The Social Statistics Section, Government Statistics Section, and Survey Research Methods Section announce a competition for student and post-graduate papers.
Section News
Survey Research Methods News
The Survey Research Methods Section had a successful virtual business meeting during JSM on August 5, when they discussed future plans and congratulated the five SRMS members who are among the newest ASA Fellows—Rebecca R. Andridge, Laura Lee Johnson, Rochelle W. Martinez, Matthias Schonlau, and Zhengyuan Zhu—as well as the Washington Statistical Society Student Travel Award winner, Aaron Williams of Georgetown.
Papers Sought for SBR Special Issue
SBR is calling for papers focusing on clinical trials for COVID-19 treatments, vaccines, medical devices, and diagnostics.
Survey Research Methods Section to Host Webinar on Respondent-Driven Sampling
Learn more about respondent-driven sampling (RDS) in a webinar this September. RDS is a link-tracing network sampling method used to sample hard-to-reach human populations.
Statistical Consulting Section Responds to COVID-19
Applied and practicing statisticians in the ASA Statistical Consulting Section are engaged and playing key roles in COVID-19 research. Here, we highlight members of the section who are responding to COVID-19.
SRMS Looks Ahead to JSM 2020 and 2021
The Joint Statistical Meetings—taking place August 2–6—will be a virtual conference this year, and the Survey Research Methods Section has many sessions for you to attend from your home (or office).
Biopharmaceutical Section Offers Summary of Dos and Don’ts for Submitting Manuscripts
Recently, the Biopharmaceutical Section conducted a survey of the editors and associate editors of several applied statistics journals with a biopharmaceutical orientation. The survey was designed to be open-ended and asked the editors to list—based on their experiences—three don’ts commonly seen in submitted manuscripts and three dos.
SRMS Congratulates Award Winners
Members of the Survey Research Methods Section congratulate winners of the 2020 Student Paper Awards and 2020 Student Travel Awards.
Biopharmaceutical Section Offers Advice for ASA Fellow Nomination
Biopharmaceutical Section members discuss their experiences as ASA Fellow nominees, describe what they learned while nominating others, and share advice for those considering nomination.
Social Statistics Section Plans Privacy Discussions
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.