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多元化领导:爱德华兹分享JSSAM的愿景

April 15, 2024

拥有40年设计和管理大型复杂调查的经验,趣赢平台 's Brad Edwards 他决定在自己的履历上再添一项领导职务,成为《趣赢平台》的2位总编辑之一 Journal of Survey Statistics and Methodology (JSSAM). Edwards, 数据解决方案部门的副总裁兼首席科学/方法顾问, joins Emily Berg, PhD, an Associate Professor at Iowa State University, in this role that begins in July. In this Q&A, he explains why he accepted this editorship, its inherent challenges and opportunities, and how he and Berg plan to position JSSAM 在该领域发生重大变化的时代,处理调查统计和方法方面的新研究和新兴研究. 

Q. What prompted you to take on this new role? 

A. Several reasons. 这为我提供了另一个与这个领域最优秀、最聪明的人接触的机会, help them develop in their careers, and, by so doing, give back to the profession I love. 它让我有机会学习和思考新的东西, 创新调查方法和应用,并通过期刊广泛分享.

Q. What challenges and opportunities do you expect to have?

A. 一个主要的挑战将是跟上提交和审查的进度. 我们每年将收到大约150份意见书, 但是我们一年只出版5期,每期大约12篇文章. So, 艾米丽和我会把他们分配给助理编辑, 但我们仍然需要进行全面审查,并就其发表做出最终决定. In terms of opportunities, we will be able to position JSSAM 是我们这个领域面临的几个挑战的中心. For example, our field is in flux, 概率抽样和规范化访谈的基础面临严峻挑战, which were established nearly a century ago. And we have declining response rates, increasing costs, 以及来自非概率调查的更广泛的数据, 哪些放大了与调查统计相关的其他困难. 但是,如果我们通过在编辑团队中发展更大的多样性来扩大期刊的影响力,并寻求更多的文章来解决当今调查统计和方法的重要问题, we believe we can find answers to those challenges.

Q. How do you plan to put your own stamp on JSSAM and shape the direction and focus of the journal?

A. Diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) will be our focus for the journal, so our editorial team, contributors, and article content will be diverse. This will lead to a stronger journal. 我们还计划将新的和正在出现的问题推向前沿,例如在调查中使用视频访谈和人工智能(AI),以及对因果推理的重新兴趣.

Q. 你能详细说明你的计划使DEI成为指导价值吗 JSSAM?

A. 我们将组建一个具有实际兴趣和专业知识的编辑团队,并从学术界招募这些副编辑, industry, and government. 为了增加吸引新的审稿人和贡献者的努力,我们将进行宣传 JSSAM 跨越广泛的平台,并专注于其社交媒体的存在. 我们还计划从北美和欧洲以外的地区寻找一些副编辑. As I mentioned, diversified submissions will be encouraged, 包括那些处于职业生涯早期阶段的调查统计学家. 我们还希望就调查中的DEI问题制定一个专题, with content ranging from perspectives to practice.

Q. 说到吸引投稿人,你最近与人合著了一篇论文 JSSAM. What is it about?

A. 重新考虑21世纪面对面调查的抽样和成本 is about household surveys, 探索在第一阶段使用人口普查区而不是传统使用的县的样本设计. 传统的设计是70多年前发展起来的, and many of its assumptions—about travel costs, supervision, training, the local labor force—don’t hold today. 这项研究显示了更高有效样本量的成本效益, vital for contemporary in-person surveys.

Q. How are you viewing your new, upcoming position?

A. It is an honor to be selected for this 4-year term, 我很感谢韦斯特的同事们帮助我考虑这个角色. I’m looking forward to getting started.

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