PRIISM, the Center for Practice and Research at the Intersection of Information, Society, and Methodology, is an interdisciplinary center that builds capacity for researchers within academia and beyond to collect data, build inferential models and predictive algorithms, and communicate findings in impactful and socially responsible ways.
Interpreting Research Findings Experiment
Have you ever wondered how your students interpret the results of research findings? If you’re interested in using a short (<10 min) randomized survey with your students this Fall, visit the Interpreting Research Findings Experiment page to find out more information.
Highlights
Child Speech Therapy
Tara McAllister provides updates on her research on technology-enhanced speech treatments to support children with speech sound disorders.
Homelessness Risk Screening Tool for Emergency Department Patients
Dr. Tod Mijanovich and colleagues recently developed an interview tool for screening emergency department patients for risk of future homelessness.
The Ethics of Facial Recognition Technology
Anne Washington recently published an article on data privacy and was quoted in an MIT Technology Review article.
Using Technology to Help Doctors & Infant Healthcare Providers
Jennifer Hill's research shows how extending Item Response Theory models can help us understand how doctors learn from their mistakes and that in-hospital infant formula supplementation impacts later breastfeeding success.
The Use of Criminal Risk Assessments in the Justice System
Ravi Shroff recently co-authored a chapter that critically examines the use of statistical algorithms that help predict if people will be repeat offenders.
View our gallery of past highlights.
Student Visualization Contest Winner
Non-Zoned Public Schools are More Popular than Charter Schools
Congratulations to Dorothy Seaman, the winner of our third PRIISM/A3SR student visualization competition! The visualization shows that 22% of Kindergarteners citywide enroll in non-charter public schools other than their zoned public schools compared to 9% who enroll in charter.
See the past winners of the student visualization contest.
The PRIISM Team
Meet the faculty, researchers, students, and affiliates working at PRIISM
Meet the TeamMS, Applied Statistics for Social Science Research
PRIISM is highly integrated with the academic program of Applied Statistics for Social Science Research. Learn advanced quantitative research techniques and apply them to critical policy issues across social, behavioral, and health sciences.
Degree Details How to ApplyMA, Education and Social Policy
PRIISM is highly integrated with the academic program of Education and Social Policy. Learn how to use statistics, data sets, and research results to formulate, implement, and evaluate educational policies for grades K-12 and higher education.
Degree Details How to ApplyFellowships
PRIISM Social Impact Research Fellowship Program
Funded by the Moore Sloan Data Science Environment at NYU
PRIISM Opportunity Fellowship
highly-selective fellowship is to support the growth and development of a promising student in their first year of the Applied Statistics for Social Science Research MS program.