Spring 2024 Quantitative Events Across Campus

This page includes links to quantitative events happening around campus, including those being hosted by the Quantitative Methodology Center, the Quantitative Psychology program, the Department of Statistics, and the Institute for Population Research (IPR). Links should include additional links to register to attend events.


January


Tuesday, January 9 3:00 p.m. — 4:00 p.m. — Seminar Series: Sen Na, hosted by the Department of Statistics (209 W 18th Ave, Room 170)

Thursday, January 11 3:00 p.m. — 4:00 p.m. — Seminar Series: Jing Ouyang, hosted by the Department of Statistics (209 W 18th Ave, Room 170)

Thursday, January 11 4:00 p.m. — 6:00 p.m. — Systemic racism: individuals and interactions, institutions and society, hosted by the Institute for Population Research (IPR) (Psychology Building, Room 035)

Tuesday, January 16 3:00 p.m. — 4:00 p.m. — Seminar Series: Ben Roycraft, hosted by the Department of Statistics (209 W 18th Ave, Room 170)

Friday,  January 19 12:00 p.m. — 1:00 p.m. — By the Numbers Discussion Series: School Pandemic Preparedness By the Numbers, Josue (Josh) De La Rosa, Director of Annual Reports and Information at the NCES, hosted by the Quantitative Methodology Center (QMC) (Zoom)

Monday, January 22  12:30 p.m. — 1:30 p.m. — Modeling Construct Change Over Time Amidst Potential Changes in Construct Measurement: A Longitudinal Moderated Factor Analysis Approach, hosted by the Quantitative Psychology Program (Psychology Building, Room 035)

Tuesday, January 23  12:30 p.m. — 1:30 p.m. — IPR Seminar Series – Dr. Lisa Diamond, hosted by the Institute for Population Research (IPR) (Townshend Hall, Room 038)

Tuesday, January 23 3:00 p.m. — 4:00 p.m. — Seminar Series: Sagnik Nandy, hosted by the Department of Statistics (209 W 18th Ave, Room 170)

Tuesday, January 25 3:00 p.m. — 4:00 p.m. — Seminar Series: Doudou Zhou, hosted by the Department of Statistics (209 W 18th Ave, Room 170)

Monday, January 29  12:30 p.m. — 1:30 p.m. — Reflections on the Within-Between Dispute in Cross-Lagged Panel Research, hosted by the Quantitative Psychology Program (Zoom)

Tuesday, January 30  12:30 p.m. — 1:30 p.m. — IPR Seminar Series – Dr. Megan O’Neil, hosted by the Institute for Population Research (IPR) (Townshend Hall, Room 038)


February


Thursday, February 1 3:00 p.m. — 4:00 p.m. — Seminar Series: Yiqun Chen, hosted by the Department of Statistics (209 W 18th Ave, Room 170)

Friday, February 2 10:00 a.m. — 11: a.m. — Basic Data Cleaning for Education and Social Sciences session 1: Fundamental Procedures for Data Cleaning led by Lizeng Huang, Ph.D. Student in Learning Technologies , hosted by the Quantitative Methodology Center (QMC) (Zoom)

Friday, February 2 12:30 p.m. — 2:00 p.m. — Introduction to R, hosted by the Institute for Population Research (IPR) (Townshend Hall, Room 038)

Monday, February 5  12:30 p.m. — 1:30 p.m. — An approach to structural equation modeling with both factors and components, hosted by the Quantitative Psychology Program (Psychology Building, Room 035)

Tuesday, February 6 12:30 p.m. — 1:30 p.m. — Introduction to R, hosted by the Institute for Population Research (IPR) (Townshend Hall, Room 038)

Tuesday, February 6 3:00 p.m. — 4:00 p.m. — IPR Seminar Series – Dr. Nicole Kreisberg, hosted by the Department of Statistics (Virtual)

Monday, February 5  12:30 p.m. — 1:30 p.m. — Vocabulary Size and Working Memory Effects on Bilingualism: Figurative Language Processing under fMRI., hosted by the Quantitative Psychology Program (Psychology Building, Room 035)

Friday, February 9 10:00 a.m. — 11: a.m. — Basic Data Cleaning for Education and Social Sciences session 2: Intermediate Techniques in Managing Outliers and Missing Data led by Lizeng Huang, Ph.D. Student in Learning Technologies , hosted by the Quantitative Methodology Center (QMC) (Zoom)

Thursday, February 15 3:00 p.m. — 4:00 p.m. — Seminar Series: Arkajyoti Saha, hosted by the Department of Statistics (209 W 18th Ave, Room 170)

Friday, February 16 10:00 a.m. — 11: a.m. — Basic Data Cleaning for Education and Social Sciences session 3: Advanced Transformation: Computing, Recoding, and Merging Data led by Lizeng Huang, Ph.D. Student in Learning Technologies , hosted by the Quantitative Methodology Center (QMC) (Zoom)

Monday, February 19  12:30 p.m. — 1:30 p.m. — Structural Equation Modeling of Relational Data-Structures, hosted by the Quantitative Psychology Program (Psychology Building, Room 035)

Tuesday, February 20 12:30 p.m. — 1:30 p.m. — IPR Seminar Series – Dr. Samuel Kye, hosted by the Institute for Population Research (IPR) (Townshend Hall, Room 038)

Tuesday, February 20 3:00 p.m. — 4:00 p.m. — Seminar Series: Kate Hu, hosted by the Department of Statistics (209 W 18th Ave, Room 170)

Monday, February 26  12:30 p.m. — 1:30 p.m. —  Intra- and Inter-Individual Variability in Psychological Processes in Dyadic Interactions, hosted by the Quantitative Psychology Program (Psychology Building, Room 035)

Tuesday, February 27 12:30 p.m. — 1:30 p.m. — IPR Seminar Series – Dr. Michael Esposito, hosted by the Institute for Population Research (IPR) (Townshend Hall, Room 038)

Tuesday, February 27 3:00 p.m. — 4:00 p.m. — Seminar Series: Paul Wiemann, hosted by the Department of Statistics (209 W 18th Ave, Room 170)

 


March

Friday, March 1 12:00 p.m. — 1:00 p.m. — Speaker Series: Dr. Matthew Kraft, Associate Professor of Education and Economics at Brown University, Interpreting the Magnitude and Policy Relevance of Effect Sizes in Education Research, hosted by the Quantitative Methodology Center (QMC) (Zoom)

Friday, March 1 12:30 p.m. — 1:30 p.m. — Using Survey Weights in R, hosted by the Institute for Population Research (IPR) (Townshend Hall, Room 038)

Monday, March 4  12:30 p.m. — 1:30 p.m. — Next-Generation Process Data Innovations with the introduction of Sequential Reservoir Model, hosted by the Quantitative Psychology Program (Psychology Building, Room 035)

Tuesday, March 5 12:30 p.m. — 1:30 p.m. — IPR Seminar Series – Dr. Courtney Lynch, hosted by the Institute for Population Research (IPR) (Townshend Hall, Room 038)

Tuesday, March 19 12:30 p.m. — 1:30 p.m. — IPR Seminar Series – Dr. Jenny Higgins, hosted by the Institute for Population Research (IPR) (Townshend Hall, Room 038)

Friday, March 22 12:00 p.m. — 1:00 p.m. — Speaker Series: Dr. Kimberly Turner, Assistant Professor of International Affairs, University of Pittsburgh, hosted by the Quantitative Methodology Center (QMC) (Zoom)

Tuesday, March 26 12:30 p.m. — 1:30 p.m. — Information Session on Federal Statistics Research Data Center at OSU, hosted by the Institute for Population Research (IPR) (Townshend Hall, Room 038

Friday,  March 29 12:00 p.m. — 1:00 p.m. — By the Numbers Discussion Series: High School Graduation By the Numbers, Dr. Douglas Harris, Schlieder Foundation Chair in Public Education & Director, National Center for Research on Education Access and Choice (REACH), Tulane University, hosted by the Quantitative Methodology Center (QMC) (Zoom)


April


Tuesday, April 2 12:30 p.m. — 1:30 p.m. — IPR Seminar Series – Dr. Jennifer Karas Montez, hosted by the Institute for Population Research (IPR) (Townshend Hall, Room 038)

Friday,  April 5 12:00 p.m. — 1:00 p.m. — By the Numbers Discussion Series: K-12 Teacher Pipeline By the Numbers, Dr. Brendan Bartanen, Assistant Professor of Education Policy, University of Virginia, hosted by the Quantitative Methodology Center (QMC) (Zoom)

Friday, April 5 12:30 p.m. — 1:30 p.m. — Web Scraping with R, hosted by the Institute for Population Research (IPR) (Townshend Hall, Room 038)

Friday, April 5 12 3:00 p.m. — 4:30 p.m. — Huber Lecture – Dr. Bruce, hosted by the Institute for Population Research (IPR) (Townshend Hall, Room 038)

Tuesday, April 9 12:30 p.m. — 1:30 p.m. — IPR Seminar Series – Dr. Joanna Venator, hosted by the Institute for Population Research (IPR) (Townshend Hall, Room 038)


May


Friday, May 3 12:30 p.m. — 1:30 p.m. — Hierarchical models with RStan, hosted by the Institute for Population Research (IPR) (Townshend Hall, Room 038)