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A Satellite meeting for Compstat 98
NEW METHODS FOR SURVEY RESEARCH
21 - 22 August 1998, Chilworth Manor, Southampton
The Association for Survey Computing (ASC), in conjunction with the Market
Research Society, The Office for National Statistics and the Centre for
Applied Social Statistics, is please to announce the programme for
their forthcoming conference on 'New Methods for Survey Research'
The conference is organised as four half-day sessions, each starting
with an invited, keynote presentation setting out the main ideas and
issues involved, followed by a number of others with a more practical
focus. All presentations will be published by the ASC, in a volume to
be available to participants at the conference.
The sessions and keynote speakers will be:
FRIDAY 21: COMPUTER ASSISTED DATA COLLECTION
Organised by ONS and MRS
Session 1: The Current Status Of Computer Aided Interviewing (CAI)
Keynote Speakers: Martin Collins and Wendy Sykes (City
University)
Session 2: New Opportunities with CAI
Keynote Speaker: Bill Blyth (Taylor Nelson AGB)
SATURDAY 22: USING DATA
Organised by CASS and ASC
Session 3: Developments in Weighting
Keynote Speaker: Graham Kalton (Weststat Inc)
Session 4: Models and Graphs
Keynote Speaker: Paul Harris (Paul Harris Associates)
For complete details about the programme, including a full list of
speakers and abstracts, the venue, costs and a booking form, please:
* visit the ASC's WWW site at:
http://www.assurcom.demon.co.uk/Events/C98
* send an e-mail to:
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which will automatically reply to yours
* contact:
DIANA ELDER
Administrator, ASC
PO BOX 60, Chesham, Bucks, UK HP5 3QH
tel/fax: +44 (0)1494 793 033
email: [log in to unmask]
who can also provide information to potential exhibitors.
The Conference is sponsored by the International Association for
Statistical Computing and the International Association of Survey
Statisticians, with support from SPSS.
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Randy Banks ([log in to unmask]) tel: +44 (0)1206 873067
Chair, Association for Survey Computing fax: +44 (0)1206 873151
ESRC Research Centre on Micro-Social Change
University of Essex http://www.assurcom.demon.co.uk
Colchester, Essex
United Kingdom CO4 3SQ
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