Dear colleagues and friends,
I sent you some days ago the preliminary program of the international conference on 'Applied Statistics' which will be held in Preddvor from September 15 to 17, 1997. Do not forget that there will be an excursion to Dolenjska organized on Thursday, September 18. It will take from 9 a.m. to approximately 5 p.m. It would be great if you could also take part of it. We will do our best to make an interesting excursion to the South Eastern part of Slovenia with many very nice castles.
I would appreciate if each of you look very carefully the preliminary program and send me your comments, if necessary. The invited speaker will have 50 minutes for the presentation and 10 minutes for the discussion. The other speakers will have 25 minutes for the presentation and 5 minutes for the discussion. I put several colleagues and friends as chairmen of some sessions. I do hope you agree with these roles.
There will be an overhead projector and a data show available. If you need some other things for your presentation, please, send me a message.
Some participants will arrive by airplane. We can provide a transportation from the airport to Preddvor. Some of you sent me the arrival information. I would appreciate if others would also send me the arrival information to organize you the transportation. The same is true also for the railway transportation.
You can make the hotel reservation by yourself or I can do it for you. If you have not sent me the dates you can still do it.
Please, contact me if you have any further question or problem.
I am looking forward to meeting you all in Preddvor very soon.
With best wishes, Nusa
| 9.00 - 17.00 | IRMCS Meeting |
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| 17.30 - 19.00 | Registration and Informal Meeting in Castle Hrib |
| 8.00 - 9.00 | Registration in Castle Hrib | |
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| 9.00 | Opening of the Conference | |
| 9.15 | INVITED ADDRESS: | Chair: A. Ferligoj |
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Karl G. Jöreskog, University of Uppsala, Sweden
Analysis of ordinal variables in longitudinal studies: The PRELIS-LISREL approach | ||
| 10.30 | LISREL Approach | Chair: K.G. Jöreskog |
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The multiplicative effects of sample size reliability and model
specification on the behavior of GFI and RMSEA in confirmatory factor analysis Mark Shevlin and Jeremy Miles | ||
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Systematic and random method effects - Estimating method bias
and method variance
Germa Coenders | ||
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MTMM analysis in case of nonattitudes
Willem Saris | ||
| 12.15 | MTMM Approach | Chair: W. Saris |
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Planned missing value patterns in MTMM using the EM algorithm
Brendan Bunting and Gary Adamson | ||
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Normal-ogive model versus linear model
Ferry Reith | ||
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Quality of different measurement scales in social network analysis
Anu"ska Ferligoj and Valentina Hlebec | ||
| 15.15 | Measurement | Chair: G. Coenders |
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Experimental test of axiom of n-variable bisymmetry
Akos Munnich | ||
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Plausible values for estimates of ability parameters in Rasch models
Mojca Trobec and Mihael Perman | ||
| 16.30 | Survey Methodology | Chair: A. Scherpenzeel |
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Balancing MSE and number of contacts
Katja Lozar and Vasja Vehovar | ||
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Analysis of randomized response data
Eszter Bornemisza | ||
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How to develop an expert system for choosing an appropriate
measurement instrument
Jasna Horvat, Nata"sa "Sarlija, and Anu"ska Ferligoj | ||
| 18.15 | Social Science Applications | Chair: K. Ko"smelj |
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Effects of rank versus category in measuring subjective social inequality
Jurgen H.P. Hoffmeyer-Zlotnik and Dagmar Krebs | ||
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Potential emigration of scientists from Slovenia in the mid 90s -
Methods of analysis and results
Milena Bevc | ||
| 19.30 |
WELCOME RECEPTION Offered by Toma"z Banovec, director of the Statistical Office of the Republic of Slovenia | |
| 9.00 | INVITED ADDRESS: | Chair: A. Ferligoj |
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Michael Schemper, Vienna University, Austria
Explained variation and overfit in logistic regression | ||
| 10.15 | Biostatistics 1 | Chair: M. Schemper |
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Least squares regression with censored survival data
Janez Stare and Harald Heinzl | ||
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Dangers of using 'optimal' cutpoints in the evaluation of cyclical
prognostic factors
Harald Heinzl | ||
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A multiplicative exponential cure model and its application to
recidivism data
Mohamed E. Ghitany | ||
| 12.00 | Biostatistics 2 | Chair: H. Friedl |
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Modelling the yield law: Single nutrient response curves
Predrag "Sesek and Katarina Ko"smelj | ||
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All-cause mortality and outdoor NO2 in Zagreb
Diana "Simi'c, Anamarija Jazbec, Mladen Pavlovi'c, and Janko Hr"sak | ||
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A WHO cross-national survey (1986-1990-1994): Evolution of health-related behaviour in school-aged children in Spain J.M. Batista-Foguet, R. Mendoza, M. Perez, and R. Rius | ||
| 15.00 | Modeling | Chair: B. Bunting |
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The mixture index of fit for L-1 regression
Tamas Rudas | ||
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Comparison of L1 and L2 criteria in the linear switching regression:
A Monte Carlo simulation
Polona Tominc and Lada Bele Tominc | ||
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Non-linear relations: What they are and some suggestions on what to do about them
Ambro"zi"c Franci | ||
| 16.45 | Sampling | Chair: D. Krebs |
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Non-response and socio-demographic characteristics of enumeration areas's
Vasja Vehovar and Metka Zaletel | ||
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The optimal composite sample design and its application
Katarina Ko"smelj, Anton Cedilnik, and Polona Kalan | ||
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Does the ILO definition of unemployment produce a biased sample?
Ray Thomas | ||
| 18.30 | Applications in Economy | Chair: J.M. Batista-Foguet |
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The use of bank services by the companies in Slovenia
Jo"ze Rovan, Du"san Mramor, and Igor Horvat | ||
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Antecedents and consequences of customer satisfaction:
A LISREL model application
Vesna "Zabkar | ||
| 9.00 | INVITED ADDRESS: | Chair: A. Ferligoj |
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Michael Greenacre, University Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona, Spain
Data coding and visualization | ||
| 10.15 | Data Analysis 1 | Chair: M. Greenacre |
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Exploring data analysis: Simple yet effective
Andrej Blejec | ||
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Visualizing ordered structures
Matja"z Zaver"snik and Vladimir Batagelj | ||
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Pajek - A program package for visualization and analysis of
large networks
Andrej Mrvar and Vladimir Batagelj | ||
| 12.00 | Data Analysis 2 | Chair: M. Hussain |
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Description of non-precise data
Reinhard Viertl | ||
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Fuzzy partitions
Slavka Bodjanova | ||
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Clustering large networks
Simona Korenjak-"Cerne and Vladimir Batagelj | ||
| 15.00 | Dissimilarities | Chair: A. Munnich |
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Metric index - Examples of data analysis methods with
transformed dissimilarities
Matev"z Bren and Vladimir Batagelj | ||
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Dissimilarity based property prediction
Damijana Ker"zi"c and Vladimir Batagelj | ||
| 16.15 | Clustering Applications | Chair: S. Bodjanova |
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Motivation and job orientation: A cluster analytical approach
Dagmar Krebs and Martin Berger | ||
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Analysis of Osp marriages
Tamara Bertok and Vladimir Batagelj | ||
| 17.30 | Measuring TV audience | Chair: T. Rudas |
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The influence of data collection techniques on the TV viewing
research results
Jasna Pocajt and Patricia Cucin | ||
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TV audience measurement: The influence of different data collection
methods on the results
Bla"z Vodopivec, Rudi Tav"car, and Toma"z Arh | ||
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Measuring TV audience migrations
Zenel Batagelj and Andra"z Zorko | ||
| 19.00 | Closing | |
| 9.00 | Bus departure to Dolenjska (Novo mesto, Castle Oto"cec, Kostanjevica, Castle Bre"zice) |
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