“Sampling Hidden Populations: Respondent Driven Sampling”

Dr. Henry F. Raymond
Associate Prof. of Epidemiology, Rutgers University & Associate Prof. of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, UC San Francisco
June 18th, 2018
4240 Public Affairs Building

Abstract: Dr. Raymond will discuss the background and implementation of Respondent Driven Sampling (RDS) studies which is wide use among hidden populations the world over. He will review the theoretical basis of RDS including what biases RDS analysis corrects for. Dr. Raymond will share some examples of RDS analysis using RDS Analyst.