Speakers

LYBERG, Lars

Curriculum

Born in 1944, Stockholm, Sweden.

University degree in statistics, mathematics, and economy.

Employed by Statistics Sweden in 1968.

Doctoral degree in statistics in 1981 from Stockholm University. Ph.D. thesis: "Control of the Coding Operation in Statistical Investigations-Some Contributions."

Head of Statistical Research Unit at Statistics Sweden in 1982-1988. Head of Secretariat for International Research in 1988-1992. Head of Research and Development Department 1992-2000. Senior methodologist, Director General's Office 2000-present. Appointed Quality Co-ordinator in 1993-1999. Founder and Chief Editor of the Journal of Official Statistics 1985-present.

President of the International Association for Survey Statisticians 1993-1995. Chair of the Survey Methods Research Section, American Statistical Association 2002.

Co-author and co-editor of the following books:
- Data Quality Assurance. Liber 1976
- Telephone Survey Methodology. Wiley 1988.
- Measurement Errors in Surveys. Wiley 1991.
- Survey Measurement and Process Quality. Wiley (1997).
- Introduction to Quality in Surveys. Wiley (forthcoming).

Author and co-author of numerous papers on topics including: coding errors, census adjustment, telephone surveys, non-response, quality control, total quality management, sampling and automated coding.

Consultant, reviewer and teacher to statistical organisations and universities, including
- U.S. Bureau of the Census
- Statistics Canada
- Research Triangle Institute
- Eurostat
- Westat
- Statistics Finland
- University of Michigan
- University of Neuchatel
- Universities of Stockholm, Lund, Gothenburg, Linköping, Örebro, and Umea

Honorary fellowships:
- Member, International Statistical Institute
- Fellow, Royal Statistical Society
- Fellow, American Statistical Association

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Selected Publications

http://www.amstat.org/sections/srms/Proceedings/papers/1991_012.pdf
http://www.ets.org/all/assurance.html http://amrads.jrc.it/WPs%20pages/Quality/Documents/LEGsummary.pdf