Notice to Readers: Symposium on Statistical Methods
Statisticians, epidemiologists, and others with an interest in the application
of statistical methods to public health are invited to participate in the eighth
biennial Symposium on Statistical Methods. The symposium is sponsored by CDC and
the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR) and will be held
January 23--24, 2001, in Atlanta, Georgia. The theme for the symposium is "Issues
Associated With Complicated Designs and Data Structures." A short course on a related topic
will be offered on January 22, 2001, in conjunction with the symposium.
The symposium will include invited speakers and contributed papers. Authors
can submit abstracts for contributed papers related to one or more of the session
content areas listed below:
Modeling and analysis of complicated data structures, including techniques
for correlated, spatial, clustered, longitudinal, survey, environmental, and
genetic data; repeated measures; empirical Bayes methods; medical errors;
and hierarchical and causal modeling.
Issues related to sparse and massive data sets, including missing
values, limits of detection, low dosages or exposures, low response
rates, noncompliance, rare conditions, and methods for large (number
of observations or variables) data sets.
Data collection and storage, including questionnaire and survey design,
the use of data registries and surveillance systems, and database design.
Use of software for exploratory and automated techniques, including
data mining, multivariate adaptive regression splines, classification and
regression trees, and signal/aberration detection.
Abstracts will be considered for either oral or poster presentation and must
be postmarked no later than August 1, 2000. Authors of papers accepted for either oral
or poster presentation will be notified by September 30, 2000. All accepted papers will
be considered for publication in a dedicated issue of
Statistics in Medicine. Registration, abstract information, forms, and additional information regarding the
scientific content of the symposium are available on the World-Wide Web at http://www.cdc.gov/od/ads/sag; by mail to 2001 CDC and ATSDR Symposium on Statistical Methods,
4770 Buford Highway N.E., Mailstop K-21, Atlanta, GA 30341; telephone (770) 488-5185;
fax (770) 488-5967; or e-mail to CJohnson3@cdc.gov.
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