INTERNATIONAL
German Statistical Society
German Society Promotes Statistical
Development, Application
F
or nearly 100 years, the German classical economic
Statistical Society—founded in statistics with mod-
1911—has brought together ern mathematical
statisticians across all fields of science and approaches. Emphasis
practice and offered them a forum for shar- is placed on topics that
ing knowledge and exchanging ideas. In address a broad audi-
this rich tradition, the society is one of the ence. Wirtschafts- und
grand German scientific associations. The Sozialstatistisches Archiv
spectrum of its individual and corporate publishes articles in
members is broad; half are researchers and German and English,
Who’s Who
academic teachers and half are practitio- while Advances in
Karl Mosler, President
ners, while most work in official statistics. Statistical Analysis
Thus, the society fosters direct exchange publishes articles in
Nana Dyckerhoff, Managing Director
between statistics in academia and statis- English only.
tics in business and administration. The The highlight of the
Wilfried Seidel, Editor,
society has about 800 members, including year for the society is its annual meeting,
Advances in Statistical Analysis
40 corporate members. which takes place during Statistical Week
Hans Wolfgang Brachinger, Editor,
The aim of the German Statistical at the end of September. It includes plenary
Wirtschafts- und Sozialstatistisches Archiv
Society is to promote the development sessions on specific topics and a variety of
of statistical methods and their practical contributed sessions and section meetings.
applications. Its activities showcase statistics Further, it includes the Gumbel Lecture,
focuses on education in statistics and the
within methodology, data collection, data which is held by a prominent young statis-
formation of informational infrastructure.
compiling, and data analysis. The society tician, and a miniature symposium, which
It comments on basic and topical questions
thus considers itself a supporter of young is organized by an up-and-coming statisti-
related to its area of expertise and offers
statisticians and a link between producers cian. About 500 statisticians from different
statistical advice about German official
and users of statistical methods and data. areas of statistics take part.
statistics. The German Statistical Society
The society publishes two quarterly schol- The German Statistical Society has
is also a founding member of the German
arly journals, Advances in Statistical Analysis established seven sections in the follow-
Working Group in Statistics, in which other
and Wirtschafts- und Sozialstatistisches ing areas:
statistics-related societies act together. For
Archiv. Both originated from Allgemeines
Education and Training
instance, the society takes part in the joint
Statistisches Archiv, which was founded in
national meetings of the German Working
1890. Traditionally, Advances in Statistical
Recent Statistical Methods
Group in Statistics that started recently
Analysis focused on applications in eco-
Business and Market Statistics with a conference themed “Statistics Under
nomics and social science. Now, it includes
research papers about general statistical
Regional Statistics
One Umbrella.”
The German Statistical Society also
theory and methods for a range of applica-
Empirical Economics and Applied
provides continuing education training
tions. Articles about probability or formal
Econometrics
events for selected statistics fields, informa-
methods are included if they use a statisti-
Statistics in Natural Science and
tion events, and topical workshops. Since
cal or practical problem as a starting point.
Technology
1992, the society has held the Wiesbaden
The journal is especially open to theoreti-
Scientific Colloquium in cooperation with
cal developments and fields that have an
Methodology of Statistical Surveys
the Federal Statistical Office. The colloqui-
increasing impact on applications (e.g., The Recent Statistical Methods,
um concentrates on special issues in eco-
composite likelihoods or stochastic geom- Empirical Economics and Applied
nomic and social statistics. Young researcher
etry and spatial statistics, including spatial Econometrics, Statistics in Natural Science
workshops also have been organized annu-
risk analysis and environmental statistics). and Technology, and Methodology of
ally since 1994. These workshops allow up
Wirtschafts- und Sozialstatistisches Archiv Statistical Surveys sections of the society
to 20 participants to present their work and
includes problem-orientated papers in organize a methodology-orientated confer-
discuss it with leading experts.
economic and social statistics, espe- ence, the Pentecost Meeting, in spring.
For more information about the German
cially those that combine concepts of Besides scientific exchange, the society
Statistical Society, visit
www.dstatg.de. n
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