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Mark Fredrickson
Research Affiliate
Lecturer II in Statistics, College of Literature, Science, and the Arts
Lecturer II in Statistics, College of Literature, Science, and the Arts
Research Interests:
Mark Fredrickson received his Ph.D. (2018) in Statistics from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. He received a B.A. in Government and Computer Science from Claremont McKenna College. His research interests include causal inference, network analysis, computational methods, and statistical software. Mark also holds an M.A. in Political Science from UIUC and frequently draws inspiration for statistical applications from social science and public policy research questions.
Select Publications
- Alex Hayes, Mark Fredrickson, Keith Levin. 2025. Estimating Network-Mediated Causal Effects via Principal Components Network Regression. Journal of Machine Learning Research 26:1-99.
- Cara Wong, Jake Bowers, Daniel Rubenson, Mark Fredrickson, Ashlea Rundlett. 2025. A Two-Path Theory of Context Effects: Pseudoenvironments and Social Cohesion. British Journal of Political Science 55:e178.
- Mark Fredrickson, Ben B Hansen. 2023. Optimal Full Matching. Handbook of Matching and Weighting Adjustments for Causal Inference :87-104.
- Hayes, Matthew, Wong, Cara, Bloeser, Andrew, Fredrickson,Mark, LaForge, Chera. 2022. Elected Officials, Empowered Voters: The Impact of Descriptive Representation on Voter Turnout. Political Behavior