Selected Conference Presentations
Quantitative
Kisbu-Sakarya, Y. (June, 2015). Advancing Quasi-Experimental Methods: Comparative Regression Discontinuity Design. Paper symposium organized and chaired for the Annual Meeting of Society of Prevention Research, Washington DC.
Kisbu-Sakarya, Y. (June, 2015). Advances in Mediation Analysis: Improving Causal Interpretation and Accuracy of Estimates. Paper symposium organized and chaired for the Annual Meeting of Society of Prevention Research, Washington DC.
Kisbu-Sakarya, Y., Cook, T.D. & Yang, T. (June, 2015). Comparative Regression Discontinuity: Mitigating the Limitations of Regression Continuity Design. Paper to be presented at the Annual Meeting of Society of Prevention Research, Washington DC.
Kisbu-Sakarya, Y., & MacKinnon, D., (June, 2015). Estimating causal mediated effects in the presence of post-treatment confounders. Paper to be presented at the Annual Meeting of Society of Prevention Research, Washington DC.
Yang, T., Cook, T.D., & Kisbu-Sakarya, Y. (June, 2015). Reducing Bias and Increasing Precision by Adding Either a Pretest Measure of the Study Outcome or a Nonequivalent Comparison Group to the Basic Regression Discontinuity Design. Paper to be presented at the Annual Meeting of Society of Prevention Research, Washington DC.
Olivera-Aguilar, M., Kisbu-Sakarya, Y., & MacKinnon, D., (June, 2015). Violations of invariance in a mediation model: Impact on relative bias, type I error rates, statistical power and coverage. Paper to be presented at the Annual Meeting of Society of Prevention Research, Washington DC.
Kisbu-Sakarya, Y., O’Rourke, H., & MacKinnon, D., (June, 2012). Causal inference in Bayesian mediation analysis: Implications of prior information use. Poster presented at the Annual Meeting of Society of Prevention Research, Washington DC.
Kisbu-Sakarya, Y., MacKinnon, D., & Tofighi, D. (June, 2011). Bayesian mediation analysis for studies with small samples. Poster presented at the Annual Meeting of Society of Prevention Research, Denver, Co.
Cox, M. G., Kisbu-Sakarya, Y., & MacKinnon, D., (June, 2012). Distillation of the mediated effect: Estimating bias in latent variable mediation models. Poster presented at the Annual Meeting of Society of Prevention Research, Washington DC.
MacKinnon, D.P., Cox, M.G., Miocevic, M., & Kisbu-Sakarya, Y. (March, 2012). Methods to assess confounder bias applied to an anabolic steroid prevention program. Paper presented at the Frontiers in the Analysis of Causal Mechanisms Conference, Harvard's Institute for Quantitative Social Sciences, Cambridge, MA.
MacKinnon, D.P., Kisbu-Sakarya, Y., & Lockhart, G. (October, 2011). Moments of the Distribution of the Product of Two Standard Normal Variates. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of society of Multivariate Experimental Psychology, OK.
Kisbu-Sakarya, Y., MacKinnon, D., & Elliot, D. (2010, June). Cross-Sectional versus Longitudinal Analyses: Discrepant Findings from Prevention Research Data. Poster presented at the Annual Meeting of Society of Prevention Research, Denver, Co.
Burrell, G.L., MacKinnon, D., & Kisbu, Y. (2010, June). Test of an Instrumental Variable Estimation of the Mediated Effect. Poster presented at the Annual Meeting of Society of Prevention Research, Denver, Co.
Substantive
Kisbu-Sakarya, Y. (June, 2019). Fathering in Different Contexts. Symposium organized and chaired for the Annual Meeting of Society for Prevention Research, San Francisco CA.
Kisbu-Sakarya, Y. & Çetinkaya, E. (June, 2019). Optimizing the effectiveness of a role model intervention using a factorial experiment with a mediator, Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of Society of Prevention Research, San Francisco CA.
Kisbu-Sakarya, Y. et al. (June, 2019). Protective and Risk Factors Associated with Involved Fatherhood: Implications for Policy and Practice, Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of Society of Prevention Research, San Francisco CA.
Elliot, D.L., MacKinnon, D.P., Mabry, L., Kisbu-Sakarya, Y., Kuehl, K., & Favorite, K. (April, 2012). Worksite wellness program implementation: A model of translational effectiveness. Presented at the National American College Occupational and Environmental Medicine meeting, Los Angeles, CA.
Baraldi, A.N., MacKinnon, D.P., Kisbu-Sakarya, Y., Grenard, J.L., Pike, J., Stacy, A., & Reynolds, K. (June, 2012). Methodological challenges in EMA data as applied to an obesity study. Poster presented at the Annual Meeting of Society of Prevention Research, Washington DC.
Kisbu-Sakarya, Y., Pirlott, A., DeFrancesco, C., Eash, M., MacKinnon, D., Elliott D.L. (June, 2011). Mediation mechanisms of motivational interviewing in occupational health promotion. Poster presented at the Annual Meeting of American College of Sports Medicine, Denver, Co.
Kisbu-Sakarya, Y. (June, 2015). Advancing Quasi-Experimental Methods: Comparative Regression Discontinuity Design. Paper symposium organized and chaired for the Annual Meeting of Society of Prevention Research, Washington DC.
Kisbu-Sakarya, Y. (June, 2015). Advances in Mediation Analysis: Improving Causal Interpretation and Accuracy of Estimates. Paper symposium organized and chaired for the Annual Meeting of Society of Prevention Research, Washington DC.
Kisbu-Sakarya, Y., Cook, T.D. & Yang, T. (June, 2015). Comparative Regression Discontinuity: Mitigating the Limitations of Regression Continuity Design. Paper to be presented at the Annual Meeting of Society of Prevention Research, Washington DC.
Kisbu-Sakarya, Y., & MacKinnon, D., (June, 2015). Estimating causal mediated effects in the presence of post-treatment confounders. Paper to be presented at the Annual Meeting of Society of Prevention Research, Washington DC.
Yang, T., Cook, T.D., & Kisbu-Sakarya, Y. (June, 2015). Reducing Bias and Increasing Precision by Adding Either a Pretest Measure of the Study Outcome or a Nonequivalent Comparison Group to the Basic Regression Discontinuity Design. Paper to be presented at the Annual Meeting of Society of Prevention Research, Washington DC.
Olivera-Aguilar, M., Kisbu-Sakarya, Y., & MacKinnon, D., (June, 2015). Violations of invariance in a mediation model: Impact on relative bias, type I error rates, statistical power and coverage. Paper to be presented at the Annual Meeting of Society of Prevention Research, Washington DC.
Kisbu-Sakarya, Y., O’Rourke, H., & MacKinnon, D., (June, 2012). Causal inference in Bayesian mediation analysis: Implications of prior information use. Poster presented at the Annual Meeting of Society of Prevention Research, Washington DC.
Kisbu-Sakarya, Y., MacKinnon, D., & Tofighi, D. (June, 2011). Bayesian mediation analysis for studies with small samples. Poster presented at the Annual Meeting of Society of Prevention Research, Denver, Co.
Cox, M. G., Kisbu-Sakarya, Y., & MacKinnon, D., (June, 2012). Distillation of the mediated effect: Estimating bias in latent variable mediation models. Poster presented at the Annual Meeting of Society of Prevention Research, Washington DC.
MacKinnon, D.P., Cox, M.G., Miocevic, M., & Kisbu-Sakarya, Y. (March, 2012). Methods to assess confounder bias applied to an anabolic steroid prevention program. Paper presented at the Frontiers in the Analysis of Causal Mechanisms Conference, Harvard's Institute for Quantitative Social Sciences, Cambridge, MA.
MacKinnon, D.P., Kisbu-Sakarya, Y., & Lockhart, G. (October, 2011). Moments of the Distribution of the Product of Two Standard Normal Variates. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of society of Multivariate Experimental Psychology, OK.
Kisbu-Sakarya, Y., MacKinnon, D., & Elliot, D. (2010, June). Cross-Sectional versus Longitudinal Analyses: Discrepant Findings from Prevention Research Data. Poster presented at the Annual Meeting of Society of Prevention Research, Denver, Co.
Burrell, G.L., MacKinnon, D., & Kisbu, Y. (2010, June). Test of an Instrumental Variable Estimation of the Mediated Effect. Poster presented at the Annual Meeting of Society of Prevention Research, Denver, Co.
Substantive
Kisbu-Sakarya, Y. (June, 2019). Fathering in Different Contexts. Symposium organized and chaired for the Annual Meeting of Society for Prevention Research, San Francisco CA.
Kisbu-Sakarya, Y. & Çetinkaya, E. (June, 2019). Optimizing the effectiveness of a role model intervention using a factorial experiment with a mediator, Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of Society of Prevention Research, San Francisco CA.
Kisbu-Sakarya, Y. et al. (June, 2019). Protective and Risk Factors Associated with Involved Fatherhood: Implications for Policy and Practice, Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of Society of Prevention Research, San Francisco CA.
Elliot, D.L., MacKinnon, D.P., Mabry, L., Kisbu-Sakarya, Y., Kuehl, K., & Favorite, K. (April, 2012). Worksite wellness program implementation: A model of translational effectiveness. Presented at the National American College Occupational and Environmental Medicine meeting, Los Angeles, CA.
Baraldi, A.N., MacKinnon, D.P., Kisbu-Sakarya, Y., Grenard, J.L., Pike, J., Stacy, A., & Reynolds, K. (June, 2012). Methodological challenges in EMA data as applied to an obesity study. Poster presented at the Annual Meeting of Society of Prevention Research, Washington DC.
Kisbu-Sakarya, Y., Pirlott, A., DeFrancesco, C., Eash, M., MacKinnon, D., Elliott D.L. (June, 2011). Mediation mechanisms of motivational interviewing in occupational health promotion. Poster presented at the Annual Meeting of American College of Sports Medicine, Denver, Co.
