• Poster of the activity
• Presentation
• Handout
• Podcast (Webinar audio)
• Poster
• Guide to the Puerto Rico archives in NARA
• Top 10 Things the Family Historian can find in the records from Puerto Rico at NARA New York
• Activity Evaluation Form
• NARA Contact Information

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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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• Federal Register
• Bilingual questionnaire proposed by the federal government for the 2010 Census
• Federal government B.13 evaluation report on the question of race in Puerto Rico in the 2000 Census
• Comments submitted by the Institute in response to the public comment period

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