59th World Statistics Congress
The 59th World Statistics Congress was held in Hong Kong, S.A.R. China from 25-30 August 2013. The IASS organized or sponsored the 11 sessions described below, during which 38 papers were presented (for a list of all ISI sessions, visit the Detailed Programme at the 59th ISI website). Short courses and IASS administrative meetings were also organized.
IASS sessions
New developments in multilevel model inference from complex sample survey data
Organiser: J.N.K. Rao
Chair: Alastair John Scott
Discussant: Chris J. Skinner
| Title | Author(s) | Abstract or paper |
| Empirical bias corrections for fitting multilevel models under informative sampling | Solange Correa Onel, Danny Pfeffermann | Abstract / Paper |
| Multivariate hierarchical normal modelling under informative sampling | Pedro Luis do Nascimento Silva, Fernando Antonio Da Silva Moura | Abstract / Paper |
| A composite likelihood approach to analysis of survey data with sampling weights incorporated under two-level models | Grace Y. Yi, J.N.K. Rao, Haocheng Li | Abstract / Paper |
Issues related to major redesigns in national statistical offices
Organiser: Xiuhua Tian
Chair: Hing-wang Fung
Discussant: Barteld Braaksma
| Title | Author(s) | Abstract or paper |
| Issues related to major redesigns in national statistical offices | Peter Morrison | Abstract / Paper |
| Redesign in a statistical office – Sociodemographic statistics in the Office for National Statistics | Paul A. Smith | Abstract / Paper |
| Innovations in Australia’s social statistics information program | Gemma Van Halderen, Eric Morris | Abstract / Paper |
| Design and implementation of the Integrated Business Survey in China | Xiuhua Tian | Abstract / Paper |
Model-assisted approaches to combining information from different surveys (survey data integration)
Organiser and Chair: Jae Kwang Kim
| Title | Author(s) | Abstract or paper |
| Estimation of totals and regression parameters by combining data from independent surveys | Rao, Jae Kwang Kim | Abstract / Paper |
| Improved estimation for June Area Survey incorporating several information | Zhengyuan Zhu, Jae Kwang Kim, Shu Yang | Abstract / Paper |
| Composite calibration estimation integrating data from different surveys | Takis Merkouris | Abstract / Paper |
Administrative censuses: Approaches when national population registers are not complete, or not available
Organiser and chair: Christine Mary Bycroft
Discussant: Stephen Elliott Fienberg
| Title | Author(s) | Abstract or paper |
| Integrated rolling census | Luisa Burck, Dan Ben Hur | Abstract / Paper |
| The new register-based census of Germany – A multiple source mixed mode approach | Sabine Bechtold | Abstract / Paper |
| Beyond 2011 – A new paradigm for population statistics? | Peter Benton, Andy Teague, Alistair Calder, Jane Naylor | Abstract / Paper |
| A Bayesian method for deriving population statistics from multiple imperfect data sources | John Bryant, Patrick Graham | Abstract / Paper |
Matrix sampling, split-questionnaire: Design and estimation
Organiser: Takis Merkouris
Chair: Sarah M. Nusser
Discussant: Takis Merkouris
| Title | Author(s) | Abstract or paper |
| Split questionnaire designs: Are they an efficient design choice? | David Steel, James O. Chipperfield, Margo L. Barr | Abstract / Paper |
| Split questionnaire design for massive surveys | Feray Adiguzel, Michel Wedel | Abstract / Paper |
| Split questionnaire design for panel surveys | Trivellore Eachambadi Raghunathan | Abstract / Paper |
| Integration of matrix sampling and multiple-frame methodology | John L. Eltinge | Abstract / Paper |
Rankings, use of ranks, and survey sampling
Organiser: Tommy Wright
Chair: Martin Klein
Discussant: Yves Tillé
| Title | Author(s) | Abstract or paper |
| An overview of some concepts for potential use in ranking populations based on sample survey data | Tommy Wright, Martin Klein, Jerzy Wieczorek | Abstract / Paper |
| Ranking methods that address explicit goals | Thomas A. Louis | Abstract / Paper |
| Ranking methods for high-dimensional data | Peter Gavin Hall | Abstract / Paper |
The challenge from web panel surveys
Organiser: Jörgen Svensson
Chair: Inger Eklund
Discussant: Paul Philip Biemer
| Title | Author(s) | Abstract or paper |
| Web panels for official statistics? | Jelke Bethlehem, Fannie Cobben | Abstract / Paper |
| A standard with quality indicators for web panel surveys: A Swedish example | Mats Nyfjäll | Abstract / Paper |
| Web panel surveys – Can they be designed and used in a scientifically sound way? | Jörgen Svensson | Abstract / Paper |
Response to natural disasters
Organiser: Gary Dunnet
Chair: Christine Mary Bycroft
Discussant: Len W. Cook
| Title | Author(s) | Abstract or paper |
| Managing the impact of floods in Eastern Australia on Australian official statistics | Paul Schubert, Evrim Aydin Saher | Abstract / Paper |
| Floods in Pakistan 2010 and 2011 | Muhammad Akram Janjua | Abstract / Paper |
| The impact of the great East Japan earthquake on the labor market and industrial production in the disaster-striken prefectures | Isao Takabe, Minoru Nogimori, Tomohiko Inui | Abstract / Paper |
| Managing the effect of a disaster on official statistics | Gary Roger Dunnet, Richard Penny | Abstract / Paper |
New developments in small area estimation and applications
Organiser: Mike A. Hidiroglou
Chair: J.N.K. Rao
Discussant: Graham Kalton
| Title | Author(s) | Abstract or paper |
| Benchmarking and design-consistency in small area estimation | Parthasarathi Lahiri | Abstract / Paper |
| An outlier robust block bootstrap for small area estimation | Ray Chambers, Payam Mokhtarian | Abstract / Paper |
| A review of poverty mapping procedures | Isabel Molina, J.N.K. Rao | Abstract / Paper |
Analytic inference for data from complex surveys
Organiser: Jean D. Opsomer
Chair: Emily J. Berg
| Title | Author(s) | Abstract or paper |
| Testing for informativeness in analytic inference from complex survey data | Jean D. Opsomer, F. Jay Breidt, Wade Herndon, Ricardo Cao, Mario Francisco Fernández | Abstract / Paper |
| Fitting models to complex survey data accounting for nonignorable sampling and nonresponse | Danny Pfeffermann, Moshe Feder | Abstract / Paper |
| Rank tests with data from a complex survey | Alastair John Scott, Thomas Lumley | Abstract / Paper |
| Testing of parametric models fitted to high-dimensional contingency tables using complex survey data | Chris J. Skinner, Irini Moustaki | Abstract / Paper |
Recent developments in imputation
Organiser and chair: Yves Tillé
Discussant: Phillip S. Kott
| Title | Author(s) | Abstract or paper |
| Handling nonignorable nonresponse using generalized calibration with latent variables | M. Giovanna Ranalli, Alina Matei, Andrea Neri | Abstract / Paper |
| Hot deck imputation for multivariate missing data | Jae-Kwang Kim, Wayne A. Fuller | Abstract / Paper |
| Balanced k-nearest neighbor imputation | Caren Hasler, Yves Tillé | Abstract / Paper |
Short courses
Short courses were arranged by the IASS with the University of Hong Kong during 22-25 August 2013.
| Date | Title | Instructor(s) | |
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| 1 | 22-23 August 2013(2 days) | Business Survey Design |
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| 2 | 23 August 2013(1 day) | Practical Tools for Designing and Weighting Survey Samples |
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| 3 | 23 August 2013(1 day) | Actuarial and Statistical Aspects of Reinsurance |
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| 4 | 24 August 2013(1 day) | Heavy Tail Phenomena |
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| 5 | 24-25 August 2013(1.5 days) | Editing and Imputation of Survey Data |
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| 6 | 24-25 August 2013(2 days) | Analysis of Complex Sample Survey Data |
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IASS administrative meetings
- Joined Council meeting
- General Assembly
- Incoming Council meeting
- General Assembly