MDRC’s Howard Bloom and Pei Zhu to Lead Two-Part SREE Webinar on Bayesian Impact Analysis
The Society for Research on Educational Effectiveness (SREE) is hosting a two-part webinar, “An Introduction to Bayesian Impact Analysis,” featuring Howard Bloom, former MDRC Chief Social Scientist, and Pei Zhu, MDRC Senior Research Associate.
The webinars will introduce program evaluators to the basic ideas, intuition, logic, methods, applications, benefits, and limitations of Bayesian impact analysis, an emerging method for integrating a current impact estimate for a specific intervention with prior impact estimates for related interventions and study populations to obtain a more fully informed current impact estimate. The method also facilitates more informative interpretations of the current impact estimate than are possible using conventional statistical methods, which focus only on a current impact estimate.
Evaluation researchers with an interest in program impact analysis, and at least some prior training in applied statistics, are invited to register.
The two sessions are:
- Part I: Introduction to the Basic Ideas, Intuition, and Logic. Thursday, October 24, 11 am-1 pm (ET). For participants with a broad range of backgrounds and an interest in intervention research.
- Part II: Application of the Basic Approach. Thursday, November 14, 11 am-1 pm (ET). For participants with prior training and/or experience in intervention impact analysis.
