| Plenary Session I |
| Introduction and Welcoming Remarks |
Katherine Wallman
Cathryn Dippo |
| The
Interplay between Research Innovation and Federal Statistical
Practice |
Stephen Fienberg |
| |
| Session II-A |
| Model-based Survey Estimation; Bayesian
Statistical Methods and Software |
Chair: Alan Dorfman |
| Small Area
Estimates from the American Community Survey Using a Housing
Unit Model[PDF]
|
Nanak Chand
Donald Malec |
Measuring the
Number of People Without Health Insurance: A Test of a Synthetic
Estimates Approach for Small Area Estimates Using SIPP Microdata
[PDF]
Diagrams [PDF] |
Carole Popoff
Dean Judson
Betsy Fadali |
| A New Approach to Hierarchical Bayes Modeling for Small Area
Estimation with Surveys |
Avinash Singh
R.E. Folsom, Jr.
A. K. Vaish |
Approximation
Methods for Covariance Matrix Estimators Used in Analysis of
Diary and Interview Data from the U.S. Consumer Expenditure
Survey[PDF]
Diagrams
1-4 [PDF]
Diagrams
5-6 [PDF] |
John Eltinge
Amang Sukasih |
| |
| Session II-B |
| Data Mining, Data Warehousing and Metadata |
Chair: David Banks |
| An NLP
Approach for Improving Access to Statistical Information for the
Masses [PDF]
|
Elizabeth Liddy
Jennifer Liddy |
|
The Reality
of Metadata: Are Common Data Definitions Possible? [PDF]
|
Renee Miller
Jacob Bournazian
Dwight French
Marry Ellen Golby
Perry Lindstrom
Louis Schloss |
| Studies of
Metadata Creation and Usage [PDF]
|
Carol Hert |
|
Operations
Research/Statistics Techniques: A Key to Quantitative Data
Mining [PDF]
|
Jorge Romeu |
| |
| Session III-A |
| Uses of Advanced Technologies for Data
Collection, Processing and Dissemination, Part 1 |
Chair: Stanley Freedman |
|
Computer
Audio Recorded Interviewing (CARI): Additional Feasibility
Efforts of Monitoring Field Interview Performance [PDF]
|
Deborah Herget
Paul Biemer
Jeremy Morton
Kelly Sand |
|
Scanning
Technology Can Improve Time-Use Studies [PDF]
|
Patricia Donahue
Lynn Musser
Thomas Slomba
Judy Hoovler
Tina Kinney
Consuelo Bangs |
|
Strategies
to Implement Electronic Collection of Multiple Worksite Report
Data [PDF]
|
Michael Searson |
| Formal Discussion |
Martha Johnson |
| |
| Session III-B |
| Treatment of Missing Data |
Chair: Stephen Cohen |
|
Mass
Imputation of Agricultural Economic Data Missing by Design - A
Simulation Study of Two Regression Based Techniques [PDF]
|
Matt Fetter |
|
Automatic
Interaction Detection for Imputation - Tests with the WAID
Software Package [PDF]
|
Pasi Piela
Seppo Laaksonen |
|
Raking Fire
Data [PDF]
|
Michael Greene
Linda Smith
Mark Levenson
Signe Hiser
Jean Mah |
|
Formal
Discussion [PDF]
|
Nathaniel Schenker |
| |
| Session IV-A |
| Uses of Advanced Technologies for Data
Collection, Processing and Dissemination, Part II |
Chair: John Kavaliunas |
|
Laying the
Foundation for Electronic Dissemination: Statistics Canada's
Output Database, CANSIM II [PDF]
|
Louis Boucher |
|
Security
Screening and Knowledge Management in the Department of Defense [PDF]
|
David Lloyd
Nancy Spruill |
| Usability
Testing for the Energy Information Administration's Info-Centric
Web Site [PDF]
| Colleen Blessing
Robert Rutchik
Howard Bradsher-Fredrick
Herbert Miller
Renee Miller |
|
Developing
Internet Dissemination in Step with Client Expectations [PDF]
|
Pamela Best |
| |
| Session IV-B |
| Improving Coverage and Response Rates |
Chair: Clyde Tucker |
|
Experiences
with Incentives in a Public Attitudes Survey Using RDD [PDF]
|
Ron Fecso |
|
Are
Late/Difficult Cases in Demographic Survey Interviews Worth
the Effort?: A Review of Several Federal Surveys [PDF]
|
Detis Duhart
Nancy Bates
Barbara Williams
Gregg Diffendal
Pei Lu Chiu |
|
Evaluation
of a Monetary Incentive Payment Experiment in the National
Longitudinal Survey of Youth, 1997 Cohort [PDF]
|
Michael Horrigan
Rupa Datta
James Walker |
| Incentive Effects Across Gender Groups in a Federal Survey on
Sexual Behavior and Fertility |
Robert Groves
William Mosher
Eleanor Singer |
| |
| Session V-A |
| Confidentiality and Disclosure Issues in Data
Release and Data Linkage, Part 1 |
Chair: Sam Hawala |
| On Disclosure Protection for Nontraditional Statistical
Outputs |
Arnold Reznek
David Merrell |
|
Methods for
Data Directed Microaggregation in One or More Dimensions [PDF]
|
Gordon Sande |
|
Using
Synthetic Data Sets to Satisfy Disclosure Restrictions [PDF]
|
Jerome Reiter |
| A Disclosure Treatment Strategy of Public
Use Micro Data Files Based Upon Optimal Sampling Design
Considerations |
A.C. Singh
Moshe Feder
George Dunteman
Feng Yu |
| |
| Session V-B |
| Estimation and Variance Estimation |
Chair: William Bell |
|
A General
Method for Estimating the Variances of X11-ARIMA Estimators [PDF]
|
Luisa Burck
Michail Sverchkov |
|
Design and
Estimation Innovations in the Medical Expenditure Panel Survey
for the Measurement of Health Care Quality and Expenditures [PDF]
|
Steven Cohen |
|
Cross-Sectional
Inference Based on Longitudinal Surveys: Some Experiences with
Statistics Canada Surveys [PDF]
|
Harold Mantel
Milorad Kovacevic
Owen Phillips
Georgia Roberts |
|
Current
Population Survey State-Level Variance Estimation [PDF]
|
Richard Griffiths
Khandaker Mansur |
| |
| Session VI-A |
| Confidentiality and Disclosure Issues in Data
Release and Data Linkage, Part 2 |
Chair: Arthur Kennickell |
| Balancing
Confidentiality and Burden Concerns in Censuses and Surveys of
Large Businesses |
Elizabeth Nichols
Diane Willimack |
|
Businesses'
Perceptions of Confidentiality and Their Attitudes Towards
Data Sharing Among Federal Statistical Agencies [PDF]
|
Diane Willimack |
|
Striking the
Balance between Privacy and Production in Demographic Surveys:
Implementation of the Respondent Identification Policy [PDF]
|
Patricia Doyle
Nancy Bates
Gerald Gates |
|
Formal
Discussion [PDF]
|
Eleanor Singer |
| |
| Session VI-B |
| Statistical uses of Administrative Records |
Chair: Tom Petska |
|
Changes in
the Use of Education Administrative Records: The Common Core
of Data [PDF]
|
Lee Hoffman
Beth Young |
|
Using
Administrative Data in Lieu of Survey Responses for Small
Businesses [PDF]
|
Anthony Myers
David Kinyon
Carol King |
|
The
Assessment of Survey of Income and Program Participation
(SIPP),
Benefit Data Using Longitudinal Administrative Records [PDF]
|
Kalman Rupp
Minh Huynh
James Sears |
| Formal Discussion |
Fritz Scheuren |
| |
| Session VII-A |
| Internet and Other Forms of Data Collection |
Chair: Kent Marquis |
|
AESDirect -
Internet Data Collection of U.S. Export Information [PDF]
|
Charles Woods |
|
Social
Presence in Web Surveys [PDF]
|
Roger Tourangeau
Mick Couper
Darby Steiger |
|
Probability
Based Internet Surveys: A Synopsis of Early Methods and Survey
Research Results [PDF]
|
Vicki Huggins
Joe Eyeman |
| Formal Discussion |
Tim Gabel |
| |
| Session VII-B |
| Sample Design and Estimation |
Chair: Patrick Cantwell |
|
Sample Size
Considerations for Multilevel Surveys [PDF]
|
Michael Cohen |
|
Two-Sided
Coverage Intervals for Small Proportions Based on Survey Data
[PDF]
|
Phillip Kott
Per Gösta Andersson
Olle Nerman |
|
Formal
Discussion [PDF]
|
Stephen Haslett |
| |
| Session VIII-A |
| Issues in Geospatial Data Collection |
Chair: Lester R. Curtin |
|
Using
Digital Geospatial Information to Locate Sample Units in the
Field [PDF]
|
Sarah Nusser
Jean Fox |
|
Geospatial
Data Collection and Analysis as Crucial Processes in an
Integrated Census [PDF]
|
Olivia Blum
Rinat Calvo |
|
Evaluating
the Use of Residential Mailing Addresses in a Metropolitan
Household Survey [PDF]
|
Vincent Iannacchione, Jennifer Staab, David
Redden |
|
Formal
Discussion [PDF]
|
Shoreh Elhami |
| |
| Session VIII-B |
| Cognitive Research and Usability Testing in
Survey Processes |
Chair: Roger Tourangeau |
|
Optimizing
Survey Measurement Accuracy by Matching Question Design to
Respondent Memory Organization [PDF]
|
Jon Krosnick
Michael Silver |
|
Clarifying
Survey Questions When Respondents Don't Know They Need
Clarification [PDF]
|
Frederick Conrad
Michael Schober |
|
Usability
Methods for Designing a Computer-Assisted Data Collection
Instrument for the CPI [PDF]
|
Jean Fox |
| Building
Usability into Electronic Data-Collection Forms for Economic
Censuses and Surveys |
Elizabeth Murphy
Elizabeth Nichols
Amy Anderson
M. Diane Harley
Kimberly Pressley |
| |
| Plenary Session IX
Chair: Cynthia Clark |
| Federal Statistics: The "Right"
Balance between Accountability and Autonomy |
Kenneth Prewitt |
| |
| Session X-A |
| Data Quality and Nonsampling Error, Part 1 |
Chair: Diane Willimack |
|
Investigation
of Selective Editing Procedures Using Quinquennial Data [PDF]
|
Katherine Thompson
Susan Hostetter |
|
Why Evaluate
Business Data Collections? [PDF]
|
Martin David |
| Classifying Open Ended Reports: Coding Occupation in the
Current Population Survey |
Frederick Conrad
Mick Couper |
|
Using
Respondent Requests for Help to Develop Quality Data
Collection Instruments: The 2000 Census of Agriculture Content
Test [PDF]
|
Jaki McCarthy |
| |
| Session X-B |
| New Approaches in Sample Design, Estimation
and Record Linkage |
Chair: Pedro Saavedra |
|
Changes in
Sampling Units in Surveys of Businesses [PDF]
|
Jock Black |
|
Designing
Samples to Satisfy Many Variance Constraints [PDF]
|
Donna Glassbrenner |
|
A Partial
Order Approach to Record Linkage [PDF]
|
Dean Judson |
|
Formal
Discussion [PDF]
|
Gary Shapiro |
| |
| Session XI-A |
| Data Quality and Nonsampling Error, Part 2 |
Chair: Nancy Kirkendall |
|
Delivering
and Measuring Data Quality in UK National Statistics [PDF]
|
Marta Haworth
Jean Martin |
|
Effects of
the Level of Interviewer Effort on the Characteristics of
Completed Responses: An Experiment Using the 1998 Survey of
Small Business Finances [PDF]
|
Marianne Bitler
John Wolken |
|
The
Quality vs. Timeliness Tradeoff in BLS ES-202 Administrative
Statistics [PDF]
|
Akbar Sadeghi
Richard Clayton |
|
Formal
Discussion [PDF]
|
Daniel Kasprzyk |
| |
| Session XI-B |
| Census and Survey Evaluation Methodologies |
Chair: Kevin Cecco |
|
Estimating
Reliability and Bias from Reinterviews with Application to the
1998 Dress Rehearsal Race Question [PDF]
|
Paul Biemer
Henry Woltman |
|
Can We
Ignore the Migration of Income Tax Nonfilers When Benchmarking
the American Community Survey's County Estimates? [PDF]
|
Yves Thibaudeau |
|
The 2002
U.S. Census of Agriculture Data Processing System [PDF]
|
Chadd Crouse
Kara Perritt |
|
Formal
Discussion [PDF]
|
Charles Alexander |