Recent developments in causal inference and machine learning

JE Brand, X Zhou, Y Xie - Annual Review of Sociology, 2023 - annualreviews.org
This article reviews recent advances in causal inference relevant to sociology. We focus on
a selective subset of contributions aligning with four broad topics: causal effect identification …

REFORMS: Consensus-based Recommendations for Machine-learning-based Science

S Kapoor, EM Cantrell, K Peng, TH Pham, CA Bail… - Science …, 2024 - science.org
Machine learning (ML) methods are proliferating in scientific research. However, the
adoption of these methods has been accompanied by failures of validity, reproducibility, and …

Disparate Effects of Disruptive Events on Children

F Torche, J Fletcher, JE Brand - RSF: The Russell Sage Foundation …, 2024 - rsfjournal.org
Disruptive events such as economic recessions, natural disasters, job loss, and divorce are
highly prevalent among American families. These events can have a long-lasting impact …

Measuring vaccination coverage and concerns of vaccine holdouts from web search logs

S Chang, A Fourney, E Horvitz - Nature Communications, 2024 - nature.com
To design effective vaccine policies, policymakers need detailed data about who has been
vaccinated, who is holding out, and why. However, existing data in the US are insufficient …

On the actionability of outcome prediction

LT Liu, S Barocas, J Kleinberg, K Levy - Proceedings of the AAAI …, 2024 - ojs.aaai.org
Predicting future outcomes is a prevalent application of machine learning in social impact
domains. Examples range from predicting student success in education to predicting …

Reforms: Reporting standards for machine learning based science

S Kapoor, E Cantrell, K Peng, TH Pham, CA Bail… - arXiv preprint arXiv …, 2023 - arxiv.org
Machine learning (ML) methods are proliferating in scientific research. However, the
adoption of these methods has been accompanied by failures of validity, reproducibility, and …

Variable importance in high-dimensional settings requires grouping

A Chamma, B Thirion, D Engemann - Proceedings of the AAAI …, 2024 - ojs.aaai.org
Explaining the decision process of machine learning algorithms is nowadays crucial for both
model's performance enhancement and human comprehension. This can be achieved by …

[HTML][HTML] Exploring the other side of innovative managerial decision-making: Emotions

AM Kanzola, K Papaioannou, PE Petrakis - Journal of Innovation & …, 2024 - Elsevier
The strict rational paradigm of neoclassical economic theory has resulted in limited
exploration of emotions in managerial decision-making processes. This study attempts to …

Methodological advances in quantitative social science: In celebration of the Social Science Research 50th anniversary

W An, S Bauldry - Social science research, 2023 - pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Methodological advances in quantitative social science: In celebration of the Social Science
Research 50th anniversary Methodological advances in quantitative social science: In …

Literature Review on Health Emigration in Rare Diseases—A Machine Learning Perspective

M Skweres-Kuchta, I Czerska, E Szaruga - International Journal of …, 2023 - mdpi.com
The article deals with one of the effects of health inequalities and gaps in access to
treatments for rare diseases, namely health-driven emigration. The purpose of the paper is …