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News
- In order to encourage poster submissions at the JSM, SRMS is offering a $1,000 award to the "Best Poster" and a $250 award to the "Honorable Mention" within the SRMS sponsored poster sessions. Note that poster presenters are eligible to submit papers to the JSM Proceedings. Poster presentations are displayed all day long. Please visit "Effective Presentations" and "Creating a Poster Using MS PowerPoint" for tips on creating good posters.
- SRMS offers eight student awards this year up to $400 each for students to attend 2008 Joint Statistical Meetings. The deadline for the submission of the award application is March 31, 2008.
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The Social Statistics, Government Statistics, and
Survey Research Methods Sections are pleased to
announce a competition
for student and postgraduate papers
to be presented at the Joint
Statistical Meetings (JSM) in Denver, Colorado on
August 3-7, 2008. At least five awards will be
granted. A subsidy of up to $800 is provided to
each winner in order to cover JSM 2008
expenses. Applications should be send to
daver004@umn.edu and must be received by
December 15, 2007. Winners will be notified in
early January 2008 and must register for the
meetings by January 31, 2008.
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Check out the
January 2008 issue of the SRMS
newsletter.
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We are pleased to announce that the online edition of
the Proceedings of the Survey Research Methods
Section of the American Statistical Association
(1978-2007) is now available.
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Newly revised
"What's a
survey?" pamphlet is now available
online.
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The SRMS Board endorses "Interviewer Falsification
in Survey Research: Current Best Methods for
Prevention, Detection and Repair of its Effects"
as a statement of good professional practices on
the handling of potential interviewer
falsification of survey data, and value it as a
foundation for stimulating further work and
discussion in this important area. This guideline was created by 35
survey statisticians and scientists at "Ann Arbor Summit on
Interviewer Falsification, April 4-6, 2003," sponsored by Department
of Health and Human Services' Office of Research Integrity and
University of Michigan Survey Research Center.
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A group of faculty
involved in the various grad
programs in survey statistics
and methodology at American
Association for Public Opinion
Research (AAPOR) assembled a list
of
"Universities and Colleges with
Degree Programs in Survey
Methodology."
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