Computer-Assisted Telephone
Interviewing: Design Considerations - ANITRA RUSTEMEYER, U.S. Bureau
of the Census; GERALD H. SHURE, MILES S. ROGERS, ROBERT J. MEEKER, University
of California at Los Angeles ............... 1
Experiences with CATI
in a Large-Scale Survey - WILLIAM L. NICHOLLS II, Survey Research
Center, University of California at Berkeley ............... 9
Discussion -
D.G. HORVITZ, Research Triangle Institute ............... 18
Multiple Imputations
in Sample Surveys - A Phenomenological Bayesian Approach to Nonresponse
- DONALD B. RUBIN, Educational Testing Service ...............
20
Discussion -
HAROLD NISSELSON, ARTHUR P. DEMPSTER, WILLIAM G. COCHRAN, HOWARD WAINER, DAVID
HINKLEY, INNIS G. SANDE, CHARLES A. PATRICK ............... 29
Rejoinder -
DONALD RUBIN ............... 33
Respondent Burden
- NORMAN M. BRADBURN, University of Chicago ............... 35
The Measurement of a Middle
Position in Attitude Surveys - STANLEY PRESSER and HOWARD SCHUMAN,
University of Michigan ............... 41
New Interviewing Techniques
Designed to Improve Validity of Response - LOIS OKSENBERG,
National Center for Health Services Research ............... 49
Evaluation
of Efficiency of Synthetic Estimates -
P.D. GHANGURDE and M.P. SINGH, Statistics Canada ............... 55
Some Methods for Updating
Sample Survey Frames and their Effects on Estimation - J.D. DREW,
G.H. CHOUDRY and G.B. GRAY, Statistics Canada ............... 62
Some Recent Applications
of Models to Problems of Estimation and Inference from Census Bureau Surveys
- ROBERT E. FAY III, U.S. Bureau of the Census ............... 72
On Inference and Estimation
from Sample Surveys - MORRIS H. HANSEN, WILLIAM G. MADOW and BENJAMIN
J. TEPPING ............... 82
Discussion -
V.P. GODAMBE, University of Waterloo ............... 92
Discussion - KEITH R. EBERHARDT, Ohio State University ............... 94
Discussion - WILLIAM G. COCHRAN ............... 97
Discussion - CARL ERIK SARNDAL, Universite de Montreal ............... 98
Discussion - OSCAR KEMPTHORNE, Iowa State University ............... 100
Discussion - RICHARD ROYALL, The Johns Hopkins University ............... 102
Response to Discussants - MORRIS H. HANSEN, WILLIAM G. MADOW and BENJAMIN J. TEPPING ............... 103
Statistical Decision and Control Approaches
for Allocation of Funds - WRAY SMITH and DAVID ZALKIND, Department of
Health, Education and Welfare ............... 108
Effects of Formulas and Data Used on the Allocation
of Federal Funds - MARIA ELENA GONZALEZ, Office of Federal Statistical
Policy and Standards ............... 114
Teasing Data for Policy Purposes - WILL S. MYERS, Advisory Commission
on Intergovernmental Relations ............... 120
Problems with Data in Selected Formula Funded Programs as Applied to New York
City - EVELYN S. MANN, Department of City Planning and KEN FINLAYSON,
Office of Management and Budget ............... 124
Annual Sample Update of the Census Bureau's
Monthly Business Surveys - SOL D. HELFAND, LAWRENCE R. IMPETT and MITCHELL
L. TRAGER, Bureau of the Census ............... 128
A Generalized Sampling Program for the Current
Surveys in the Industry Division - HEINRICH MANTEL and PRESTON J. WAITE,
Bureau of the Census ............... 134
Estimation of Consumer Credit at Commercial
Banks - STEPHEN TAUBMAN, DARREL PARKE and JULES SHAPIRO, Federal Reserve
Board ............... 139
1978 Census of Agriculture - Area Sample Design
and Methodology - DAVID D. CHAPMAN and CHARLES E. ROGERS, U.S. Bureau
of the Census ............... 141
An Exact Small Survey Theory for Post-Stratification--Some
New Results - D.C. DOSS, University of Alabama at Huntsville; H.0. HARTLEY,
Texas A&M University and G.R. SOMAYAJULU, Osmania University, India ...............
148
Landsat-Based Large Area Crop Acreage Estimation--An Experimental Study
- R.S. CHHIKARA, Lockheed Electronics Company, Inc. and A.H. FEIVESON, National
Aeronautics and Space Administration ............... 155
Assessing the Accuracy of the Landsat-Based
Crop Acreage Estimates - E.M. HSU, Lockheed Electronics Company, lnc.
and A.G. HOUSTON, National Aeronautics and Space Administration ...............
160
The Use of Regression Estimation with Landsat
and Probability Ground Sample Data - RICHARD S. SIGMAN, GEORGE A. HANUSCHAK,
MICHAEL E. CRAIG, PAUL W. COOK and MANUEL CARDENAS, U.S. Department of Agriculture
............... 165
Multiphase Crop Acreage Estimation Incorporating Landsat Data - RANDALL
W. THOMAS, University of California at Berkeley ............... 169
Discussion - B.V. SUKHATME, Iowa State University
............... 175
Automated Statistical Disclosure Control
- LAWRENCE H. COX, U.S. Bureau of the Census ............... 177
Statistical Analyses from Summary Data and their
Impact on the Issue of Confidentiality - JOSEPH L. GASTWIRTH, George Washington
University; ABBA M. KRIEGER, University of Pennsylvania; and DONALD B. RUBIN,
Educational Testing Service ............... 183
Discussion - THOMAS B. JABINE, Social Security
Administration ............... 189
Data-Swapping--A Technique for Disclosure Control
- TORE DALENIUS, Brown University and University of Stockholm and STEVEN
P. REISS, Brown University ............... 191
Discussion - DAVID L. ZALKIND, Department of Health, Education and Welfare ............... 195
Use of Ratio Estimates to Compensate for Nonresponse Bias in Certain Economic
Surveys - ALAN R. TUPEK and W. JOEL RICHARDSON, Bureau of the Census ...............
197
Editing and Imputation of the 1977 Truck Inventory
and Use Survey - EDWIN L. ROBISON and W. JOEL RICHARDSON, Bureau of the
Census ............... 203
More on Imputing Versus Deleting When Estimating
Scale Scores - C.H. PROCTOR, North Carolina State University ...............
209
A Comparison of Three Alternative Techniques
for Allocating Unreported Social Security Income on the Survey of the Low-Income
Aged and Disabled - SYLVESTER J. SCHIEBER, Social Security Administration
............... 212
An Empirical Investigation of Alternative Item
Nonresponse Adjustments - BRENDA G. COX and RALPH E. FOLSOM, Research
Triangle Institute ............... 219
Correcting for Undercoverage Bias in Random
Digit Dialed National Health Surveys - OWEN T. THORNBERRY, JR. and JAMED
T. MASSEY, National Center for Health Statistics ............... 224
Discussion - JOHN C. BAILAR III, National
Cancer Institute ............... 230
Open-Ended Segments: Variation on Area Segmenting
and List Frame Supplementation - IRENE C. MONTIE and WILLIAM G. MACKENZIE,
U.S. Bureau of the Census ............... 233
Evaluation of Census Population Coverage by
Network Surveys - MONROE G. SIRKEN and BARRY J. GRAUBARD, National Center
for Health Statistics; RICHARD W. LAVALLEY, Bureau of the Census ...............
239
A Model for Network (Multiplicity) Estimation
of Census Undercoverage - ELI S. MARKS and KATHLEEN OCKAY, U.S. Bureau
of the Census ............... 245
Interaction of Survey Questions as it Related
to Interviewer-Respondent Bias - CHRISTINA O. GIBSON, GARY M. SHAPIRO,
LINDA R. MURPHY, GARY J. STANKO, U.S. Bureau of the Census ...............
251
The Estimation of Non-Sampling Variances in Current Surveys - H.O. HARTLEY
and PAUL P. BIEMER, Texas A&M University ............... 257
Discussion - A.L. FINKNER, Research Triangle
Institute ............... 263
Inferring Health Interview Response Bias from
Imperfect Record Checks - KENT H. MARQUIS, The Rand Corporation ...............
265
Health Diaries - LOIS M. VERBRUGGE, University of Michigan ............... 271
Effects of Supplemental Questions on Victimization Estimates from the National Crime Survey - CHARLES D. COWAN, LINDA R. MURPHY and JUDY WIENER, U.S. Bureau of the Census ............... 277
An Empirical Investigation of Refusal Rates in Consumer Surveys - FREDERICK WISEMAN and PHILIP MCDONALD, Northeastern University ............... 280
Errors in Reporting Supplemental Security Income Recipiency in a Pilot Household Survey - DENTON R. VAUGHAN, Social Security Administration ............... 288
Maximizing Response to Household Income Items: Respondent Selection - JOHN D. HUTCHESON, JR. and JAMES E. PRATHER, Georgia State University ............... 294
Discussion - ROBERT FERBER,
University of Illinois ............... 297
Sample Design(s) for the Consumer Price Index Revision (1978) - CURTIS A. JACOBS, Bureau of Labor Statistics ............... 299
Within Outlet Item Selection Techniques for the Consumer Price Index Revision - WILLIAM L. WEBER and FRANK R. LAMBRECHT, Bureau of Labor Statistics ............... 305
Composite Estimation Techniques Used for the CPIR Weights - HARRY MARKS, Bureau of Labor Statistics ............... 311
Alternative Continuing Point of Purchase Sample Designs - CATHRYN S. DIPPO and WILLIAM D. MCCARTHY, Bureau of Labor Statistics ............... 316
Successive Sampling of Two Overlapping Frames - CHAPMAN P. GLEASON and ROBERT D. TORTORA, U.S. Department of Agriculture ............... 320
Evaluating Alternative Methods for Determining Overlap Domain in Multiple Frame Surveys - RAYMOND R. BOSECKER, USDA ............... 325A Comparison of Methods to Measure Tree Limbs in the Random Path Technique for Estimating the Set of a Fruit or Nut Tree - NICHOLAS J. CIAICIO and MAX CAIN, USDA ............... 331
The Use of Unequal Probability Sampling to Reduce Respondent Burden - ROBERT TORTORA and KEITH CRANK, USDA ............... 337
Reducing Respondent Burden on an Agricultural Survey - BARRY L. FORD, USDA; R.R. HOCKING and ANNE COLEMAN, Mississippi State University ............... 341
Modifications of the Randomized Response Technique for Sampling Without Replacement - JONG-IK KIM and JOHN A. FLUECK, Temple University ............... 346
An Additive Randomized Response Model - JONG-IK KIM and JOHN A. FLUECK, Temple University ............... 351
A Comparison of the Sensitivity of the Unrelated Question Randomized Response Model with Three Other Data Accumulation Techniques Using Examination Cheating as a Model - RONALD R. ROSENBLATT, Kansas State University and EDWARD L. KELLY, University of Idaho ............... 356
Response Styles in Telephone and Household Interviewing: A Field Experiment from the Los Angeles Health Survey - L.A. JORDAN, A.C. MARCUS and L.G. REEDER, University of California at L.A ............... 362
A Pseudo-Replicate Estimate of Variance for a Function of Sample Means - ALAN FENECH, University of California at Davis ............... 367
A Managerial Perspective on the Redesign of the
National Crime (Victimization) Survey - BENJAMIN RENSHAW, LEAA ...............
372
Some Response Effects of the National Crime Survey
- ROBERT G. LEHNEN, Indiana University and ALBERT J. REISS, JR., Yale University
............... 374
Patterns of Personal Series Incidents in the National
Crime Survey - RICHARD W. DODGE and HAROLD R. LENTZNER, U.S. Bureau of the
Census ............... 378
A Preliminary Examination of the Effects of Compensation
for Interviews on the Response Quality in a Study of Drug Treatment Programs
- ROBERT L. HUBBARD and J. VALLEY RACHAL, Research Triangle Institute; HAROLD
M. GINZBURG, National Institute on Drug Abuse ............... 383
Effects of Survey Conditions on Victimization
Response and Response Quality in Surveying School Crime - DAVID L. BAYLESS,
Research Triangle Institute ............... 387
Relative Computational Efficiency of the Linearized
and Balanced Repeated Replication Procedures for Computing Sampling Variances
- KURT MAURER, GRETCHEN JONES and EARL BRYANT, National Center for Health Statistics
............... 388
Estimating Sampling Variability in a Multi-Survey
Environment - ROBERT H. FINCH, JR., Social Security Administration ...............
392
On Applying the Jack-Knife Procedure to the Ratio Estimator - PODURI S.R.S.
RAO, University of Rochester ............... 395
Design Effects in a Complex Multistage Sample:
The Survey of Low Income Aged and Disabled (SLIAD) - ERMA W. BARRON and
ROBERT H. FINCH, JR., Social Security Administration ............... 400
Some Theory and Applications of Lattice Sampling - DAVID E. ABBEY, Loma Linda University ............... 406
Discussion - STANLEY LEMESHOW, University of Massachusetts ............... 412
Optimum Sample Allocation to Different Modes of
Enumeration - KIRK M. WOLTER, U.S. Bureau of the Census and DAVID A. PYNE,
Johns Hopkins University ............... 414
An Application of Network Analysis to a Sample
Allocation Problem - JUDITH C. SCHWENK and THEODORE S. GLICKMAN, U.S. Department
of Transportation ............... 420
Edit and Imputation in the Labour Force Survey - ANIS ASHRAF and IAN MACREDIE,
Statistics Canada ............... 425
Large Scale Imputation of Survey Data - M.J. COLLEDGE, J.H. JOHNSON, R. PARE and I.G. SANDE, Statistics Canada ............... 431
Some Properties of T Confidence Intervals for
Survey Data - CATHY CAMPBELL and MICHAEL MEYER, University of Minnesota
............... 437
The Current Population Survey Variances, Inter-Relationships
and Design Effects - GEORGE TRAIN, LAWRENCE CAHOON, U.S. Bureau of the Census;
PAUL MAKENS, Bureau of Labor Statistics ............... 443
Super Carp - MICHAEL A. HIDIROGLOU, Statistics
Canada; WAYNE A. FULLER and ROY D. HICKMAN, Iowa State University ...............
444
A Better Alternative to the Collapsed Stratum Variance Estimate - GARY M.
SHAPIRO and DAVID V. BATEMAN, U.S. Bureau of the Census ............... 451
Large Sample Properties of the Linearization,
Jacknife and Balanced Repeated Replication Methods - D. KREWSKI and J.N.K.
RAO, Health & Welfare Canada and Carleton University ............... 457
Discussion - PHILIP J. MCCARTHY, Cornell University
............... 461
Comparison of Two Procedures for Imputing Missing
Survey Values - JOHN C. BAILAR, III, National Cancer Institute and BARBARA
A. BAILAR, U.S. Bureau of the Census ............... 462
Weighting to Adjust for Partial Nonresponse - LAWRENCE R. ERNST, U.S. Bureau
of the Census ............... 468
A Report on the Application of a Systematic Method
of Automatic Edit and Imputation to the 1976 Canadian Census - CHRISTOPHER
J. HILL, Statistics Canada ............... 474
Imputation in Agricultural Surveys - H.F.
HUDDLESTON, U.S. Department of Agriculture; R.R. HOCKING, Mississippi State
University ............... 480
Estimation, Imputation, Randomization and Risk Equivalence - CHARLES PATRICK, Statistics Canada ............... 486
Discussion - DARYL PREGIBON, University of
Toronto ............... 492
The International Price Program of the Bureau
of Labor Statistics - EDWARD E. MURPHY, Bureau of Labor Statistics ...............
494
Surveying International Prices - MARVIN KASPER
and RICHARD J. PRATT, Bureau of Labor Statistics ............... 499
System for Matching Company Documents - J.
FINLEY CARPENTER, TROY R. BISHOP, GINGER S. GOUDIE, Bureau of Labor Statistics
............... 505
Discussion - DAVID C. LUND, U.S. Department
of Commerce ............... 509
An Industrial Price Measurement Structure: The
Universe Matrix of Producers and Products - T.R. TIBBETTS, Bureau of Labor
Statistics ............... 511
Survey Methods and Theory of the Producer Price
Index Revision - STANLEY K. KULPINSKI, STUART J. COHEN, and KATHLEEN G.
PEREZ-LOPEZ, Bureau of Labor Statistics ............... 517
Discussion - CHESTER H. MCCALL, JR, M/M Associates
............... 521
Ratio-and Regression-Type Estimators Employing
A Priori Knowledge - PAUL H. TOMLIN, U.S. Bureau of the Census ...............
522
Mileage and Other Complex Estimates, and Some
Bias Research on the National Travel Survey - JOAN KAHN, DENNIS SCHWANZ
and LARRY CARSTENSEN, U.S. Bureau of the Census ............... 528
On Link Relative Estimators - LILLIAN H. MADOW, Bureau of Labor Statistics and WILLIAM G. MADOW ............... 534
Discussion - H.O. HARTLEY, Texas A&M
University ............... 540
An Application of Multi-Frame Methodology and
Measurement Error Research for the 1976 Registration and Voting Survey -
CARMA R. HENNING, HENRY F. WOLTMAN and CARY T. ISAKI, U.S. Bureau of the Census
............... 542
The Advantages and Disadvantages of Rotating the Annual Housing Survey, National
Sample from a Nonresponse Point of View - MASON S. MALMUTH, U.S. Bureau
of the Census ............... 548
Discussion - JOSEPH STEINBERG, Survey Design,
Inc ............... 554
Does the Perceived Race of a Telephone Interviewer
Affect the Responses of White Subjects to an Attitudes towards Negroes Scale
- LINDA FRIEDMAN, Polytechnic Institute of New York and HERSHEY H. FRIEDMAN,
Long Island University ............... 556
The Use of the Telephone Interview in Obtaining
Information of a Sensitive Nature: A Comparative Study - ANDRE J. SAN AUGUSTINE,
Manhattan College and HERSHEY H. FRIEDMAN, Long Island University ...............
559
Discussion - SEYMOUR SUDMAN, University of
Illinois at Urbana-Champaign ............... 562
Experiments in Telephone-Personal Visit Surveys - JOHN M. BUSHERY, CHARLES D. COWAN and LINDA R. MURPHY, U.S. Bureau of the Census ............... 564
The National Health Interview Survey: An Overview
- ROBERT R. FUCHSBERG, National Center for Health Statistics ...............
570
Re-Evaluation of the Health Interview Survey
- GAIL S. POE, National Center for Health Statistics ............... 575
How Can the Health Interview Survey Be More Responsive?
- CLINTON E. BURNHAM, National Center for Health Statistics ...............
580
Preliminary Methodological Issues of the National
Medical Care Expenditure Survey - MICHELE C. GERZOWSKI and LARRY S. CORDER,
National Center for Health Statistics ............... 584
New NCHS Initiatives lnvolving the Health Interview
Survey - JAMES T. MASSEY, National Center for Health Statistics ...............
589
A Statistical Approach to the Analysis of Item
Omission in Mail Surveys - DONALD A. HUGHES, Sears, Roebuck and Company
............... 594
Post-Completion Mail Survey Incentives and Data
Quality: An Empirical Investigation - ROBERT A. PETERSON and GRADY D. BRUCE,
University of Texas at Austin ............... 599
A Multivariate Model for Response Reliability
in Surveys - MILES DAVIS and JOHN MCCOY, Social Security Administration
............... 603
Estimation of Correlated Response Variance
- KAROL P. KROTKI, Statistics Canada ............... 609
Optional Recall Period for Discrete Events - DHIRENDA N. GHOSH, Howard University ............... 615
Nonrespondent Subsampling Schemes for Longitudinal
Surveys - JUDITH T. LESSLER and ROBERT E. MASON, Research Triangle Institute;
RICHARD A. ROSTHAL, Killalea Associates, Inc.; GEORGE A. PUGH, Decision-Science
Applications, Inc.; J. GEORGE CALDWELL, Vista Research, Inc ...............
617
A Sequential Procedure for Estimating the Sample
Size Needed for Normal Approximation in Finite Population Sampling - N.M.
LALU and P. KRISHNAN, University of Alberta, Canada ............... 621
The Integrated Economic Survey of Saudi Arabia--A
Variation on a Theme - ALI RASHID, Central Department of Statistics, Kingdom
of Saudi Arabia and JOHN RUMFORD, U.S. Bureau of the Census ...............
624
Wealth and Public Policy: The Relevance of SIPP
and a Program for Future Research - MARTIN DAVID, University of Wisconsin
............... 626
National Network Surveys of Diabetes - MONROE
G. SIRKEN, BARRY I. GRAUBARD, MIRIAM J. MCDANIEL, National Center for Health
Statistics ............... 631
Discussion - DHIRENDRA N. GHOSH, Howard University
............... 636
Designing Optimal Integrated Samples Using Nonlinear
Programming - RUDOLPH E. SCHWARTZ, Social Security Administration ...............
638
Estimation from a Stratified Random Sample Under
Changes in Strata Composition - ARIDAMAN K. JAIN, Bell Telephone Laboratories
............... 642
The Choice of Auxiliary Variables in Multivariate Ratio and Regression Estimators - G.W. LYNCH, University of Ottawa ............... 647
Optimal Batching in Sample Surveys - BENJAMIN KING, University of Washington ............... 652
Some Sample Designs Employing Auxiliary Variables - HOWARD L. JONES ............... 655
An Overview of the Canadian Labour Force Survey
Data Processing System - lAN MACREDIE, Statistics Canada ...............
658
Data Processing and Data Base Management Innovations--The
Panel Study of Income Dynamics - PAULA A. PELLETIER and MICHAEL A. NOLTE
............... 660
Monitoring Survey Field Operations: The National
Medical Care Expenditure Survey Automated Control System - MARY B. WOODSIDE,
BARBARA A. MOSER and LINDA L. QUINN, Research Triangle Institute ...............
667
Discussion - RUDOLPH C. MENDELSSOHN, Bureau
of Labor Statistics ............... 673
Data Processing and Data Base Considerations for the New NLS Cohort - KARIN STEINBRENNER, National Opinion Research Center ............... 676
Database Management for Large and Complex Surveys
- MARGO BRINKLEY, LISA MORRISSEY, ROBERT THORNTON, Research Triangle Institute
............... 679
The BLS Employment Cost Index: A Conceptual Overview - VICTOR J. SHEIFER,
U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics ............... 683
Employment Cost Index: Quantifying Concepts
- ARTHUR SACKLEY, Bureau of Labor Statistics ............... 689
General Survey Design Aspects of the Employment Cost Index (ECI) - EASLEY HOY, Bureau of Labor Statistics ............... 695
Employment Cost Index (ECI)--Estimation Procedures
- DOUGLAS A. WRIGHT and STEVEN F. KAUFMAN, Bureau of Labor Statistics ...............
700
ECI Variance Estimation - HARRY MARKS and
DAVID FREVERT, Bureau of Labor Statistics ............... 706
Discussion - JOSEPH STEINBERG, Survey Design,
Inc ............... 711
Estimation for Small Areas in Household Surveys - P.D. GHANGURDE and G.B.
GRAY, Statistics Canada ............... 712
Multivariate Raking Ratio Estimation in the 1973
Exact Match Study - H. LOCK OH and FRITZ SCHEUREN, Social Security Administration
............... 716
Some Unresolved Application Issues in Raking Ratio
Estimation - H. LOCK OH and FRITZ SCHEUREN, Social Security Administration
............... 723
A Sequential Test of Weak Inequalities: The Prediction of Presidents - R.A.
WEITZMAN, Naval Postgraduate School ............... 720
Simple Approximations to the Variation Norm between
Sampling with and without Replacement - CHAIHO C. WANG, U.S. Department
of Justice ............... 734
Discussion - RALPH E. FOLSOM, Research Triangle
Institute ............... 738
An Algorithm for Calculating Joint Inclusion
Probabilities under PPS Systematic Sampling - SUSAN J. PINCIARO, U.S. Department
of Transportation ............... 740
Choosing Weights for Composite Estimators for
Small Area Statistics - WESLEY L. SCHAIBLE, National Center for Health Statistics
............... 741
A Pollster's Minimal Sample Size - VERNON
W. STONE and RUSSELL W. IRVINE, Georgia State University ............... 747