Date: January 12, 2011

To amend subparagraphs (f) and (m) of Article 5 of Act No. 209 of August 28, 2003, as amended, known as the “Puerto Rico Institute of Statistics Act”, to provide that as part of the annual report that the Institute must submit to the Legislative Assembly and the Governor, in relation to its efforts during the previous year, it will include specific and detailed information on the progress of updating the Inventory of Statistics of the Government of Puerto Rico; and to keep up to date a reliable system of statistics related to school dropout.

Puerto Rico's official mortality statistics reviewed

Date: December 9, 2010

To order the Housing and Urban Development Commission of the House of Representatives to conduct research related to the inventory of available housing in Puerto Rico; to determine if there is a greater supply than demand in the housing market to investigate existing social housing needs and if there are conditions for granting tax credits that help promote the construction of social housing; and the effect of local and global economic problems on the housing market.

Date: November 9, 2010

To amend Article 1.03 of Act No. 149 of July 15, 1999, as amended, known as the “Organic Law of the Puerto Rico Department of Education” for the purpose of ordering the Secretary of Education to submit an annual “School Dropout Report”, to the Governor, the Legislative Assembly and the Puerto Rico Statistics Institute.

On October 20, 2010, World Statistics Day was celebrated, as proposed by the United Nations Organization http://unstats.un.org/unsd/wsd/. In commemoration of this celebration, the Puerto Rico Statistics Institute held “Statistics Expo” at the Intercontinental Hotel. Hundreds of statisticians and people interested in statistics from the public, private, non-profit, academic and student sectors were present.

Expo Statistics Program The Statistical Expo Magazine Exhibitors Video

Presentations

• Panel: Surveys for Data Collection
  • Puerto Rico BRFSS, Mrs. Miriam Ramos, Department of Health
  • Study on the prevalence of substance use by schoolchildren in Puerto Rico 2005-2007, Mrs. Carmen Julia Ruiz, ASSMCA
  • The Retail Accounts Report (INFOVENTAS), Mr. Carlos Acevedo, Trading and Export Company
  • Labor Statistics Bureau Surveys, Mrs. Elda Ivelisse Parés, Department of Labor and Human Resources
• Statistical needs of non-profit organizations, Dr. Luz Mairym López, Puerto Rico Institute of Statistics
• The use of six sigma in the pharmaceutical industry, Mr. Orlando Lozada, Pfizer
• The Assistant: Your Guide to Data Analysis, Mr. José Padilla, Minitab
• The Power of Statistics: What Converts Add Up, Mrs. Brooke Weisman, IBM
• Panel: Municipal Statistics
  • Use of statistics in the municipal administration, Plan. Ada Bones, Guaynabo Municipality
  • Use of empirical and statistical methods for operational planning and evaluation of human services, Mrs. Moraima Nevarez, Toa Baja Municipality
• Panel: The use of statistics in the media
  • Statistics in the media, Mrs. Luisa García Pelatti, Business Section Director, El Vocero
  • Statistics and journalistic research, Mrs. Omaya Sosa Pascual, Center for Investigative Journalism
  • Statistics and media, Mrs. Joanisabel González, The New Day
  • Keynote Conference: Ethical Principles of Statisticians, Dr. Mario Marazzi Santiago, Executive Director, Puerto Rico Institute of Statistics

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