Proceedings of the Survey Research Methods Section, American Statistical Association (1988)

Invited Papers by Topic

I. ETHICS AND STANDARDS IN SURVEY RESEARCH
Organizer: CHARLES D. COWAN, Center for Education Statistics
Chair: JOSEPH WAKSBERG, Westat, Incorporated

Standards for Statistical Surveys in the Federal Government: Practices in the Center for Education Statistics - CHARLES D. COWAN, National Center for Education Statistics ............... 1

The AAPOR Code of Professional Ethics and Practices - SEYMOUR SUDMAN, University of Illinois, Urbana/Champaign ............... 3

The Need for and Structure of Standards of Conduct for Survey Research Practitioners - HARRY W. O'NEILL, The Roper Organization ............... 6

 

II. APPLICATIONS OF HIERARCHICAL AND EMPIRICAL BAYES METHODS IN SURVEY SAMPLING
Organizer/Chair: MALAY GHOSH, University of Florida

Empirical Bayes Estimation for Multiple Characteristics - ROBERT E. FAY, Bureau of the Census ............... 9

Bayes Estimates of Population Undercount for Local Areas - EUGENE P. ERICKSEN, Temple University ............... 18

 

III. SURVEY SAMPLING METHODS FOR ESTIMATION IN ELUSIVE POPULATIONS
Organizer/Chair: PHILIP J. SMITH, University of Minnesota

Design Strategies for Nonsedentary Populations - WILLIAM D. KALSBEEK, University of North Carolina ............... 28

Using Network Sampling for Rare Populations: An Application to Local Crime Victimization Surveys - RONALD CZAJA, University of Illinois, Chicago; JOHNNY BLAIR, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign ............... 38

A Taxonomy of Elusive Populations - LESLIE KISH, University of Michigan ............... 44

 

IV. 125 YEARS OF STATISTICAL PROGRAMS AT THE NATIONAL AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS SERVICE
Organizer: ROBERT D. TORTORA, U.S. Department of Agriculture
Chair: LYLE D. CALVIN, Oregon State University

Sampling Methods in Agriculture - R. RON BOSECKER, U.S. Department of Agriculture ............... 47

125 Years of Agriculture Estimates - FREDERIC A. VOGEL, U.S. Department of Agriculture ............... 53

Agricultural Surveys and Technology - ROBERT D. TORTORA, GEORGE A. HANUSCHAK, U.S. Department of Agriculture ............... 63

Discussion - WAYNE A. FULLER, Iowa State University ............... 69

 

V. STATISTICAL QUALITY OF ESTABLISHMENT SURVEYS
Organizer: GEORGE S. WERKING, Bureau of Labor Statistics
Chair: MARIA E. GONZALEZ, Office of Management and Budget

Focusing on Quality in Establishment Surveys - THOMAS J. PLEWES, Bureau of Labor Statistics ............... 71

Discussion - F. THOMAS JUSTER, University of Michigan ............... 75

Discussion - GORDON J. BRACKSTONE, Statistics Canada ............... 77

 

VI. MULTIPLE IMPUTATION FOR MISSING SURVEY DATA
Organizer: NATHANIEL SCHENKER, Bureau of the Census
Chair: ROBERT E. FAY, Bureau of the Census

An Overview of Multiple Imputation - DONALD B. RUBIN, Harvard University ............... 79

Multiple Imputation of Industry and Occupation Codes for Public-Use Files - NATHANIEL SCHENKER, DONALD J. TREIMAN, LYNN WEIDMAN, University of California, Los Angeles ............... 85

Multiple Imputation for the Fatal Accident Reporting System - DANIEL F. HEITJAN, Penn State University; RODERICK J.A. LITTLE, University of California, Los Angeles ............... 93

 

VII. CENSUS COVERAGE: IMPROVEMENT AND ADJUSTMENT
Organizer/Chair: DAVID A. BINDER, Statistics Canada

Census Coverage Evaluation: Implications of the Past and Plans for the Future - HOWARD HOGAN, KIRK M. WOLTER, Bureau of the Census ............... 103

Coverage Issues for the 1991 Canadian Census of Population - R.G. CARTER, D. ROYCE, Statistics Canada ............... 112

Geographic Estimates of Underenumeration - DAVID STEEL, JENNIFER POULTON, Australian Bureau of Statistics ............... 119

Discussion - BENJAMIN F. KING, Educational Testing Service ............... 129

 

VIII. LONGITUDINAL METHODS RELEVANT TO HUMAN GROWTH
Organizer/Chair: PAUL AHMED, National Center for Health Statistics/Centers for Disease Control

Methodologic Issues in Linked Cross-Sectional Studies: Experiences from the Muscatine Study - WILLIAM R. CLARKE, ROBERT F. WOOLSON, University of Iowa ............... 131

Methods and Analysis Issues in Longitudinal Studies of Growth - ALEX F. ROCHE, SHUMEL GUO, Wright State University ............... 140

 

IX. STATISTICAL TECHNIQUES FOR WASTE AND ENVIRONMENTAL SAMPLING
Organizer: A.S. HEDAYAT, University of Illinois, Chicago
Chair: C.R. RAO, University of Pittsburgh

 

Design Issues in Environmental Surveys - RONALDO IACHAN, Research Triangle Institute ............... 144

Discussion - MOHSEN MEHRAN, Geosystem Consultants, Incorporated ............... 153

 

Contributed Papers by Topic

I. COGNITIVE TECHNIQUES IN SURVEY RESEARCH
Chair: BRENDA G. COX, Research Triangle Institute

An Exploratory Investigation of the Cognitive Processes Used to Answer Expenditure Questions in Surveys - SCOT BURTON, Louisiana State University; EDWARD BLAIR, University of Houston; DONALD R. LICHTENSTEIN, University of Colorado ............... 155

Context Effects for Census Measures of Race and Hispanic Origin - ELIZABETH MARTIN, THERESA J. DeMAIO, PAMELA C. CAMPANELLI, Bureau of the Census ............... 161

Forgetting Events in Autobiographical Memory: Findings from a Health Care Survey - NANCY A. MATHIOWETZ, National Center for Health Services Research ............... 167

Cognitive Aspects of Randomized Response - GAD NATHAN, MONROE G. SIRKEN, National Center for Health Statistics ............... 173

The Application of Cognitive Survey Methodology to an Establishment Survey Field Test - MARK PALMISANO, Bureau of Labor Statistics ............... 179

Preliminary Laboratory Research on Current Population Survey Questionnaires with Employed Persons - JULIA L. BIENIAS, Bureau of Labor Statistics ............... 185

 

II. SAMPLING SMALL AREAS AND RARE EVENTS
Chair: WILLIAM D. KALSBEEK, University of North Carolina

A Model-Based Approach: Composite Estimators for Small Area Estimation - KUNG-JONG LUI, Centers for Disease Control; WILLIAM G. CUMBERLAND, University of California, Los Angeles ............... 191

Representing Local Area Adjustment by Reweighting of Households - ALAN M. ZASLAVSKY, Massachusetts Institute of Technology ............... 196

Sampling Issues in the Design and Implementation of Hispanics Exit Polls - ROBERT L. SANTOS, LORRAINE E. PORCELLINI, Temple University; ROBERT BRISCHETTO, Southwest Voter Research Institute ............... 202

The Economics of a Screening Instrument - MARITZA RUBIO-STIPEC, BARTOLOME STIPEC, University of Puerto Rico ............... 206

 

III. DESIGN AND ANALYSIS OF REPEATED SURVEYS
Chair: HAROLD NISSELSON, Westat, Incorporated

Estimation of Year-to-Year Covariances for a National Health Survey - VAN L. PARSONS, National Center for Health Statistics ............... 210

Design Modifications for the SOI Corporate Sample: Balancing Multiple Objectives - SUSAN HINKINS, HOMER JONES, FRITZ SCHEUREN, Internal Revenue Service ............... 216

The Taxpayer Usage Study: An Important Tool for Studying Tax Reform - MICHAEL E. WEBER, Internal Revenue Service ............... 222

An Integrated Approach for the Treatment of Outliers in Sub-Annual Economic Surveys - JEAN-LOUIS TAMBAY, Statistics Canada ............... 229

Analysis of Categorical Data Structures with Repeated Measurements and Possibly Clustering - ELIANA MARQUES, GARY G. KOCH, University of North Carolina ............... 235

Simultaneous Confidence Intervals: A Comparison Under Complex Sampling - RICHARD W. ANDREWS, WILLIAM C. BIRDSALL, University of Michigan ............... 240

Income and Tax Distribution Statistics, 1916-1986 - JANET McCUBBIN, FRITZ SCHEUREN, Internal Revenue Service ............... 245

 

IV.NEW METHODS OF COLLECTING CONSUMER EXPENDITURE INFORMATION: THE BLS DIARY OPERATIONAL TEST
Organizer: CLYDE TUCKER, Bureau of Labor Statistics
Chair: EVA E. JACOBS, Bureau of Labor Statistics

The CE Diary Operational Test-Differences in Reporting Levels - GREGORY E. SLIWA, Bureau of the Census ............... 250

Procedural Effects in the Collection of Consumer Expenditure Information - CLYDE TUCKER, Bureau of Labor Statistics; CLAUDETTE BENNETT, Bureau of the Census............... 256

Cognitive Issues and Reporting Level Patterns from the CE Diary Operational Test - FRANK A. VITRANO, DAVID L. HUBBLE, ELIZABETH A. VACCA, Bureau of the Census; RUTH ANN KILLION, Evangelical Lutheran Church ............... 262

Evaluating Questionnaire Design: Data Adjustment in the Diary Operational Test - JEANETTE DODDY, Bureau of Labor Statistics ............... 268

Discussion - JOSEPH WAKSBERG, Westat, Incorporated ............... 272

 

 

V. TOPICS IN ESTIMATION FROM SURVEYS
Chair: WILLIAM G. CUMBERLAND, University of California, Los Angeles

Logarithmic Series Distribution and Its Use in Analyzing Discrete Data - JEFFREY R. WILSON, Arizona State University ............... 275

Classical and Prediction Approaches to Estimating Distribution Functions from Survey Data - LYNN KUO, University of Connecticut ............... 280

On Estimating Distributional Characteristics from Categorized Data - LYNN ROY LaMOTTE, EDWARD A. BLAIR, University of Houston ............... 286

Sample Configuration and Conditional Variance in Poststratification - DHIREN GHOSH, Pragmatics, Incorporated; ANDREW VOGT, Georgetown University ............... 289

A General System for the Empirical Evaluation of Statistical Methods for Data from Complex Surveys - MYRON J. KATZOFF, GRETCHEN K. JONES, LESTER R. CURTIN, National Center for Health Statistics ............... 293

 

VI. QUALITY ISSUES IN ESTABLISHMENT SURVEYS
Organizer: KENNON R. COPELAND, Bureau of Labor Statistics
Chair: ALAN R. TUPEK, U.S. Department of Agriculture

Sample Design and Estimation Practices in Federal Establishment Surveys - ALAN R. TUPEK, KENNON R. COPELAND, Bureau of Labor Statistics; PRESTON J. WAITE, Bureau of the Census ............... 298

Control and Measurement of Specification Error in Establishment Surveys - STANLEY R. FREEDMAN, Energy Information Administration ............... 304

Coverage Error in Establishment Surveys - CARL A. KONSCHNIK, Bureau of the Census ............... 309

Response Errors in Establishment Surveys with an Example from an Agribusiness Survey - RON FECSO, BRADLEY V. PAFFORD, National Agricultural Statistics Service ............... 315

Control and Measurement of Nonresponse Error in Establishment Surveys - SAMUEL M. SLOWINSKI, Federal Reserve System ............... 321

Issues on Processing Errors in Establishment Surveys - CAROL CORBY, Bureau of the Census ............... 326

 

VII. SURVEY METHODOLOGICAL RESEARCH AT THE U.S. CENSUS BUREAU
Organizer: RAJENDRA P. SINGH, Bureau of the Census
Chair: DAVID L. HUBBLE, Bureau of the Census

Survey of Income and Program Participation Experiments and Their Results - THOMAS J. CARMODY, DONALD P. FISCHER, ANDREA J. MEIER, Bureau of the Census ............... 331

Further Evaluation of the SIPP Asset Feedback Experiment - LYNN WEIDMAN, KAREN E. KING, TODD WILLIAMS, Bureau of the Census ............... 337

Evaluation of the Survey of Income Program Participation's Cross-Sectional Noninterview Adjustment Method - RITA J. PETRONI, KAREN E. KING, Bureau of the Census ............... 342

Excluding Sample That Misses Some Interviews from SIPP Longitudinal Estimates - LAWRENCE R. ERNST, DANIEL W. GILLMAN, Bureau of the Census ............... 348

Use of Administrative Data in SIPP Longitudinal Estimation - VICKI J. HUGGINS, ROBERT E. FAY, Bureau of the Census ............... 354

Response Errors in SIPP: Some Beginning Estimates Based on Administrative Records - JEFFREY C. MOORE, KENT H. MARQUIS, Bureau of the Census ............... 360

 

VIII. CURRENT RESEARCH IN AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS
Organizer: JAMES W. MERGERSON, U.S. Department of Agriculture
Chair: GEORGE A. HANUSCHAK, U.S. Department of Agriculture

Methodology to Evaluate Sample Designs of the Quarterly Agricultural Survey - ROBERT J. BATTAGLIA, National Agricultural Statistics Service ............... 366

Advanced Computing in NASS - BRIAN CARNEY, U.S. Department of Agriculture ............... 372

Variance Estimation When a First Stage Area Sample Is Restratified - PHILLIP S. KOTT, National Agricultural Statistics Service ............... 377

Ranking States for Area Frame Development - RALPH V. MATTHEWS, U.S. Department of Agriculture ............... 381

Quality Assurance Program for the Agricultural Survey Program - BRADLEY V. PAFFORD, U.S. Department of Agriculture ............... 386

On the Use of Correlations in Crop Yields - DAVID PAWEL, RON FECSO, National Agricultural Statistics Service ............... 391

 

IX. CURRENT ISSUES IN SURVEYS OF HEALTH AND BIOTECHNOLOGY
Chair: LESTER R. CURTIN, National Center for Health Statistics

Development of Computer Assisted Personal Interview for the National Health Interview Survey - STEWART C. RICE, JR., ROBERT A. WRIGHT, BEN ROWE, National Center for Health Statistics ............... 397

1987 National Maternal and Infant Health Survey: Pretest Results - GLORIA A. SIMPSON, PAUL J. PLACEK, National Center for Health Statistics ............... 401

The Health Profile of Egypt: An Integrated Interview / Examination Survey - AMAL S. IBRAHIM, National Cancer Institute, Cairo; ABDEL MONEIM FOUAD, Ministry of Health, Cairo; ALVIN 0. ZARATE, National Center for Health Statistics, USA ............... 404

Biotechnology and the Land-Grant University: The Evidence from Sample Surveys - MACK C. SHELLEY II, WILLIAM F. WOODMAN, BRIAN J. REICHEL, PAUL LASLEY, Iowa State University ............... 410

 

X. MEASUREMENT ISSUES IN LABOR FORCE AND OTHER HOUSEHOLD SURVEYS
Chair: JEFFREY C. MOORE, Bureau of the Census

Trends in the Measurement of U.S. Employment Statuses, 1972-1987 - ROBERT A. JOHNSON, IRWIN SCHREINER, Bureau of the Census ............... 416

The Labour Market Activity Survey and Annual Recall of Labour Market Behaviour - STEPHAN L. ROLLER, Statistics Canada ............... 422

Assessing Bias Due to Classification Error in Labour Force Survey Data - JANE F. GENTLEMAN, Statistics Canada ............... 426

Conversion from Mail to CATI in the Current Employment Statistics Survey - GEORGE S. WERKING, RICHARD CLAYTON, RICHARD ROSEN, DEBBIE WINTER, Bureau of Labor Statistics ............... 431

Alternative Family Weighting Procedures for the Current Population Survey - FLORA KWOK PEITZMEIER, ARTHUR L. HUGHES, C. EASLEY HOY, Bureau of Labor Statistics ............... 437

High Response Error and Poor Coverage Are Severely Hurting the Value of Household Survey Data - GARY M. SHAPIRO, DONNA KOSTANICH, Bureau of the Census ............... 443

 

XI. WEIGHTING, RAKING, AND COMPOSITE ESTIMATION
Chair: FRITZ SCHEUREN, Internal Revenue Service

The Horvitz-Thompson Estimator and Estimates of Its Variance - CHAND MIDHA, University of Akron ............... 449

Survey of Procedures to Control Extreme Sampling Weights - FRANK POTTER, Research Triangle Institute ............... 453

Hybrid Network Estimators - MONROE G. SIRKEN, GAD NATHAN, National Center for Health Statistics ............... 459

Some Statistical Properties of Microaggregated Estimates - JAY J. KIM, Bureau of the Census ............... 462

Algorithms for Making Tables Additive: Raking, Maximum Likelihood, and Minimum Chi-Square - JAMES T. FAGAN, BRIAN V. GREENBERG, Bureau of the Census ............... 467

Composite Estimators in the June Hog Series - CHARLES R. PERRY, PAUL W. COOK, MARTIN L. HOLKO, STEVE D. WIYATT, THOMAS R. BIRKETT, National Agricultural Statistics Service ............... 473

Variance Estimation Using Pseudostrata for a List-Supplemented Area Probability Sample - MIRIAM L. GOLDBERG, PAUL M. GARGIULLO, Energy Information Administration ............... 479

 

XII. INTERVIEWING AND CODING ERRORS IN SURVEYS
Chair: NANCY A. MATHIOWETZ, National Center for Health Services Research

Selected First-Interview Effects in the Consumer Expenditure Interview Survey - ADRIANA R. SILBERSTEIN, Bureau of Labor Statistics ............... 485

Interviewer Falsification in Census Bureau Surveys - IRWIN SCHREINER, KAREN PENNIE, JENNIFER NEWBROUGH, Bureau of the Census ............... 491

Proxy or Principal: Cost Minimizing Strategies of Survey Respondents - WILLIAM D. MARDER, SARA L. THRAN, American Medical Association ............... 497

Independent Versus Dependent Quality Control of Clerical Coding: One Enlightening Experience - ROBERT T. O'REAGAN, MAUREEN P. LYNCH, SUSAN M. ODELL, Bureau of the Census ............... 503

Stratified Sampling Under Measurement Error - PROMOD K. CHANDHOK, Ohio University ............... 508

 

XIII. TOWARD IMPROVED COVERAGE AND MEASUREMENT IN THE 1990 CENSUS
Chair: NOEL A.C. CRESSIE, Iowa State University

Overview of 1988 Dress Rehearsal Data Collection Activities - EDWARD KOBILARCIK, ANTHONY OLIVETO, EDISON GORE, Bureau of the Census ............... 511

Rural Pre-Census Address List Development - JOAN M. HAZARD, MICHAEL TENEBAUM, GEORGE SLEDGE, Bureau of the Census ............... 517

Evaluation of Commercial Address Lists for the 1990 Decennial Census - JAMES B. TREAT, ROBERT G. EDSON, Bureau of the Census ............... 523

Sample Design for the 1990 Census Post Enumeration Survey - H. WOLTMAN, N. ALBERTI, C. MORIARITY, Bureau of the Census ............... 529

Assessing Total Error in Dual System Estimates - MARY H. MULRY, Bureau of the Census; BRUCE D. SPENCER, Northwestern University & NORC ............... 535

Discussion - EUGENE P. ERICKSEN, Temple University ............... 541

 

XIV. COMPUTER-ASSISTED TELEPHONE AND PERSONAL INTERVIEWING
Chair: GAD NATHAN, National Center for Health Statistics

Design of a Systematic Monitoring Plan for CATI Surveys - DAVID W. CHAPMAN, RACHEL B. WEINSTEIN, Bureau of the Census ............... 543

Total Digit Dialing for a Small Area Census by Phone - JANE A. CAMPBELL, CHARLES D. PALIT, University of Wisconsin-Extension ............... 549

A Study of Ring/No Answer Numbers in Random Digit Dialing Telephone Surveys - MARY A. GENALO, ROY D. HICKMAN, Iowa State University ............... 552

Preliminary Results from the National Crime Survey (NCS) CATI Experiment - DAVID L. HUBBLE, BRUCE E. WILDER, Bureau of the Census ............... 558

Cost Models for Computer-Assisted Interviewing in the CPS - WILLIAM L. NICHOLLS, RICHARD F. BLASS, MICHAEL E. HAAS, Bureau of the Census ............... 564

 

XV. SURVEY QUALITY ASSESSMENT
Chair: CLYDE TUCKER, Bureau of Labor Statistics

Assessing the 1986 Canadian Census Questionnaire - MARIE BRODEUR, DON ROYCE, Statistics Canada ............... 570

The 1986 Rural Post-Enumeration Survey in East Central Mississippi - IRWIN ANOLIK, Bureau of the Census ............... 576

Evaluating the Quality of Canada's 1986 Census of Agriculture - MARY MARCH, JUDITH FREDERICK, ELAINE WILSON, D. CASTONGUAY, Statistics Canada ............... 582

Retrospective Survey Validation of Teenage Smoking - NONIE ATKINSON, JAMES T. MASSEY, National Center for Health Statistics ............... 587

An Experiment with Process Control: Implementation and Results - CLAUDIA S. GLOVER, DANIEL L. WHITEHOUSE, CHARLES H. ALEXANDER, Bureau of the Census ............... 591

Estimating Business Birth Employment in the Current Employment Statistics Program - THOMAS J. GRZESIAK, JANICE LENT, Bureau of Labor Statistics ............... 597

Employer Reporting Unit Match Study (ERUMS)—What Have We Learned? - WARREN L. BUCKLER, Social Security Administration ............... 603

 

XVI. MISSING DATA ADJUSTMENTS: THEORY AND APPLICATIONS
Chair: RODERICK J. LITTLE, University of California, Los Angeles

Methodology for Missing Data in the U.S. National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey - PAUL D. WILLIAMS, National Center for Health Statistics; HAROLD NISSELSON, Westat, Incorporated ............... 609

Models for and the Effect of Nonresponse in a Survey of the Noninstitutionalized Elderly - MORTON B. BROWN, DAN-YU LIN, DANIEL P. NORMOLLE, A. REGULA HERZOG, University of Michigan ............... 615

Estimation in the Presence of Nonignorable Missing Data and a Markov Superpopulation Model - STEPHEN M. WOODRUFF, Bureau of Labor Statistics ............... 621

Generalized Edit and Imputation System for Economic Surveys at Statistics Canada - JOHN G. KOVAR, P. WHITRIDGE, JAMES H. MacMILLAN, Statistics Canada ............... 627

Estimation of Missing Values by Predicted Score - JAVAID KAISER, East Carolina University, DICK B. TRACY, University of Kansas ............... 631

 

XVII. SAMPLE SURVEY DESIGN: METHODOLOGY AND APPLICATIONS
Chair: DONALD J. MALEC, National Center for Health Statistics

The Effects of Stratification in Nonlinear Superpopulation Models - JAMES BETHEL, Westat, Incorporated ............... 636

Development of a New Income Stratifier for a Sample of Individual Tax Returns - JOHN L. CZAJKA, Mathematica Policy Research Incorporated ............... 640

Two-Way Optimal Stratification Using Dynamic Programming - PIERRE LAVALLEE, Statistics Canada ............... 646

The Use of Mathematical Programming for Designing Dual Frame Surveys - WILLIAM F. McCARTHY, DAVID V. BATEMAN, Bureau of the Census ............... 652

A Model-Based Sample Selection Procedure for One-Stage Sampling - NANCY J. CARTER, California State University, Chico; G. DAVID FAULKENBERRY, Oregon State University ............... 654

Survey Methodology for Studying Radon Levels in Homes - BRENDA G. COX, SHELTON M. JONES, Research Triangle Institute ............... 657

 

XVIII. FILE MERGING AND MATCHING—THE MISSING LINK?
Chair: STEPHEN G. HEERINGA, University of Michigan

Identifying the Most Probable Matches to the National Death Index - ROBERT A. WRIGHT, National Center for Health Statistics ............... 663

Using the EM Algorithm for Weight Computation in the Fellegi-Sunter Model of Record Linkage - WILLIAM E. WINKLER, Bureau of the Census ............... 667

Statistical Matching Using Log-Linear Imputation - AVINASH C. SINGH, JOHN B. ARMSTRONG, G.E. LEMAITRE, Statistics Canada ............... 672

Sole Proprietorship Employment and Payroll Estimation: A Record Linkage Approach - CHARLES D. DAY, Internal Revenue Service ............... 678

Matching After Random Assignment: Imputing Performance - GEORGE CAVE, Manpower Demonstration Research Corporation ............... 684

 

XIX. SAMPLING ERROR: METHODOLOGY, SOFTWARE, AND APPLICATIONS
Chair: RALPH E. FOLSOM, Research Triangle Institute

Variance Estimation for Linear Regression Coefficients in Complex Sampling Situation - DOMINIQUE CARON, Wellesley Hospital; PAUL N. COREY, University of Toronto ............... 688

TREES--A Computer Program for Complex Surveys - DAVID R. BELLHOUSE, University of Western Ontario; DAVID T. RYLETT, Health and Welfare Canada ............... 694

Variance Estimation for the Federal Waterfowl Harvest Surveys - PAUL H. GEISSLER, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service ............... 698

Comparisons of Variance Estimators in Stratified Random and Systematic Sampling - RICHARD VALLIANT, Bureau of Labor Statistics ............... 704

Measuring Sample Variability in the Producer Price Index - DEMETRA V. COLLIA, Bureau of Labor Statistics ............... 710

Results of a Simulation for Comparing Two Methods for Estimating Quantiles and Their Variances for Data from a Sample Survey - SARA C. WHEELESS, BABUBHAI V. SHAH, Research Triangle Institute ............... 716

Confidence Limits for Small Proportions in Complex Samples - SHULAMITH T. GROSS, MARTIN R. FRANKEL, Baruch College, The City University of New York ............... 722

 

CONTRIBUTED PAPERS—POSTER SESSION

ASA Annual Survey of Chapter Activities-1986 - STEPHEN F. BINGHAM, Veterans Administration; BRENDA G. COX, Research Triangle Institute; JEFFREY H. SCHWARTZ, The Upjohn Company ............... 728

The Variance of Health Surveys at National Center for Health Statistics - JAI WON CHOI, National Center for Health Statistics ............... 734

Sample Design of the NMES Survey of American Indians and Alaska Natives - STEVEN B. COHEN, National Center for Health Services Research; RALPH DiGAETANO, JOSEPH WAKSBERG, Westat Incorporated ............... 740

Missing Data on Medical Expenditure Surveys: Matching Household and Provider Reports - W. SHERMAN EDWARDS, E. PATRICK WARD, Westat, Incorporated; MARC L. BERK, Project HOPE ............... 746

Variance Estimation Concerns in the National Medical Expenditure Survey (NMES) Screener Sample - DAVID J. FITCH, STEVEN B. COHEN, National Center for Health Services Research ............... 750

Investigation of the Optimum Time to Conduct Telephone Surveys - REBECCA J. HOAGLAND, WILLIAM D. WARDE, MARK E. PAYTON, Oklahoma State University ............... 755

SUDAAN: A Comprehensive Software Package for Survey Data Analysis - LISA M. LaVANGE, BABUBHAI V. SHAH, BETH G. BARNWELL, JOYCE F. KILLINGER, Research Triangle Institute ............... 761

Nonresponse in a Survey of Nursing Homes and Facilities for Mentally Retarded Persons: Findings from the National Medical Expenditure Survey, Institutional Population Component - D.E.B. POTTER, National Center for Health Services Research ............... 767

Simplified Design Structures for NHANES I Variance Estimation - MICHAEL ROWLAND, VAN L. PARSONS, DIANE MAKUC, National Center for Health Statistics ............... 773

Linking Multiple Stratifications: Two Petroleum Surveys - PEDRO J. SAAVEDRA, Macro Systems ............... 777