DeMets Lecture 1 with Tom Louis of Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, with reception to follow
With Reference to What?
Event Details
Date
Thursday, November 12, 2026
Time
3:45-4:45 p.m.
Location
Description
Goals and criteria guide much of statistical practice. I discuss statistical considerations associated with inference to a reference population, and those guided by a goal or a criterion. Reference population examples come from clinical trials, epidemiology & surveys, with representation an overarching issue. Goal/criterion guided examples are drawn from summarizing lab assays and from hospital profiling. I close with comments on a related administrative and political issue: the what & the how.
Cost
Free
Contact
Accessibility
We value inclusion and access for all participants and are pleased to provide reasonable accommodations for this event. Please call 608-265-2411 (voice and text) or email smcarlso@wisc.edu to make a disability-related accommodation request. Requests should be made by Thursday, October 29, 2026, though reasonable effort will be made to support late accommodation requests.