(July 1 - July 31, 2013)
The 2nd Annual Pyongyang Summer Institute in
Survey Science & Quantitative Methodology
The Pyongyang Summer Institute in Survey Science and Quantitative Methodology (PSI) is an annual joint teaching program supported by the 501(c)(3) International Strategy and Reconciliation Foundation and members of Statistics without Borders of the American Statistical Association, American Association for Public Opinion Research, American Evaluation Association, American Association for the Advancement of Science, World Association for Public Opinion Research and of European Survey Research Association, in collaboration with the Pyongyang University of Science and Technology, the first and only private university in the Democratic People's Republic of Korea. The first PSI was launched on July 2, 2012.
Greeting Remarks
American Statistical Association (ASA)
On behalf of the American Statistical Association, I extend our best wishes to the Pyongyang Summer Institute faculty and students. We wish you a productive time together and hope that this leads to productive future exchanges. I’d especially like to thank the American Statistical Association members and Statistics without Borders for their support of the Pyongyang Summer Institute.
Sincerely,
Ronald L. Wasserstein
Executive Director
American Statistical Association
Sincerely,
Ronald L. Wasserstein
Executive Director
American Statistical Association
American Association for Public Opinion Research (AAPOR)
It is with considerable enthusiasm that I greet you on behalf of the American Association for Public Opinion Research (AAPOR) and welcome you to the fields of survey research and public opinion research.
Our fields of study and practice are very honorable ones, as well as being extremely important for the countries and peoples of the world. Through the use of systematic scientific methods to gather and analyze social and behavior science data, researchers such as you will help produce valuable information to inform decision-makers in the government, academic, private and public sectors, as well as the general public at large.
I extend to you my very best wishes for your full success in these exciting fields of inquiry and practice.
Sincerely,
Paul J. Lavrakas, Ph.D.
2012-2013 President
American Association for Public Opinion Research (AAPOR)
Our fields of study and practice are very honorable ones, as well as being extremely important for the countries and peoples of the world. Through the use of systematic scientific methods to gather and analyze social and behavior science data, researchers such as you will help produce valuable information to inform decision-makers in the government, academic, private and public sectors, as well as the general public at large.
I extend to you my very best wishes for your full success in these exciting fields of inquiry and practice.
Sincerely,
Paul J. Lavrakas, Ph.D.
2012-2013 President
American Association for Public Opinion Research (AAPOR)
PSI Advisory Board
I would very much like to congratulate the instructors. I wish them a fruitful time and hope that the excellent students whom I met at Pyongyang University of Science and Technology will be enriched by the teaching and continue to bring great credit to their university - which is increasingly admired in the English-speaking world for the quality of its students and staff and for its notable achievements.
Professor Lord David Alton
British Parliament
Professor Lord David Alton
British Parliament
