Fourth International Conference on Establishment Survey
ICES IV
The Fourth International Conference on Establishment Surveys
June 11-14, 2012
Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Website: http://www.amstat.org/meetings/ices/2012/index.cfm?fuseaction=main
The ICES series of conferences serves an important role in the world of survey methodology. Few other conferences focus on methods and applications for establishment surveys. The first three, held at seven-year intervals from 1993 to 2007, were very successful with more than 400 delegates per conference. The conferences covered a broad spectrum of survey methods for businesses, farms, and institutions.
Examples of topics include:
- Efficient Use of Administrative Data in Business Surveys
- Advances in Disclosure Protection
- Usage of Linearization Variance Estimators for Survey Estimates The New Direction of Business Surveys
- Collecting Data Electronically From Businesses Factors That Affect Establishment Survey Participation
- Issues of Multi-Mode Data Collection
The Conference will include:
- Short courses
- A keynote speaker
- Poster sessions
- Software demonstrations
- Invited and contributed paper sessions