ANNUAL MEETING OF THE FLORIDA CHAPTER OF THE ASA
PROGRAM

Friday, February 6, 1998
Student Union - Garden Key (Room 221AB)
12:30 to 1:00pm Registration
SESSION I: David M. Nickerson, chair
1:00 to 1:10 pm  Welcome
1:10 to 1:55 pm  "Statistical Issues In Atmospheric Science: A Meteorologist's Perspective," Steven W. Lyons, National Hurricane Center
2:00 to 2:30 pm  "Caribbean Storm Surge Return Periods," Mark Johnson, University of Central Florida
2:35 to 3:00 pm  Refreshment Break 
SESSION II: Mori Jamshidian, chair 
3:00 to 3:15 pm  "SPAIG - Statistics in Partnership with Academe, Industry, and Government," Bill Wilson, University of North Florida 
3:15 to 3:40 pm  "Statistical Classification Using Multi-Stage K-Rank Nearest Neighbor Rule," Subhash C. Bagui, University of West Florida 
3:45 to 4:10 pm  "Combinative Rank Based Tests for Comparing 'Response Rates' and 'Response Durations' in Right Censored Data," Robin Mukherjee, University of Florida 
4:15 to 4:40 pm  "INVEST - A Web Based Clinical Trial," Ronald Marks, University of Florida 

FRIDAY EVENING
CASH BAR (6:30 p.m.) & BANQUET (7:00 p.m.)
STUDENT UNION - KEY WEST (ROOM 218CD)
AFTER DINNER SPEAKER - MIKE CONLON, UF

Saturday, February 7, 1998
Student Union - Garden Key (Room 221AB)
8:00 to 8:30 am  Refreshments 
SESSION III: Morgan Wang, chair 
8:30 to 8:55 am  "Estimation of a Deconvolution Density Via Wavelets," Marianna Pensky, University of Central Florida
9:00 to 9:25 am  "Problems with Teaching SAS on the Internet," Jay Harrison, University of Florida 
9:30 to 9:55 am  "On Nonparametric Estimation for Current Status Data," Shanti Gomatam, University of South Florida
10:00 to 10:20 am  Refreshment Break 
SESSION IV: Lorrie Hoffman, chair 
10:20 to 10:45 am "The ASA at the National Level: Where Are We Headed?," Jane Pendergast, University of Florida 
10:50 to 10:55 am Award Presentation 
11:00 to 11:45 am "Approximate is Better than 'Exact' for Interval Estimation of Bionomial Proportions," Alan Agresti, University of Florida 
11:50am to 1:00pm Business Meeting