Winners of the Government Statistics, Social Statistics, and Survey Research Methods Sections Student Paper Competition

The Government Statistics, Social Statistics, and Survey Research Methods sections of the American Statistical Association sponsor a student paper competition each year. The following is a list of the winning authors and their papers:

  • Matching for Balance, Pairing for Heterogeneity in an Observational Study of the Effectiveness of for-Profit and Not-for-Profit High Schools in Chile — Jose Zubizarreta, The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania
  • Enhancing Respondent Representativeness Through Responsive Design and External Benchmarks — Shin-Jung Lee, University of Michigan
  • Aerial-Access Creel Surveys with Incomplete Matching of Aerial and Access Components — Audrey Béliveau, Simon Fraser University
  • An Innovative Multiple Imputation Method to Accommodate Complex Sample Design Features — Hanzhi Zhou, University of Michigan
  • Using School Lotteries to Evaluate the Value-Added Model — Jonah Deutsch, The University of Chicago

Visit the ASA website for information about student paper competitions/travel awards to attend the Joint Statistical Meetings.