Conference on Current Topics in Survey Sampling

该奖项为将于1997年10月25-26日在内布拉斯加州大学林肯分校举行的“调查抽样中的当前话题”会议提供部分支持。抽样调查被普遍认为是收集有关人口信息的有效方法。由于解决复杂调查的各种设计和方法问题的需求日益增长，在过去的十年中，调查抽样已经发展成为一套广泛的理论、方法和操作体系。这次会议将能够评估调查中一些重要主题的研究现状，提出许多有待解决的问题，并促进研究人员之间的合作，以努力解决这些问题。调查研究人员将有机会在一个论坛上展示和传播他们的研究成果，该论坛鼓励来自政府、行业和学术界的研究人员之间的互动。会议还将激励初级研究人员和从事调查抽样工作的高级研究生。

This award provides partial support for a conference on `Current Topics in Survey Sampling,` to be held at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln on 25-26 October 1997. Sample surveys are universally recognized as an efficient method of gathering information regarding populations of interest. Due to a growing demand to solve various design and methodological issues of complex surveys, survey sampling has evolved into an extensive body of theory, methods, and operations over the past decade. This conference will enable an assessment of the current state of research on some of the important topics in surveys, pose many open problems, and foster cooperation among researchers in an effort to solve these problems. Survey researchers will be given an opportunity to present and disseminate their research findings in a forum that encourages interaction among researchers from government, industries, and academia. The conference will also provide a stimulus to junior researchers and advanced graduate students working in survey sampling.