The winners are anticipated to attend the Joint Statistical Meetings; present their work; and participate in the sections’ business meetings to formally receive their awards.

The Social Statistics Section, Government Statistics Section, and Survey Research Methods Section announce a competition for student and post-graduate papers.

The Social Statistics Section will host a JSM 2020 invited session and an associated roundtable about how differential privacy is applied to various 2020 Census data products to help protect the privacy of individuals and what that means for formal privacy.

The Government Statistics Section and Social Statistics Section hosted a free series of virtual workshops as part of the ASA’s professional development program. They will hold another series in the fall of 2020.

The Government and Social Statistics sections will offer virtual workshops focusing on user applications in fall 2020.

Winners will present their papers at a topic-contributed session during the 2020 Joint Statistical Meetings (JSM) in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

Each year, the Social Statistics Section cosponsors a student paper competition with the Government Statistics Section and Survey Research Methods Section. Read about the winners and their papers.

John Thompson reflects the excitement of beginning his responsibilities as the 2011 chair of the Social Statistics Section and hopes to represent the membership in addressing its issues and concerns.

The Government Statistics Section and the Social Statistics Section will sponsor nine roundtables at JSM 2010 that explore substantive and methodological topics central to those who produce or use official statistics.

The Social Statistics and Government Statistics sections have together organized sessions covering a range of topics that are bound to whet the statistical appetites of section members. So as you navigate through all that Vancouver, British Columbia, has to offer, consider some of our meeting offerings in the form of invited sessions.