Papers on the following main topics, as well as some individually-defined categories, will be presented at the conference:

• Applications
  
  
• Bayesian Statistical Inference
  
  
• Categorical Data Analysis
  
  
• Classical Test Theory
  
  
• Classification, Clustering, and Correspondence Analysis
  
  
• Exploratory Data Analysis
  
  
• Factor Analysis
  
  
• Graphical Models
  
  
• Item Response Theory
  
  
• Generalized Linear Models
  
  
• Longitudinal Data Analysis
  
  
• Multidimensional Scaling
  
  
• Multivariate Analysis
  
  
• Optimal/Dual Scaling
  
  
• Structural Equation Modeling
  
  
• Variance Components Analysis

There will also be a number of invited lectures.