Dear Applied Statistics Workshop Community,
Our next meeting of the semester will be at *12:10 pm (EST) Wednesday,
September 29*, where Cory McCartan <https://corymccartan.github.io> (Harvard
University) presents "Measuring and Modeling Neighborhoods." This is joint
work with Jacob Brown (Harvard University) and Kosuke Imai (Harvard
University).
*Abstract*
More granular geographical data has allowed social scientists to probe how
residential neighborhoods are formed and how they influence attitudes and
behavior. To facilitate such studies, we develop a survey tool that allows
respondents to draw their neighborhoods on a map. We propose a hierarchical
Bayesian model that can be used to analyze which factors shape their
neighborhoods. We have conducted a survey of registered voters in Miami,
New York City, and Phoenix, and find that across these cities, voters are
more likely to include same-race and co-partisan census blocks into their
neighborhoods. We also show that our model provides more accurate
out-of-sample predictions than the standard distance-based measures of
neighborhoods.
*Where:* CGIS Knafel Building, Room K354
(See this link <https://map.harvard.edu/?bld=04471&level=9> for directions).
*When:* Wednesday, September 29 at 12:10 - 1:30 pm.
(Bagged lunches available for pick-up at CGIS K354 *11:30 - 11:45 am*, for
the participants who responded to our previous survey. The CGIS cafe on the
first floor has been designated as an eating area, and participants may
also use outdoor spaces for lunch. Please be present at K354 by 12:10 pm
for the presentations.)
*Zoom link*:
https://harvard.zoom.us/j/97004196610?pwd=eGFydkF5RDRjUlk5RVcyTjV6OStUQT09
(For the participants who cannot join the session physically.)
*Schedule of the workshop*:
https://projects.iq.harvard.edu/applied.stats.workshop-gov3009
Looking forward to seeing you all on Wednesday!
Best,
Sooahn