Conference on Statistical Science Honouring the Bicentennial of Stefano Franscini’s Birth: Ascona November 18–20, 1996

Content: 
Front Matter....Pages i-viii
Opening of the Conference....Pages 3-8
Stefano Franscini: Statistics between Politics and History....Pages 9-14
Franscini and the Swiss Federal Institutes of Technology: The Beginnings of Swiss Science Policy....Pages 15-20
Role and Influence of Stefano Franscini in the Educational System of Switzerland....Pages 21-30
The Partnership of Official Statistics and Academia: The International Context....Pages 33-47
Evolution of Economic and Social Statistics over two Centuries....Pages 49-62
Need for New Methods to Support Developments in Economic Statistics....Pages 63-75
Official Statistics and Research: an Evolving Relationship seen through the Classifications of Science....Pages 77-103
Statistical Science and the European Statistical System: Expectations and Perspectives....Pages 105-122
Weighting and Calibration in Sample Survey Estimation....Pages 125-147
Resampling Methods for Complex Survey Data....Pages 149-156
Measuring and Diagnosing the Efficiency of Electricity Services in Buildings....Pages 157-167
Weighting the Swiss Labour Force Survey....Pages 169-179
Longitudinal Analysis of Swiss Labour Force Survey Data....Pages 181-192
Control Charts for Multivariate Processes Based on Influence Functions....Pages 193-201
Metrics and Models for Handwritten Character Recognition....Pages 203-219
Strategy Issues in Data Analysis....Pages 221-238
Promoting Public Awareness of Statistics through Distance Education....Pages 239-245
Back Matter....Pages 246-248