Variable Selection and Parameter Tuning for BART Modeling in the Fragile Families Challenge
Variable Selection and Parameter Tuning for BART Modeling in the Fragile Families Challenge Socius, Volume 5, Issue , January-December 2019. Our goal for the Fragile Families Challenge was to develop…
Ecological Research for Studies of Violence: A Methodological Guide
Ecological Research for Studies of Violence: A Methodological Guide Journal of Interpersonal Violence, Volume 34, Issue 23-24, Page 4860-4880, December 2019. Ecological research is important to the study of violence…
Thanks for reviewers – 2018
Thanks for reviewers - 2018 Journal of Interpersonal Violence, Volume 34, Issue 23-24, Page 4881-4890, December 2019. Read the syndicated article here
Are Prisoners More Psychopathic than Non-forensic Populations? Profiling Psychopathic Traits among Prisoners, Community Adults, University Students, and Adolescents
Are Prisoners More Psychopathic than Non-forensic Populations? Profiling Psychopathic Traits among Prisoners, Community Adults, University Students, and Adolescents . Daniel Boduszek Read the syndicated article here
Benchmarking Disparities in Police Stops: A Comparative Application of 2nd and 3rd Generation Techniques
Benchmarking Disparities in Police Stops: A Comparative Application of 2nd and 3rd Generation Techniques . Michael R. Smith Read the syndicated article here
The female offender – A century of registered crime and daily press reporting on women’s crime
The female offender - A century of registered crime and daily press reporting on women’s crime . Felipe Estrada Read the syndicated article here
Do crime hot spots affect housing prices?
Do crime hot spots affect housing prices? . Vania Ceccato Read the syndicated article here
Black-Box Models and Sociological Explanations: Predicting High School Grade Point Average Using Neural Networks
Black-Box Models and Sociological Explanations: Predicting High School Grade Point Average Using Neural Networks Socius, Volume 5, Issue , January-December 2019. The Fragile Families Challenge provided an opportunity to empirically…
A Data-Driven Approach to the Fragile Families Challenge: Prediction through Principal-Components Analysis and Random Forests
A Data-Driven Approach to the Fragile Families Challenge: Prediction through Principal-Components Analysis and Random Forests Socius, Volume 5, Issue , January-December 2019. Sociological research typically involves exploring theoretical relationships, but…
Leveraging Multiple Machine-Learning Techniques to Predict Major Life Outcomes from a Small Set of Psychological and Socioeconomic Variables: A Combined Bottom-up/Top-down Approach
Leveraging Multiple Machine-Learning Techniques to Predict Major Life Outcomes from a Small Set of Psychological and Socioeconomic Variables: A Combined Bottom-up/Top-down Approach Socius, Volume 5, Issue , January-December 2019. Predicting…
Humans in the Loop: Incorporating Expert and Crowd-Sourced Knowledge for Predictions Using Survey Data
Humans in the Loop: Incorporating Expert and Crowd-Sourced Knowledge for Predictions Using Survey Data Socius, Volume 5, Issue , January-December 2019. Survey data sets are often wider than they are…
Winning Models for Grade Point Average, Grit, and Layoff in the Fragile Families Challenge
Winning Models for Grade Point Average, Grit, and Layoff in the Fragile Families Challenge Socius, Volume 5, Issue , January-December 2019. In this article, the authors discuss and analyze their…