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  • 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.

  • 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.

  • Check out the January 2008 issue of the SRMS newsletter.

  • 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.

  • Newly revised "What's a survey?" pamphlet is now available online.

  • 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.

  • 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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