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Call for Instructors of Survey Methodology and Statistics for Summer Program in North Korea
(AAPOR, February, 2013) The Pyongyang Summer Institute in Survey Science and Quantitative Methodology (PSI) was launched last summer, taught by 13 instructors from the United States and Europe. This July, the organizers hope to have more than 35 instructors teaching about 250 students in classes hosted by the Pyongyang University of Science and Technology, the first and only private university in North Korea. Read more
(AAPOR, February, 2013) The Pyongyang Summer Institute in Survey Science and Quantitative Methodology (PSI) was launched last summer, taught by 13 instructors from the United States and Europe. This July, the organizers hope to have more than 35 instructors teaching about 250 students in classes hosted by the Pyongyang University of Science and Technology, the first and only private university in North Korea. Read more
Statistical Diplomacy in North Korea
(Wall Street Journal, Jan 18, 2013) My print column examines an initiative to teach statistics to university students and government workers in North Korea, a country with an authoritarian government that many researchers in the region think issues the fewest, and least reliable, statistics in the world Read more
(Wall Street Journal, Jan 18, 2013) My print column examines an initiative to teach statistics to university students and government workers in North Korea, a country with an authoritarian government that many researchers in the region think issues the fewest, and least reliable, statistics in the world Read more
Putting Statistics to Work in a Land of Illusions
(Wall Street Journal, Jan 18, 2013) The Pyongyang Summer Institute in Survey Science and Quantitative Methodology last year began teaching students at North Korea's first private university about such topics as probability, correlation and survey methodology. More than 250 students, mostly in their 20s, learned from 13 instructors from the U.S. and Europe. This summer, the institute hopes to have 30 teachers instructing 250 students and 100 government workers. Read more
(Wall Street Journal, Jan 18, 2013) The Pyongyang Summer Institute in Survey Science and Quantitative Methodology last year began teaching students at North Korea's first private university about such topics as probability, correlation and survey methodology. More than 250 students, mostly in their 20s, learned from 13 instructors from the U.S. and Europe. This summer, the institute hopes to have 30 teachers instructing 250 students and 100 government workers. Read more
Unprecedented Survey Methodology Diplomacy with North Korea
(AAPOR, Sep 26, 2012). The Pyongyang Summer Institute in Survey Science and Quantitative Methodology (PSI) was launched this summer in the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK). Held June 29 through July 28 at the Pyongyang University of Science and Technology, the country’s only private and international university, the summer institute brought together 13 scholars, including a few AAPOR colleagues, to do pro bono teaching of survey methodology and interdisciplinary research to more than 250 North Korean students. Read more
(AAPOR, Sep 26, 2012). The Pyongyang Summer Institute in Survey Science and Quantitative Methodology (PSI) was launched this summer in the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK). Held June 29 through July 28 at the Pyongyang University of Science and Technology, the country’s only private and international university, the summer institute brought together 13 scholars, including a few AAPOR colleagues, to do pro bono teaching of survey methodology and interdisciplinary research to more than 250 North Korean students. Read more
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