JSM 2005 Online Program

Abstract #304482

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Activity Number:	415
Type:	Luncheons
Date/Time:	Wednesday, August 10, 2005 : 12:30 PM to 1:50 PM
Sponsor:	Section on Statistics in Epidemiology
Abstract - #304482
Title:	Monitoring and Improving the Quality of U.S. Elections
Author(s):	Arlene Ash*+
Companies:	Boston University
Address:	School of Medicine, Boston, MA, 02118, United States
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Abstract:	Arlene Ash first became involved in election monitoring issues in December 2000 when she testified about absentee ballot irregularities in Martin County, Florida, in the hotly contested presidential election of that year. She will come prepared to discuss statistical anomalies in the 2000 and 2004 elections and, more generally, the role of statisticians and the ASA in improving the quality of U.S. elections.

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