46 citations
3 papers
stat.AP2020
A Bayes Factor Approach with Informative Prior for Rare Genetic Variant Analysis from Next Generation Sequencing Data
Jingxiong Xu, Wei Xu, Laurent Briollais
The discovery of rare genetic variants through Next Generation Sequencing is a very challenging issue in the field of human genetics. We propose a novel region-based statistical ap…
stat.ME2017★ 46 cited
A Bayesian view of doubly robust causal inference
Olli Saarela, Léo R. Belzile, David A. Stephens
In causal inference confounding may be controlled either through regression adjustment in an outcome model, or through propensity score adjustment or inverse probability of treatme…
cs.SI2016★ 6 cited
A Machine Learning Analysis of Twitter Sentiment to the Sandy Hook Shootings
Nan Wang, Blesson Varghese, Peter D. Donnelly
Gun related violence is a complex issue and accounts for a large proportion of violent incidents. In the research reported in this paper, we set out to investigate the pro-gun and…