01/29/2024
By Hsien-Yuan Hsu
Date: 2/7/2024
Time: Noon to 1 p.m.
Location: Coburn Hall 275
Speaker: Jason Rydberg (UMass Lowell School of Criminology and Justice Studies / Center for Program Evaluation)
Topic: An applied example of mixed effects models for age-period-cohort analysis
Bio: Jason Rydberg, Ph.D. is an associate professor in the School of Criminology and Justice Studies, and co-director of the Center for Program Evaluation at the University of Massachusetts Lowell. He received his Ph.D. from the School of Criminal Justice at Michigan State University. Rydberg’s research interests include prisoner reentry and recidivism, policies regulating individuals convicted of sexual offenses in the community, and the evaluation of criminal justice programming.
Abstract: The analysis of age-period-cohort effects is a controversial topic in the social sciences. Using an applied example concerning the association between skepticism in science and punitive attitudes, this presentation will describe some of the challenges in applying regression analysis to age-period-cohort data, describe some of the compromises that have been proposed in recent literature through the use of mixed effects modeling, and apply Bayesian hierarchical age-period-cohort characteristics (HAPCC) models to address the current research objective.
For more information or questions contact: HsienYuan_Hsu@uml.edu.