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DESCRIPTION:With Reference to What?. Goals and criteria guide much of stati
 stical practice. I discuss statistical considerations associated with infe
 rence to a reference population\, and those guided by a goal or a criterio
 n. Reference population examples come from clinical trials\, epidemiology 
 & surveys\, with representation an overarching issue. Goal/criterion guide
 d examples are drawn from summarizing lab assays and from hospital profili
 ng. I close with comments on a related administrative and political issue:
  the what & the how.\n\nCONTACT: 265-2411\, smcarlso@wisc.edu\n\nURL: http
 s://biostat.wisc.edu/events/demets-lecture-series/
LOCATION:1306 Health Sciences Learning Center
SUMMARY:DeMets Lecture 1 with Tom Louis of Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School o
 f Public Health\, with reception to follow
URL;VALUE=URI:https://biostat.wisc.edu/events/demets-lecture-series/
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DESCRIPTION:Improved Small Domain Estimation via Compromise Regression Weig
 hts. Shrinkage estimation of small domain parameters typically combines a 
 noisy direct estimate with a more stable regression estimate. However\, if
  the regression model is misspecified\, the optimal (MLE) estimate of regr
 ession parameters can degrade performance. Jiang et all addressed this wit
 h the Observed. Best Predictor (OBP). Dr. Louis introduces a class of empi
 rically informed regression weights that are convex combination of the MLE
  and OBP values-a Compromise Best Predictor (CBP).\n\nCONTACT: juan.caiced
 o@wisc.edu\n\nURL: https://biostat.wisc.edu/events/department-seminars\n\n
 ONLINE: https://uwmadison.zoom.us/j/96633729112
LOCATION:7560 Morgridge Hall  (Also offered online)
SUMMARY:DeMets Lecture 2 with Tom Louis of Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School o
 f Public Health
URL;VALUE=URI:https://biostat.wisc.edu/events/department-seminars
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