Experts From the American Institutes for Research to Present at the American Statistical Association’s Annual Meeting in Chicago
Washington, D.C. — Statistical experts from the American Institutes for Research (AIR) will discuss big data and survey methods at the American Statistical Association’s 2016 Joint Statistical Meeting, to be held July 30-August 4 in Chicago.
The conference is the largest annual gathering of statisticians in North America. More than 6,000 participants will attend.
Presentations by AIR staff include:
Sunday, July 31, 2016
4:05-5:35 p.m.
Raking, Post-Stratification, and Calibration Methods
McCormick Place Convention Center, West 176c
Applying Post-Stratification Raking Adjustments to Survey Weights Using the High School Longitudinal Study of 2009
AIR Presenters: Austin Lasseter and Jonathan Phelan
Monday, August 1, 2016
7-8:15 a.m.
Section on Statistical Consulting A.M. Roundtable
McCormick Place Convention Center, West 375a
From Criticism to Curiosity: Changing Our Attitudes on Consulting With Data-Oriented Individuals in Other Fields
AIR Presenter: Jason Brinkley
8:35-10:10 a.m.
Statistical Inference With Clustered Data in Survey Sampling
McCormick Place Convention Center, West 178a
AIR Discussant: Michael Cohen
Wednesday, August 3, 2016
2:05 p.m.-3:35 p.m.
Biopharmaceutical Section Student Papers
McCormick Place Convention Center, West 187a
Randomly Split Zones for Sample Size One as Reserve Replicates and Random Replacements for Nonrespondents
AIR Presenters: Avinash Singh and Conge Ye
More information about the conference may be found on the American Statistical Association’s website.
About AIR
Established in 1946, with headquarters in Washington, D.C., the American Institutes for Research (AIR) is a nonpartisan, not-for-profit organization that conducts behavioral and social science research and delivers technical assistance both domestically and internationally in the areas of health, education and workforce productivity. For more information, visit www.air.org.
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