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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To recognize the great contribution of statistics to the quality of life of all, the Puerto Rico Institute of Statistics joins organizations around the world in celebrating World Statistics Day 2015. The objectives are:

1. Highlight the contributions of statistics in the different areas of knowledge.
2. Build an environment that brings together students, teachers, researchers, public employees, statisticians and other professionals who share a common interest in statistics.
3. To publicize the functions and contributions of the Institute in the community.

Presentations

• Dr. Mario Marazzi-Santiago, Greetings and welcome
• Dr. Anna Sandoval Girón, Qualitative Methods in the Design of Surveys and Evaluations
• Ben Wood, Modern Consumer Panel Research
• Dr. Qing Wu, Statistics at Google
• Steve Ellsworth, Socrates
• Carlos R. Torres-Cintrón, The transformation of Puerto Rico's cancer epidemiological surveillance system
• Dr. Roberto Rivera, Quality Issues with Data

Technology Hall

• Dr. Luis R. Pericchi, Hypothesis Testing and Estimation under a Bayesian Approach
• Dr. Wolfgang Rolke, Regression and Generalized Linear Models
• Stuart Gano, World Statistics Day

Materials

• Prog Photographs of the activity Photographs of the infographic competition Videos

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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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