JSM Preliminary Online Program
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Legend: = Applied Session, = Theme Session, = Presenter
Washington Convention Center = “CC”, Renaissance Washington, DC Hotel = “RH”

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294 Applied Session Theme Session Tue, 8/4/09, 10:30 AM - 12:20 PM CC-202A
Communicating Statistical Concepts to a Lay Audience - Invited - Papers
Committee on Excellence in Statistical Reporting, Social Statistics Section, Section on Government Statistics
Organizer(s): Telba Irony, FDA
Chair(s): Telba Irony, FDA
    10:35 AM   Presentation and Interpretation of Statistical Results to Track Economic DevelopmentsJohn Berry, Bloomberg News
    11:05 AM   Statistical Issues in 'The New York Times'Donald A. Berry, The University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center; Gina Kolata, The New York Times
    11:35 AM   The Prosecutor's FallacyMark Buchanan, Independent Science Writer
     12:05 PM   Floor Discussion
 

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