{"id":2449,"date":"2021-08-22T23:47:51","date_gmt":"2021-08-22T23:47:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/isi-iass.org\/home\/?p=2449"},"modified":"2021-08-22T23:47:53","modified_gmt":"2021-08-22T23:47:53","slug":"iass-news-july-2021","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/isi-iass.org\/home\/iass-news-july-2021\/","title":{"rendered":"IASS News July 2021"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>July 2021 Newsletter: International Association of Survey Statisticians<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>About the IASS<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Links to more information:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>The January 2021 issue of <em>The Survey Statistician<\/em> (TSS) is now available <a href=\"http:\/\/isi-iass.org\/home\/services\/the-survey-statistician\/\">http:\/\/isi-iass.org\/home\/services\/the-survey-statistician\/<\/a> .<\/li><li>Newsletters are available at&nbsp; <a href=\"http:\/\/isi-iass.org\/home\/services\/newsletters\/2020-newsletters\">http:\/\/isi-iass.org\/home\/services\/newsletters\/2020-newsletters<\/a>\/<\/li><li>The calendar of events is available at <a href=\"http:\/\/isi-iass.org\/home\/events\/\">http:\/\/isi-iass.org\/home\/events\/<\/a><\/li><li>IASS Twitter account <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/iass_isi\">@iass_isi<\/a><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>The TSS is an open access journal. If you would like to contribute an article to the <em>Ask the Experts<\/em>, <em>New and Emerging Methods<\/em>, and <em>Book and Software Review<\/em> sections please approach the TSS editors or James Chipperfield (email below)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The IASS Executive Committee encourage members to subscribe and contribute articles to the Statistics Journal of the International Association of Official Statistics. Website: <a href=\"https:\/\/officialstatistics.com\/aims-scope\">https:\/\/officialstatistics.com\/aims-scope<\/a> .<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Please feel free to send items to publish in future IASS newsletters to James Chipperfield <a href=\"m&#97;&#x69;&#x6c;t&#111;&#58;&#x6a;&#x61;m&#101;&#115;&#x2e;&#x63;h&#105;&#x70;&#x70;&#x65;r&#102;&#x69;&#x65;l&#100;&#64;&#x61;&#x62;s&#46;&#103;&#x6f;&#x76;&#46;&#97;&#x75;\">j&#97;&#109;&#x65;&#x73;&#x2e;ch&#105;&#112;&#x70;&#x65;&#x72;f&#105;&#101;&#108;&#x64;&#x40;&#x61;b&#115;&#46;&#x67;&#x6f;&#x76;&#46;a&#117;<\/a> &nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>List of Candidates for the IASS 2021-2023 Executive Committee<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As of 13 July, a total of 169 voting forms were received for the election of the next Executive Committee. About 48% of IASS members cast a vote. A report on the election outcomes will be send to members. Good luck to the next EC!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>Stats&nbsp;<\/em><\/strong><strong>Special Issue &#8220;Re-sampling Methods for Statistical Inference of the 2020s&#8221;<\/strong><strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Manuscripts on&nbsp;Bootstrap and resampling methods are very welcome&nbsp;to the&nbsp;<em>Stats&nbsp;<\/em>Special Issue &#8220;Re-sampling Methods for Statistical Inference of the 2020s&#8221; which will&nbsp;feature a special paper and preface by Bradley Efron. Submission deadline is 31 August 2021. For details&nbsp;&nbsp;please visit [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.mdpi.com\/journal\/stats\/special_issues\/resampling_statistics\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/www.mdpi.com\/journal\/stats\/special_issues\/resampling_statistics<\/a>] or email to&nbsp;<a href=\"&#x6d;&#97;i&#x6c;&#116;&#111;&#x3a;&#x66;&#117;l&#x76;&#105;a&#x2e;&#x6d;&#101;c&#x61;&#116;t&#x69;&#x40;&#117;n&#x69;&#109;i&#x62;&#x2e;&#105;t\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">f&#117;&#x6c;&#x76;i&#97;&#46;&#x6d;&#x65;c&#97;&#x74;&#x74;i&#64;&#117;&#x6e;&#x69;m&#105;&#x62;&#x2e;i&#116;<\/a>.&nbsp;<em>Stats&nbsp;<\/em>is an MDPI Open Access Journal.&nbsp;Special&nbsp;discounts&nbsp;on the&nbsp;Article Processing Charges&nbsp;(APC) may be provided.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>IASS General Assembly<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The IASS held its annual general assembly on the 6<sup>th<\/sup> July. The general assembly expressed support for a proposal to form an IASS Outreach Committee, as long as the proposal was expanded to include multiple African countries (only Nigeria was mentioned in the initial proposal).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>IASS Webinar Series<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The current timetable for IASS webinars is below. Note that CET is Central European Time. More details, including registration, will be advertised in future IASS newsletters. A list of previous IASS webinars is <a href=\"http:\/\/isi-iass.org\/home\/webinars\/\">Webinar | International Association of Survey Statisticians (IASS) (isi-iass.org)<\/a><strong><em><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>and recordings are available <a href=\"https:\/\/www.isi-web.org\/events\/webinars\">Webinars &#8211; ISI (isi-web.org)<\/a>. <strong><em><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>2nd September 2021,<em> <\/em>1:00 PM (CET): <a href=\"https:\/\/sciendo.com\/article\/10.2478\/jos-2021-0001\"><em>Building a Sample Frame of SMEs Using Patent, Search Engine, and Website Data<\/em><\/a> (Sarah Kelley, Sanjay K. Arora).<em><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>September <em>2021: <\/em><em>Targeted or lagged walk sampling for estimation of finite-order graph parameters<\/em> (Li-Chun Zhang)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>28<sup>th<\/sup> &nbsp;October 2021 at 2pm &#8211; 3.30pm:<strong> <\/strong><em>Theory and Practice of Adaptive Survey Design at Statistics Netherlands<\/em> (Barry Schouten and <a href=\"https:\/\/sciendo.com\/article\/10.2478\/jos-2020-0031\">Kees van Berkel<\/a>)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>23<sup>rd<\/sup> November 2021 12pm (noon) CET:<em> Presentation by the Inter-secretariat Working Group on Household Surveys, United Nations.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>December <em>2021: To be Advised <\/em>(Ray Chambers)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>February 2022: Three-Form Split Questionnaire Design for Panel Surveys (Paul Imbriano)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>Conferences<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Upcoming IASS-Supported Conferences in 2021<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Website: <a href=\"https:\/\/ww2.amstat.org\/meetings\/ices\/2020\/conferenceinfo.cfm\/\">https:\/\/ww2.amstat.org\/meetings\/ices\/2020\/conferenceinfo.cfm\/<\/a>&nbsp; &nbsp;<strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>EESW21<\/strong>&#8211; European Establishment Statistics Workshop 2021 will take place virtually 14 &#8211; 17 September 2021. Website: <a href=\"https:\/\/statswiki.unece.org\/display\/ENBES\/EESW21\">https:\/\/statswiki.unece.org\/display\/ENBES\/EESW21<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>SUMMER SCHOOL ON SURVEY STATISTICS<\/strong> will be held virtually 3, 10, 17 and 24 September. Website: <a href=\"https:\/\/wiki.helsinki.fi\/display\/BNU\/Summer+School+on+Survey+Statistics+2021\">Summer School on Survey Statistics 2021 &#8211; Baltic-Nordic-Ukrainian Network on Survey Statistics &#8211; University of Helsinki Confluence<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>SAE2021- BigSmall<\/strong> &#8211; Conference on Small Area Estimation, with the theme &#8220;Big Data for Small Areas\u201d, will be held virtually 20-24 September, as a satellite conference to the World Statistics Conference in 2021.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Website: <a href=\"https:\/\/sae2020.org\/\">https:\/\/sae2020.org\/<\/a>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>11e Colloque International Francophone sur les Sondages &#8211; 11th International Francophone Conference on Surveys<\/strong> will take place 6-8 October 2021 in Brussels, Belgium.&nbsp; Website: <a href=\"http:\/\/sondages2020.sciencesconf.org\">http:\/\/sondages2020.sciencesconf.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Other Conferences on survey statistics and related areas<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/imstat.org\/meetings-calendar\/2021-joint-statistical-meetings%e2%80%8bims-annual-meeting%e2%80%8b\/\"><strong>Joint Statistical Meetings<\/strong><\/a><strong> 2021 <\/strong>will take place 7 -12 August in Seattle, USA. Website: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amstat.org\/ASA\/Meetings\/Joint-Statistical-Meetings.aspx\">https:\/\/www.amstat.org\/ASA\/Meetings\/Joint-Statistical-Meetings.aspx<\/a> <strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ww2.amstat.org\/meetings\/wsds\/2021\"><strong>2021 Women in Statistics and Data Science Conference<\/strong><\/a> will take place 7-9 October in Pittsburgh, USA. Website: <a href=\"https:\/\/ww2.amstat.org\/meetings\/wsds\/2021\/\">https:\/\/ww2.amstat.org\/meetings\/wsds\/2021\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>2021 International Methodology Symposium, <\/strong>\u201dAdopting Data Science in Official Statistics to Meet Society&#8217;s Emerging Needs\u201d, will take place virtually from October 15 to November 5. Website:<a href=\"https:\/\/www.statcan.gc.ca\/eng\/conferences\/symposium2021\/index\">https:\/\/www.statcan.gc.ca\/eng\/conferences\/symposium2021\/index<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>The Survey Research Methods Section (SRMS) of the ASA <\/strong>Information on activities of the Survey Research Methods Section of the American Statistical Association (ASA) are available at: <a href=\"https:\/\/community.amstat.org\/surveyresearchmethodssection\/home\">https:\/\/community.amstat.org\/surveyresearchmethodssection\/home<\/a><strong><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>July 2021 Newsletter: International Association of Survey Statisticians About the IASS Links to more information: The January 2021 issue of The Survey Statistician (TSS) is now available http:\/\/isi-iass.org\/home\/services\/the-survey-statistician\/ . Newsletters are available at&nbsp; http:\/\/isi-iass.org\/home\/services\/newsletters\/2020-newsletters\/ The calendar of events is available at http:\/\/isi-iass.org\/home\/events\/ IASS Twitter account @iass_isi The TSS is an open access journal. 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