Methodology and Statistics International Conference, 18. - 22. September 1999
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| Meeting of the IRMCS Group |
| 9.00–17.00 | Hiking tour: Jezersko (880m), Češka koča (mountain hut, 1530m),
Jezersko; needed hiking shoes. In the case of rainy weather bus tour to Radovljica and Škofja Loka. |
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| 18.00–19.00 | Registration in Castle Hrib |
| 8.00–9.00 | Registration in Castle Hrib | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 9.00 | Opening of the Conference | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 9.10 | INVITED ADDRESS Chair: A. Ferligoj | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Practical Strategies for Combining Qualitative and Quantitative Methods:
Examples from Focus Groups and Survey Research
David L. Morgan 10.10 |
BREAK | 10.30 |
Survey Methodology Chair: W.E. Saris
| • | Effects of Sample Design on Selecting Respondents into the Sample:
Comparison of Three Random Sampling Plans in Face to Face | Interviews Dagmar Krebs and Jürgen H.P. Hoffmeyer-Zlotnik • | Estimation of the Conditional Probability of a Favorable Outcome in a
Certain Call Attempt – Discrete Time Model Approach
| Andrej Kveder • | Response Order Effect of a Dummy Item – A Suggestion How to Measure the Effect
| Marijan Manoilov • | Response Errors: Results from a Juvenile Survey
| Marek Fuchs 12.30 |
LUNCH | 14.00 |
Measurement 1
Chair: G. Coenders
| • | Equivalence of Measurement Instruments for Balanced Sets of Items in Cross-cultural
Surveys Taking Method Effects into Account
| Jacques Billiet, Bart Cambre, and Jerry Welkenhuysen-Gybels • | MTMM Models in the Context of Planned Incomplete Data Structures
| Brendan Bunting and Gary Adamson • | SQP – A program for Prediction of Survey Question Quality
| Willem Saris, William van der Veld, and Irmtraud Gallhofer • | Applying the Minimax Principle to Sequential Mastery Testing
| Hans J. Vos 16.00 |
BREAK | 16.30 |
Measurement 2
Chair: J. Billiet
| • | Social Demographic Variables in International Comparative Research:
The Cases of 'Education', 'Occupation', 'Income' and 'Household'
| Jürgen H.P. Hoffmeyer-Zlotnik • | Effects of Respondents` Mood on Instability of Social Support Measurement
| Valentina Hlebec and Anuška Ferligoj • | Validating the Structure of Personality: The MTMM Approach
| Valentin Bucik 18.00 |
BREAK | 18.30 |
Question and Answer Session on Focus Groups (D. L. Morgan) | 19.30 |
WELCOME RECEPTION
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Offered by Tomaž Banovec,
Director of the Statistical Office of
the Republic of Slovenia
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| 9.00 | INVITED ADDRESSES Chair: A. Ferligoj | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Causal Models for Categorical Data
Jacques A. Hagenaars • |
Three-Way Metric Structures for Data Analysis
| Bernard Fichet 11.00 |
BREAK | 11.30 |
Measurement 3
Chair: D. Krebs
| • | Attitude toward Computers as a Typological Construct
| Martin Berger • | Measuring Web Sites Visits
| Vasja Vehovar, Katja Lozar Manfreda, and Zenel Batagelj • | Web Site Evaluation
| Zenel Batagelj, Tina Česen, and Jure Simšič 13.00 |
LUNCH | 14.30 |
Modeling
Chair: J.A. Hagenaars
| • | Study on the Recovery of Structural Equations Models Estimates
When the Original Variables are Categorized
| Emmanuel Aris • | Marginal Models for Categorical Data
| Wicher Bergsma and Tamás Rudas • | Detecting Deviations from Seemingly Fitting Latent Class Models by Homogeneity Analysis
| Herbert Matschinger 16.00 |
BREAK | 16.30 |
Data Analysis
Chair: B. Fichet
| • | Measures of Difference for Compositional Data
| Matevž Bren and Josep Antoni Martin Fernandez • | Using Adapted Clustering Methods to Extract Information from Large Datasets of Mixed Units
| Simona Korenjak-Černe and Vladimir Batagelj • | Assigning Keywords to Documents using Machine Learning
| Dunja Mladenić and Marko Grobelnik • | Important Vertices in Large Directed Networks
| Matjaž Zaveršnik and Vladimir Batagelj • | The Erdős Graph
| Andrej Mrvar and Vladimir Batagelj 20.30 |
Presentations
| • | Presentation of the On-line Course on European Economic Statistics (CEES)
| Lea Bregar, Irena Ograjenšek, Mojca Bavdaž, and Marko Papić • | New Tools in SPSS
| Miha Vogelnik |
| 9.00 | INVITED ADDRESS Chair: A. Ferligoj | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Modeling Spatial Spread of Epidemics – Mumps
Lynne Billard 10.00 |
BREAK | 10.30 |
Applications 1
Chair: L. Billard
| • | Spatial Interpolation of Mean Yearly Precipitation using Universal Kriging
| Damijana Kastelec and Katarina Košmelj • | Screening Procedures in Human Medicine – Evaluation
of Results by Multiple Correspondence Analysis
| Jože Rovan, V. Urbančič-Rovan, and M. Slak • | Health Problems due to Internet Usage
| Thomas Benesch • | On Statistical Analysis of Neuropsychological Data: Some General
Considerations with Illustrations from two Studies
| Gaj Vidmar and Gregor Sočan • | Discrepancies between Self-Reported and GP-Evaluation
of Morbidity in Health-Surveys: The Case of the Elderly
| Hans Waege and Wim Peersman 13.00 |
LUNCH | 14.30 |
Applications 2
Chair: J. Rovan
| • | Approximating Prices of Bonds with Log-normal Interest Rate
| Sankarshan Basu and Angelos Dassios • | Predicting Overall Service Quality: A Structural Equation Modelling Approach
| Carme Saurina and Germà Coenders • | Opinion Expressing in the Spiral of Silence: A LISREL Approach
| Gregor Petrič • | Applying Statistical Tools to Improve Quality in Business Sector
| Irena Ograjenšek 16.30 |
BREAK | 17.00 |
Statistics
Chair: M. Perman
| • | Sample Size and Design Considerations for Multicenter
Cost-Effectiveness Studies: The COSTAMI Case Study
| Dario Gregori and Alessandro Desideri • | Testing Symmetry by an Easy-To-Calculate Statistic Based on Letter Values
| Maurizio Brizzi • | Measures of Information for Continuous Variables
| Katarina Košmelj, Anton Cedilnik, and Polona Kalan 20.00 |
Poetry Reading and a Discussion with the Author
Aleš Debeljak ►
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| Meeting of the Group Working on Slovene Statistical Terminology |