### Spring Meeting Reminder<br>### Comments on Educator Effectiveness<br>### Denver SAS User Group Meeting April 13th.<br>### @uchsc -> @ucdenver<br><br>
<br>### Colorado Wyoming Chapter Spring Meeting Friday April 15th.<br><br>Just a reminder that our spring meeting will be held on Friday April 15th at the National Center for Atmospheric Research Mesa Lab in Boulder Colorado. Coffee will be served at 9 am and the meeting will run from 9:30 until 3:30ish.<br>
<br>+ Some presentation titles include<br><br>* Geostatistical model averaging for locally calibrated probabilistic quantitative precipitation forecasting<br clear="all">* Investigating spatial correlation estimation when nonparametrically smoothing the mean trend<br>
* Forecasting Wind Power for a Short Horizon<br>* Risk Set Sampling for Case Crossover Designs<br>* Validation and Use of an Attitude Survey: Measuring the Impact of a High School Intervention on Students’ Attitudes in IT<br>
* Analysis of gene duplication data<br><br>+ There will be an optional architectural tour of the Mesa Lab during lunch.<br><br>+ Information about local statistics related users groups<br><br>+ Pecha Kucha format presentations<br>
<br>An agenda will be sent out next week with directions and other logistical information. <br><br>### Comments on Educator Effectiveness<br><br>The following note was sent by chapter member Sandra McKenzie<br>
...<br> <br>I think it is imperative that ASA members give feedback to the State Council on Educator Effectiveness (<a href="mailto:scee@cde.state.co.us" target="_blank">scee@cde.state.co.us</a>) regarding proposed teacher evaluation plans. I believe in management by objectives, but using value-added models is ripe with difficulties. The following article in CHANCE lays it out pretty clearly: <a href="http://chance.amstat.org/2011/02/value-added-models/" target="_blank">http://chance.amstat.org/2011/02/value-added-models/</a><br>
<br>The SCEE is collecting community comments through March, and will give a recommendation to the Colorado Board of Education in April. I urge you to send out an e-mail to the Colorado-Wyoming chapter, so that ASA members can react as they see fit.<br>
<br>Please contact me if you need and more details.<br> <br>Regards,<br> <br>Sandra McKenzie<br>ASA/NCTM Committee on Statistical Education<br><a href="mailto:smckenzie2@cherrycreekschools.org" target="_blank">smckenzie2@cherrycreekschools.org</a><br>
<br><br>### Denver SAS User Group Meeting April 13th.<br><br><p class="MsoNormal">Greetings fellow SAS Users!</p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal">I’d like to send a reminder for our next DSUG meeting scheduled for April 13<sup>th</sup>,
from 4:30-6:00pm, held at Heitler Hall over at National Jewish. There
is more specific information about the location as well as a building
map on the DSUG webpage (<a href="http://www.denversug.org/" target="_blank">www.denversug.org</a>).
I once again would like to thank the wonderful folks in the
Biostatistics department over at National Jewish for making the
arrangements and allowing us access to Heitler Hall.</p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal">We
have two speakers lined up for this meeting. Bob Romero will be giving
a follow-up to a presentation he gave last year about using code to
write code, and Dara Hammond will be providing us with an introduction
to JMP, and perhaps a little about how it can be used in conjunction
with SAS. See below for more details regarding these presentations.</p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal">If you have any questions, please let me know. I look forward to seeing you at our next meeting.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal">-Bill</p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal">===========================</p><p class="MsoNormal">William <span>Coar</span>, PhD</p><p class="MsoNormal">
Project Director/Biostatistician</p><a href="mailto:williamc@axioresearch.com" target="_blank">williamc@axioresearch.com</a><br><br><br>### @uchsc -> @ucdenver<br>
<br>It was brought to my attention that the health sciences changed their domain name. We get our email addresses off of the national list. I have changed the addresses on the local list, but some are still incorrect on the national list. <br>
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