Jonathan Nagler writes:

The program for the 9th annual Northeast Political Methodology meeting on Friday, April 17 is below. We start at 11:30, do lunch, then 3 papers with lots of time for discussion. [See end of message for RSVP info.]

11:30 – 12:30: Lunch

12:30 – 2:00: Rod Little, University of Michigan, Biostatistics Dept.
“Proxy Pattern-Mixture Analysis for Survey Nonresponse”
(http://politics.as.nyu.edu/object/rod_little_abstract.html)

2:15 – 3:45: Gary King, Harvard
“Quantitative Discovery from Qualitative Information:
A General-Purpose Document Clustering Methodology.”
(http://politics.as.nyu.edu/object/gary_king_abstract.html)

4:00 – 5:30: Bob Erikson, Columbia
“Vietnam Draft Lottery Status and Political Attitudes”
(http://www.nyu.edu/gsas/dept/politics/seminars/erikson_vietnam.pdf)

5:30 – 6:30: Post Paper Discussion Event – [at Politics Dept, 19 W. 4th St]

6:30 or so: Dinner for Speakers and Faculty Guests

Other than Post Paper Discussion Event, all events will take place in room 914 of the Kimmel Center, located at the corner of Laguardia Place and West 4th Street.

And for those of you thinking of travelling — as you might have heard, NY city hotel prices are down this year.

See http://www.nyu.edu/gsas/dept/politics/seminars/nemp.html for current conference info.

If you will be coming, please email Ashley Vickery ([email protected]). Please let her know if you will be arriving in time for lunch. And for visiting faculty, please let her know if you would like to join us for dinner.