Dorothea Kübler (WZB Berlin Social Science Center and Technical University of Berlin) employs experimental methods and game theory to explore decision-making and market design, with a particular focus on matching markets, such as centralized university admissions in Germany.
David Neumark (University of California-Irvine) is renowned for his research on labor economics, particularly the effects of minimum wage policies, discrimination in labor markets, and economic inequality. His extensive academic work, often blending theoretical and empirical approaches, has significantly influenced public policy debates worldwide.
An optional course will be available for YEM participants taught by James Tremewan.
Venue: Room S306, Lipova41a, Brno
Session 1: Wednesday, May 21, 12:30 – 15:30
Session 2: Thursday, May 22, 10.00 – 13.00
The course is provided for free, please confirm your participation by email.
Faking data (in a good way): size, power, and the replication crisis
In this short course, we will look at some examples of how simulating data can be a useful tool for achieving more replicable research. The size and power of statistical tests are the two parameters that tell you how much you should update your prior about the truth of a hypothesis after observing the outcome of an experiment. We will first discuss "exact tests," where the size is mathematically correct, and show through simulations how tests that rely on asymptotics or unverifiable assumptions can lead to underestimating the rate of false rejections of the null. We will then use the same method to perform bespoke power analysis in a way that takes account of the actual tests you will be using and your best guess of the distributions of data you will gather. Finally, we will use simulations to investigate how poor experimental design and publication bias can lead to exaggerated statistical significance and magnitudes of treatment effects.
Dinara Alpysbayeva, Miloš Fišar, Luca Fumarco, Martin Guzi, Renata Kosíková, Ondřej Krčál, Štěpán Mikula, Jonathan Stäbler