The latest news from the ASA’s Quality and Productivity Section, including information about its offerings at JSM 2016.
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Biometrics Section News
The latest news from ASA’s Biometrics Section, including its JSM 2016 continuing education courses and invited sessions and this year’s Byar and travel award recipients.
Government Statistics Section News
The Government Statistics Section has four invited sessions lined up for JSM 2016, covering everything from survey design, data dissemination, and data quality to analysis of large data sets.
Biometrics Section News for April
The Biometrics Section will sponsor two Continuing Education courses and six invited sessions at the 2015 Joint Statistical Meetings in Seattle, Washington. The section will also fund up to three projects, with total funding of $3,000 to $5,000 per project this year.
Biometrics Section News for March
Daniels Durante of the University of Padova was awarded the David P. Byar Young Investigator Award for 2015. Nine travel awards were also given. Read about the winners and what the Biometrics Section has planned for JSM 2015.
Survey Research Methods Section News for June 2014
News and information from the Survey Research Methods Section of the ASA
Biometrics Section Readies for JSM
The Biometrics Section is sponsoring six continuing education courses and five invited sessions at the 2014 Joint Statistical Meetings in Boston, Massachusetts.
Byar, Travel Award Winners Announced
The Biometrics Section recently chose Kyu Ha Lee of the Harvard School of Public Health as winner of the David P. Byar Young Investigator Award for “Bayesian Semiparametric Analysis of Semicompeting Risks Data: Estimating Readmission Rates Among Pancreatic Cancer Patients.” Read on to find out who won travel awards, as well as which short courses and invited sessions the Biometrics Section is sponsoring at JSM 2013.
2014 Invited Session Proposals Wanted
2014 Joint Statistical Meetings will be held in Boston, Massachusetts, August 2–7.
Biometrics Section Announces JSM 2013 Program
The Biometrics Section will sponsor six Continuing Education courses and six invited sessions at JSM 2013. Read on to find out what the topics are.