ASSESS: SPSS USERS" GROUP
16th ANNUAL MEETING
FRIDAY 8th NOVEMBER 2002
ST WILLIAM"S COLLEGE, YORK

ASSESS is the user group for SPSS, a computer package for analysing
and presenting data (the group is completely independent of manufacturers
of the software). It organises an annual one-day conference,and other events.
It also produces a newsletter, distributed free to members. Student membership
is available at a reduced rate (postgraduate students only).

The meeting is open to all users of SPSS and to anyone interested in SPSS.

Come along to:
* hear SPSS users talk about applications,the problems and solutions
* hear the latest news from SPSS UK staff about product developments,
and put your questions to them
* question a panel of experts about particular problems
* exchange ideas with other SPSS users
* plan for an even better user group

St William"s College is on College Street opposite the eastern end
of York Minster, less than ten minutes walk from York railway station or
a few minutes walk from pay-and-display car parks just outside the city
walls. Car park information is available on
http://www.thisisyork.co.uk/york/fact_file/parkingmap.html.
The conference rooms are all up a single, reasonably wide staircase (there
is no lift). Accommodation lists are obtainable from one of the Tourist
Information offices in York (01904 621756, 643700 or 611690).

THE PROVISIONAL PROGRAMME**

Welcome and introduction to meeting

SPSS company and product news

Incorporating CRISP-DM in the Data Matching Process by Ursula Becker,
NFO Europe, Munich, Germany

Adjusted Survival Graphs in SPSS by Gilbert MacKenzie,University of Keele

Intelligent OLAP: Getting Away from the Fixed Cube.
New Developments in Data Mining, and Their Impact for SPSS Users
by Simon Dunkley,KXEN

Exploratory Data Analysis (EDA) using SPSS by Simon Kometa,
University of Newcastle

'What is a Random Effect?' by Jeremy Miles, University of York

Users" Question Time and Clinic

Annual General Meeting of ASSESS
Registration and coffee will start at 9.45 am. Papers and other events will
run from 10.15am to about 5.00pm. Morning coffee, lunch and afternoon tea
are included in the registration fee. A timetable, directions and other details
will be sent to delegates in advance of the meeting.
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** The titles and order of events are subject to amendment

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                             BOOKING FORM
                       ASSESS : SPSS USERS' GROUP
16th Annual Meeting, Friday 8th November  2002, St William's College, York

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Return completed forms to: Peter Watson, MRC Cognition and Brain
Sciences Unit, 15 Chaucer Road, Cambridge, CB2 2EF.

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