Conference on Statistical Science Honouring the Bicentennial of Stefano Franscini's Birth: Ascona November 18-20, 1996 (Hardcover, 1997)

I.- Opening of the Conference.- Stefano Franscini: Statistics between Politics and History.- Franscini and the Swiss Federal Institutes of Technology: the Beginnings of Swiss Science Policy.- Role and Influence of Stefano Franscini in the Educational System of Switzerland.- II.- The Partnership of Official Statistics and Academia: the International Context.- Evolution of Economic and Social Statistics over two Centuries.- Need for New Methods to Support Developments in Economic Statistics.- Official Statistics and Research: an Evolving Relationship seen through the Classifications of Science.- Statistical Science and the European Statistical System: Expectations and Perspectives.- III.- Weighting and Calibration in Sample Survey Estimation.- Resampling Methods for Complex Survey Data.- Measuring and Diagnosing the Efficiency of Electricity Services in Buildings.- Weighting the Swiss Labour Force Survey.- Longitudinal Analysis of Swiss Labour Force Survey Data.- Control Charts for Multivariate Processes Based on Influence Functions.- Metrics and Models for Handwritten Character Recognition.- Strategy Issues in Data Analysis.- Promoting Public Awareness of Statistics Through Distance Education.