April

Luncheon Announcement

Noon to 1:30PM
TUESDAY, April 27, 2009
The East Bank Club,
500 N. Kingsbury, Chicago 60610

Please join us for another exciting talk in the CCASA's 2009-2010 Luncheon program!

Our April speaker is Joseph Kang, PhD, Assistant Professor at Northwestern University's Feinberg School of Medicine, who will be speaking about Causality Models.

Dr. Kang's current research involves a variety of statistical issues arising in non-randomized observational studies, with particular emphasis on the causal inference of the effects of naturalistic lifestyles such as diet behaviors and physical activities on various cardiovascular diseases outcomes. One area of interest in statistical methods is combining parsimonious classification model of naturalistic behaviors and the lifetime outcome model of cardiovascular diseases. Dr. Kang is also interested in developing a methodological framework to infer causal links between gene expression, lifestyle behaviors and incidence of cardiovascular disease.

Plans for our future luncheons will be included in our upcoming announcements and in the Parameter.

Lunch is $30 for CCASA members, $35 for non-members. Non-members, join the chapter for a year for only $15 and get the discount plus all of the other benefits of membership! As usual, the LucileDerrick Fund will purchase a limited number of tickets for students who wish to attend. If you are a student and would like to take advantage of this offer, please register online below, and contact Gerald Funk, expressing your interest. Please register for the luncheon by this Friday, April 23rd, 2010.

Register online now!

Questions: Contact Borko Jovanovic, CCASA VP Luncheons, Phone: 312-503-2008 or E-mail: borko@northwestern.edu

Because the Illinois Tri-State region (Illinois, Indiana, Wisconsin) had low response rates for the 2000 Census, second questionnaires were mailed out last week. Chicago, however, was among the regions with the best response rates. The U.S. Census Bureau hopes to cut down the estimated $2.7 billion cost of sending census takers to households in previous low-turnout areas.

Read the rest of the article here: Census Bureau Sends Out Replacement Questionnaires

Burtch Works is an executive recruiting firm specializing in the permanent placement of Marketing Analytics professionals. Burtch Works currently has a client in downtown Chicago looking for a Web Analytics Manager.

The Web Analytics Manager for this global communications firm located in downtown Chicago will be responsible for overseeing and measuring the company's website metrics, including user web experience. Must be comfortable generating reports and analyzing web performance.

The Web Analytics Manager will have the following qualifications:

• Master's Degree in Statistics or another quantitative field
• Advanced experience with Google Analytics, WebTrends, Omniture, online tagging
• Knowledge of SAS, SEO, PPC, HTML, Flash and JavaScript
• Proficiency with marketing analytics and statistical methods, regarding internet marketing and consumer research

 The salary for the Web Analytics Manager is targeted at $70,000 to $85,000, depending on experience. If interested in learning more about this position or submitting your resume, please e-mail candidates@burtchworks.com and mention this Parameter ad.

We look forward to receiving your application!

PARAMETER provides a job listing service by publishing Positions Available and Positions Wanted, the latter being free to Chapter members. Companies may list positions for $75. Contact the Editor for more information.

PARAMETER, newsletter of the Chicago Chapter of the American Statistical Association, is published 10 times a year as a service to its members. To submit material for publication, contact the Editor, Linda Burtch, email: lburtch@burtchworks.com

For additional information about Chicago Chapter ASA, please visit us on the web at: www.ChicagoASA.org.

Also, visit the National ASA web site www.amstat.org.

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