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59th World Statistics Congress<\/h1>\n

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<\/a>). Short courses and IASS administrative meetings were also organized.<\/p>\n

IASS sessions<\/h2>\n


\nNew developments in multilevel model inference from complex sample survey data
\nOrganiser: J.N.K. Rao
\nChair: Alastair John Scott
\nDiscussant: Chris J. Skinner<\/b><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Title<\/td>\nAuthor(s)<\/td>\nAbstract or paper<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Empirical bias corrections for fitting multilevel models under informative sampling<\/td>\nSolange Correa Onel, Danny Pfeffermann<\/td>\nAbstract<\/a> \/ Paper<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Multivariate hierarchical normal modelling under informative sampling<\/td>\nPedro Luis do Nascimento Silva, Fernando Antonio Da Silva Moura<\/td>\nAbstract<\/a> \/ Paper<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
A composite likelihood approach to analysis of survey data with sampling weights incorporated under two-level models<\/td>\nGrace Y. Yi, J.N.K. Rao, Haocheng Li<\/td>\nAbstract<\/a> \/ Paper<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

Issues related to major redesigns in national statistical offices
\nOrganiser: Xiuhua Tian
\nChair: Hing-wang Fung
\nDiscussant: Barteld Braaksma<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Title<\/td>\nAuthor(s)<\/td>\nAbstract or paper<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Issues related to major redesigns in national statistical offices<\/td>\nPeter Morrison<\/td>\nAbstract<\/a> \/ Paper<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Redesign in a statistical office – Sociodemographic statistics in the Office for National Statistics<\/td>\nPaul A. Smith<\/td>\nAbstract<\/a> \/ Paper<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Innovations in Australia\u2019s social statistics information program<\/td>\nGemma Van Halderen, Eric Morris<\/td>\nAbstract<\/a> \/ Paper<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Design and implementation of the Integrated Business Survey in China<\/td>\nXiuhua Tian<\/td>\nAbstract<\/a> \/ Paper<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

Model-assisted approaches to combining information from different surveys (survey data integration)<\/strong><\/span>
\n Organiser and Chair: Jae Kwang Kim<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Title<\/td>\nAuthor(s)<\/td>\nAbstract or paper<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Estimation of totals and regression parameters by combining data from independent surveys<\/td>\nRao, Jae Kwang Kim<\/td>\nAbstract<\/a> \/ Paper<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Improved estimation for June Area Survey incorporating several information<\/td>\nZhengyuan Zhu, Jae Kwang Kim, Shu Yang<\/td>\nAbstract<\/a> \/ Paper<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Composite calibration estimation integrating data from different surveys<\/td>\nTakis Merkouris<\/td>\nAbstract<\/a> \/ Paper<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

Administrative censuses: Approaches when national population registers are not complete, or not available
\nOrganiser and chair: Christine Mary Bycroft
\nDiscussant: Stephen Elliott Fienberg<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Title<\/td>\nAuthor(s)<\/td>\nAbstract or paper<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Integrated rolling census<\/td>\nLuisa Burck, Dan Ben Hur<\/td>\nAbstract<\/a> \/ Paper<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
The new register-based census of Germany – A multiple source mixed mode approach<\/td>\nSabine Bechtold<\/td>\nAbstract<\/a> \/ Paper<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Beyond 2011 – A new paradigm for population statistics?<\/td>\nPeter Benton, Andy Teague, Alistair Calder, Jane Naylor<\/td>\nAbstract<\/a> \/ Paper<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
A Bayesian method for deriving population statistics from multiple imperfect data sources<\/td>\nJohn Bryant, Patrick Graham<\/td>\nAbstract<\/a> \/ Paper<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

Matrix sampling, split-questionnaire: Design and estimation
\nOrganiser: Takis Merkouris
\nChair: Sarah M. Nusser
\nDiscussant: Takis Merkouris<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Title<\/td>\nAuthor(s)<\/td>\nAbstract or paper<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Split questionnaire designs: Are they an efficient design choice?<\/td>\nDavid Steel, James O. Chipperfield, Margo L. Barr<\/td>\nAbstract<\/a> \/ Paper<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Split questionnaire design for massive surveys<\/td>\nFeray Adiguzel, Michel Wedel<\/td>\nAbstract<\/a> \/ Paper<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Split questionnaire design for panel surveys<\/td>\nTrivellore Eachambadi Raghunathan<\/td>\nAbstract<\/a> \/ Paper<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Integration of matrix sampling and multiple-frame methodology<\/td>\nJohn L. Eltinge<\/td>\nAbstract<\/a> \/ Paper<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

Rankings, use of ranks, and survey sampling
\nOrganiser: Tommy Wright
\nChair: Martin Klein
\nDiscussant: Yves Till\u00e9<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Title<\/td>\nAuthor(s)<\/td>\nAbstract or paper<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
An overview of some concepts for potential use in ranking populations based on sample survey data<\/td>\nTommy Wright, Martin Klein, Jerzy Wieczorek<\/td>\nAbstract<\/a> \/ Paper<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Ranking methods that address explicit goals<\/td>\nThomas A. Louis<\/td>\nAbstract<\/a> \/ Paper<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Ranking methods for high-dimensional data<\/td>\nPeter Gavin Hall<\/td>\nAbstract<\/a> \/ Paper<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

The challenge from web panel surveys
\nOrganiser: J\u00f6rgen Svensson
\nChair: Inger Eklund
\nDiscussant: Paul Philip Biemer<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Title<\/td>\nAuthor(s)<\/td>\nAbstract or paper<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Web panels for official statistics?<\/td>\nJelke Bethlehem, Fannie Cobben<\/td>\nAbstract<\/a> \/ Paper<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
A standard with quality indicators for web panel surveys: A Swedish example<\/td>\nMats Nyfj\u00e4ll<\/td>\nAbstract<\/a> \/ Paper<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Web panel surveys \u2013 Can they be designed and used in a scientifically sound way?<\/td>\nJ\u00f6rgen Svensson<\/td>\nAbstract<\/a> \/ Paper<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

Response to natural disasters
\nOrganiser: Gary Dunnet
\nChair: Christine Mary Bycroft
\nDiscussant: Len W. Cook<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Title<\/td>\nAuthor(s)<\/td>\nAbstract or paper<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Managing the impact of floods in Eastern Australia on Australian official statistics<\/td>\nPaul Schubert, Evrim Aydin Saher<\/td>\nAbstract<\/a> \/ Paper<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Floods in Pakistan 2010 and 2011<\/td>\nMuhammad Akram Janjua<\/td>\nAbstract<\/a> \/ Paper<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
The impact of the great East Japan earthquake on the labor market and industrial production in the disaster-striken prefectures<\/td>\nIsao Takabe, Minoru Nogimori, Tomohiko Inui<\/td>\nAbstract<\/a> \/ Paper<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Managing the effect of a disaster on official statistics<\/td>\nGary Roger Dunnet, Richard Penny<\/td>\nAbstract<\/a> \/ Paper<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

New developments in small area estimation and applications
\nOrganiser: Mike A. Hidiroglou
\nChair: J.N.K. Rao
\nDiscussant: Graham Kalton<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Title<\/td>\nAuthor(s)<\/td>\nAbstract or paper<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Benchmarking and design-consistency in small area estimation<\/td>\nParthasarathi Lahiri<\/td>\nAbstract<\/a> \/ Paper<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
An outlier robust block bootstrap for small area estimation<\/td>\nRay Chambers, Payam Mokhtarian<\/td>\nAbstract<\/a> \/ Paper<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
A review of poverty mapping procedures<\/td>\nIsabel Molina, J.N.K. Rao<\/td>\nAbstract<\/a> \/ Paper<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

Analytic inference for data from complex surveys
\nOrganiser: Jean D. Opsomer
\nChair: Emily J. Berg<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Title<\/td>\nAuthor(s)<\/td>\nAbstract or paper<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Testing for informativeness in analytic inference from complex survey data<\/td>\nJean D. Opsomer, F. Jay Breidt, Wade Herndon, Ricardo Cao, Mario Francisco Fern\u00e1ndez<\/td>\nAbstract<\/a> \/ Paper<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Fitting models to complex survey data accounting for nonignorable sampling and nonresponse<\/td>\nDanny Pfeffermann, Moshe Feder<\/td>\nAbstract<\/a> \/ Paper<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Rank tests with data from a complex survey<\/td>\nAlastair John Scott, Thomas Lumley<\/td>\nAbstract<\/a> \/ Paper<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Testing of parametric models fitted to high-dimensional contingency tables using complex survey data<\/td>\nChris J. Skinner, Irini Moustaki<\/td>\nAbstract<\/a> \/ Paper<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

Recent developments in imputation
\nOrganiser and chair: Yves Till\u00e9
\nDiscussant: Phillip S. Kott
\n<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Title<\/td>\nAuthor(s)<\/td>\nAbstract or paper<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Handling nonignorable nonresponse using generalized calibration with latent variables<\/td>\nM. Giovanna Ranalli, Alina Matei, Andrea Neri<\/td>\nAbstract<\/a> \/ Paper<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Hot deck imputation for multivariate missing data<\/td>\nJae-Kwang Kim, Wayne A. Fuller<\/td>\nAbstract<\/a> \/ Paper<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Balanced k-nearest neighbor imputation<\/td>\nCaren Hasler, Yves Till\u00e9<\/td>\nAbstract<\/a> \/ Paper<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

Short courses<\/h2>\n

Short courses were arranged by the IASS with the University of Hong Kong during 22-25 August 2013.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
<\/th>\nDate<\/th>\nTitle<\/th>\nInstructor(s)<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n
1<\/td>\n22-23 August 2013(2 days)<\/td>\nBusiness Survey Design<\/td>\n\n
    \n
  • Wesley Yung<\/li>\n
  • Mike Hidiroglou<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2<\/td>\n23 August 2013(1 day)<\/td>\nPractical Tools for Designing and Weighting Survey Samples<\/td>\n\n
    \n
  • Richard Valliant<\/li>\n
  • Jill A. Dever<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
3<\/td>\n23 August 2013(1 day)<\/td>\nActuarial and Statistical Aspects of Reinsurance<\/td>\n\n
    \n
  • Hansjorg Albrecher<\/li>\n
  • Jozef L. Teugels<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
4<\/td>\n24 August 2013(1 day)<\/td>\nHeavy Tail Phenomena<\/td>\n\n
    \n
  • Thomas Mikosch<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
5<\/td>\n24-25 August 2013(1.5 days)<\/td>\nEditing and Imputation of Survey Data<\/td>\n\n
    \n
  • Eric Rancourt<\/li>\n
  • Jean-Francois Beaumont<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
6<\/td>\n24-25 August 2013(2 days)<\/td>\nAnalysis of Complex Sample Survey Data<\/td>\n\n
    \n
  • Kirk M. Wolter<\/li>\n
  • F. Jay Breidt<\/li>\n
  • Jean D. Opsomer<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

    IASS administrative meetings<\/h2>\n
      \n
    • Joined Council meeting<\/li>\n
    • General Assembly<\/li>\n
    • Incoming Council meeting<\/li>\n
    • General Assembly<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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