The year 2022 marks the 55th Anniversary of the Census and Statistics Department and the 45th Anniversary of the Hong Kong Statistical Society. The two organisations had jointly organised a statistical seminar in commemoration of this special occasion of the Hong Kong statistical community.
The Seminar was held at Chiang Chen Studio Theatre of The Hong Kong Polytechnic University on 11 November 2022, with live streaming for online participation. The theme of the Seminar is “Perspectives on Uncertainty and Error in Statistics”, covering the three sessions as given below and in the brochure of the Seminar.
The Seminar was favourably received by around 500 participants, including members of the academia, secondary school teachers of mathematics/economics/citizenship and social development/liberal studies, users of official statistics and staff members of the Government Statistical Service.
Statistical Uncertainty and the Humor of Groucho Marx
Professor Ian MCKEAGUE
Head and Chair Professor, Department of Biostatistics, City University of Hong Kong
Non-response and Missing Data Methods in Census and Survey Data
Professor Tarani CHANDOLA
Professor (in the field of Medical Sociology), Director of the Methods Hub for Research, Policy and Practice, Faculty of Social Sciences, The University of Hong Kong
Anomaly Detection in Merchandise Trade Data: From Rule-based to Deep Learning Approach
Miss Natalie CHUNG, Mr Ian NG, Mr Benjamin CHAN
Statistician and Research Manager, Census and Statistics Department