Writing Workshop Planned for
Junior Researchers
Attendance is limited and depends on the number
of mentors available. To apply, visit
www.amstat.org/
meetings/wwjr. Applications are due by June 1, 2009,
and successful applicants will be notified by June 30.
Applications received after June 1 will be considered
if space is available. There is no fee for participation.
Participants will receive lunch on August 2 and 5.
P articipants must agree to attend both the Sunday
session and the Wednesday lunch. Funding for par-
tial travel support may be available.
The workshop is designed for researchers with
a recent PhD in either statistics or biostatistics.
Top priority will go to those who have had the
PhD for 0–3 years. The limited available funding
will be used to support attendance by researchers
currently in the United States. PhD students who
will complete their degrees before the end of the
summer and who will be in the United States in
T
he National Institute of Statistical Science
the fall also will be considered. If space is available,
(NISS) and the American Statistical
other researchers outside the United States will be
Association will hold a writing workshop
admitted to the workshop, but will not be provided
for junior researchers August 2 in Washington, DC.
travel support.
The goal of the workshop is to provide instruction
For more information, contact Keith Crank,
for writing journal articles and grant proposals.
ASA assistant director for research and graduate
Participants will be required to provide a recent
education, at
keith@amstat.org. ■
sample of their writing, which will be reviewed by
a senior mentor. The sample could be a current
draft of an article being submitted for publication
or a grant proposal. (Submission of the manu-
ASA Urges Confirmation
script is required as part of the registration process.
Manuscripts will preferably be early drafts written of Groves as Census Chief
either solely or primarily by the participants, as
prior experience indicates these provide the best
basis for useful results.)
The mentors will be former journal editors and I
n a letter to the Senate subcommittee that is overseeing the upcom-
ing 2010 Census, ASA President Sally Morton encouraged a quick
confirmation of Robert M. Groves as director of the U.S. Census
program officers and will critique (a portion of) Bureau “A Fellow of the American Statistical Association, Groves is an
the submitted material. Individual feedback will be accomplished and highly regarded statistician who will be an excellent
provided at the opening session, and participants leader of the largest federal statistical agency,” wrote Morton.
will be expected to prepare a revision. In addition In the letter, Morton requested the confirmation move quickly
to the individual feedback, there will be a one-day during this critical time of preparation for the 2010 Census. “[Groves]
session of general instruction for effective writing has the leadership experience to successfully lead the bureau through
techniques and a follow-up lunch. the 2010 Census; plan for the 2020 Census; and direct the bureau’s
At the end of the session, mentors will meet with economic, demographic, and other vital programs. A first-rate
participants to go over the writing samples they sub- scholar who has written many books and scores of papers and served
mitted. Participants will prepare a revision of the on 10 National Academies panels (chairing two), Groves will see
critiqued portion of their paper and give it to their that the U.S. Census Bureau maintains its reputation for producing
mentor by Tuesday evening, August 4. A lunch will the highest-quality scientific products.”
be held on August 5, at which time the participants Groves is director of the University of Michigan Survey Research
will receive additional feedback on their revisions. The Center; former director of the Joint Program in Survey Methodology;
lunch also will be used to provide general feedback to and former associate director of statistical design, standards, and meth-
the participants, mentors, and organizers. odology at the U.S. Census Bureau. ■
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