Panel: - ROBERT BORUCH, Northwestern University
; TORE DALENIUS, Brown University; JOSEPH W. DUNCAN, Office of Federal Statistical
Policy and Standards; THOMAS B. JABINE, Energy Information Administration
............... 1
Status of the 1980 Census Content Error Evaluation
Program - HENRY WOLTMAN, U.S. Bureau of the Census ............... 12
Plans for 1980 Census Coverage Evaluation
- DAVID V. BATEMAN and CHARLES D. COWAN, Bureau of the Census ...............
20
The 1980 Census Experimental Program -
BARBARA A. BAILAR and SUSAN MISKURA, U.S. Bureau of the Census ...............
29
Discussion - WILLIAM SELTZER, United Nations
Statistical Office ............... 39
Panel: - F. THOMAS JUSTER, University of
Michigan; ROBERT A. ISRAEL, National Center for Health Statistics; THOMAS
G. STAPLES, Social Security Administration; MORRIS H. HANSEN, Westat ...............
42
Chisquared Tests for Analysis of Categorical
Data from Complex Surveys - J.N.K. RAO, Carleton University and A.J. SCOTT,
University of Auckland ............... 58
Major Administrative Record Files: Documentation
and Potential Uses - JOSEPH J. KNOTT, Bureau of the Census ...............
67
Statistical Uses of Administrative Records
- DAVID W. CARTWRIGHT, Bureau of Economic Analysis and PAUL A. ARMKNECHT,
Bureau of Labor Statistics ............... 73
Access to Administrative Records on Establishments
and Individuals for Public Policy Analysis - DAVID A. HIRSCHBERG, Small
Business Administration and VERNON RENSHAW, Bureau of Economic
Analysis ............... 77
Statistical Progeny of Administrative Records:
Some Legal Issues - LOIS ALEXANDER, Social
Security Administration . ............... 83
Statistical Uses of Administrative Records:
Where Do We Go from Here? - DANIEL H. GARNICK, Bureau of Economic Analysis
and MARIA ELENA GONZALEZ, Office of Federal Statistical Policy and Standards
............... 89
Discussion - RICHARD RUGGLES, Yale University
............... 95
A Comparison of Methods and Programs for Computing
Variances of Estimators from Complex Sample Surveys - BRUCE KAPLAN and
IVOR FRANCIS, Cornell University; J. SEDRANSK, SUNY - Albany ...............
97
An Assessment of Curve Smoothing Strategies
Which Yield Variance Estimates from Complex Survey Data - STEVEN B. COHEN,
National Center for Health Services Research ............... 101
Discussion - GEORGE A. SCHNACK, National
Center for Health Statistics ............... 105
A Comparison of Balanced Repeated Replication
to Direct Replication for Variance Estimation - VIRGINIA RICHARDS and
DANlEL H. FREEMAN, JR., Yale University ............... 106
Small Sample Properties of the Linearization,
Jackknife and Balanced Half-Sample Methods for Ratio Estimation in Stratified
Samples - D. KREWSKI, Health & Welfare Canada and J.N.K. RAO, Carleton
University ............... 109
An Empirical Investigation of a One-Third Replication
Scheme for Variance Estimation from the Current Population Survey - BRIAN
CLARRIDGE and CHARLES PALIT, University of Wisconsin-Madison ...............
114
Discussion - HAROLD NISSELSON, Westat,
Inc. ............... 119
Overview of Current Population Survey Sample
Design - THOMAS F. MOORE, PAUL BETTIN, DONNA KOSTANICH and GARY M. SHAPIRO,
Bureau of the Census ............... 121
Overview of the Current Population Survey Operations
and Estimation - MARGARET SCHOOLEY, LAWRENCE CAHOON, CHESTER PONIKOWSKI
and KENNETH RICCINI, U.S. Bureau of the Census ............... 127
Impact of the "National Commission on
Employment and Unemployment Statistics" on the Current Population Survey in
the 1980s - ROBERT L. STEIN, U.S. Department of Labor ...............
133
Planning for the Current Population Survey
Redesign - THOMAS J. PLEWES, Bureau of Labor Statistics ...............
138
A Test of Data Collection Methodologies: The
Methods Test - CHARLES D. COWAN, ANTHONY M. ROMAN, KIRK N. WOLTER and
HENRY F. WOLTMAN, U.S. Bureau of the Census ............... 141
Discussion - PHILIP J. McCARTHY, Cornell
University ............... 147
Small Sample Variances for the U - Terms in
Loglinear Models - I. ELAINE ALLEN, University of Pennsylvania ...............
148
The Analysis of Contingency Tables of Data
from Complex Samples - THOMAS J. TOMBERLIN, Harvard University ...............
152
Analysis of Randomized Response as Purposively
Misclassified Data - T. TIMOTHY CHEN, The Upjohn Company ...............
158
The Finite-Population Linear Regression Estimator
and Estimators of its Variance - An Empirical Study - RICHARD M. ROYALL,
Johns Hopkins University and WILLIAM G. CUMBERLAND, University of California,
Los Angeles ............... 164
Testing Hypothesis About Regression Coefficient
in Samples from a Bivariate Normal Population - J.E. GRIMES, California
Polytechnic State University & NASA-Ames Research Center and
B.V. SUKHATME, Deceased ............... 170
Power Transformation on Dissimilarity Data
- THU HOANG and SON PHAM, Institut National de Ia Sante Et de la Recherche
Medical and University of Nebraska at Lincoln ............... 174
Plan and Operation of the Connecticut Hypertension
Survey - D.A. D'ATRI, D.H. FREEMAN, JR., A. OSTFELD, E. PAPKE, and K.
PIORUN, Yale University; A. SARDINAS, Connecticut State Health
Department ............... 179
Designing a Survey of Information and Favor
Exchange Networks Among Regional, State, County and Municipal Levels of Government
- JAMES R. BENIGER and WESLEY SHRUM, Department of Sociology, Princeton University;
THOMAS ASH and JEROME M. LUTIN, Transportation Program, Princeton University
............... 182
Surveying Alienation Among Metropolitan Blacks
- PHILIP S. HART, University of Massachusetts/
Boston and Solomon Fuller Institute ............... 188
Integrating Survey Data with Archival Data:
Developing a Dynamic Model of Urban Neighborhood Change - JAMES E. PRATHER,
Georgia State University ............... 193
An Experiment with Payments to Survey Respondents
- STUART H. KERACHSKY, CHARLES D. MALLAR and JEWEL MORAN, Mathematica Policy
Research ............... 198
Salary Survey of Mathematicians and Statisticians
- GLENN BEATTY, Battelle Columbus Laboratories ............... 204
An Improved Procedure for Estimating the Components
of Response Variance in Complex Surveys - PAUL P. BIEMER, U.S.
Bureau of the Census ............... 210
Interviewer Assignments Which Minimize the
Effect of Non-Sampling Errors - H.O. HARTLEY and HOWARD MONROE, Texas
A&M University ............... 216
Error Profile - Multiple Frame Designs
- NORMAN D. BELLER, United States Department of Agriculture ...............
221
Two Methods of Measuring Correlated Response
Variance - KAROL P. KROTKI and A. MACLEOD, Statistics Canada ...............
223
Discussion - D.G. HORVITZ, Research Triangle
Institute ............... 229
Telephone Dialing Systems - Some Issues and
Answers - GARY M. MULLET, University of Cincinnati ............... 231
Sampling Bias in Statewide Telephone Surveys
of High School Dropouts - TERRY F. BUSS, Youngstown State University ...............
234
Some Methodological Results from Four Statewide
Telephone Surveys Using Random Digit Dialing - JANE WILLIAMS BERGSTEN,
Sampling Research and Design Center, Research Triangle Institute ...............
239
Some Results from the Telephone Health Interview
System - JOSEPH E. FITTI, National Center for
Health Statistics ............... 244
Nonresponse Bias from "No Answer/Busy"
Calls in a Telephone Survey - N.R. THOMPSON, Computer Sciences-Technicolor
Associates ............... 250
Telephone Interview Introductions and Refusal
Rates: Experiments in Increasing Respondent Cooperation - MICHAEL J. O'NEIL,
Arizona State University; ROBERT M. GROVES and CHARLES F. CANNELL, The University
of Michigan ............... 252
Optimizing the Time Schedules and Response Rates in Telephone Interviews - A Study of the Seasonal Patterns - GIDEON VIGDERHOUS, Bell Canada ............... 256
Introduction - IWAO N. MORIYAMA, International
Institute for Vital Registration and Statistics ............... 262
Income Differentials in Mortality: Preliminary
Results Based on IRS-SSA Linked Data - STEVEN CALDWELL and THEODORE DIAMOND,
Cornell University ............... 263
Changes in the Impact of Education and Income
on Mortality in the U.S. - SHERWIN ROSEN, University of Chicago, NBER
and PAUL TAUBMAN, University of Pennsylvania, NBER ............... 269
Quality of Mortality Reporting in SSA Linked
Data: Some Preliminary Descriptive Results - WENDY ALVEY and FAYE AZIZ,
Social Security Administration ............... 275
Quality of Occupation Information on Tax Returns
- GLORIA S. KOTEEN and PAUL E. GRAYSON, Internal Revenue Service ...............
280
Occupation and Industry Information from the
Death Certificate: Assessment of the Completeness of Reporting - HARRY
M. ROSENBERG and DRUSILLA BURNHAM, National Center for Health Statistics;
ROBERT SPIRTAS, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health; VICTOR
VALDISERA, U.S. Bureau of the Census ............... 286
Discussion - GILBERT W. BEEBE, National
Cancer Institute ............... 293
Test of Multiple Frame Sampling Techniques
for Agricultural Surveys: New Brunswick, 1978 - BARBARA ARMSTRONG, Statistics
Canada ............... 295
A Screening Procedure for Improving Large Area
Crop Acreage Estimates - R.S. CHHIKARA, Lockheed Electronics Company,
Inc. ............... 301
On the Inclusion of Large Units in Simple Random
Sampling - M.A. HIDIROGLOU, Statistics Canada ............... 305
Allocation Using Empirical Bayes Estimators
- HARRY M. MARKS, U.S. Department of Agriculture and STEPHEN N. WOODRUFF,
Bureau of Labor Statistics ............... 309
Should One or Two PSU's Per Stratum Be Selected?
- GARY M. SHAPIRO and CHRISTINA L. OLSEN, U.S. Bureau of the Census ...............
314
Iterative Weighted Ratio Estimation in Sample
Surveys - ALAN H. FEIVESON, NASA Johnson Space Center ...............
319
Ratio Estimation of National Energy Technician
Needs - KRIS K. MOORE and CARLOS W. MOORE, Baylor University ...............
323
A Generalization of the Ratio Estimate with
Applications - DARREL W. PARKE and STEPHEN B. TAUBMAN, Federal Reserve
Board ............... 327
Comparison of Estimators of the Mean Which
Adjust for Large Observations - LAWRENCE R. ERNST, U.S. Bureau of the
Census ............... 330
On Link Relative Estimators II - LILLIAN
H. MADOW, U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics and WILLIAM G. MADOW, Washington,
D.C ............... 336
A Dual System Network Estimator - MONROE
G. SIRKEN, National Center for Health Statistics ............... 340
Sampling for Change - JAMES N. LOWERRE,
Federal Trade Commission ............... 343
Non-Response Problems at Statistics Sweden
(SCB) - LARS LYBERG and EDMUND RAPAPORT, Statistics Sweden ...............
348
An Assessment of Nonresponse Bias - JEANNE
CLARE RIDLEY, DEBORAH A. DAWSON and CHRISTINE A. BACHRACH, Georgetown University;
KORAY TANFER, Temple University ............... 353
If You Want to Know What Factors Influence
Response Rate, Why Not Ask? - DENNIS W. LEITNER and TE J. CHANG, Southern
Illinois University at Carbondale; BARBARA E. MYERS, Boston University; KAREN
SARDESON, Georgetown University and PAUL F.G. KELLER, University of Maryland,
College Park ............... 359
The Correlates of Item Nonresponse in a Large
Scale Mail Survey - DONALD A. HUGHES, Sears, Roebuck and Co. ...............
363
The Empirical Limits of Response to Mail Surveys
- HERSCHEL SHOSTECK, Herschel Shosteck Associates ............... 366
The Effects of Interviewer Characteristics
on Item Response - JOHN D. HUTCHESON, JR., JAMES E. PRATHER and ROB E.
SNOW, Georgia State University ............... 372
Control of the Questionaire Component of Nonsampling
Error in Surveys: A Case Study from the Health Interview Survey 1976-1977
Influenza Supplement - GAIL SCOTT POE and CLAUDIA SCALA MOY, National
Center for Health Statistics ............... 378
The Accuracy of Self-Reported Arrest Data
- JENNIFER SCHORE and REBECCA MAYNARD, Mathematica Policy Research; IRVING
PILIAVIN, University of Wisconsin ............... 384
Measuring Quality of Personnel Data: The CPDF/OPF
Accuracy Survey - JOYCE A. STEVENS, U.S. Office of Personnel Management
............... 388
Enumeration Characteristics Related to the
Coverage of Infant Deaths in the Multipurpose Survey of Saudi Arabia -
ALI RASHID, Central Department of Statistics, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and
JOHN RUMFORD, U.S. Bureau of the Census/United States Saudi Arabian Joint
Commission for Economic Cooperation ............... 392
The Cost of Sample Survey Designs - CHARLES
P. HUMPHREYS, World Bank ............... 395
Sequential Sample Selection Methods - JAMES
R. CHROMY, Research Triangle Institute ............... 401
Probability Quota Sampling of a Dichotomous Variable - MYRON J. KATZOFF, U.S. Census Bureau ............... 407
Sequential Sampling for Public Opinion Polls
- P. KRISHNAN and H. BOROWSKI, The Univers;ty of Alberta ............... 411
A Variable Versus a Uniform Sampling Rate for
Conducting the 1980 Census - PAUL S.T. LEE, University of Nebraska at
Omaha ............... 416
Distributional Characteristics of a Merged
Microdata File - KEVIN HOLLENBECK, Urban Systems Research & Engineering
and PAT DOYLE, Mathematica Policy Research ............... 418
An Evaluation of Terminal Digit Social Security
Number Sampling in the Veterans Administration Annual Patient Survey -
WILLIAM F. PAGE and GLENDA E. WRIGHT, Veterans Administration ...............
421
Estimating Design Effect from a Correlogram
- C.H. PROCTOR, North Carolina State University ............... 424
Does the Age of a Telephone Interviewer Affect
Subject's Responses? - YONAH WILAMOWSKY, Long Island University; HERSHEY
H. FRIEDMAN, Fordham University; RALPH DI PIETRO, Montclair State College
and SHELDON EPSTEIN, Seton Hall University ............... 427
Sampling Unit Size Considerations in Large
Area Crop Inventorying Using Satellite-Based Data - CHARLES PERRY and
CECIL HALLUM, NASA Johnson Space Center ............... 430