As the first quarter of 2025 nears an end, the members of the Survey Research Methods Section consider how to build on the section’s recent accomplishments.
SRMS made strides toward student engagement last year: With the Government Statistics Section and Social Statistics Section, SRMS awarded five student paper awards. SRMS also hosted a career advice webinar featuring panelists from Google, Merck, Westat, and NORC. In addition to that webinar, SRMS sponsored a webinar titled “A Comparative Review of Data Integration Methods” in reaction to the proliferation of nonrandom data sources. Recordings are available.
SRMS sponsored 23 sessions at JSM 2024, in addition to two roundtables and 12 poster/speed presentations, not including co-sponsored sessions. The business meeting at JSM gave members an opportunity to connect and celebrate accomplishments, and SRMS awarded a record-high six student travel awards, two poster awards, and two awards for the speed session.
In addition, SRMS was able to do the following:
- Sponsor the 2024 ICES VII conference
- Have a continuing education course accepted for JSM 2025
- Celebrate six new ASA Fellows: Claire McKay Bowen; Morgan Earp; Birol Emir; Yulei He; David S. Matteson; and Recai M. Yucel
- Award the 2025 Waksberg Award to Mike Hidiroglou, who worked as a survey methodologist at Statistics Canada for almost 40 years
In the coming year, SRMS looks forward to continuing to tackle important themes, including the role of nonprobability data sources and collaborations across sections. SRMS has many publication outlets, including a biannual newsletter, the SRMS website, and social media. If you have an announcement or contribution to publicize, contact us. Send ideas for Amstat News to emilyb@iastate.edu and announcements for the July SRMS newsletter to darcy.steeg.morris@census.gov and wendyvandekerckhove@westat.com.
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