2018 Research and Policy Conference
Web-scraping & Similar Tools to Capture Information for BLS Uses | (PDF)
SABLE: Tools for Web Crawling, Web Scraping, and Text Classification | (PDF)
Evaluating the Use of Web-Scraped List Frames to Assess Undercoverage in Surveys | (PDF)
Seizing Opportunities and Preserving Principles | (PDF) </a>
Museum Frame Development - A Universe is Comprised of Many Worlds | (PDF) </div> </div>
Speeders and Sloths: The Effects of Respondent Timing on Web Survey Data Quality | (PDF)
Response Burden and Bias in the First National Food Acquisition and Purchase Survey (FoodAPS-1): An Empirical Analysis Based on Respondent Feedback Survey | (PDF)
Changes in Interview Length over a Data Collection Period: Interviewer Learning or Shifting Respondent Characteristics? | (PDF)
Smart Math Saves Time and Improves Communication | (PDF)
Evaluating Wealth Data in the Redesigned 2014 Survey of Income and Program Participation | (PDF)
Discussant: Howard Iams (Social Security Administration)
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Comparing Alternatives for Estimation from Nonprobability Samples | (PDF)
Combining Probability and Nonprobability Samples to Form Efficient Hybrid Estimates | (PDF)
Discussant: Courtney Kennedy (Pew Research Center)
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Session Chair Introduction | (PDF)
Overview of Transparent Quality Reporting | (PDF) (
Quality of Input Data | (PDF)
Quality of Data Processing | (PDF)
Quality of Output Statistical Products and Services | (PDF) </a>
An Automated Refusal Conversion Strategy for Web Surveys | (PDF)
Using Close-Ended Web Probes to Inform the
Redesign of the National Health
The Roles of Typicality, Specificity, and Set Size in Providing Examples for Survey Questions: Evidence from an Online Study Using Self-Administered Comprehension Probes
Benefits and Drawbacks of Using Crowdsourcing Techniques for Cognitive Testing
Impact of Dependent Interviewing on Consistency of Answers in the American Housing Survey | (PDF)
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Innovative Approaches to Generating National and Regional Estimates of Crime and Arrest with Incomplete Data
Evaluating Hot Deck with Propensity Matching for the Advance Monthly Retail Trade Survey (MARTS) | (PDF)
Assessing the Automated Imputation of Missing and Erroneous Survey Data: A Simulation-Based Approach | (PDF)
Edit Reduction Research in the U.S. Census Bureau's Economic Directorate | (PDF)
Household Incomes in Tax Data: Using Addresses to Move from Tax Unit to Household Income Distributions | (PDF)
Calculating a Supplemental Poverty Measure in the Survey of Income and Program Participation |
Sampling Design and Variance Estimation for the National Survey of WIC Participants, Wave 3
Implications of Repeated Sampling in a Crime Survey | (PDF)
Assessing How Well Students in Economics Experiments Model Decision-Making for Non- Student Populations | (PDF)
Using Social Media for a Probability Sample: Is It Possible? | (PDF)
Comparing Random and Nonrandom Samples Using Model-Implied Randomization Vladislav Beresovsky (National Center for Health Statistics)
Effect of Contact Strategy on Response Mode Selection
Adaptive Designs - Tailoring of Contact Materials to Increase Survey Participation
If We Boost It, Will They Come?: Evaluating Efforts to Promote Web Completion in a Multi-Mode National Establishment Survey
Reducing Collection Effort While Maintaining Data Quality in Business Surveys</a> Comparing Random and Nonrandom Samples Using Model-Implied Randomization
Coding Verbatim Responses Using an Auto-coding Program Based on a Two-step Matching Process: National Hospital Ambulatory Medical Care Survey Emergency Department Data, 2015
Comparison of Machine Learning Algorithms to Build a Predictive Model for Classification of Survey Write-in Responses
Using Machine Learning Techniques to Interpret Open-ended Responses in Web Surveys
Moving to the Median: The Case for Changing the
Range of Expenditures Underlying SPM
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Controlling for Prices before Estimating SPM Thresholds and the Impact on SPM Poverty Statistics
Enhancing the Supplemental Poverty Measure to Estimate the Impact of Health Insurance Benefits on Poverty<!--- | (PDF)
Supplemental Poverty Measure: A Comparison of Geographic Adjustments with Regional Price Parities vs. Median Rents from the American Community Survey: An Update
Web-scraping & Benchmarking Options for Model-Based CountyLevel Estimation of Agricultural Cash Rental Rates
Small Area Estimation in the Annual Survey of Public Employment and Payroll (U.S. Census Bureau)
County-Level Estimates of Mortality and Natality Indicators from the National Vital Statistics Systema
Bayesian State-level Estimates of Diabetes Prevalence in the United States, 2006-2015
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Measuring Systematic Income Misreporting Heterogeneity Using a Novel Dataset
Respondents' Reporting Accuracy of Social Security Benefits and its Implications in the Health and Retirement Study
Using Administrative Records to Evaluate Absolute and Relative Reporting Accuracy in Surveys
Understanding Differences in the Disability Prevalence Across Federal Surveys: Why the 2014 Survey of Income and Program Participation Stands Out
Small Domain Estimation Using Probability and Non-Probability Survey Data
On Increasing the Number of County-Level Crop Estimates </a>
Small Area Estimation for Measures Related to Tobacco Use and Policies Using the Tobacco Use Supplement to the Current Population Survey
Small Area Co-Modeling of Point Estimates and Their Variances for Domains in the Current Employment Statistics Survey
Yulei He (National Center for Health Statistics)
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Lessons from Nonresponse Bias Studies Involving Federal Surveys
Nonresponse Bias Indicators and Adjustments Employed in Federal Surveys
Alternative Indicators of the Risk for Nonresponse Bias
Discussant: Roger Tourangeau (Westat)
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Examining the Utility of Educational Administrative Records for Research and Improving Survey Operations: A Pilot Project at the U.S. Census Bureau
Leveraging Access to and Use of Department of Defense (DoD) Data: A Case Study of Unraveling Military Attrition Tohrough New Approaches to DoD Data Integration
Measuring Innovation in New Ways using Non-Traditional Data Sources
Interdisciplinary Insights for Investigating the Intersection of Race/Color and Social Outcomes among Diverse Hispanics Communities: Implications for Statistical Measurements and Analysis
The Role of Opioid Misuse in Child Welfare Caseloads
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Research Examinations within the Federal Statistical System for Improving Federal Race/Ethnicity Data
Update on Race and Ethnicity Question Proposals for the 2020 Census
Potential Improvements for 2020 Census Race and Ethnicity Conversion and Bridging
Discussant: Lauren Musu-Gillette (National Center for Education Statistics)
Towards Developing Synthetic Datasets for the Economic Census
Formal Privacy and Synthetic Data for the American Community Survey
An Integrated Approach to Providing Access to Confidential Data
Challenges and Experiences Adapting Differentially Private Mechanisms to the 2020 Census </div>
Evidence-based Standards and Guidelines for Mobile Survey Instrument Design
Usability Testing Methodology for the 2017 Economic Census Web Instrument
Defining Bullying: A Split-Ballot Experiment Across Three Federal Agencies
Health Insurance in the American Community Survey: Multiple Types of Coverage and Respondent Write-ins
Improving the Anchoring Vignette Methodology with Visual Vignettes
Comparing Response Rates Across Surveys
Stemming the Rising Tide of Nonresponse
Cleaning Out the Gutter: Identifying and Eliminating Deadwood from a Sampling Frame Using Trees
Pursuing Consent for Record Linkage in an Establishment Survey: Results from a National Survey
Assessing Consent Bias in Linkage Studies
Challenges to Informed Consent from Administrative Data Linkage and Secondary Usage
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Incorporating the Finite Population Correction into the Variance Estimation of a National Business Survey
Finding an Estimator that Minimizes Revisions in a Monthly Indicator Survey
Effect of Nearest Neighbor Imputation on Variances Calculated by Fay's Balanced Repeated Replication
Investigation of the NCHS Data Presentation Standards for Proportions: A Simulation Study
An Alternative Way of Estimating a Proportional- Odds Model with Complex Survey Data
Session Chair: Andrew Zukerberg (National Center for Education Statistics) E-5 Federal Statistics, Multiple Data Sources,
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Cognitive Interviewing Methodology in 2018: Current Trends and Recent Challenges
Results of a Cognitive Interview Evaluation of the Revised Race Question, with Special Emphasis on the Newly Proposed Middle Eastern/North African Response Option
Training Cognitive Testing Interviewers in Different Settings and Languages
Survey Translation and the Place of Expert Review in the Question Evaluation Tool Kit: Development of Best Practices
Recently Resettled Refugees and their Experience with the Annual Survey of Refugees - Findings from Cognitive and In-Depth Interviews
Conducting Experiments in Establishment Surveys: Obstacles and Opportunities
Obstacles in Planning Establishment Survey Experiments - Census of Agriculture Content Test and Agricultural Resource Management Survey
Using Email to Solicit Response in an Establishment Survey
Experimenting with Alternative Question Designs for "Other, Specify" Product Information in Establishment Surveys
Researching the Psychology Workforce using Federal Statistics
Examining the Principles of Open Government
Cost Effective Mail Survey Design
Integration of Multiple Data Sources to Inform a Responsive Design
Optimal Sample Size Allocation to Mixed Modes: A Case Study Using the Residential Energy Consumption Survey
Design Issues for a Longitudinal Employer Health Insurance Survey to Facilitate Analysis of Policy Changes
Improving the Measurement of Sexual Victimization Among Children through a Redesign of the National Survey of Children's Exposure to Violence
Key Issues When Collecting and Publishing General Population Estimates of Rape and Sexual Assault
Collecting Data on Rape and Sexual Assault in an Institutional Setting
Assessing Respondents' Perceptions of Burden in the American Community Survey
Estimating Reporting Burden for Statistical Surveys
Exploring Sampling Techniques to Reduce Respondent Burden
Response Likelihood to an Establishment Survey with a Simple Questionnaire Following an Establishment Survey with a Complex Questionnaire