MSMESB 2002 Technical Program:
Getting Real with Statistics

Please note: This program is a work in progress and will continue to be added to as sessions and speakers confirm they will be a part of the program. Only confirmed presenters are listed. When abstracts are provided, they will be linked to the talk or workshop title as appropriate. Timings and rooms are subject to change based on needs.

MSMESB Conference
June 6-8, 2002
Hosted by the Terry College of Business
University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia

 

PROGRAM

 

Thursday, June 6

3:00 - 5:00 p.m.     Optional tour of Eaton Corporation
                               For those that signed up for the Eaton Tour, UGA vans
                                will leave the Holiday Inn Hull Street exit (near the registration desk)
                                at 3:00 p.m. promptly. Your hosts will be Terry faculty members,
                                Kari Jones and Ray Hagtvedt.

7:30 - 9:00 p.m.    Registration and Welcome Reception, Wray-Nicholson House
                              The Wary Nicholson House is approximately one block behind the
                              Holiday Inn, at 298 Hull Street. Conference host representatives
                              will be at the registration desk of the hotel lobby to assist you with
                              directions. Hot and cold hors d-oeuvres will be served.

 

The technical program is organized with a keynote session and three tracks as follows:

Keynote Session: Enhancing Undergraduate Statistics

Track 1 - Getting Real With Our Customers

Track 2 - Getting Real With Statistics in the Business Curriculum

Track 3 - Getting Real With Technology

 

Friday, June 7

7:00 - 8:00 a.m.       Buffet Breakfast, Georgian Ballroom, Holiday Inn

8:00 - 8:30 a.m.        Time to travel (walk or otherwise) to Sanford Hall

8:30 - 8:50 a.m.       Welcome to the University of Georgia - 213 Sanford Hall
                                Terry College of Business
                                George Benson, Dean
                                John Neter, Professor Emeritus
 

                                Introduction to Technical Program
                                Bill Parr   
                                President of MSMESB, Technical Program Manager
                                University of Tennessee

8:50 - 10:00 am.      Plenary One, 213 Sanford Hall
            
                                Data Mining
                                Lynne Stokes
                                Editor, American Statistician
                                Southern Methodist University

10:00 - 10:30 a.m.    Break - Refreshments, Sanford Hall, 2nd Floor

10:30 - 11:45           Track 1
                                309 Sanford Hall
                                The Role of Statistics in Business
                                Dr. Lynne Billard
                                Former President American Statistical Association
                                Dr. T. N. Sriram
                                Department of Statistics, University of Georgia

                                Session Chair: Betty Thorne, Stetson University

                                Discussion

10:30 - 11:45           Track 2
                                312 Sanford Hall

                                Textbook Publisher's Panel

                                Curt Hinrichs, Publisher, Duxbury Press
                                Scott Isenberg, Senior Editor, McGraw-Hill

                                John D. McKenzie, Babson College
                                Session Chair
 

11:45 - noon            North Campus Historical Tour on way to Downtown area

12:00 - 2:00 p.m.    "Flavor of Downtown Athens" Lunch (on your own)
                                Restaurant Cuisines & Locations information included
                                in the Historical Tour Brochure

2:00 - 3:15 p.m.      Plenary 2, Room 213 Sanford Hall
                               Teaching, Using and Improving the Baldrige Criteria
                                for Performance Excellence

                                Harry S. Hertz, Director of Baldrige National Quality
                                    Program
                                George S. Easton, Associate Professor of Decision &
                                    Information Analysis, Emory University

                               Session Chair: Dean George Benson, University of Georgia

3:15 - 3:45 p.m.      Break - Refreshments, Sanford, 2nd floor

3:45 - 5:00 p.m.     Track 1, 309 Sanford Hall  

                                We've Preached to the Choir - Now What?
                                Panel / workshop led by
                               Thomas E. Love,
                                        Case Western Reserve University,                          
                                Curt Hinrichs,
                                        Duxbury Press and
                                Tina Konrath
                                        Minitab Inc.

                                Session Chair: Keith Ord, Georgetown University

3:45 - 5:00 p.m.     Track 2, 312 Sanford Hall

                                "The View from Faculty"
                                Session Chair: George Bateman, University of Chicago

                                Tom Johnson, North Carolina State University
                                Glenn Miller, Georgia Tech
                                Bill Carlson, St. Olaf College


6:40 - 8:15            Tour of Butts Mehre Heritage Hall, Cocktails
                                UGA Buses marked "MSMESB Conference" will leave the Holiday Inn
                                Hull Street exit at 6:40 p.m.

8:30 - 10:00 p.m.    Buffet Dinner - Herty Field

 

Saturday, June 8

7:00 - 8:00 a.m.      Planning Committee Breakfast, 327 Brooks Hall

7:00 - 8:00 a.m.      Catered Buffet Breakfast, Rusk Hall, 4th Floor

8:15 - 9:15 a.m.     Plenary Three, The Future of Business Schools, 213 Sanford

                                P. George Benson, Dean of Terry College of Business,
                                            University of Georgia
                                David S. Kidwell, former Dean of Carlson School of Management,
                                            University of Minnesota
                                Ronald E. Shiffler, Dean, College of Business Administration,
                                            Georgia Southern University

                                Session Chair: Professor George Tiao, University of Chicago

9:15 - 9:30 a.m.    Break - Refreshments, 2nd Floor, Sanford Hall

9:30 - 10:45 a.m.    Track 1, 309 Sanford Hall

                                Dr. Ronald D. Snee
                                Principal, Business Performance Excellence
                                Tunnell Consulting
                                "Statisticians: Growing from Consultants into Effective Leaders"

                                Session Chair: Raja Velu, Syracuse University

9:30 - 10:45 a.m.    Track 2, 312 Sanford Hall

                                "The View from Business Users"
                                Milo Schield, Augsburg, Presenter and Session Chair
                                Tina Konrath, Minitab
                                Lee Crieghton, SAS/JMP
 

10:45 - 11:15            Break - Refreshments, 2nd Floor, Sanford Hal

11:15 - 12:30           Keynote Session - 213 Sanford Hall
                                Speaker - Dr. Richard L. Scheaffer, University of Florida
                                Past President, American Statistical Association
                                Presentation Title: Enhancing Undergraduate Statistics
                                Session Chair: Bill Parr, University of Tennessee
                                MSMESB President

12:30 - 1:30           Buffet Luncheon, Dean Rusk Hall

1:30 - 2:30               Poster Session

Dr. David P. Doane, Oakland University, "Decision Modeling and Risk Analysis in Introductory Statistics"

Dr. Song-Gui Wang (presenting) and Su-Ju Win, Beijing Polytechnic University, "A New Estimate of the Parameters in Linear Mixed Models"

Dr. Matt Ball, Bosch Corporation, "The Role of Process in the Successful APplication of Statistical Methods as Improvement Tools"

Dr. Reidar Hagtvedt, Terry College of Business, University of Georgia, Dr. Gregory Todd Jones, Georgia State University, and Dr. Kari Jones, University of Georgia, "VisualRegression – A Tool to Explain the Link Between Parameters and Estimates in OLS"

Dr. Richard A. Drapeau, Lamar University, "A First Experience of Using Duane Davis' Business Research for Decision Making, 5th Edition Text in a Required MBA Course"

Dr. Stanley D. Stephenson, Southwest Texas State University, "Building a Better Database"

Dr. Nick Evaggelopoulos, Dr. Stanley A. Taylor, and Dr. Manfred W. Hopfe (presenting), California State University, Sacramento, "Evaluating the Impact of a Statistical Quality Control Case"

 

2:40 - 3:55 p.m.       Plenary Session 4 - 213 Sanford Hall
                                John Sall
                                Co-Founder and Executive Vice President
                                SAS Institute                   
                                Director, JMP Business Unit

                                "Technology in Statistics"

4:00 - 5:00 p.m.      Wrap-Up Session, 213 Sanford Hall
                                Session Chair - Bill Parr
                                University of Tennessee
                                MSMESB President

5:00 p.m.                Conference Closes

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