JSM (the Joint Statistical Meetings) is the largest gathering of statisticians held in North America. It is held jointly with the American Statistical Association, the International Biometric Society (ENAR and WNAR), the Institute of Mathematical Statistics, and the Statistical Society of...

Event Highlights: - Learn what to look for in the data before preparing forecasts - Learn how to treat data when "problems" are recognized - Learn how to prepare forecasts using different models and techniques - Learn when each forecasting model is appropriate - Learn how to use forecasts...

Event Highlights: - Learn what to look for in the data before preparing forecasts - Learn how to treat data when "problems" are recognized - Learn how to prepare forecasts using different models and techniques - Learn when each forecasting model is appropriate - Learn how to use forecasts...

Topics: - What to look for in the data before preparing forecasts - How to treat data when "problems" are recognized - How to prepare forecasts using different models and techniques - When each forecasting model is appropriate - How to use forecasts effectively after they are prepared

The research areas that the conference will cover include: Structural equation modeling with latent variables (SEM); Multilevel modeling; Test theory and item response theory(IRT);Social networks; Survey sampling; Missing data; Cluster analysis; Program evaluation.

Information and Entropy Econometrics (IEE) represents a class of methods (within econometrics and statistics) that directly or indirectly builds on the foundations of Information Theory (IT) and the principle of Maximum Entropy (ME). IEE includes research dealing with statistical inference of...

The Black-Scholes formula for option pricing, GARCH processes for volatility modeling, and risk management are current areas of financial research where there is a close interaction between statistics and finance. Statistical techniques play a central role in finance to model volatility to...