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Estimating and Correcting Degree Ratio Bias in the Network Scale-up Method
Ian Laga, Jessica P. Kunke, Tyler H. McCormick +1
The Network Scale-up Method (NSUM) uses social networks and answers to "How many X's do you know?" questions to estimate sizes of groups excluded by standard surveys. This paper ad…
A Correlated Network Scale-up Model: Finding the Connection Between Subpopulations
Ian Laga, Le Bao, Xiaoyue Niu
Aggregated relational data (ARD), formed from "How many X's do you know?" questions, is a powerful tool for learning important network characteristics with incomplete network data.…
A Bayesian hierarchical modeling approach to combining multiple data sources: A case study in size estimation
Jacob Parsons, Xiaoyue Niu, Le Bao
To combat the HIV/AIDS pandemic effectively, targeted interventions among certain key populations play a critical role. Examples of such key populations include sex workers, people…
Evaluating the relative contribution of data sources in a Bayesian analysis with the application of estimating the size of hard to reach populations
Jacob Parsons, Xiaoyue Niu, Le Bao
When using multiple data sources in an analysis, it is important to understand the influence of each data source on the analysis and the consistency of the data sources with each o…
What Can We Learn from the Travelers Data in Detecting Disease Outbreaks -- A Case Study of the COVID-19 Epidemic
Le Bao, Ying Zhang, Xiaoyue Niu
Background: Travel is a potent force in the emergence of disease. We discussed how the traveler case reports could aid in a timely detection of a disease outbreak. Methods: Using t…
Modeling the Marked Presence-only Data: A Case Study of Estimating the Female Sex Worker Size in Malawi
Ian Laga, Xiaoyue Niu, Le Bao
Certain subpopulations like female sex workers (FSW), men who have sex with men (MSM), and people who inject drugs (PWID) often have higher prevalence of HIV/AIDS and are difficult…
Near-Balanced Incomplete Block Designs with An Application to Poster Competitions
Xiaoyue Niu, James L. Rosenberger
Judging scholarly posters creates a challenge to assign the judges efficiently. If there are many posters and few reviews per judge, the commonly used Balanced Incomplete Block Des…
A Dynamic Additive and Multiplicative Effects Model with Application to the United Nations Voting Behaviors
Bomin Kim, Xiaoyue Niu, David R. Hunter +1
Motivated by a study of United Nations voting behaviors, we introduce a regression model for a series of networks that are correlated over time. Our model is a dynamic extension of…
Estimating HIV Epidemics for Sub-National Areas
Le Bao, Xiaoyue Niu, Mary Mahy +1
As the global HIV pandemic enters its fourth decade, increasing numbers of surveillance sites have been established which allows countries to look into the epidemics at a finer sca…
A Hierarchical Model for Estimating HIV Epidemics
Le Bao, Mary Mahy, Xiaoyue Niu +2
As the global HIV pandemic enters its fourth decade, increasing numbers of surveillance sites have been established which allows countries to look into the epidemics at a finer sca…
Joint Mean and Covariance Modeling of Multiple Health Outcome Measures
Xiaoyue Niu, Peter D. Hoff
Health exams determine a patient's health status by comparing the patient's measurement with a population reference range, a 95% interval derived from a homogeneous reference popul…