Title: Master's in Survey and Data Science

Abstract: The founding of JPSM in 1993 resulted from an initiative of the United States Federal Statistical Agency heads, the head of the Office of Management and Budget’s Statistical Policy Office, and the chair of the U.S. President’s Council of Economic Advisors. The founders of JPSM brought together a consortium of organizations, disciplines, and researchers to provide the necessary expertise in survey methodology, which deals with theories and practices of various data collection and analysis activities for effective decision making. The survey methodology world has changed since JPSM’s founding. Examples include the rise of nonprobability surveys, the growing reliance on probability panels and the new opportunities that now exist to use unstructured data collected for various purposes. The recent renaming of our degree programs – our degree-seeking students now receive either a Master of Science in Survey and Data Science or a PhD in Survey and Data Science – and corresponding changes in our instructional programs reflect the changes that have occurred in the field. In this talk, I will provide information on JPSM’s Master of Science Degree program in Survey and Data Science.