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Archives by Tag 'Royal Statistical Society'

Teaching quantitative methods: the challenge and how to meet it

By Dan - Last updated: Monday, October 5, 2009

The Royal Statistical Society are hosting a workshop on developing undergraduate quantitative methods teaching in sociology, social policy, politics and international relations, social anthropology and other social science subjects beyond economics and psychology. It will take place on Friday 23rd October at the Royal Statistical Society, Errol St, London from 09.30 to 16.30. Those speaking [...]

2011 Census: Producing the Numbers

By Pablo Mateos - Last updated: Tuesday, May 19, 2009

2011 Census: Producing the Numbers ================================== 1 June 2009, Royal Statistics Society This meeting will offer the first integrated presentation of the proposed end-to-end methodology for the production of 2011 census population estimates.  Aspects of 2011 census proposals, particularly the use of post-out and post-back of questionnaires, a parallel internet data collection channel, coverage survey [...]

Family Resources Survey user meeting

By Pablo Mateos - Last updated: Monday, April 20, 2009

Family Resources Survey user meeting Thursday 30 April 2009 Royal Statistical Society, London This meeting will provide a forum for data users and producers to meet and discuss new developments and exchange information about the Family Resources Survey. The meeting is free to attend and lunch is provided. For more details and to book a [...]

Meeting on Migration Statistics: Interim Report

By Pablo Mateos - Last updated: Thursday, March 19, 2009

 Migration Statistics: Interim Report  A meeting to discuss the interim findings of a review by the UK  Statistics Authority on improvements to migration statistics will be  held at the Royal Statistical Society, 12 Errol Street, London, EC1Y 8LX  on 22nd April 2009, 2pm-4pm (coffee and registration from 1.30pm).  Please email: authority.enquiries@statistics.gsi.gov.uk  to reserve your  place – attendance is free [...]

BURISA 2009 Conference – Location, location, location – Whither Geographical Information

By Pablo Mateos - Last updated: Thursday, March 12, 2009

2009 Conference – Location, location, location – Whither Geographical Information   Royal Society, London Thursday 14 May 2009 To book click here Since Lord Chorley’s Report charted a course for handling geographical information 20 years ago, there have been huge advances in spatial data and the technology to process them: digital mapping, aerial photography and gazetteers, [...]

2011 Census research conference – ESRC – RSS

By Pablo Mateos - Last updated: Thursday, March 5, 2009

2011 Census research: new data, linkage and outputs Date: 13 May 2009 Location: Royal Statistical Society, London This one-day conference showcases the work of nine research projects funded during 2008-09 by the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC). These have focused on developments in 2011 census data products, innovations in census data linkage through time [...]