Mandy Sha@MMandySha

Research Scientist PMP® Linguist on LinkedIn 👉 linkedin.com/in/mandy-sha/

 Chicago, IL
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Joined May 2014
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Book launch social starting 6:00PM May 13, 2026 at the Los Angeles @thebonaventure 🆕📖 𝘊𝘳𝘰𝘴𝘴-𝘊𝘶𝘭𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘢𝘭 𝘙𝘦𝘴𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘤𝘩 𝘪𝘯 𝘗𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘦 of 1⃣9⃣ chapters for improving research quality across cultures, languages, countries 👇🏻 amazon.com/Cross-Cultural-Re…
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How to shift #AI effort to 'high-value work' in stats production? L.McKeown @ONS webcast @theNASEM 1⃣ classification: generate codes from text 2⃣ survey assist: tailor followup🗣️ 3⃣ receipt processing: extract/classify data from scan 👍 Humans to validate + judge reliability!
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What're top 5⃣ training needs according to @OECD_Stat ('20-'25)? S.MacFeely @OECD webcast @theNASEM ❗️data visualization ❗️web scraping #AI ❗️data mining ❗️statistical analyses (using @_R_Foundation, @ThePSF) 🗝️= Professional development for official statistics workforce
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What could make #LLM more equitable? @fraukolos @theNASEM webcast "fine-tuning on (and human feedback from) representative longitudinal data", needing: ✔️ partnership w academic teams ✔️ continued education ✔️ get benchmark ready from #AI testing
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Law enables #DataSharing among public authorities, what makes it happen? I.Cope @JsyStats webcast @theNASEM "build relationships w #DataGovernance teams before enforcement becomes necessary" @GovJersey is an autonomous, self-governing island, part of British Isles archipelago
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How to modernize sample mgmt for #MobileFirst research? MHayes @TeleTownHall ➕ @davidrpmartin @EagletonPoll: Text-to-web recruit faster cheaper younger Clear sender🆔, MMS then SMS Stratify sample frame by nonresponse propensity 🔎carrier eg @TMobile cap based on TCR compliance
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How to find out what youth leaders think about #AI? @wapor Webinar R.Hassan @Stanford: via global youth event by @StanfordDDL + @WHOYouthCouncil 1⃣ small-group🗣️ 2⃣ global health & digital policy focus 3⃣ expert Q&A ➕look ahead to @UN High-Level Meeting on NCDs, mental health
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What's the #youth role in Chile's politics & society? @wapor Webinar S.Rivera @udp_cl: 16-yr FUNAS survey time series: 🔼repertoire of citizenship, offline ⏩ online activism w expression ➕ collective action 🧐 mechanisms, not just platforms: @facebook 🆚@X (twitter) not same
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↕️mood 🥵 fatigue, what's happening to women 40-60yrs "midlife"? J.Pinkerton @MedicineUVA @theNAMedicine: reproductive #aging, a "pacemaker" critical for long-term health 👍 indiv. advocacy/knowledge ✔️ trained #menopause providers 🧠 aging intervention (neuro shift) possible
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#AgeGap, what does it mean in women's health? J.Pinkerton @MedicineUVA @theNAMedicine: variation in the health ➕ appearance in chronological (linear, can't change) 🆚 biological age (physiological + functional, more accurate age📐, better health predictor) 🆙exercise and 🚭!
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Why 🌳metaphor for #DataLiteracy edu? D.Markovic O.Kärcher @HS_Osnabrueck soil=environment for different students roots=foundational competence:🤔skills branches=specific competence: analysis, modeling #DataViz trunk=teaching methods/tools @AmstatNews 👁‍🗨magazine.amstat.org/blog/202…
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What're "data agents"? #LLM🏗️ #DataScience agents that address data-centric problems w minimal human intervention ✔️ planning, reasoning, reflection ✔️ multi-agent 🤝 ✔️ user interface, knowledge🔄 + system design @tandfonline TheAmericanStatistician 👁‍🗨 doi.org/10.1080/00031305.202…
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Online survey fraud 🔎 needs transparent defensible process, how? S.Agrawal @ClemsonCBSHS #AAPOR webinar: iterative 1⃣ strategize: define flags/rules upfront 2⃣ automate: apply flags for automated classification 3⃣ review/refine: manually review 4⃣ integrate: automated + human🔎
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👌to use only automated rule-based classifications 🔎 online survey fraud? S.Agrawal @ClemsonCBSHS #AAPOR webinar: Must integrate human reviews! @PythonPr-based implementation on @github🔗 github.com/shubham8/survey-f… ✔️ configurations files ✔️ scripts & sample data ✔️ documentation
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😱 90% online survey responses from fraudulent responders... what do most researchers 🔎? A.Schuster @ClemsonCBSHS study #AAPOR webinar: 🔎 Analyzed times & open-ended responses, IP addresses 🔎 Evaluated attention checks 🔎 Searched for patterns ❗️1 evidence insufficient!
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Why conduct "multilingual research"? @Alisusita: to be generally inclusive ➕ 🏗️comparative work ⬇️nonresponse ✔️compare subgroups in the population ❗️Challenge striving for equivalence in meaning, measurement properties, cultural🤔 #TalkSoup webinar hosted by @FreeRangeRsrch
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What's survey translation best practice? @Alisusita: "TRAP-D" method pioneered by J.Harkness for @ESS_Survey 𝐓ranslate 𝐑eview 𝐀djudicate 𝐏retest 𝐃ocument ❣️#AI can translate initial draft w prompt clearly defining the users #TalkSoup webinar hosted by @FreeRangeRsrch
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How to develop nextgen research program 🔎 content discovery? P.Chapin-Bayley @Reach3Insights 1⃣ persona- & demand space segmentation 2⃣ #AI recomm + optimization platform ✔️ tailor 🖼️libraries to preferences ✔️ update/refresh/scale + create precision layer ✔️ semiotics based
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How to understand #AI impact in content discovery? P.Chapin-Bayley @Reach3Insights Research program includes in-depth iws, quant deep-dive, qual diary studies, ongoing AI listening ➕ human validation ❗️probabilistic not deterministic in making recommendations ❗️context matters
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Why're we in a "fractured content discovery landscape" today? S.GomezGarcia @wbd ✔️on-demand content ✔️distracted audience ➡️legacy content 🥊 other content & everything! 🆚 BEFORE broadcast⏲️ captive audience & simple discovery ➡️ legacy content had natural shelf space
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What's 1 argument for & against online eye tracking for research studies? I.Krajbich @UCLA ❌ lower resolution: effect sizes shrunk ~25%, need larger samples; uncontrolled environment: poor💡positioning + distractions ✔️ Can be used to detect commercial #AI agents & automated🗣️
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