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Interests


Survey sampling, missing data problems, mixture and latent class models, Bayesian modeling, hierarchical modeling, small area estimation, administrative records and record linkage.

Education


PhD, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1996
MS, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1993
BS, Harvard College, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1991

Recent Publications:


  • B. Lavalle, M.D. Larsen, C. Gundersen (2008), 'RESEARCH SYNTHESIS: Research strategies for surveys of American Indians', Public Opinion Quarterly
  • L. Lu, M.D. Larsen (2008), 'Combining benchmarked hierarchical Bayesian estimation with model selection', Journal of the American Statistical Association
  • M.D. Larsen, 2007, Internet Companion for Statistics: Guide and Activities for the Web, 2nd Edition, Duxbury.
  • Larsen, M.D (2005), 'The Importance of the Sample Space for Teaching Probability', Journal of Statistics Education
  • M.D. Larsen and J. Liu (2005), 'Factors Affecting Clustering of 0-1 Data' 401-404.

Recent Presentations:


  • "Latent class analysis of biorenewables survey data", Classification Society, St. Louis, MO,
  • "Imputation Methods for Missing Data in a Longitudinal Family Study", JSM 2008, Denver, CO,
  • "Regression Analysis of Linked Files", Statistical Society of Canada, Ottawa, ON,
  • "Practical and theoretical considerations for linking survey data with other sources", Conference on matching the Survey of Doctorate Recipients, Washington, DC,