2009 Australian and New Zealand Stata Users Group meeting

Announcement

The first Australian and New Zealand Stata Users Group (ANZSUG) meeting was a big success when it was held in Adelaide in 2004. The second was held in Melbourne in September 2006. Now the third Stata Users Group meeting will be held in Sydney. Stata users from all disciplines are invited to attend. Beginners, experts, and anyone in between are welcome.

The aim is to bring together a wide range of users to discuss statistical analysis, data management, and graphics using Stata. Speakers are encouraged to present their experiences with the package, whether using standard commands, writing new programs, or exploiting the graphics facilities.

This meeting involves structured thematic sessions on novel usage of Stata for analysis of biostatistics, econometric, psychological data, etc. Stata developers from the United States will host a “Wishes and grumbles” session. Attending will be Roberto G. Gutierrez, StataCorp’s director of statistics, and Alan Riley, StataCorp’s vice president of software development.

Also, there will be two workshops on additional days for an additional cost:

• Analyzing complex survey data using Stata (November 4, 2009)
• Introduction to Stata programming and Mata matters (November 6, 2009)

Sydney Opera House

Call for papers

Presentations may be on any topic related to using Stata in research or teaching in any field. Examples include the following:

• using Stata for statistical analysis
• user-written Stata programs
• importing and managing data in Stata
• using Stata for graphics
• teaching Stata
• teaching statistics with Stata
• use of Stata in specific fields

The submission deadline has passed. The program committee will notify authors by September 15, 2009, whether they will be required to present at the meeting.

Those required to present will need to email their presentation (slides) to keesman@tpg.com.au by Thursday, October 30, 2009.

Registration and accomodations

Please travel at your own expense. There will also be an optional informal meal at a restaurant on Thursday evening at an additional cost (TBA).

To register online, click here.

To download a registration form, click here.

Organizers

Scientific organizers

Demetris Christodoulou (D.Christodoulou@econ.usyd.edu.au)
The University of Sydney—Faculty of Economics and Business

Vasilis Sarafidis (V.Sarafidis@econ.usyd.edu.au)
The University of Sydney—Faculty of Economics and Business

Logistics organizers

The logistics are being organized by Survey Design and Analysis Services Ptd Ltd (http://www.survey-design.com.au), the distributor of Stata in Australia and New Zealand.

Survey Design and Analysis Services Pty Ltd
Karl and Helen Keesman
PO Box 1206
Blackburn North, VIC 3130
Australia

Email: sales@survey-design.com.au
Phone: +61 (0) 3 9878 7373
Fax: +61 (0) 3 9878 2345