Selected Talks

  • Ahead of the trends: J.N.K. Rao’s Contributions to Survey Research

    Statistics Canada International Methodology Symposium: The Future of Official Statistics, November 1, 2024

    Slides (including references)

  • Sweatshops, smallpox, and statistics: Florence Kelley in 1890s Chicago

    Winter lecture at the Georgia Chapter of the American Statistical Association, December 14, 2021

    Slides and References

  • Multiple-frame surveys for a multiple-data-source world

    2021 Waksberg Lecture, presented at Statistics Canada's 2021 International Methodology Symposium “Adopting Data Science in Official Statistics to Meet Society's Emerging Needs

    View slides. Download list of references

  • Combining data and crime
    Plenary address at the Federal Committee on Statistical Methodology (FCSM) Research and Policy Conference
    Washington, DC, March 7, 2018.
    View slides. Download proceedings paper.

  • The essential survey statistician
    Joint Program in Survey Methodology Distinguished Lecture
    College Park, MD, March 11, 2016
    Watch video

  • Red beads and profound knowledge: Deming and quality of education
    Deming Lecture, Joint Statistical Meetings, Boston, August 5, 2014
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  • Regression trees with survey data

    Joint Statistical Meetings, Washington DC, August 6, 2009 (joint with G. Mendez; proposes random forest for small area estimation). View slides