinion Research (MAPOR)’s Executive Council as President, Vice President, Conference Chair, and Secretary Treasurer.

Dr. Amelia Burke-Garcia is a seasoned health communications professional with nearly 20 years of experience in health communication program planning, implementation and evaluation, with specific expertise in developing and evaluating digital and social media communication and research. At NORC, she leads the organization's Digital Strategy and Outreach Program Area, where she designs, develops, and implements new digital and mobile data collection methodologies and communication solutions. Most recently, she acted as director for the award-winning How Right Now/Que Hacer Ahora campaign, which is aimed at increasing people’s ability to cope and be resilient amidst the COVID-19 pandemic. She currently leads two grants focused on exploring vaccine hesitancy amongst communities of color which build on her earlier work exploring messages and motivations of vaccine hesitant or refusing social media influencers (findings from which were published in Vaccine in 2020). Over the course of her career, Dr. Burke-Garcia has spearheaded some of the most innovative communication programs and studies on a variety of health topics including designing a targeted social media intervention with mommy bloggers to help social media users lower their risk for breast cancer and leveraging MeetUp groups and the Waze mobile application to move people to action around flu vaccination and HIV testing, respectively. She is the author of the book entitled, Influencing Health: A Comprehensive Guide to Working with Online Influencers and has been named to VeryWellHealth.com’s list of 10 Modern Female Innovators Shaking Up Health Care. She holds a PhD in Communication from George Mason University, a Master’s degree in Communication, Culture, and Technology from Georgetown University, and a joint honours Bachelor’s degree in International Development Studies and Humanistic Studies from McGill University.

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Lecture / Discussion Mon, 07 Feb 2022 12:19:11 -0500 2022-03-09T12:00:00-05:00 2022-03-09T13:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Michigan Program in Survey and Data Science Lecture / Discussion The Use of Advanced Social Media Targeting Methodology During Recruitment of Hard-to-Reach Audiences
Fourth Annual Likert Workshop - Intersections between Cross-Cultural Survey Research and Cross-Cultural Psychology (March 11, 2022 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/92407 92407-21691038@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, March 11, 2022 11:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Michigan Program in Survey and Data Science

Fourth Annual Likert Workshop
Intersections between Cross-Cultural Survey Research and Cross-Cultural Psychology

ONLINE REGISTRATION REQUIRED (Free Virtual Workshop)

 11:00-11:10 - Welcome. Fred Conrad, Director, Program in Survey and Data Science, University of Michigan.

 11:10-11:30 - Introduction. Tim Johnson, Professor Emeritus, University of Illinois at Chicago, Senior Fellow, Center of Excellence in Survey Research, NORC.

 11:30-12:00 - Moving a cross-national general survey from face-to-face to self-completion data collection: a discussion of the cross-national and cross-cultural challenges. Rory Fitzgerald, Director, European Social Survey, City, University of London, U.K.

 12:00-12:10 - Break

 12:10-12:40 - Assessing measurement invariance: Can we make a dead-end road into a highway? Jan Cieciuch, Professor, Psychology, Cardinal Wyszynski University in Warsaw, Poland, URPP Social Networks, University of Zurich, Switzerland Eldad Davidov, Professor, Sociology, University of Cologne, Germany, Sociology and URPP Social Networks, University of Zurich, Switzerland Peter Schmidt, Professor Emeritus, ZEU, University of Giessen, Germany, Psychosomatics, University of Mainz, Germany Daniel Seddig, Professor, Sociology, University of Passau, Germany, University of Cologne, Germany.

 12:40-1:10 - Culture, language and measurement of health. Sunghee Lee, Research Associate Professor, Program in Survey and Data Science, University of Michigan.

 1:10-1:20 - Break

 1:20-1:50 - Voicing politics: How language shapes public opinion. Efrén O. Pérez, Professor, Political Science and Psychology, Director, Race, Ethnicity, Politics & Society (REPS) Lab, UCLA.

 1:50-2:20 - What may this mean? How cultural mindsets influence conversational inferences. Daphna Oyserman, Dean’s Professor, Psychology, University of Southern California, Norbert Schwarz, Provost Professor, Psychology and Marketing, University of Southern California.

 2:20-2:30 - Closing Discussion, Q&A.

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Workshop / Seminar Wed, 16 Feb 2022 08:54:13 -0500 2022-03-11T11:00:00-05:00 2022-03-11T14:30:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Michigan Program in Survey and Data Science Workshop / Seminar Fourth Annual Likert Workshop
How Invalid and Mischievous Survey Responses Bias Estimates of LGBQ-heterosexual Youth Risk Disparities (March 16, 2022 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/92659 92659-21694330@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, March 16, 2022 12:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Institute for Social Research

ISR Inclusive Research Matters
How Invalid and Mischievous Survey Responses Bias Estimates of LGBQ-heterosexual Youth Risk Disparities
March 16, 2022, noon ET via Zoom

Speaker: Joseph Cimpian, Associate Professor of Economics and Education Policy at NYU Steinhardt

Abstract: Survey respondents don’t always take surveys as seriously as researchers would like. Sometimes, they provide intentionally untrue, extreme responses. Other times, they skip items or fill in random patterns. We might be tempted to think this just introduces some random error into the estimates, but these responses can have undue effects on estimates of the wellbeing and risk of minoritized populations, such as racially and sexually minoritized youth. Over the past decade, and with a focus on youth who identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual, or questioning (LGBQ), a variety of data-validity screening techniques have been employed in attempts to scrub datasets of “mischievous responders,” youths who systematically provide extreme and untrue responses to outcome items and who tend to falsely report being LGBQ. In this talk, I discuss how mischievous responders—and invalid responses, more generally—can perpetuate narratives of heightened risk, rather than those of greater resilience in the face of obstacles, for LGBQ youth. The talk will review several recent and ongoing studies using pre-registration and replication to test how invalid data affect LGBQ-heterosexual disparities on a wide range of outcomes. Key findings include: (1) potentially invalid responders inflate some (but not all) LGBQ–heterosexual disparities; (2) this is true more among boys than girls; (3) low-incidence outcomes (e.g., heroin use) are particularly susceptible to bias; and (4) the method for detection and mitigation affects the estimates. Yet, these methods do not solve all data validity concerns, and their limitations are discussed. While the empirical focus of this talk is on LGBQ youth, the issues and methods discussed are relevant to research on other minoritized groups and youth generally, and speak to survey development, methodology, and the robustness and transparency of research.

Biography: Joseph Cimpian, Ph.D., is an Associate Professor of Economics and Education Policy at NYU Steinhardt and associated faculty at NYU Wagner. He earned a Ph.D. in Economics of Education from Stanford University. His research focuses on the use and development of novel and rigorous methods to study equity and policy, particularly concerning language minorities, gender, and sexual minorities. One line of his research examines how “mischievous responders”—youth who provide extreme and untrue responses—can bias estimates of majority-minority group disparities. Some of his other work examines how beliefs about gender and math ability contribute to gender gaps in STEM. Prior to joining the faculty at NYU, Cimpian was an Associate Professor and College of Education Distinguished Scholar at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. His work has been funded by the Spencer Foundation, the AERA Grants Board, the National Science Foundation, and the Institute of Education Sciences. His research has been published in some of the top journals in education, psychology, health, and policy, and has been featured by the New York Times, the Washington Post, NPR, and Brookings, among other outlets. He presented his work on English learner reclassification policies at a U.S. Congressional briefing and for the Council of Chief State School Officers. At NYU, he teaches intermediate and advanced graduate courses on causal inference. He is currently an Editor of Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis, and is on the editorial boards of several other education and psychology journals.

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Lecture / Discussion Wed, 02 Mar 2022 11:57:41 -0500 2022-03-16T12:00:00-04:00 2022-03-16T13:10:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Institute for Social Research Lecture / Discussion flyer
The Mental Health Consequences of Vicarious Adolescent Police Exposure (March 21, 2022 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/91194 91194-21677140@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, March 21, 2022 12:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Institute for Social Research

The Mental Health Consequences of Vicarious Adolescent Police Exposure
by Kristin Turney, University of California, Irvine

Monday, March 21, 12-1pm ET via Zoom

Michigan Population Studies Center (PSC) Brown Bag seminars highlight recent research in population studies and serve as a focal point for building our research community.

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Lecture / Discussion Tue, 18 Jan 2022 16:53:57 -0500 2022-03-21T12:00:00-04:00 2022-03-21T13:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Institute for Social Research Lecture / Discussion flyer
PODS Grant Showcase (March 23, 2022 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/92610 92610-21693587@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, March 23, 2022 12:00pm
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: Michigan Institute for Data Science

The PODS Grant Showcase will bring together all of the 2021 awarded teams to present on their proposals and the work accomplished so far in the projects. Lightning talks will be given by most teams with deeper dives on certain projects.

Please RSVP if you plan to attend.

Click here for more information about the 2021 PODS Awardees.

Schedule:
- 12:00pm - Light Lunch
- 12:30pm - Introduction, Opening remarks
- 12:36pm - IPODS: Innovative and Powerful Optimization methods for Data science with Statistical guarantees, Albert Berahas (Industrial & Operations Engineering)
- 12:42pm - Supporting decision-making for a vital waterway in the Great lakes by machine learning model-based lake ice forecasting, Ayumi Fujisaki-Manome (CIGLR in SEAS, CLASP)
- 12:48pm - Robust machine learning under distribution shifts and shocks: Application to sustainable air quality, Paramveer Dhillon (School of Information)
- 12:54pm - Data science approach towards a socio-ecological framework for the investigation of continental urban stream water quality pattern, Runzi Wang (School for Environment and Sustainability)
- 1:00pm - Using Geospatial Data Science to Identify Vulnerable Communities to Climate Change, Joshua Newell (School for Environment and Sustainability)
- 1:17pm - Break
- 1:27pm - Ensuring FAIRness in Social Media Archives, Libby Hemphill (School of Information, ICPSR)
- 1:33pm - Images to Integrated Data: Piloting new methods to digitize, parse, and link historical records, Joseph Alexander (ICPSR, Population Studies Center)
- 1:39pm - Measuring Racial Disparity in the Language of Physician-Patient Interactions, David Jurgens (School of Information, Computer Science and Engineering)
- 1:56pm - Classifying the Content of Undergraduate Course-taking at Scale, Kevin Stange (Ford School of Public Policy)
- 2:02pm - Exploring attention-based deep learning methods for improving students’ ability to engage with scientific literature, Kevyn Collins-Thompson (School of Information, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science)
- 2:19pm - Break
- 2:29pm - Coordinated Multi-building Modeling and Management for Flexible Grid Service Innovation, Eunshin Byon (Industrial and Operations Engineering, Civil and Environmental Engineering)
- 2:35pm - Interpretable Machine Learning for Identifying Descriptors of Catalysts for Chemical Conversion, Bryan Goldsmith (Chemical Engineering)
- 2:41pm - Equitable Models for Persistent Opioid Use Prediction and Personalization, Rahul Ladhania (Health Management & Policy, Biostatistics)
- 2:47pm - Machine learning augmented system for continuous fetal monitoring, Kathleen Sienko (Mechanical Engineering)
- 2:53pm - Scientifically-Structured Latent Variable Methods for High-Dimensional Data to Individualize Healthcare, Zhenke Wu (Biostatistics, School of Public Health)
- 3:00pm - End

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Workshop / Seminar Sun, 20 Feb 2022 22:15:17 -0500 2022-03-23T12:00:00-04:00 2022-03-23T15:00:00-04:00 Weiser Hall Michigan Institute for Data Science Workshop / Seminar MIDAS Events
PDHP Workshop: Tools For Reproducible Research (March 28, 2022 9:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/93103 93103-21700723@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, March 28, 2022 9:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Institute for Social Research

Despite the recent increase in the amount and complexity of data available, the social sciences are nonetheless facing a reproducibility crisis as previous findings fail to replicate. Both of these trends highlight the need for improving reproducibility and collaboration in the social sciences, an increasingly important topic that is rarely covered in traditional academic training.

Please join as we conduct a new PDHP workshop titled “Tools For Reproducible Research,” presented by Alexandru Cernat (associate professor of social statistics, University of Manchester). This half-day workshop will cover the main concepts of reproducible research as well as best practices in the field (including meta-analyses, pre-registration, and sensitivity analysis), while mixing both lecture and practical application. Attendees will also get hands-on practice with state-of-the-art tools of reproducible research, such as research project management using R/RStudio and version control using Github.

Topics covered:
-Challenges to social research such as publication bias and specification bias
-Solutions to the reproducibility crisis: meta-analyses, pre-registration, and sensitivity analysis
-Tools for better research workflows: project management (via Rprojects and the renv package), version control via Github, and dynamic documents (via git, usethis and Rmarkdown)

As always, this workshop is free of cost and open to the public. Please RSVP for this event: https://pdhp.isr.umich.edu/workshops/

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Workshop / Seminar Tue, 08 Mar 2022 08:56:56 -0500 2022-03-28T09:00:00-04:00 2022-03-28T13:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Institute for Social Research Workshop / Seminar flyer
Giving Rare Populations a Voice in Public Opinion Research: Pew Research Center’s Strategies for Surveying Muslim Americans, Jewish Americans, and Other Populations (April 6, 2022 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/92209 92209-21688189@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, April 6, 2022 12:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Institute for Social Research

ISR Inclusive Research Matters
Giving Rare Populations a Voice in Public Opinion Research: Pew Research Center’s Strategies for Surveying Muslim Americans, Jewish Americans, and Other Populations
April 6, 2022, noon ET via Zoom

Speaker: Courtney Kennedy, Director of Survey Research at Pew Research Center

Abstract:

A typical public opinion survey cannot provide reliable insights into the attitudes and experiences of relatively small and diverse religious groups, such as adults identifying as Jewish or Muslim. Not only are the sample sizes too small, but adults who speak languages such as Russian, Arabic, or Farsi (and not English) are excluded from interviewing. This presentation discusses how Pew Research Center has sought to address this research gap by fielding large, multilingual probability-based surveys of special populations. Examples include the Center’s 2017 Survey of Muslim Americans and the 2020 Survey of Jewish Americans. These studies present numerous challenges in sampling, recruitment, crafting appropriate questions, and weighting. The presentation will also discuss the Center’s methods for studying racial and ethnic populations with the goal of reporting on diversity within these populations, as opposed to treated them as monolithic groups.

Bio:

Courtney Kennedy is director of survey research at Pew Research Center. Her team is responsible for the design of the Center’s U.S. surveys and maintenance of the American Trends Panel. Kennedy conducts experimental research to improve the accuracy of public opinion polls. Her research focuses on nonresponse, weighting, modes of administration and sampling frames. Her work has been published in Public Opinion Quarterly, the Journal of Survey Statistics and Methodology and the Journal of Official Statistics. She has served as a co-author on five American Association for Public Opinion Research (AAPOR) task force reports, including chairing the committee that evaluated polling in the 2016 presidential election. Prior to joining Pew Research Center, Kennedy served as vice president of the advanced methods group at Abt SRBI, where she was responsible for designing complex surveys and assessing data quality. She has served as a statistical consultant for the U.S. Census Bureau’s decennial census and panels convened by the National Academies of Science, Engineering, and Medicine. Kennedy has a doctorate from the University of Michigan and a master’s degree from the University of Maryland, both in survey methodology. She received bachelor’s degrees from the University of Michigan in statistics and political science. Kennedy has served as AAPOR standards chair and conference chair.

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Lecture / Discussion Tue, 22 Feb 2022 09:21:45 -0500 2022-04-06T12:00:00-04:00 2022-04-06T13:10:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Institute for Social Research Lecture / Discussion flyer
Responsible Data Science and AI mini-symposium (April 6, 2022 1:15pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/93987 93987-21713513@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, April 6, 2022 1:15pm
Location: Palmer Commons
Organized By: Michigan Institute for Data Science

Data science and AI are having a significant impact on society in uncountable ways, leading to huge benefits in many cases. Yet, increasingly complex analytical pipelines working with poorly understood heterogeneous data sets can give rise to harms in many ways. Furthermore, there could be deleterious systemic effects such as the magnification of disinformation or surveillance capitalism. There has been tremendous recent interest in understanding and managing these concerns.
The Mini-Symposium is a part of the Future Leaders Summit two day event and is open to the public. Below is the event schedule:
1:15 PM - Opening Remarks, Jing Liu (Managing Director, MIDAS, University of Michigan)
1:20 PM - Why Data Scientists Should Care About Data Equity, H.V. Jagadish (Director, MIDAS, University of Michigan)
2:00 PM - Responsible data science is equitable, informed, and secure, David Mongeau (University of Texas San Antonio)
2:40 PM – GeoAI and Spatial Data Science: with Great Power comes Great Responsibility, Shashi Shekhar (University of Minnesota)
3:20 PM - Break
3:40 PM – When Algorithms Trade: Modeling AI in Financial Markets, Michael Wellman (University of Michigan)
4:20 PM – Who Decides What Counts? AI and Big Data: Applications in Economic and Social Science Research, Frauke Kreuter (University of Maryland)
5:00 PM – Panel: Research directions and future breakthroughs, All speakers

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Conference / Symposium Fri, 25 Mar 2022 14:37:52 -0400 2022-04-06T13:15:00-04:00 2022-04-06T17:30:00-04:00 Palmer Commons Michigan Institute for Data Science Conference / Symposium Responsible Data Science and AI Mini Symposium Flyer
2022 Investigators Awards Launch Event (April 7, 2022 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/92973 92973-21698652@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, April 7, 2022 10:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Precision Health

Join us for a lively, fast-paced series of presentations (3 minutes each!) by our most recently funded project PIs. Hear what exciting challenges they're taking on and see how multidisciplinary teams are working together to improve health.

After these presentations, we will open breakout rooms to invite your ideas on the following topics:
Tackling Health Disparities through Precision Health
New Advances in Health Image Analysis
Using Genetic Information to Individualize Patient Care
Reinforcement Learning & Causal Inference in Healthcare
Learning from Multi-institution EHR data Opportunities to Enhance Data Sharing and Collaboration
What's missing from Precision Health resources?

The launching projects include:
Anouck Girard (COE), Josephine Kasa-Vubu (Med), Michael DiPietro (Med) -- "Using Artificial Intelligence To Broaden and Diversify Outdated Standards for the Determination of Skeletal Maturation in Growing Children"

Todd Hollon (COE), Honglak Lee (COE), Sandra Camelo-Piragua (Med) -- "Rapid Intraoperative Molecular Diagnosis of Diffuse Gliomas Using Stimulated Raman Histology and Deep Neural Networks"

Hui Jiang (SPH) -- "Statistical and Computational Methods for Asymmetric Integration of Datasets from Different Cancers for the Identification of Cancer-related Genes and Biomarkers in Case-control Analyses"

Michael Mathis (Med) -- "Predicting Cardiac Surgery-Associated Acute Kidney Injury using Federated Learning"

Amy Pasternak (Pharm), Vaibhav Sahai (Med) -- "Assessing the Impact of Germline Pharmacogenetics (PGx) on Medication Outcomes and Clinician Prescribing Decisions in Patients with Cancer"

Scott Peltier (BME), Zhongming Liu (BME) -- "Deep Learning for Prediction of Mild Cognitive Impairment and Dementia of the Alzheimer’s Type"

Xu Shi (SPH) -- "Automated Harmonization of Multi-institutional Electronic Health Records Data"


Questions? Contact Tina Creguer, tcreguer@umich.edu.

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Presentation Thu, 03 Mar 2022 16:52:49 -0500 2022-04-07T10:00:00-04:00 2022-04-07T11:30:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Precision Health Presentation Precision Health Investigators Awards
Native Americans of the Upper Great Lakes: Sociological and Historical Perspectives on Land and Schooling Among the Anishinaabek (April 7, 2022 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/93434 93434-21704490@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, April 7, 2022 12:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Institute for Social Research

ISR Insights Speaker Series:
"Native Americans of the Upper Great Lakes: Sociological and Historical Perspectives on Land and Schooling Among the Anishinaabek"
Thursday, April 7, noon ET via Zoom

Presenters:
-Arland Thornton, Department of Sociology, Institute for Social Research, and Native American Studies, the University of Michigan
-Eric Hemenway, Anishanaabe/Odawa. Director of Archives and Records, Little Traverse Bay Bands of Odawa Indians, Harbor Springs, Michigan.
-Linda Young-DeMarco, Survey Research Center, Institute for Social Research, University of Michigan
-Alphonse Pitawanakwat, Odawa member of Wiikemkoong First Nation Unceded Territory, Ontario, Canada. Lecturer in American Culture and Native American Studies at the University of Michigan.
-Lindsey Willow Smith, Citizen of the Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians, University of Michigan Class of 2022, History and Museum Studies B.A.

Abstract:
In this presentation a team of researchers from the University of Michigan and the Little Traverse Bay Bands of Odawa Indians Archive and Records Department discuss the land and schooling of the Anishinaabek—the Three Fires of the Odawa, Ojibwe, and Potawatomi. Of particular focus is the spread of Euro-American schooling among the Anishinaabek from the early 1800s through 1950. We trace the establishment of schools in the early 1800s and the growth of literacy and school attainment from the 1850s through 1940. In addition to considering schooling levels and trends of the Anishinaabek at the national level, we examine state differences, and focus on one particular group, the Little Traverse Bay Bands of Odawa Indians, who today live in Waganakising—the Land of the Crooked Tree—located in the northwest portion of the lower peninsula of Michigan.

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Lecture / Discussion Tue, 15 Mar 2022 09:21:53 -0400 2022-04-07T12:00:00-04:00 2022-04-07T13:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Institute for Social Research Lecture / Discussion flyer