The ASA and AAPOR welcome Katherine Thompson of the US Census Bureau as the next statistics editor for the Journal of Survey Statistics and Methodology. Thompson will serve a three-year term.
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Federal Committee on Statistical Methodology Plans Research Conference
The Federal Committee on Statistical Methodology 2012 Research Conference will be January 10–12, 2012, at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center in Washington, DC. Sessions will feature papers and demonstrations authored by government, private sector, and academic researchers from six countries. All sessions will include an open discussion, and some sessions will include a formal discussion.