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*** an announcement from The Association for Survey Computing.
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SURVEY AND STATISTICAL COMPUTING IV
THE IMPACT OF TECHNOLOGY ON THE SURVEY PROCESS
The ASC’s 4th International Conference
17-19 September 2003, Warwick University
FIRST ANNOUNCEMENT AND CALL FOR CONTRIBUTED PAPERS
The Association for Survey Computing is pleased to announce that it will
be hosting its fourth International Conference on Survey and Statistical
Computing at Warwick University between Sept 17 and 19, 2003 and is now
seeking proposals for contributed papers.
The central theme of the conference will be the Impact of Technology on
the Survey Process, and we will be seeking contributions from producers,
consumers and commissioners of survey research alike. The conference
will, inter alia, explore the often-complex relationship between the
push and pull of technological changes and the expectations and demands
created by them. We will also be seeking to examine how outcomes feed
back to affect the processes which initially gave rise to them. Although
a conference about technology, the topics to be discussed will appeal to
everyone with an interest in survey design, data collection, analysis,
reporting, or statistical computing.
The conference will consist of papers presented to both plenary and
parallel sessions, as well as poster sessions.
All papers will be published prior to the conference in a bound set of
proceedings to be distributed to delegates.
PLENARY SESSIONS AND INVITED SPEAKERS
Plenary sessions of the Conference will be addressed by five invited
speakers, including our keynote and endnote speakers:
NORMAN GLASS
Chief Executive, National Centre for Social Research
DENISE LIEVESLEY
Director, UNESCO Institute for Statistics
PARALLEL SESSIONS AND CONTRIBUTING SPEAKERS
Contributing speakers will address themed sessions taking place in one
of four, parallel streams. Thematic and organisational details will be
finalised at the end of the selection process, but the Scientific
Program Committee is particularly seeking proposals addressing the
impact of technology in the following areas:
* The role of the survey professional
* Sampling and respondent recruitment
* Data capture
* Data analysis
* Information dissemination and discovery
* Software support for the survey process
* Quality and quality assurance
* Ethical issues
* Qualitative research
(These topic areas should be seen as indicative and not prescriptive).
Proposals for contributed papers should be between 250 and 500 words in
length, and sent, preferably by e-mail, to the ASC Administrator
([log in to unmask]) to arrive no later than Friday, Dec 6, 2002.
For complete conference details, please visit our web site at:
http://www.asc.org.uk
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Please reply to:
Diana Elder, Administrator ([log in to unmask])
ASC, PO Box 60, Chesham, Bucks, UK HP5 3QH
tel/fax: +44 (0)1494 793033
http://www.asc.org.uk
This message has been sent on behalf the ASC by:
Randy Banks ([log in to unmask])
Institute for Social and Economic Research (ISER)
University of Essex, Colchester, UK CO4 3SQ
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