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Call for Submissions: Journal for Survey Statistics and Methodology

Special Issue: Survey Research from Asia-Pacific, Africa, the Middle East, Latin America, and the Caribbean

Guest Editors:  Carolina Franco, Mamadou Diallo, Sunghee Lee, Denise Britz do Nascimento Silva

The Journal for Survey Statistics and Methodology seeks submissions for a special issue on survey research from Asia-Pacific, Africa, the Middle East, Latin America, and the Caribbean

Survey research stands to benefit from examining the richness of applications, ideas, and contributions from investigators around the world.  This issue aims to highlight work from locations that are typically underrepresented in JSSAM and other leading journals.  In keeping with the theme of the special issue, it is desirable for at least one of the authors in a submission to be working in one of the regions covered, and applications must use data primarily from these regions. The issue will showcase interesting survey papers from various countries.  

We seek papers from the targeted regions on the usual topics covered in the journal.   These include papers on Survey Statistics, Survey Methodology, and Applications.  The Survey Statistics section presents papers on innovative sampling procedures, imputation, weighting, measures of uncertainty, small area inference, new methods of analysis, and other statistical issues related to surveys. The Survey Methodology section presents papers that focus on methodological research, including methodological experiments, questionnaire design and testing, methods of data collection, interviewer effects, nonresponse and recruitment protocols, responsive designs, new data sources, and use of paradata. The Applications section contains papers involving innovative applications of methods and providing practical contributions and guidance, and/or significant new findings.  In addition to the general topics above, the issue also seeks papers on survey methods and statistics in multinational, multiregional, and multicultural contexts, and on capacity building efforts. 

Submissions to the special issue are welcomed through September 30, 2024. Upon submission manuscripts will be peer-reviewed in accordance with standard journal practice and will be published online soon after acceptance. See this information flyer.

 Electronic copies of the manuscripts should be uploaded at https://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/jssam following the manuscript preparation instructions. To ensure consideration in the special issue, authors must include a cover letter that clearly states that the manuscript has been submitted for consideration for the special issue on “Survey Research from Asia-Pacific, Africa, the Middle East, Latin America, and the Caribbean.”  Queries about this special issue should be directed to Carolina Franco at franco-carolina@norc.org.

Announcements List

  • New Discord Channel

    ASA has a brand new Discord channel just for students! Be part of the conversation in StatChat on Discord using the invite code ZnaBsxuG57.

  • Chapter meeting - Professional development series

    The Central Indiana Chapter will have an in-person meeting on Thursday, April 09, 2026 at DORIS Research in Indianapolis. Our guest speaker will be Gary Sullivan from Espirer Consulting. As part of our professional development series, Gary will be giving a presentation on leadership development for statisticians and data scientists. The presentation will start at approximately 5:00 and last about 1 hour. But be sure to arrive early and stay afterwards for some light refreshments and networking with other data professionals.
     
        speaker:  Gary Sullivan, PhD
        title:  Leadership Development for Every Statistician
        date:  Thursday, April 09, 2026
                   4:30 - 6:30 pm ET
        place:  Doris Research
                     536 E Market St
                     Indianapolis, IN
        cost:  FREE
        register: register on Zeffy 
     
    Gary is the co-developer and primary instructor for The Effective Statistician Leadership Program - a leadership training program aimed at pharmaceutical professionals. In 2018, Gary founded Espirer Leadership Consulting LLC after a 28-year career at Eli Lilly & Co. His company provides leadership training, coaching, and advising to statisticians and quantitative scientists. His clientele include over a dozen pharmaceutical companies and clinical research organizations and he has taught to over a 1,000 professionals. His programs focus on how to improve one's communication, presentations, strategic thinking, and business acumen. Gary earned his PhD from Iowa State University. During his time at Lilly, he held various technical and administrative roles retiring in 2017 as the Senior Director of Non-Clinical Statistics.
     
    Abstract
    Most leaders become leaders by studying, getting the right coaching and mentoring, developing and applying the proper skills, and continuously learning and growing through that process. In this talk, Gary will present how to get started on your journey to leadership and the needed skills and behaviors for you to grow as a leader. Specifically, Gary will focus on three primary questions:
          What is leadership?
          What skills do leaders have?
          How do you develop and apply these skills?
    Leadership development is a journey that takes many years and it may seem overwhelming at first. Gary will discuss some easy ways to get started quickly and to make progress fast.
  • 2026 Annual Meeting Information

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    Please join us at our annual chapter meeting at ISU on February 27! We have created a poster to share with your students (who we encourage to submit a poster for presentation), but all students, faculty, and working professionals are welcome! If you plan to come, please register in advance as lunch will be provided.