Applied Statistics Workshop (Gov 3009)

The Applied Statistics Workshop is a forum for graduate students, faculty, and visiting scholars to present and discuss methodological or empirical work in progress in an interdisciplinary setting. The workshop features a tour of Harvard's statistical innovations and applications with weekly stops in different fields and disciplines and includes occasional presentations by invited speakers. It is co-hosted by Harvard University's Department of Government and the Institute for Quantitative Social Science (IQSS).

Unless otherwise noted, the workshop meets on Wednesdays from 12:00 pm–1:30 pm, in CGIS K354 (1737 Cambridge St, Cambridge, MA).

Upcoming Presentations

Tymon Słoczyński (Brandeis)

September 16, 2026
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12:00PM - 1:30PM EDT
Title Quantifying the Internal Validity of Weighted Estimands Abstract In this paper we study a class of weighted estimands, which we define as parameters that can be expressed as weighted averages of the underlying heterogeneous treatment effects. The...