2005 Research Conference
Resources and Proceedings
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KEYNOTE
SPEAKER
A National Statistical System in a Rapidly Changing World
Miron Straf (The National Academies of Science, USA)
MONDAY AM
Multivariate Statistical Modeling with Survey Data (292 KB)
Tihomir Asparouhov (Muthen and Muthen, USA)
Bengt Muthen (University of California, Los Angeles, USA)
Application of Concurrent Seasonal Adjustment to the Consumer Price Index (536 KB)
Daniel Chow and Jeff Wilson (Bureau of Labor Statistics, USA),
Adrian Thibodeau (Standard and Poor's, USA)
Model-Based Seasonal Adjustment Diagnostics (216 KB)
Tucker McElroy (U.S. Census Bureau)
Discussant
Stuart Scott (Bureau of Labor Statistics, USA)
Adam Carle (U.S. Census Bureau)
SASisfying CAPI Audit Trails for Analysis (381 KB)
Phuc Ho, William Chan, Sang Kang, Lucien Smith and Lucilla Tan (Bureau of Labor Statistics, USA)
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)
Michael Link and Ali Mokdad (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, USA)
Michael Battaglia, Pamela Giambo and Martin Frankel (Abt Associates, USA)
Bayesian Networks and Complex Survey Sampling from Finite Populations (287 KB)
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 (418 KB)
Robert Baskin (Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, USA)
A Bayesian Detection of The Onset of Activity Limitation Among Adults in NHIS (440 KB)
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
Innovative Web-Based Documentation System Designed for the National Survey on Drug Use and Health (374 KB)
Nanthini Ganapathi, Susan Myers and Inga Allred (Research Triangle Institute International, USA)
John Boyle (Schulman, Ronca & Bucuvalas, Inc., USA)
George Freeland and Lynda Mulvany (Internal Revenue Service, USA)
Potential Utility of Web-Based Data Collection Options (201 KB)
Heather Contrino (NuStats, USA)
Redesigning the Census Bureau's Intranet Site for Improved Usability: Methods and Lessons Learned (481 KB)
Elizabeth Murphy, Susan Ciochetto and Carol Bateman (U.S. Census Bureau)
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 (299 KB)
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 (373 KB)
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 (323 KB)
Alan Dorfman, Lawrence Ernst, Thomas Moerhle, Steven Paben, Chester Ponikowski and Michael Sverchkov (Bureau of Labor Statistics, USA)
Potential Applications of Model-Assisted Estimation to Demographic Surveys in the United States (259 KB)
Robert Fay (U.S. Census Bureau)
New Improved Small Area Models (289 KB)
Swamy Paravastu, Tamara Zimmerman and Edwin Robison (Bureau of Labor Statistics, USA)
Avinash Singh (Statistics Canada)
Ralph Folsom and Akhil Vaish (Research Triangle Institute International, USA)
André Cyr and Alexander Davies (Statistics Canada)
Jobs Boom and Bust - Individual Companies vs. Multi Corporations (301 KB)
Shail Butani (Bureau of Labor Statistics, USA)
Innovative Data Collection Methods in Smallpox Program Evaluation (185 KB)
Brian Evans, Brian Burke and Paul Levy (Research Triangle Institute International, USA)
Statistical Assessment of the Glare Issue-Human and Natural Elements (365 KB)
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? (231 KB)
Andrew Baldwin (Statistics Canada)
Re-thinking Statistics Canada's Business Register (142 KB)
Eric Rancourt, Hélène Bérard and Stuart Pursey (Statistics Canada)
The Application of Dual System Principles to Estimate the Number of Missing Frame Elements (154 KB)
Howard Bradsher-Fredrick (Energy Information Administration, USA)
Modeling Which Farms Are Not Covered by a Census List Using an Area-Frame Survey (157 KB)
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) (765 KB)
Jim O'Reilly (Westat, USA)
A Study of the Properties of a Bootstrap Variance Estimator Under Sampling Without Replacement (297 KB)
Lenka Mach and Jean Dumais (Statistics Canada)
Lauriane Robidou (University of Social Sciences, France)
Katherine Thompson (U.S. Census Bureau)
Laura Ozcoskun and Katherine Thompson (U.S. Census Bureau)
Quatracia Williams (ICS-RIO, Brazil)
Discussant (164 KB)
Phil Kott (National Agricultural Statistics Service, USA)
Evolutionary Cell Selection for Interval Publication of Sensitive Cells to Protect Confidentiality (430 KB)
Timothy Li and Steve Cohen (Bureau of Labor Statistics, USA)
Federal Statistical Confidentiality and Business Data: Challenges and Continuing Issues (479 KB)
William Seltzer (Fordham University, USA)
Margo Anderson (University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee, USA)
Privacy Principles and Data Sharing: Implications of CIPSEA for Economic Surveys Respondents (362 KB)
Alfred Tuttle and Diane Willimack (U.S. Census Bureau)
Discussant
Brian Harris-Kojetin (Office of Management and Budget, USA)
Oliva Blum (Israel Central Bureau of Statistics)
The Geospatial Distribution of Employment (735 KB)
Sheryl Konigsberg, David Talan and Richard Clayton (Bureau of Labor Statistics, USA)
Cities of Immigrants: Intraurban Mobility Patterns of Mexican Immigrants in Gateway Cities (490 KB)
Pamela Rogers (University of Texas at Austin, USA)
Residential and Demographic Patterns of Immigrants in Texas at A Glance (346 KB)
Yann-Yann Shieh (American Institutes for Research, USA)
Pamela Rogers (University of Texas at Austin, USA)
Total Factor Productivity Computed and Evaluated Using Multi-Step Perturbation (335 KB)
Baoline Chen (Bureau of Economic Analysis, USA)
Peter Zadrozny (Bureau of Labor Statistics, USA)
New Data on Business Employment Dynamics (275 KB)
Akbar Sadeghi, Richard Clayton, and David Talan (Bureau of Labor Statistics, USA)
Evaluating Estimates of Labor Demand and Turnover (767 KB)
Charlotte Mueller and John Wohlford (Bureau of Labor Statistics, USA)
Measurement of Reliance on Social Security Benefits (243 KB)
T. Lynn Fisher (Social Security Administration, USA)
Nancy Bates and Andrea Piani (U.S. Census Bureau)
Barbara Stussman, James Dahlhamer and Catherine Simile (National Center for Health Statistics, USA)
Socio-Demographic Study of Telephone Survey Nonrespondents (283 KB)
Timothy Triplett and Natalie AbiHabib (Urban Institute, USA)
Kevin Wang, Jeremy Aldworth, Rodney Baxter and Joe Murphy (Research Triangle Institute International, USA)
Evaluation of CPS Tax Simulation Using Administrative IRS Data (198 KB)
Amy O'Hara (U.S. Census Bureau)
Evaluating Respondents' Reporting of Social Security Income in SIPP Using Administrative Data (0.99 KB)
Lydia Scoon-Rogers (U.S. Census Bureau)
Discussant
Dan Kasprzyk (Mathematica Policy Research, USA)
TUESDAY PM
Reporting Data Quality When Survey and Administrative Data Are Combined (274 KB)
Julie Trépanier, Claude Julien, and John Kovar (Statistics Canada)
Developing Error Prone Profiles Using Administrative Data with a Control Group (397 KB)
Pedro Saavedra and Hoke Wilson (ORC Macro, USA)
Claude Turmelle, Jean-François Rodrigue, and Gavin Thompson (Statistics Canada)
Methodological Challenges in Analyzing Patient-Reported Outcomes in a Clinical Trial (117 KB)
Elizabeth Hahn and David Cella (Evanston Northwestern Healthcare, USA)
G. Alastair Glendenning (Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation, USA)