The American Statistical Association sent the following e-mail with subject line “Joint Statistical Meetings 2005 Participants Survey” to a sample of persons who attended the 2005 Joint Statistical Meetings: “Thank you for attending the 2005 Joint Statistical Meetings (JSM) in Minneapolis, Minnesota. We need your help to complete an online survey about the JSM. Because the quality of the JSM is very important, a survey is being conducted to find out how we might improve future meetings. We would like to get your opinion about various aspects of the 2005 meeting your preferences for 2006 and beyond.

You are part of a small sample of conference registrants who have been selected randomly to participate in the survey. We hope you will take the time to complete this short questionnaire online at www.amstat.org/meetings/jsm/2005/survey. In order to tabulate and analyze the data, please submit your response by mid-September 2005.” Discuss in detail.