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WSS NEWS |
News about activities of the Washington Statistical Society
A Chapter of the American Statistical Association
April 1998 |
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WSS NEWS |
April 1998 |
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To find out more about this and other seminar, please visit our seminars page.
Open to students K-12 in the United States and Canada, the purpose of the poster is to tell a statistical story visually, to illustrate conclusions that can be drawn from data. Prizes totaling $200 may be given in each of four categories in the poster contest: K-3, 4-6, 7-9, and 10-12. Winning entrants' schools will receive plaques signifying the honor. Honorable Mention certificates may be awarded also.
The Statistics Team Project Competition encourages students in grades 4-12 to work in teams of two to six persons to discover the scope and applicability of techniques in statistics.
To submit entries or to receive a contest application, contact Sue Kulesher sue@amstat.org at the ASA, 1429 Duke Street, Alexandria, VA 22314-3402 or visit the ASA website at http://www.amstat.org/education/ql-projects.html.
Entries for both contests must be postmarked by the April 15 deadline. Winners will be notified by June 15, for the poster contest, August 30 for the project competition.
The May meeting of SIGSTAT on the 13th features a demo of the SAS Analyst Application, a point-and-click interface for performing basic statistical analysis in SAS. The application computes summary and descriptive statistics, fits ANOVA and regression models, produces histograms and box-and-whiskers plots, and performs a variety of hypotheses tests and sample size and power computations not otherwise availabe in SAS.
The June meeting of SIGSTAT on the 17th (Note June's meeting is on the 3rd Wednesday) features a demonstration of two products from Ward Systems, the developer of the neural network software NeuroShell. Easy Predictor/Easy Classifier are designed for users with no previous experience with neural networks. Easy Predictor treats neural networks with a continuous output while Easy Classifier deals with categorical outputs. Instead of manuals each product comes with an online *Instructor* to guide the user through the process of building a neural network.
All SIGSTAT meeting are held in Waugh A on the 3rd floor of 1800 M St, NW. Directions to the meetings and a full schedule can be found on the SIGSTAT website www.econ.ag.gov/sigstat/. First-time attendees should contact Charlie Hallahan at 202-694-5051 or hallahan@econ.ag.gov to leave your name for admittance to the building.
| President Graham Kalton (301) 251-8253 |
Past President Phillip Kott (703) 235-5211 ext. 102 |
President-Elect Dwight Brock (301) 496-9795 |
| Secretary Elizabeth Nichols (301) 457-4865 |
Treasurer Carolyn Shettle (301) 215-1500 |
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| Vice Chair for District 2 of Council of Chapters Andrew A. White (202) 334-2511 |
Council of Chapters Representative Ron Fecso (703) 306-1780 ext. 6906. |
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Representatives-at-Large N. Clyde Tucker (202) 606-7371 Sandra West (202) 606-7384 |
Alan R. Tupek (703) 306-1780 David Marker (301) 251-4398 |
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Agriculture & Natural Resources Bill Iwig (202) 720-3895 Stan Freedman (202) 426-1099 |
Economics Linda Atkinson (202) 219-0934 Art Kennickell (202) 452-2247 |
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Methodology Karol Krotki (202) 944-5243 Brenda Cox (202) 484-4231 |
Public Health and Biostatistics Trena Ezzati-Rice (301) 436-7022 ext. 133 Rene Gonin (301) 517-8084 |
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Public Policy Carolee Bush (202) 366-6946 Phil Ross (202) 260-5244 |
Quality Assurance Amrut Champaneri (202) 690-3130 Glenn White (202) 327-6414 |
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Statistical Computing Bob Jernigan (202) 885-3170 Mike Fleming (703) 235-5213 ext. 170 |
Social & Demographic Statistics Michael Horrigan (202) 606-5905 Edith McArthur (202) 219-1442 |
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Short Courses Roberta Sangster (202) 606-7517 Fritz Scheuren (703) 549-1120 |
Data Collection Methods Brad Edwards (301) 294-2021 Linda Stinson (202) 606-7528 |
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Employment Bill Arends (202) 720-6812 |
WSS NEWS Editors Michael Feil (301) 443-4234 Fran Chevarley (301) 436-7093 ext. 153 |
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Electronic Mail Michael L. Cohen (202) 334-3765 Michael Greene (703) 247-1575 S.V. (Vince) Massimini (703) 883-5893 |
Membership Renee Miller (202) 426-1117 Antionette Martin 202) 426-1110 Fritz Scheuren (703) 549-1120 |
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Quantitative Literacy Carolyn Carroll (703) 352-1712 |
Science Fair Lee Abramson (301) 415-6180 |
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Videotapes Mel Kollander (202) 973-2820 |
Social Arrangements Jill Montaquila (301) 517-4046 |
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Local Arrangement Wendy Rotz (202) 874-0969 |
WSS Historian Michael P. Cohen (202) 219-1917 |
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WSS Committee on ASA Fellows Brenda Cox (202) 484-4231 |
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