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Developing Modern Statistical Methodology for the Social Sciences
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Sunbeom Kwon, Postdoctoral Scholar, College of Education, UW
Wednesday, October 14th, 2026 - 12:30 pm
SAV 409
Copula-Based Latent Variable Modeling for Asymmetric Dependence
Jun Wu, Postdoctoral Fellow, Computational Psychometrics Group, Czech Academy of Sciences.
Wednesday, October 21st, 2026 - 12:30 pm
SAV 409
Beyond Binary Mastery: Identifiability and Estimation of Partial-Mastery Cognitive Diagnostic Models
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CSSS Director Elena Erosheva Awarded 2025 Mitchell Prize
Fall 2026 at CSSS, Letter from the Director
Alumni spotlight on Lauren Fine: Combining quantitative and qualitative skillsets for user experience research
CSSS Math Camp 2026
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Statistical Inference for Bivariate Functional Causal Discovery
Shreya Prakash, Fan Xia, Elena A. Erosheva
Published 9/14/2026
Efficient Bayesian Inference for Benter Models on Ranked Data
Michael Pearce
Published 8/24/2026
Can statistical models capture Mamdani's success? Social choice, ranked-choice voting, and model fit, with an application to the 2025 New York City Democratic Primary
Michael Pearce, Erin R. Lipman, Christopher Adolph, Elena A. Erosheva
Published 8/24/2026
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