Title: Modified Inferential Methods on Restricted Parameters in Multivariate Regression Analysis: Applications in Socio-demographic Research Speaker: Sheikh Mohammad Sayem                PhD Researcher, ISRT   Abstract: Multivariate regression analysis is getting increasing attention among the socio-demographers due to the complex nature of the interdependence of the response variables. This PhD research is to carry

Title of the Talk: Can We Train Machine Learning Methods to Outperform the High-dimensional Propensity Score Algorithm? Speaker: Dr. M. Ehsan Karim                Assistant Professor, SPPH, UBC                Scientist & Biostatistician, CHEOS, Canada Venue: ISRT Seminar room ---------------------------------------Abstract-------------------------------------------------------------------- The use of retrospective health care claims datasets

Title: Non-inferiority testing under generalized Poisson distribution Venue: ISRT seminar room  Speaker:  Md Abu Manju, PhD                 Department of Mathematics and Computer Science                 Eindhoven University of Technology, Eindhoven, The Netherlands   Abstract: In recent years, non-inferiority studies for count data have been increasingly

Title: Joint Modeling of Longitudinal Response and Time-To-Event Data Using Conditional Distributions: A Bayesian Perspective   Speaker: Arindom Chakraborty, PhD                Assistant Professor                Department of Statistics                Visva-Bharati University, India   Abstract: Over last twenty or more years a lot

Title: Long-run relationship between the unemployment rate and the trade balance in the United States: an empirical analysis Speaker: Haydory Akbar Ahmed Missouri State University Department of Economics, 901 S National Avenue Springfield, MO 65897, USA   Abstract: Dynamics between the unemployment rate and the trade balance has both economic and political relevance. From a macroeconomic perspective,