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- Mexican Immigrants and the Use of Cognitive Methods
in Questionnaire Development
Paper to be presented at the International Conference on Questionnaire Development, Evaluation, and Testing Methods (QDET) at Charleston, South Carolina. November 14-17, 2002. Abstract.
Robert Agans, Methods Researcher and Research Coordinator, Center for Health Statistics Research (CHSR), UNC-Chapel Hill.
- Videoconference on Small Area Estimation, November
27th from 12-1pm at Mayes Center, UNC-CH.
Title: "A New Approach To Hierarchical Bayes Small Area Estimation For Survey Data". Abstract.
- 24th Annual Minority Health Conference, March 1, 2002, at the Friday Center in Chapel Hill, NC
Tentative Title: "Social Determinants of Health: Assembling Pieces of the Puzzle" . March 1, 2002, Friday Center, Chapel Hill, NC William T. Small, Jr. Keynote Lecture by Sherman A. James, Ph.D .
For more information, visit www.minority.unc.edu/sph/minconf/
*Presented by the the Minority Student Caucus, the Center for Public Health Practice, and the Minority Health Project
- 6th Annual Summer Public Health Research Videoconference on Minority Health held June 18-22, 2001.
This videoconference covers issues related to: (i) collecting, analyzing, and interpreting data for racial/ethnic populations; (ii) disentangling and assessing the relationships among race, ethnicity, and socioeconomic participants; and (iii) involving the community in research.
Videoconference participants can ask questions and join discussions via toll-free telephone, fax, and e-mail.
To obtain information or register as a videoconference site (no site fee this year), visit www.minority.unc.edu.
*Presented by the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, UNC School of Public Health (Minority Health Project, Dean's Office, and Center for Health Statistics Research) in collaboration with the CDC National Center for Health Statistics and the Association of Schools of Public Health.
- Exploring the Meaning of Consent: Beliefs about
Risks, Benefits, and Participation in Research; March 13, 2002, 1:00
p.m, at the Mayes Telecommunications Center, 231A, Rosenau Hall, UNC-CH.
Eleanor Singer, Survey Research Center, University of Michigan.
For more information please see flyer.
- Faculty colloquium on Issues in Targeting Minority
Groups from General Population Samples, held November 28, 2001, 3:00-4:00
p.m, at the Odum Institute for Research in Social Science, Manning Hall,
UNC-CH.
William Kalsbeek, Professor of Biostatistics at UNC-CH, Director of UNC’s Survey Research Unit and Center for Health Statistics Research.
For more information please see flyer.
- Seminar on Effects of Nonresponse on the Mean Squared
Error of Estimates from the Add Health Study held August 27, 2001, 3:00-4:40pm
at Room 405 Carolina Population Center, UNC-CH
William Kalsbeek, Professor of Biostatistics, UNC-CH and CPC fellow. The seminar was a part of the CPC Fall 2001 Population Research Seminar Series.
- Seminar on Small Area Estimation held November 15,
2000, 4:00-5:00pm (Reception at 3:30) in 2301 McGavaran/Greenberg Bldg,
UNC-CH
Dr. Ralph E. Folsom, Jr., Chief Scientist for Statistical Methodology, RTI International will present:
Small Area Estimation Based on A Survey Weighted MCMC Solution for the Logistic Mixed Model
For more information please see seminar flyer.
- Seminar on Survival Analysis using Auxiliary Variables
held March 21, 2001, 4:00-5:00pm (Reception at 3:30) in 133 Rosenau
Hall, UNC-CH
Nathaniel Schenker, Senior Scientist for Research and Methodology ,National Center for Health Statistics will present: Survival Analysis Using Auxiliary Variables via Multiple Imputation, with Application to AIDS Clinical Trial Data
For more information please see seminar flyer.