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Nominations Sought for Shiskin Award
Nominations are invited for the annual Julius Shiskin Award for Economic Statistics. The award was established in 1979 by the Washington Statistical Society and is now co-sponsored by the Washington Statistical Society, the National Association of Business Economists, and the Business and Economics Statistics Section of the American Statistical Association. It is given in recognition of unusually original and important contributions in the development of economic statistics or in the use of economic statistics in interpreting the economy. The contributions could be in statistical research, in the development of statistical tools, in the application of computer techniques, in the use of economic statistical programs, in the management of statistical programs, or in developing public understanding of measurement issues, to all of which Mr. Shiskin contributed. Either individuals or groups in the public or private sector can be nominated.
The Award will be presented with an honorarium of $750. The recipient will also be offered the opportunity to present a Washington Statistical Society technical session on a topic of his or her choosing or to receive the award at the Washington Statistical Society Annual dinner in June. The winner also receives a plaque and recognition by the National Association of Business Economists.
George C. Tiao of the University of Chicago was the recipient of the 2001 Shiskin Award. Dr. Tiao was recognized for his research and leadership contributions to the methodological foundations of a successful model-based approach to seasonal adjustment. Previous winners include: Edwin R. Dean for his contributions to the improvements and understanding of productivity measures and to programs on international comparison of labor statistics and international technical cooperation; Robert P. Parker for his decades of work in improving the United States’ and other countries’ national income and product accounts; Eva Jacobs for her management of the Consumer Expenditure Survey Program; Joseph L. Gastwirth for his work clarifying the statistical properties of the Lorenz curve and related measures of income inequality; Jack E. Triplett for his broad contributions to the field of economic measurement; and David F. Findley for outstanding leadership in improving seasonal adjustment methodology for economic time series.
A nomination form may be obtained by writing to the Julius Shiskin Award Committee, American Statistical Association, 1429 Duke Street, Alexandria, VA 22314-3402 or via e-mail to nancyh@amstat.org. Nomination forms are also available from the Washington Statistical Society web site at www.science.gmu.edu/~wss/shiskin.html. Completed nominations must be sent to the ASA office and received by April 1, 2002.
For further information, contact Catherine Hood, Julius Shiskin Award Committee Secretary, by telephone at (301) 457-4912, or by e-mail at catherine.c.hood@census.gov.
