The Statistical Society of Australia (SSA) and the Australian Research Council (ARC) Centre of Excellence for Mathematical and Statistical Frontiers (ACEMS) are pleased to announce the following workshop:

Workshop: Propensity score methods for estimating causal effects in non-experimental studies: The why, what, and how

on 21 Oct 2019  at UTS in Sydney.

This workshop is presented by Elizabeth A. Stuart, PhD, Professor in the Department of Mental Health at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, with joint appointments in the Department of Biostatistics and the Department of Health Policy and Management, and Associate Dean for Education at JHSPH. Professor Stuart received her PhD in statistics in 2004 from Harvard University and is a Fellow of the American Statistical Association. She has extensive experience in methods for estimating causal effects and dealing with the complications of missing data in experimental and non-experimental studies, particularly as applied to mental health, public policy, and education.

This workshop is suitable for a varied audience, ranging from people with no experience with propensity scores to those with some experience who want to learn more, especially about various data complexities. General knowledge of regression and logistic regression is useful.

Registrations for this event close strictly on 14 October 2019, will the Early Bird registration deadline being set for 30 September.

For more information about this workshop and to register, please click here.

Kind regards,

Marie-Louise Rankin
Executive Officer, SSA