WSS NEWS

News about activities of the Washington Statistical Society
A Chapter of the American Statistical Association

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February 1998

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Contents:

• Herriot Award Nominations Sought
• WSS Seminars
• SIGSTAT Meetings
• George Mason University Graduate Courses in Statistics: Spring 1998
• March 25, 1998: American Community Survey Symposium
• March 26-27, 1998 -- Conference on Small Area Estimation, U.S. Census Bureau
• Nominations Sought for the Shiskin Award
• Employment Opportunities
• Short Courses
• Note From The WSS NEWS Editors
• WSS People

Herriot Award Nominations Sought

After the sudden death in May, 1994 of Roger Herriot, an Associate Commissioner for Statistical Standards and Methodology at the National Center for Educational Statistics, the Washington Statistical Society, the Social Statistics and Government Statistics Sections of the American Statistical Association established an award in his memory to recognize individuals who develop unique approaches to the solution of statistical problems in federal data collection programs.

The award is intended to reflect the special characteristics that marked Roger Herriot's career.

• Dedication to the issues of measurement;
• Improvements in the efficiency of data collection programs;
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• Improvements and used of statistical data or policy analysis.

The award is not restricted to "senior" members of an organization; nor is it to be considered as a culmination of a long period of service. Individuals at all levels, from entry to senior, federal employees, private sector employees, or employees of the academic community, may be nominated on the basis of the significance of the specific contribution.

The recipient of the 1998 Roger Herriot Award will be chosen by a committee of representatives of the Social Statistics Section and Government Statistics Section of the American Statistical Association and a representative of the Washington Statistical Society. Roger Herriot was associated with and strongly supportive of these organizations during his career. The award consists of an honorium of $500 and a framed citation.

Joseph Waksberg (Westat), Monroe Sirken (National Center for Health Statistics), and Constance Citro (National Academy of Sciences) are previous recipients of the Herriot Award.

A nomination form can be obtained by contacting Daniel Kasprzyk at 202-219-1588, 202-219-1325 (fax), or e-mail Daniel_Kasprzyk@ed.gov. All nomination forms should be returned to:

Roger Herriot Award Committee
c/o Daniel Kasprzyk
4906 Colonel Contree Place
Upper Marlboro, MD 0772-2875

Completed nomination forms must be received by May 8, 1998.

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SIGSTAT Meetings

All SIGSTAT meetings are from 12:30 to 1:30 in the Waugh A Room on the 3rd floor in the South Tower of 1800 M St, NW. Directions to the meeting site and the full schedule is available at http://www.ers.usda.govsigstat/ or on the Members/SIGS page of http://www.cpcug.org. First-time attendees should contact Charlie Hallahan at 202-694-5051 or hallahan@econ.ag.gov to leave their name for gaining entrance to the building.

SIGSTAT: Derive for Windows - Feb 11

SIGSTAT: ActivStats - Mar 11

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George Mason University Graduate Courses in Statistics: Spring 1998

For more information on these courses and programs offered visit our web site at http://www.galaxy.gmu.edu, call (703) 993-3645 or email to compstat@galaxy.gmu.edu.

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March 25, 1998: American Community Survey Symposium

The symposium will be held at the U.S. Bureau of the Census, located just outside of Washington, DC. For further information contact Lynn Weidman via e-mail at lweidman@census.gov.

Conference registration is free.

To register contact:

Kathryn Maney
ACSD, Room 3039-3
Bureau of the Census
Washington, DC 20233-1915
ph: 301-457-2308
FAX: 301-457-3682
e-mail: Kathryn.J.Maney@ccmail.census.gov.

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March 26-27, 1998 -- Conference on Small Area Estimation, U.S. Census Bureau

For further information contact:

William Bell
SRD Room 3000-4
Bureau of the Census
Washington, DC 20233
ph: 301-457-4728
FAX: 301-457-2299
e-mail: wbell@census.gov.

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First posted January 27, 1998
Last modified February 3, 1998

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