Applied Stats Seminar 

 The Research Workshop in Applied Statistics brings together the statistical community at Harvard for a lively exchange of ideas.  It is a forum for graduate students, faculty, and visiting scholars to present and discuss their work.  We advertise the workshop as "a tour of Harvard's statistical innovations and applications," with weekly stops in different disciplines such as economics, epidemiology, medicine, political science, psychology, public policy, public health, sociology and statistics.  The topics of papers presented in recent years include matching estimators, missing data, Bayesian simulation, sample selection, detecting biological attacks, imaging the Earth's interior, incumbency in primary elections, the effects of marriage on crime, and revealed preference rankings of universities. 

 One of the strengths of the workshop is its diverse group of faculty sponsors.  This year's sponsors include Alberto Abadie (Kennedy School), Garrett Fitzmaurice (School of Public Health), Lee Fleming (Business School), Guido Imbens (Economics), Gary King (Government), Kevin Quinn (Government), James Robins (School of Public Health), Donald Rubin (Statistics), and Christopher Winship (Sociology).  The workshop provides an excellent opportunity for informal interaction between graduate students and faculty. 

 The workshop meets Wednesdays during the academic year; lunch is provided.  If you are interested, come to our organizational meeting on Wednesday, September 21 at noon in Room N354 at the Institute for Quantitative Social Science (IQSS is located on the 3rd Floor of CGIS North, 1737 Cambridge St., located behind the Design School).  Course credit is available for students as an upper-level class in either Government or Sociology.   

 For more information, check out our website at   here  .  There you will find contact information, the schedule of presentations, and links to papers from previous presentations.  We'll also be using this blog to announce speakers and to post reports from the workshop, so check back here often.  We hope to see many of you there.  If you have any questions, feel free to e-mail me at   kellerm@fas.harvard.edu .