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ASC '99
...LEADING SURVEY AND STATISTICAL COMPUTING INTO THE NEW
MILLENNIUM
Wednesday to Friday, 22nd to 24th September 1999
at The University of Edinburgh in Scotland, UK
THIRD INTERNATIONAL 3-DAY CONFERENCE
The Association for Survey Computing is pleased to announce its
Third International Conference on Survey and Statistical
Computing, to be held in Edinburgh in September 1999.
In addition to invited and contributed speakers, there will be
poster sessions and an extensive exhibition, for both of which
there are still places available - please see FURTHER INFORMATION
(below)
INVITED SPEAKERS
Invited speakers will address plenary sessions of the Conference
and will include:
* Ian Durrell (SPSSmr)
Software for the New Millenium
* David Hand (The Open University)
Data Mining
* Mick Couper (University of Michigan)
Usability Evaluation of Computer Assisted Survey
Instruments
* Woulter Keller (Netherlands Central Bureau of Statistics)
Trends in Survey Data Processing
* Rory Morgan (Research International Group)
Understanding Consumer Behaviour in the New Millenium
* Andy Teague (Office for National Statistics, UK)
Innovation and Change in Population Census Taking
CONTRIBUTED PAPERS
Contributed papers will be presented over the course of the three
days, grouped under the following headings.
* Good Practice
* ANALYSIS - Qualitative; Quantitative; Visual/Spatial
* Usability Issues for Interviewers and Respondents
* CAI - Sample Design; Managing the Process; Impact on Data
Quality
* META-DATA - As a Resource; In Design; An XML Framework
COSTS
570.00 stlg Full delegate, including Wednesday night and
Thursday night accommodation and all meals
470.00 stlg Full delegate, including all meals but no
accommodation
160.00 stlg Social delegate, including Wednesday and Thursday
night shared accommodation plus breakfast &
dinner
Academic delegates receive a discount of 40.00 stlg.
SPONSORS
The ASC wishes to thank SPSSmr, Pulse Train and Mercator for
their generous sponsorship.
FURTHER INFORMATION
Further details about the conference, including all
contributing speakers and a booking form are available:
* from the ASC's web site
http://www.asc.org.uk
* from the ASC's Administrator
Diana Elder ([log in to unmask])
Association for Survey Computing
PO Box 60, Chesham, Bucks HP5 3QH
Phone/Fax +44 (0)1494 793033
from whom information for potential exhibitors and/or poster
presenters is also available.
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Institute for Social and Economic Research (ISER)
University of Essex
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