JSM Preliminary Online Program
This is the preliminary program for the 2008 Joint Statistical Meetings in Denver, Colorado.

The views expressed here are those of the individual authors
and not necessarily those of the ASA or its board, officers, or staff.


Back to main JSM 2008 Program page




Legend: = Applied Session, = Theme Session, = Presenter
Colorado Convention Center = “CC”, Hyatt = “HY”

23 Applied Session Sun, 8/3/08, 2:00 PM - 3:50 PM CC-109
Linear Modeling Methods for Education Statistics and Other Social Statistics - Contributed - Papers
Social Statistics Section, Section on Survey Research Methods
Chair(s): Hans Kiesl, Institute for Employment Research
    2:05 PM   Effect of Spanish Two-Way Immersion Programs on Kindergarten Students' Attitudes: A Study of Treatment and Control SchoolsClaudia B. Navarro Villarroel, Iowa State University; Mack Shelley, Iowa State University; Marcia Rosenbusch, Iowa State University; Holly Kaptain, Iowa State University
    2:20 PM   Matching Four Groups of Postsecondary Education Institutions Using Propensity ScoresAmang S. Sukasih, Mathematica Policy Research, Inc.; Kirsten Barrett, Mathematica Policy Research, Inc.; Wendy Mansfield, Mathematica Policy Research, Inc.
    2:35 PM   Methods for Analyzing Agreement on Ordinal Ratings Between Self- and Peer-Evaluations in a Medical School Student SurveyOliver Cass, Hennepin County Medical Center; Ye-Ying Cen, Hennepin County Medical Center
    2:50 PM   Modeling of Probability of Infant Survival (Survival Rates)Beau Jones, University of Cenral Arkansas; Evgenia Rubinshtein, University of Central Arkansas
    3:05 PM   Deal with Excess Zeros in the Discrete Dependent Variable, the Number of Homicide in Chicago Census TractGideon D. Bahn, Loyola University Chicago; Raymond Massenburg, University of Illinois at Chicago
    3:20 PM   An Examination of the Relationships Between University Student Retention and High-School Coursework Among At-Risk Students Using Regression AnalysisChong Ho Yu, Arizona State University; Angel Jannasch-Pennell, Arizona State University; Samuel Digangi, Arizona State University; Charles Kaprolet, Arizona State University
     3:35 PM   Floor Discussion
 

JSM 2008 For information, contact jsm@amstat.org or phone (888) 231-3473. If you have questions about the Continuing Education program, please contact the Education Department.
Revised September, 2008