Colleagues, here is the Final announcement of this workshop, apologies
for cross-posting.
For late registration (after March 11) please sent an email request to:
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Nick Sofroniou
Irish Statistical Association workshop on
League Tables and Performance Monitoring in Education and Health
One day meeting, Friday 18th March 2005, Trinity College, Dublin
Outline:
"Governments increasingly use quantitative information to monitor the
performance of key agencies in education and health. In some countries
this has led to public 'league tables' for schools and hospitals with an
implication that they improve consumer choice and resource allocation.
Unfortunately, the basis on which such tables are constructed is often
unsatisfactory from a statistical point of view. It can lead to
inferences that are sometimes unhelpful and potentially misleading to
users of the information. This workshop will explore the methodological
and practical issues involved and should appeal to both statisticians as
well as professionals in education and health with an interest in these
issues."
Speakers:
Nicholas T. Longford (SNTL),
Sheila M. Bird (MRC Biostatistics Unit, Cambridge & Strathclyde
University),
Karl W. Heiner (State University of New York at New Paltz),
Nick Sofroniou (Educational Research Centre, Dublin)
Jochen Einbeck & John Hinde (Mathematics Department, NUI Galway)
Registration Fees: ISA members - Euro 50 ; non-ISA members - Euro 65 ;
Students - Euro 25
Further details can be found at
http://www.erc.ie/ISA/LeagueTables/ISALeagueTables.htm
or by emailing this address:
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Dr. Nick Sofroniou
Educational Research Centre
Saint Patrick's College
Drumcondra
Dublin 9
Republic of Ireland
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