4 papers
A Transformation-free Linear Regression for Compositional Outcomes and Predictors
Jacob Fiksel, Scott Zeger, Abhirup Datta
Compositional data are common in many fields, both as outcomes and predictor variables. The inventory of models for the case when both the outcome and predictor variables are compo…
Generalized Bayes Quantification Learning under Dataset Shift
Jacob Fiksel, Abhirup Datta, Agbessi Amouzou +1
Quantification learning is the task of prevalence estimation for a test population using predictions from a classifier trained on a different population. Quantification methods ass…
Using GitHub Classroom To Teach Statistics
Jacob Fiksel, Johanna S. Hardin, Leah R. Jager +1
Git and GitHub are common tools for keeping track of multiple versions of data analytic content, which allow for more than one person to simultaneously work on a project. GitHub Cl…
Regularized Bayesian transfer learning for population level etiological distributions
Abhirup Datta, Jacob Fiksel, Agbessi Amouzou +1
Computer-coded verbal autopsy (CCVA) algorithms predict cause of death from high-dimensional family questionnaire data (verbal autopsies) of a deceased individual. CCVA algorithms…