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Friday 20th November


10:00 - 11:30 (ET, GMT-5)

7:00 - 8:30 (PT, GMT-8)

16:00 - 17:30 (CET, GMT+1)

Is there a kink in the link? Exploring corrections and errors in multiply linked data sets

Moderator: Ana Lucia Cordovar (alcordova@usfq.edu.ec)
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How unequal is Croatia? Results from combined survey and administrative tax data
Marko Ledic (Faculty of Economics Zagreb) - Presenting Author
Ivica Rubli (Institute of Economics Zagreb)
Ivica Urban (Institute for Public Finance Zagreb)
Slavko Bezeredi (Institute for Public Finance Zagreb)

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Does administrative health register data provide reliable information for health indicators in Finland?
Hanna Tolonen (Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare) - Presenting Author
Jaakko Reinikainen (Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare)
Tiina Laatikainen (Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare)
Päivikki Koponen (Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare)

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Linking surveys and digital trace data: Experiences from two pilot studies on factors influencing informed consent
Henning Silber (GESIS - Leibniz Institute for the Social Sciences) - Presenting Author
Johannes Breuer (GESIS - Leibniz Institute for the Social Sciences)
Christoph Beuthner (GESIS - Leibniz Institute for the Social Sciences)
Pascal Siegers (GESIS - Leibniz Institute for the Social Sciences)
Bernd Weiß (GESIS - Leibniz Institute for the Social Sciences)
Sebastian Stier (GESIS - Leibniz Institute for the Social Sciences)
FLorian Keusch (University of Mannheim)
Tobias Gummer (GESIS - Leibniz Institute for the Social Sciences)

Simulation as a tool for examining data fusion
Benjamin Williams (University of Denver) - Presenting Author
Lynne Stokes (Southern Methodist University)



10:00 - 11:30 (ET, GMT-5)

7:00 - 8:30 (PT, GMT-8)

16:00 - 17:30 (CET, GMT+1)

Getting your estimates on point! Survey calibration approaches in the era of probability and nonprobability surveys

Moderator: Stas Kolenikov (skolenik@gmail.com)
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Measures of selection bias in regression coefficients estimated from non-probability samples
Brady West (Institute for Social Research) - Presenting Author
Roderick Little (University of Michigan)
Rebecca Andridge (Ohio State University)
Phil Boonstra (University of Michigan)
Erin Ware (Institute for Social Research)
Anita Pandit (University of Michigan)
Fernanda Alvarado-Leiton (Institute for Social Research)

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A method to construct the control group for a non-probability sample in clinical trials
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Yiqing Wang (Southern Methodist University ) - Presenting Author

The national center for health statistics' research and development survey
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Jennifer Parker (NCHS/CDC) - Presenting Author
Kristen Miller (NCHS/CDC)
Yulei He (NCHS/CDC)
Paul Scanlon (NCHS/CDC)
Katherine Irimata (NCHS/CDC)
Hee-Choon Shin (NCHS/CDC)
Bill Cai (NCHS/CDC)
Van Parsons (NCHS/CDC)
Chris Moriarity (NCHS/CDC)

Boosted kernel weighting - Using statistical learning to improve inference from nonprobability samples
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Christoph Kern (University of Mannheim) - Presenting Author
Yan Li (University of Maryland)
Lingxiao Wang (University of Maryland)

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10:00 - 11:30 (ET, GMT-5)

7:00 - 8:30 (PT, GMT-8)

16:00 - 17:30 (CET, GMT+1)

Getting the combination right: Exploring the use of surveys with other data sources

Moderator: Barry Schouten (jg.schouten@cbs.nl)
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Social networks on smartphones. Congruency of online and offline networks and their effect on labor market outcomes
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Sebastian Bähr (Institute for Employment Research (IAB)) - Presenting Author
Georg-Christoph Haas (Institute for Employment Research (IAB))
Florian Keusch (University of Mannheim)
Frauke Kreuter (Institute for Employment Research (IAB) / University of Maryland)
Mark Trappmann (Institute for Employment Research (IAB) / University of Bamberg)

A novel approach to combine survey and bibliometric data for science policy research
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Samson Adeshiyan (NSF/NCSES) - Presenting Author
Jodi Basner (Clarivate Analytics)
Wan-Ying Chang (NSF/NCSES)

LEARN4SDGis–A machine learning based poverty mapping exercise in Austria
Johannes Gussenbauer (Statistics Austria) - Presenting Author
Thomas Glaser (Statistics Austria)
Ingrid Kaminger (Statistics Austria)
Alexander Kowarik (Statistics Austria)
Sibylle Saul (Statistics Austria)
Matthias Till (Statistics Austria)
Alexandra Wegscheider-Pichler (Statistics Austria)

10:00 - 11:30 (ET, GMT-5)

7:00 - 8:30 (PT, GMT-8)

16:00 - 17:30 (CET, GMT+1)

A picture's worth...Improving the use of geographical characteristics in surveys

Moderator: Antje Kirchner (akirchner@rti.org)
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Advances in big data and the impact on grid based sampling
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Justine Allpress (RTI International) - Presenting Author
James Cajka (RTI International)
Stephanie Eckman (RTI International)
Charles Lau (RTI International)



Remote sensing in support of agricultural surveys: use of Sentinel images and UAV-acquired ground truth for crop mapping in Rwanda
Dorota Temple (RTI International) - Presenting Author
Jason Polly (RTI International)
Meghan Hegarty-Craver (RTI)
Maggie O'Neil (RTI)
Noel Ujeneza (Agri-Consultant, Kigali, Rwanda)
James Rineer (RTI International)
Daniel Lapidus (RTI International)
Robert Beach (RTI International )

Complimenting agricultural surveys in Rwanda: Using deep learning to classify crops from drone imagery
Rob Chew (RTI International) - Presenting Author
Jay Rineer (RTI International)
Robert Beach (RTI International)
Maggie O'Neil (RTI International)
Noel Ujeneza (Independent Agri-Consultant)
Daniel Lapidus (RTI International)
Thomas Miano (RTI International)
Meghan Hegarty-Craver (RTI International)
Dorota Temple (RTI International)



Land take analysis : A neural network applied to the shape of cadastral parcels
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Stéphanie Himpens (National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies) - Presenting Author
Mathilde Poulhes (National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies)
François Sémécurbe (National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies)

10:00 - 11:30 (ET, GMT-5)

7:00 - 8:30 (PT, GMT-8)

16:00 - 17:30 (CET, GMT+1)

Making life easier: Demo session 1

Moderator: Peter Lugtig (p.lugtig@uu.nl)
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Knowledge graph representation for experience sampling data: A proof of concept
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Ammar Ammar (Maastricht University) - Presenting Author
Remzi Celebi (Maastricht University)
Lianne Ippel (Maastricht University)
Philippe Delespaul (Maastricht University)

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From files to views: Expanding the analytical capabilities of the NIBRS dataset
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Ian Thomas (RTI International) - Presenting Author
Marcus Berzofsky (RTI International)
Dan Liao (RTI International)
Alexia Cooper (Bureau of Justice Statistics)
Jason Nance (RTI International)
Alex Giarrocco (RTI International)
Alex Harding (RTI International)
Chew Rob (RTI International)
Kelle Barrick (RTI International)



A SAS Macro for Calibration of Survey Weights
Tony An (SAS Institute Inc.) - Presenting Author



10:00 - 11:30 (ET, GMT-5)

7:00 - 8:30 (PT, GMT-8)

16:00 - 17:30 (CET, GMT+1)

Poster session 1

Pre-testing data collection apps. Lessons learned from three app development projects.
Deirdre Giesen (Statistics Netherlands) - Presenting Author
Stefan Theunissen (Statistics Netherlands)



No hope? More dope: A Study of the relationship between depression and illicit drug use in the United States using NHANES data
Catherine Pollack (Dartmouth College) - Presenting Author
Briana Krewson (Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine)



Measuring exposure to public education campaigns with survey data and passively collected smartphone location data
Kristine Wiant (--None--) - Presenting Author



Exploring the quantification and measurement of public procurement performance expectations gap in community roadworks in Uganda: Evidence from pilot survey
Only viewable on Nov. 20.
charles Kalinzi (Makerere University) - Presenting Author
Joseph Ntayi (Makerere University Business School)
Moses Muhwezi (Makerere University Business School)
Levi Kabagambe (Makerere University Business School)
John Munene (Makerere University Business School)

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Consumers' shopping behaviour: exploring possibilities for more accurate estimates of consumer flows and expenditures
Thijs Lenderink (I&O Research)
Robbert Zandvliet (I&O Research) - Presenting Author

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Comparative analysis of case findings through strategic HIV testing approaches in Kogi state, Nigeri
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Moses Luke (AIDS Healthcare Foundation) - Presenting Author
Patrick Adah (Kogi State Agency for the Control of AIDS)

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Logistics regression analysis of non-retention among adolescent and young adults receiving antiretroviral therapy in Kogi state, Nigeria.
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Moses Luke (Ladoke Akintola University of Technology) - Presenting Author

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Enhancing the contribution of higher education in fourth industrial revolution
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Ndirangu Ngunjiri (University of Nairobi) - Presenting Author

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Linking PIAAC data to individual administrative data: Insights from a German pilot
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Jessica Daikeler (GESIS -Leibniz Institute for the Social Sciences) - Presenting Author
Britta Gauly (GESIS -Leibniz Institute for the Social Sciences)
Matthias Rosenthal (University of Stuttgart)

Predicting presidential election trends by web data
Kaan Ketenci (Survey Research Center at the University of Michigan - Ann Arbor)
Deji Suolang (Survey Research Center at the University of Michigan - Ann Arbor) - Presenting Author

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A comparison of classification and regression tree methodologies when modeling survey nonresponse
Tien-Huan Lin (Westat) - Presenting Author
Jennifer Kali (Westat)
Michael Jones (Westat)
William Cecere (Westat)

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Which is your favorite music genre? A validity comparison of Facebook data and survey data
Zoltán Kmetty (Eötvös Lorand University, Faculty of Social Sciences) - Presenting Author
Renáta Németh (Eötvös Lorand University, Faculty of Social Sciences)



Policy supporting dashboards for policy evaluation
Jorre Vannieuwenhuyze (imec-SMIT-VUB) - Presenting Author

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Pilot study - building a probabilistic panel in France, Germany and Greece
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Tanja Kimova (Kantar) - Presenting Author
Jamie Burnett (Kantar)
Yves Fradier (Kantar)
Elke Himmelsbach (Kantar)

Use of big data and machine learning at statistics Canada
Christie Sambell (Statistics Canada) - Presenting Author
Stan Hatko (Statistics Canada)

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Application of data mining methods using demographic survey data: Analyses of attitudes towards gender roles and domestic violence in Turkey
Ayse Abbasoglu Ozgoren (Hacettepe University Institute of Population Studies) - Presenting Author
Anil Boz Semerci (Hacettepe University)
Duygu Icen (Hacettepe University)

How to combine survey data with administrative data successfully? Lessons from the German study on “Life courses and pension provisions” (LeA)
Ulrich Brandt (Deutsche Rentenversicherung Bund)
Dina Frommert (Deutsche Rentenversicherung Bund) - Presenting Author
Thorsten Heien (Kantar)
Marvin Krämer (Kantar)

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Equipping social science researchers with the skills to use and analyse big data: The UK Data Service training programme
Vanessa Higgins (UK Data Service, University of Manchester) - Presenting Author



Cash use and financial literacy: insights from combining payments surveys with big data
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Kim Huynh (Bank of Canada) - Presenting Author
Gradon Nicholls (Bank of Canada)
Julia Zhu (Bank of Canada)

11:45 - 13:15 (ET, GMT-5)

8:45 - 10:15 (PT, GMT-8)

17:45 - 19:15 (CET, GMT+1)

Link and learn: Improving estimation through data linkage and machine learning

Moderator: Antje Kirchner (akirchner@rti.org)
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Data integration of national surveys and nonprobability samples to enhance analytic capacity
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Steven Cohen (RTI International) - Presenting Author
Jennifer Unangst (RTI International)

Combining probability and non-probability sample data from administrative data to produce official statistics
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Taylor Lewis (RTI International) - Presenting Author
Dan Liao (RTI International)
Marcus Berzofsky (RTI International)
Alexia Cooper (RTI International)

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The bias of crime statistics: Assessing the impact of data bias on police analysis and crime mapping
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David Buil-Gil (University of Manchester) - Presenting Author
Angelo Moretti (Manchester Metropolitan University)
Samuel Langton (Manchester Metropolitan University)

Estimation of time-varying state correlation in state space models
Caterina Schiavoni (Maastricht University) - Presenting Author
Siem Jan Koopman (Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam)
Franz Palm (Maastricht University)
Stephan Smeekes (Maastricht University)
Jan van den Brakel (Statistics Netherlands)

Bayesian forecasting of voter intention from a pre-election survey with complex sampling: A case study from Uruguay
Stephen Hornbeck (U.S. Department of State)
Sarah Staveteig Ford (U.S. Department of State) - Presenting Author
Matthew Williams (National Science Foundation)
Terrance Savitsky (Bureau of Labor Statistics)

11:45 - 13:15 (ET, GMT-5)

8:45 - 10:15 (PT, GMT-8)

17:45 - 19:15 (CET, GMT+1)

Getting your estimates on point! Even more survey calibration approaches in the era of probability and nonprobability surveys

Moderator: Stas Kolenikov (skolenik@gmail.com)
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Investigation of nonresponse bias and representativeness in the first cross-national probability based online panel (CRONOS)
Olga Maslovskaya (University of Southampton) - Presenting Author
Peter Lugtig (Utrecht University)
Gabi Durrant (University of Southampton)

Retrospective causal inference via elapsed time-weighted matrix completion, with an evaluation of the effect of the Schengen Area on the labour market of border regions
Jason Poulos (Duke University) - Presenting Author

Double regression with post-stratification (DRP) for analyzing high-dimensional survey data
Eli Ben-Michael (UC Berkeley) - Presenting Author
Avi Feller (UC Berkeley)
Erin Hartman (UCLA)

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Combining probability and non-probability samples using propensity modeling and small area estimation: Choosing the key set of dependent variables
Vicki Pineau (NORC at the Univesity of Chicago) - Presenting Author



11:45 - 13:15 (ET, GMT-5)

8:45 - 10:15 (PT, GMT-8)

17:45 - 19:15 (CET, GMT+1)

Getting the combination right: Further exploring the use of surveys with other data sources

Moderator: Barry Schouten (jg.schouten@cbs.nl)
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Applying the multi-level, multi-Source (MLMS) approach to the 2016 General Social Survey
Tom W Smith (NORC) - Presenting Author
Jaesok Son (NORC)

Measuring migration stocks using traditional and social media data
Arkadiusz Wiśniowski (University of Manchester) - Presenting Author
Dilek Yildiz (Vienna Institute of Demography)
Guy Abel (Asian Demographic Research Institute)
Ingmar Weber (Qatar Computing Research Institute)
Emilio Zagheni (Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research)
Stijn Hoorens (RAND Europe)

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Identification of emerging skills in job advertisements
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Michael Stops (Institute for Employment Research) - Presenting Author
Britta Matthes (Institute for Employment Research)



Measuring employment rate using job vacancy indicator
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Irfan Sampe (Bank Indonesia)
Anggraini Widjanarti (Bank Indonesia) - Presenting Author
Arinda Dwi Okfantia (Bank Indonesia)

11:45 - 13:15 (ET, GMT-5)

8:45 - 10:15 (PT, GMT-8)

17:45 - 19:15 (CET, GMT+1)

Making life easier: Demo session 2

Moderator: Peter Lugtig (p.lugtig@uu.nl)
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Knowsi
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Andrew Lovett-Barron (Knowsi) - Presenting Author

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Mousetrap-web: An open, flexible survey paradata collection tool
Felix Henninger (Mannheim Centre for European Social Research, University of Mannheim, Germany; Cognitive Psychology Lab, University of Koblenz-Landau, Germany) - Presenting Author
Pascal J. Kieslich (Mannheim Centre for European Social Research, University of Mannheim, Germany; Experimental Psychology Lab, University of Mannheim, Germany)
Frauke Kreuter (Mannheim Centre for European Social Research, University of Mannheim, Germany; University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland, USA; Institute for Employment Research, Mannheim, Germany)

Follow the money: making sense of financial transaction data
Carolina Mattsson (Northeastern University (soon Leiden University)) - Presenting Author

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11:45 - 13:15 (ET, GMT-5)

8:45 - 10:15 (PT, GMT-8)

17:45 - 19:15 (CET, GMT+1)

Poster session 2

Saving sex for marriage: Understanding the complexity between sexual abstinence and marital bliss based on social media and survey data
Emmanuel Olamijuwon (University of the Witwatersrand) - Presenting Author
Clifford Odimegwu (University of the Witwatersrand)

Improved regression-in-ratio estimators in estimating the population means in simple random sampling with empirical extreme maximum and minimum values in survey statistics
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Peter Ogunyinka (Olabisi Onabanjo University, Ago-Iwoye, Nigeria) - Presenting Author
Emmanuel Ologunleko (University of Ibadan, Ibadan, Nigeria)
Ademola Sodipo (University of Ibadan, Ibadan, Nigeria)

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The ecosystem of technologies for data collection, survey and analysis in the social sciences
Daniela Duca (SAGE Publishing) - Presenting Author
Katie Metzler (SAGE Publishing)



Combining multiple data sources with synthetic populations. Applications to predictions and alleviation of privacy concerns.
James Rineer (RTI International) - Presenting Author
Georgiy Bobashev (RTI International)
Emily Hadley (RTI International)
Caroline Kery (RTI International)
Alan Karr (AFK Analytics)



Predicting race and ethnicity from the sequence of characters in a name
Gaurav Sood (Sunnyvale Labs) - Presenting Author
Suriyan Laohaprapanon (Appeler, Inc.)

Survey of digital assets for project-based studies
Gloria Miller (maxmetrics) - Presenting Author

Developing a tool suite for managing large scale cross-national web surveys within the framework of the European Open Science Cloud
Gianmaria Bottoni (ESS HQ, City University of London) - Presenting Author
Rory Fitzgerald (ESS HQ, City University of London)
Nicolas Sauger (Sciences Po)
Genevieve Michaud (Sciences Po)
Quentin Agren (Sciences Po)

The impact of regional holidays on early job-seeker registrations
Gerald Seidel (Federal Employment Agency) - Presenting Author

Big analytics and segmentation- A new framework for single datasets and integrating Survey and big data
Richard Timpone (Ipsos) - Presenting Author
Jonathan Kroening (Ipsos)

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From big data to (trusted) smart surveys
Markus Zwick (Institute for Research and Development in Federal Statistics) - Presenting Author
Shari Stehrenberg (Institute for Research and Development in Federal Statistics)



Predicting basic human values from digital traces on social media
Mikhail Bogdanov (National Research University ) - Presenting Author

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Using spatial big data to unpack neighbourhood effects on social wellbeing
Chan-Hoong Leong (Singapore University of Social Sciences) - Presenting Author



Measuring attitudes and behaviors toward the 2020 Census across time
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Yazmin Trejo (U.S. Census Bureau) - Presenting Author
Jennifer Hunter Childs (U.S. Census Bureau)

Subjective wellbeing and the intention to emigrate: A cross-national analysis of 157 countries, 2006-2017
Tatiana Karabchuk (UAE University) - Presenting Author
Marina Selini Katsaiti (UAE University)
Karin Johnson (University of California Riverside)



Quality guidelines for the acquisition and usage of big data
Alexandcr Kowarik (Statistics Austria) - Presenting Author
Magdalena Six (Statistics Austria)



The Global Diffusion of Cybersecurity Strategy
Nadiya Kostyuk (University of Michigan) - Presenting Author

11:45 - 13:15 (ET, GMT-5)

8:45 - 10:15 (PT, GMT-8)

17:45 - 19:15 (CET, GMT+1)

The Bling of Bing...and other words: Exploring text and search data for classification and estimation

Moderator: Ana Lucia Cordovar (alcordova@usfq.edu.ec)
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A text mining and machine learning platform to classify businesses into NAICS codes
Sudip Bhattacharjee (University of Connecticut, US Census Bureau) - Presenting Author
Ugochukwu Etudo (University of Connecticut)
Justin C Smith (US Census Bureau)



Predicting leading economic indicators using big data
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Zeynep Suzer-Gurtekin (University of Michigan ISR) - Presenting Author
Yingjia Fu (University of Michigan ISR)
Richard Curtin (University of Michigan ISR)

Google Searches in Cross-National Analyses
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Anna Turner (Polish Academy of Sciences) - Presenting Author
Marcin Zielinski (Polish Academy of Sciences)
Kazimierz M. Slomczynski (Polish Academy of Sciences, Ohio State University)

Popular with what? Market basket analysis of Google trend topics related to female employment
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Anil Boz Semerci (Hacettepe University) - Presenting Author
Duygu Icen (Hacettepe University)
Ayse Abbasoglu Ozgoren (Hacettepe University Institute of Population Studies)

Prediction of author’s educational background using text mining
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Rense Corten (Department of Sociology/ICS, Faculty of Social Sciences, Utrecht University, Utrecht, The Netherlands) - Presenting Author
Shiva Nadi (Department of Methodology and Statistics, Faculty of Social Sciences, Utrecht University, Utrecht, The Netherlands)