2005 Research Conference

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KEYNOTE - A National Statistical System in a Rapidly Changing World
SPEAKER - Miron Straf (The National Academies of Science, USA)

MONDAY AM

CONCURRENT SESSION II-A
TIME SERIES AND STATISTICAL MODELING

Multivariate Statistical Modeling with Survey Data

Tihomir Asparouhov (Muthen and Muthen, USA)
Bengt Muthen (University of California, Los Angeles, USA)

Application of Concurrent Seasonal Adjustment to the Consumer Price Index

Daniel Chow and Jeff Wilson (Bureau of Labor Statistics, USA),
Adrian Thibodeau (Standard and Poor’s, USA)

Model-Based Seasonal Adjustment Diagnostics

Tucker McElroy (U.S. Census Bureau)

Discussant

Stuart Scott (Bureau of Labor Statistics, USA)

CONCURRENT SESSION II-B
MEASURING DATA QUALITY

Data Quality of the American Community Survey across Individuals Living in Linguistically Isolated and Non-linguistically Isolated Households: A Latent Variable Model Assessment

Adam Carle (U.S. Census Bureau)

SASisfying CAPI Audit Trails for Analysis

Phuc Ho, William Chan, Sang Kang, Lucien Smith and Lucilla Tan (Bureau of Labor Statistics, USA)

Assessing the Reliability of Key Measures in the National Survey on Drug Use and Health Using a Test-Retest Methodology

Joel Kennet and Dicy Painter (Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, USA)
Katherine Bowman, Rebecca Granger and Susan Hunter (Research Triangle Institute International, USA)

Address-based Sampling Versus Random Digit Dialing: Comparison of Data Quality from BRFSS Mail and Telephone Surveys

Michael Link and Ali Mokdad (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, USA)
Michael Battaglia, Pamela Giambo and Martin Frankel (Abt Associates, USA)

CONCURRENT SESSION II-C
BAYESIAN APPLICATIONS

Bayesian Networks and Complex Survey Sampling from Finite Populations

Marco Ballin and Mauro Scanu (Institute of National Statistics (ISTAT), Italy)
Paola Vicard (University Roma Tre, Italy)

Investigation of Variance Components in the Medical Expenditure Panel Survey

Robert Baskin (Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, USA)

A Bayesian Detection of The Onset of Activity Limitation Among Adults in NHIS

Balgobin Nandram (Worcester Polytechnic Institute, USA)
Jai Won Choi (National Center for Health Statistics, USA)

Discussant

Myron Katzoff (National Center for Health Statistics, USA)

MONDAY PM

CONCURRENT SESSION III-A
INTERNET APPLICATIONS AND SURVEY MODE COMPARISONS

Innovative Web-Based Documentation System Designed for the National Survey on Drug Use and Health

Nanthini Ganapathi, Susan Myers and Inga Allred (Research Triangle Institute International, USA)

Population Surveys from RDD Telephone and Internet Panel Samples: A Weighted Comparison of Two National Taxpayer Surveys

John Boyle (Schulman, Ronca & Bucuvalas, Inc., USA)
George Freeland and Lynda Mulvany (Internal Revenue Service, USA)

Potential Utility of Web-Based Data Collection Options

Heather Contrino (NuStats, USA)

Redesigning the Census Bureau’s Intranet Site for Improved Usability: Methods and Lessons Learned

Elizabeth Murphy, Susan Ciochetto and Carol Bateman (U.S. Census Bureau)

CONCURRENT SESSION III-B
SAMPLE DESIGN AND ESTIMATION

Variance Estimation and Inference from Complex Survey Data in the Presence of Interviewer-Level Measurement Error

John Eltinge and Moon Jung Cho (Bureau of Labor Statistics, USA)
Partha Lahiri (Joint Program in Survey Methodology, University of Maryland, USA)

Coordinating the PRN: Combining Sequential and Bernoulli-Type Sampling Schemes in Business Surveys

Ronit Nirel, Aryeh Reiter, Tzahi Makovky and Moshe Kelner (Central Bureau of Statistics, Israel)

The Evolution of the Weekly Gasoline Price Survey through Changes in Design and Frame

Paula Weir (Energy Information Administration, USA)
Pedro Saavedra and Benita O’Colmain (ORC Macro, USA)

On Calibration and Non-response Adjustment for the National Compensation Survey

Alan Dorfman, Lawrence Ernst, Thomas Moerhle, Steven Paben, Chester Ponikowski and Michael Sverchkov (Bureau of Labor Statistics, USA)

CONCURRENT SESSION III-C
MODEL-BASED SURVEY ESTIMATION

Potential Applications of Model-Assisted Estimation to Demographic Surveys in the United States

Robert Fay (U.S. Census Bureau)

New Improved Small Area Models

Swamy Paravastu, Tamara Zimmerman and Edwin Robison (Bureau of Labor Statistics, USA)

Smoothing Covariance Matrices from Survey Data Using Generalized Design Effects with Application to Small Area Estimation

Avinash Singh (Statistics Canada)
Ralph Folsom and Akhil Vaish (Research Triangle Institute International, USA)

IRT and Latent Variable Modeling for Surveys with Complex Sampling Design with a Longitudinal Context: The Case of the National Longitudinal Survey of Children and Youth in Canada

André Cyr and Alexander Davies (Statistics Canada)

CONCURRENT SESSION IV-A
APPLICATIONS OF SURVEY AND STATISTICAL METHODS

Jobs Boom and Bust – Individual Companies vs. Multi Corporations

Shail Butani (Bureau of Labor Statistics, USA)

Innovative Data Collection Methods in Smallpox Program Evaluation

Brian Evans, Brian Burke and Paul Levy (Research Triangle Institute International, USA)

Statistical Assessment of the Glare Issue-Human and Natural Elements

Eun-Ha Choi and Santokh Singh (National Highway and Traffic Safety Administration, USA)

Value of Physical Change in Farm Inventories: How Does One Reconcile Annual and Subannual Estimates?

Andrew Baldwin (Statistics Canada)

CONCURRENT SESSION IV-B
ADVANCES IN FRAME DEVELOPMENT

Re-thinking Statistics Canada’s Business Register

Eric Rancourt, Hélène Bérard and Stuart Pursey (Statistics Canada)

The Application of Dual System Principles to Estimate the Number of Missing Frame Elements

Howard Bradsher-Fredrick (Energy Information Administration, USA)

Modeling Which Farms Are Not Covered by a Census List Using an Area-Frame Survey

Ted Chang (University of Virginia, USA)
Phillip Kott (National Agricultural Statistical Service, USA)

Discussant

William Wigton

TUESDAY AM

TECHNICAL DEMONSTRATIONS

Blaise IS (Computer Assisted Interviewing Software for the Web)

Jim O’Reilly (Westat, USA)

CONCURRENT SESSION V-A
VARIANCE ESTIMATION

A Study of the Properties of a Bootstrap Variance Estimator Under Sampling Without Replacement

Lenka Mach and Jean Dumais (Statistics Canada)
Lauriane Robidou (University of Social Sciences, France)

An Empirical Investigation into the Effects of Replicate Reweighting on Variance Estimates for the Annual Capital Expenditures Survey

Katherine Thompson (U.S. Census Bureau)

Investigations of BRR Variance Estimation for the Survey of Residential Alterations and Repairs (SORAR)

Laura Ozcoskun and Katherine Thompson (U.S. Census Bureau)
Quatracia Williams (ICS-RIO, Brazil)

Discussant

Phil Kott (National Agricultural Statistics Service, USA)

CONCURRENT SESSION V-B
CONFIDENTIALITY

Evolutionary Cell Selection for Interval Publication of Sensitive Cells to Protect Confidentiality

Timothy Li and Steve Cohen (Bureau of Labor Statistics, USA)

Federal Statistical Confidentiality and Business Data: Challenges and Continuing Issues

William Seltzer (Fordham University, USA)
Margo Anderson (University of Wisconsin – Milwaukee, USA)

Privacy Principles and Data Sharing: Implications of CIPSEA for Economic Surveys Respondents

Alfred Tuttle and Diane Willimack (U.S. Census Bureau)

Discussant

Brian Harris-Kojetin (Office of Management and Budget, USA)

CONCURRENT SESSION V-C
GEOSPATIAL PERSPECTIVE AND ANALYSIS

The Geospatial Perception and Its Impact on the Content and Processes of a Multi-Source Data Collection

Oliva Blum (Israel Central Bureau of Statistics)

The Geospatial Distribution of Employment

Sheryl Konigsberg, David Talan and Richard Clayton (Bureau of Labor Statistics, USA)

Cities of Immigrants: Intraurban Mobility Patterns of Mexican Immigrants in Gateway Cities

Pamela Rogers (University of Texas at Austin, USA)

Residential and Demographic Patterns of Immigrants in Texas at A Glance

Yann-Yann Shieh (American Institutes for Research, USA)
Pamela Rogers (University of Texas at Austin, USA)

CONCURRENT SESSION VI-A
STATISTICAL MEASURES

Total Factor Productivity Computed and Evaluated Using Multi-Step Perturbation

Baoline Chen (Bureau of Economic Analysis, USA)
Peter Zadrozny (Bureau of Labor Statistics, USA)

New Data on Business Employment Dynamics

Akbar Sadeghi, Richard Clayton, and David Talan (Bureau of Labor Statistics, USA)

Evaluating Estimates of Labor Demand and Turnover

Charlotte Mueller and John Wohlford (Bureau of Labor Statistics, USA)

Measurement of Reliance on Social Security Benefits

T. Lynn Fisher (Social Security Administration, USA)

CONCURRENT SESSION VI-B
EVALUATING THE RESPONSE PROCESS

Participation in the National Health Interview Survey: Exploring Reasons for Reluctance Using Contact History Process Data

Nancy Bates and Andrea Piani (U.S. Census Bureau)

The Effect of Interviewer Strategies on Contact and Cooperation Rates in the National Health Interview Survey

Barbara Stussman, James Dahlhamer and Catherine Simile (National Center for Health Statistics, USA)

Socio-Demographic Study of Telephone Survey Nonrespondents

Timothy Triplett and Natalie AbiHabib (Urban Institute, USA)

Are Two Feet in the Door Better Than One? Using Process Data to Examine Interviewer Effort and Nonresponse Bias

Kevin Wang, Jeremy Aldworth, Rodney Baxter and Joe Murphy (Research Triangle Institute International, USA)

CONCURRENT SESSION VI-C
LINKING ADMINISTRATIVE AND SURVEY DATA

Evaluation of CPS Tax Simulation Using Administrative IRS Data

Amy O’Hara (U.S. Census Bureau)

Evaluating Respondents’ Reporting of Social Security Income in SIPP Using Administrative Data

Lydia Scoon-Rogers (U.S. Census Bureau)

Discussant

Dan Kasprzyk (Mathematica Policy Research, USA)

TUESDAY PM

CONCURRENT SESSION VII-A
ADMINISTRATIVE DATA AND DATA QUALITY

Reporting Data Quality When Survey and Administrative Data Are Combined

Julie Trépanier, Claude Julien, and John Kovar (Statistics Canada)

Developing Error Prone Profiles Using Administrative Data with a Control Group

Pedro Saavedra and Hoke Wilson (ORC Macro, USA)

Using the Canadian Address Register in the Labour Force Survey: Implementation, Results, and Lessons Learned

Claude Turmelle, Jean-François Rodrigue, and Gavin Thompson (Statistics Canada)

Methodological Challenges in Analyzing Patient-Reported Outcomes in a Clinical Trial

Elizabeth Hahn and David Cella (Evanston Northwestern Healthcare, USA)
G. Alastair Glendenning (Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation, USA)

CONCURRENT SESSION VII-B
ANALYZING AND IMPROVING RESPONSE

Earlier Versus Later Respondent Assessments on Customer Surveys: Is There a Difference?

Howard Bradsher-Fredrick and William Weinig (Energy Information Administration, USA)

Results from Recent Experiments on Improving Response Rates

Ron Fecso (National Science Foundation, USA)

Efficient Estimation of Response Rates When a Small Subsample of Nonrespondents Is Selected for Follow-Up Conversion

Avinash Singh (Statistics Canada)Vincent Iannacchione (Research Triangle Institute International, USA)
Shijie Chen (RTI International, USA)
Jill Dever (Joint Program in Survey Methodology, University of Maryland, USA)

Tests of Methods to Improve Response to Physician Surveys

David Woodwell and Catharine Burt (National Center for Health Statistics, USA)

CONCURRENT SESSION VII-C
SURVEY INTEGRATION AND PLANNING

Integrating the Canadian Annual Survey of Manufactures into the Unified Enterprise Survey: Challenges and Issues

Isabelle Marchand, Emmanuel Benhin and Jose Gaudet (Statistics Canada)

Implementing and Improving Quality Standards at the U.S. Census Bureau

John Bushery and Pamela McGovern (U.S. Census Bureau)

Developing a Generic Survey

Marla Smith and Jan Matuszko (U.S. Environmental Protection Agency)

Integrated Redevelopment of the ONS’s Business Surveys and Business Register through the Business Surveys Integration Project and Register Re-engineering Project

Mark Pont, Pam Tate, Paul Smith and, John Perry (Office for National Statistics, United Kingdom)

WEDNESDAY AM