Steve's Contributions to Sample Surveys, Censuses, and Federal Statistics

Steve Fienberg discussed historical uses of lotteries by governments and described in detail the procedures used by the Selective Service System to assure a random and fair lottery in 1970. Fienberg also gives credit for his initial interest in surveys to mentor, Bill Kruskal. Shortly after Fienberg...

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Published in:Chance (New York) 2013-11, Vol.26 (4), p.8-11
Main Author: Tanur, Judith M.
Format: Magazinearticle
Language:English
Subjects:
Censuses
Fienberg, Stephen E
Personal profiles
Polls & surveys
Scholarly publishing
Statistical methods
University professors
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Summary:Steve Fienberg discussed historical uses of lotteries by governments and described in detail the procedures used by the Selective Service System to assure a random and fair lottery in 1970. Fienberg also gives credit for his initial interest in surveys to mentor, Bill Kruskal. Shortly after Fienberg went to The University of Chicago as an assistant professor, Kruskal started giving him clippings from the Chicago Sun Times about their straw polls for the 1968 election. As Kruskal had undoubtedly hoped, Fienberg became interested in the way the polling was done and the accuracy of the predictions. Fienberg's interest culminated in a JASA article, titled "The Sun-Times Straw Poll, 1968 and 1970: A Statistical Appraisal," in which he partitioned the prediction error into components using an additive linear model. A good deal of Fienberg's interaction with government statistics has come through his affiliation with the Committee on National Statistics of the National Academy of Sciences/National Research Council.
ISSN:0933-2480
1867-2280
DOI:10.1080/09332480.2013.868748