I am a PhD candidate in Survey Methodology at the University of Michigan. My research focus is mainly concerned with finite population inference for Big Data as large-scale non-probability samples. Currently, I am working as a graduate student research assistant under the supervision of Professors Michael R. Elliott and Carol A. C. Flannagan at the Survey Research Center, Institute for Social Research. Read more . . .
Research Interests
- Design and Analysis of Complex Sample Surveys
- Calibrating Big Data for Population Inference
- Infectious Disease Modeling and Early Detection of Outbreaks
- Finite Mixture Models especially Hidden Markov Model
- Bayesian Computation and Bayesian Hierarchical Modeling
- Cancer Epidemiology and Cancer Survival Analysis
- Statistical Computing with R
Selected Articles
- Rafei A, Flannagan CAC, Elliott MR. Big Data for Finite Population Inference: Applying Quasi-Random Approaches to Naturalistic Driving Data using Bayesian Additive Regression Trees, Survey Statistics and Methodology, 2020. [Abstract]
- Rafei A, Pasha E, Jamshidi Orak R. A Warning Threshold for Monitoring Tuberculosis Surveillance data: an Alternative to Hidden Markov Model, Tropical Medicine and International Health, 2015. [PubMed][PDF]
- Asgari F, Majidi A, Koohpayehzadeh J, Etemad K, Rafei A. Oral Hygiene Status in a General Population of Iran, 2011: A Key Lifestyle Marker in Relation to Common Risk Factors of Non-Communicable Diseases, International Journal of Health Policy and Management, 2015. [PubMed][PDF]
- Rafei A, Pasha E, Jamshidi Orak R. Tuberculosis Surveillance using a Hidden Markov Model, Iranian Journal of Public Health, 2012. [PubMed][PDF]
- Our recent paper published in the Journal of Survey Statistics and Methodology
- SRMS/GSS/SSS Student Paper Award
- Allan L. McCutcheon Award for the best methodology paper
- Summar School on Modern Methods in Biostatistics and Epidemiology in Venice, Italy
- IACR conference at Mumbia, India
- IARC visiting program
- R Workshop at the Iran University of Medical Sciences
- SAMSI Transportation Workshop
- Michigan Student Symposium for Interdisciplinary Statistical Sciences 2020
- Symposium on Data Science and Statistics
- 2019 Joint Statistical Meetings (JSM) – American Statistical Association
- AAPOR’s 74th Annual Conference will take place Thursday, May 16 through Sunday, May 19, 2019 Sheraton Centre Toronto, Ontario, Canada
- Measurement Error in Longitudinal Data Workshop
- ITACOSM 2019 – SURVEY AND DATA SCIENCE