It looks like I have some time until chat GPT takes over my job

As seen in my local coffee shop this morning: an illustration of sampling bias

I’m presenting in a panel with Masha Bertling & Catherine Armstrong Asher on the ways measurement error influences causal inference methods, come see me talk about using latent variable models in RDD.

Does anyone have a good citation for the fact that test-retest reliabilities tend to be lower than internal consistency reliabilities?

Bright-sided was a major influence on how I think about psychometrics and measurement before I even knew that was what I wanted to study. So much of her writing has changed how I see American society. May her memory be a blessing.

As a baby my house was on an anti-abortion kill list for my mom’s activism

Ha, this is awesome

I’m writing a paper about administrative burdens, what papers do people recommend on the administrative burden of the FAFSA?

I was taught to include a site level fixed effect in a multi-site RDD but I can’t trace this back to any specific paper. Does anyone know a good citation for this? I understand why we do it but I could use a citation showing this is what people do.

Curious about how to best monitor test data quality in COVID times & beyond? Read our new article in EMIP: doi-org.ezp-prod1.hul.harvard.edu/10.1111/emip.1… with Andrew Ho and Laurie Davis. Here’s an intro 🧵(my first!):

The most popular game at my kids preschool is apparently pretending to be on an airplane, and that’s some real 2022 mood right there.

Read 'Characterizing Cross-Site Variation in Local Average Treatment Effects in Multisite Regression Discontinuity Design Contexts with an Application to Massachusetts High School Exit Exam'

New paper by #PIERfellow alum Sophie Litschwartz:
bit.ly/36eQuBN

#edchat

So has anyone written Talmud style commentaries on econometrics papers, like where is quant methods Rashi when you need him

Mazel Tov Dr. Armstrong Asher Catherine Armstrong Asher, couldn't have asked for a better friend/officemate. I'm so grateful for all the times you were there to bounce methods problems off you or helped me see the positive side of things, can't wait for you to take the world by storm

As the kids say, some professional news: I will be starting as an Associate at @abtassociates in June. I'm very excited to be part of the great research they're doing and getting back to my pre-grad school roots of research to improve child welfare outcomes.

Starting Monday, all MA residents age 16+ are eligible for the COVID-19 vaccine. Make sure you sign up to preregister here and help your family and neighbors do the same: vaccinesignup.mass.gov

Not sure who this Litschwarts person is but I’m pretty pumped to have her vaccine running through my body

Ahhh a single person can not be diverse in terms of race or gender