Publications

Under review:

• Thiele J, FireMoon P, Johnson O, Reum M, Laga I, and Rink E. “Condom Use Self-Efficacy with Indigenous Youth: The Integration of Factor Analysis with Participatory Research.” (submitted to AIDS Care)

• Thiele J, FireMoon P, Johnson O, Laga I, and Rink E. ““If I didn’t have that, then I really don’t know where I’d be”: Examining the Association Between Depression and Participation in Traditional Activities for Indigenous Youth Using a Concurrent Triangulation Design.” (submitted to Social Science & Medicine)

• Thiele J, FireMoon P, Johnson O, Laga I, and Rink E. “The Development and Testing of a Pilot Intervention to Address Sexual Risk Behavior, Substance Use, and Mental Health Among Indigenous Youth Ages 12–18 Years Old.” (submitted to Field Methods)

• Sanei S, Laga I, Weir S, and Bao L. “A Case-Control Sampling Strategy for Zero-Inflated Models with an Application to Female Sex Worker Mapping in Sub-Saharan Africa.” (submitted to The Annals of Applied Statistics)

Published:

• Vogel B, Cummins B, and Laga I. “Accounting for Correlation and Censoring in Bayesian Network Scale-Up Method Models”. Social Networks, 84:101–109. doi: 10.1016/j.socnet.2025.07.005.

• Laga I, Kunke J. P., McCormick T. H., and Niu X. “Estimating and Correcting Degree Ratio Bias in the Network Scale-Up Method”. Sociological Methods & Research. doi: 10.1177/00491241251364233.

• Kunke J, Laga I, Niu X, and McCormick T. “Comparing the Robustness of Simple Network Scale-Up Method (NSUM) Estimators”. Sociological Methododology. Preprint Version

• Laga I, Bao L, and Niu X. “The Correlated Network Scale-up Model: Finding the Connection Between Subpopulations”. The Journal of the American Statistical Association. Preprint Version

• Laga I, Niu X, Rucinski K, Baral S, Chen D, Viswasam N, Sabin K, Zhao J, Eaton J.W, and Bao L. “Mapping the Number of Female Sex Worker in Countries Across Sub-Saharan Africa.”. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 120:2, doi: 10.1073/pnas.2200633120.

• Laga I, Niu X., and Bao L. (2021+). “Modeling the Marked Presence-only Data: A Case Study of Estimating the Female Sex Worker Size in Malawi”. Journal of the American Statistical Association, 117:537, 27-37. doi: 10.1080/10621459.2021.1944873. Preprint Version.

• Laga I, Bao L, and Niu X. (2021). “Thirty Years of The Network Scale up Method”. Journal of the American Statistical Association, 116:535, 1548-1559. doi: 10.1080/01621459.2021.1935267. Preprint Version.

• Laga I and Niu X. (2019) Book Review for: “Model-Based Geostatistics for Global Public Health: Methods and Applications”. Journal of the American Statistical Association, Vol 115, No. 530, 1030-1032. doi: 10.1080/01621459.2020.1759988.

• Laga, I (2019). “The POWER Structure and Why an 80% Correct Solution is Sometimes Better Than a 100% Correct Solution.” In JSM Proceedings, Section on Statistical Consulting. Denver, CO: American Statistical Association. 2345-2356

• Laga, I and Kleiber, W. (2017) “The Modified Matérn Process”. Stat, 6: 241-247. doi: 10.1002/sta4.152.