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Biographical Sketches of Panel Members and Staff
Pages 108-112

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From page 108...
... He is also research associate professor at the Joint Program in Survey Methodology, University of Maryland, College Park, and director of statistical operations for the National Assessment of Educational Progress. He was the sampling referee for the Third International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS)
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From page 109...
... Previously, he was a mathematical statistician at the Energy Information Administration, an assistant professor in the School of Public Affairs at the University of Maryland, and a visiting lecturer at the Department of Statistics at Princeton University. His general area of research is the use of statistics in public policy, with particular interest in census undercount, model validation, and robust estimation.
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From page 110...
... In this capacity he had overall responsibility for the past three Canadian population censuses and is currently supervising preparations for the next census in 2001. He served on a previous National Research Council panel charged with evaluating alternative census methods.
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From page 111...
... He is a former survey designer, research staff chief, and executive staff member of the National Center for Health Statistics and was a consulting statistician with the Michigan Department of Public Health. He directed interdisciplinary research in statistical mapping, survey design, and work in customer satisfaction.
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From page 112...
... He is a fellow of the American Statistical Association. He received a Ph.D.
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  • american geographers
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  • statistics canada
  • scottish geographical
  • consulting statistician
  • university consortium
  • special section

  • state data
  • educational progress
  • statistical institute
  • visiting lecturer
  • population program

  • sample survey
  • variance estimation
  • panel charged
  • promotion campaign
  • regional science

  • supervising preparations
  • office serves
  • bruce petrie
  • information sciences
  • nathaniel schenker


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