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) and Proceedings Paper

  • 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. Download Survey Methodology paper.

  • 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
    Watch video

  • 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