Survey Research Methods Section

• Check out the January 2022 issue of the SRMS newsletter.
• Application for SRMS Student Travel Awards to attend the Joint Statistical Meetings 2022 is now available. Typically, awards up to $825 are given to cover travel expenses to JSM plus the required membership in ASA. Applications must be received by 11:59 PM EST, Monday, December 20, 2021.
• The Survey Research Methods, Government Statistics, and Social Statistics Sections are pleased to announce a competition for student and post-graduate papers.  Competition winners will present their papers at a topic-contributed session during the Joint Statistical Meetings 2022. A subsidy of up to $1,000 will be provided to each winner and five awards will be granted. Applications must be received by 11:59 PM EST, December 15, 2021.
• The Gertrude M. Cox Award Committee is seeking nominees for the 2022 Gertrude M Cox Award. Please email your nominations to Marcus Berzofsky (berzofsky@rti.org) by 28 February, 2022.
• The Waksberg Award Committee is seeking nominees for the 2023 Waksberg Award. Please email your nomination to Jack Gambino (jack.gambino@gmail.com) by 28 February, 2022. 
• Government Advances in Statistical Programming (GASP) workshop is scheduled from 2-3 February 2022, 12-5 pm ET. Abstract submissions are due by 15 December 2021. 
• SRMS members can now access all the 2011-2020 AAPOR webinars for free. To access these past webinars, please email Brady West (bwest@umich.edu) for the username and password to login to AAPOR’s website.

• We are happy to announce the winners of 2022 ASA GSS/SRMS/SSS Student Paper Competition.

       

• Contributing a community and platform within the broader statistical community for sharing and discussing survey research, methodology, as well as emerging opportunities in our field.  (For JSM 2021, SRMS sponsors 4 invited sessions, 5 topic-contributed sessions, and 3 contributed speed sessions with 20 talks each.) 
• Being connected with the ASA survey research methods community and receiving an invitation to the annual section business meeting
• Representing the survey statistics community and showing solidarity and support to the survey research profession
• Accessing the SRMS email listserv and newsletter including career and learning opportunity announcements
• Subscribing to the Journal of Survey Statistics and Methodology (JSSAM) including both the printed and online versions for free
• Participating in SRMS member-only discounts for webinars and short courses
• Receiving AAPOR member pricing on most webinars
• Viewing all the 2011-2020 AAPOR webinars for free (email Brady West for the username and password to login to AAPOR’s website)
• Accessing to all the SRMS JSM proceedings, the ICES proceedings, the Hard to Reach (H2R) proceedings among others at the section’s proceedings website
• Supporting free student membership, student conference travel awards, and student paper awards 

To become a member of the SRMS, you must be a member of the ASA. When applying for the ASA membership, select “Survey Research Methods” from the “Choose Your Section(s)” list. If you are already a member of the ASA or renewing your ASA membership, then login to your member’s only page and click the “Add Additional Chapter or Section” button.