B1401
Title: Challenging problems from the front lines of sexual assault prevention
Authors: Mike Baiocchi - Stanford University (United States) [presenting]
Abstract: The purpose is to discuss how a team of statisticians has found itself present at the early stages of an academic discipline, transitioning from predominately about advocacy and theory into a discipline grounded in empirical science. It will introduce the sexual assault prevention intervention and sketch out the two cluster-randomized trials the team has completed. It will then cover the statistical innovations the team has made in order to do the complex, emotionally charged work of preventing sexual assault. Finally, the challenge of having a funder ordering the suppression of undesirable results is discussed, and further delving into the academic, legal, and political considerations in this kind of challenge.
