I. APPLYING TIME SERIES METHODS IN REPEATED SAMPLE SURVEYS
Organizer: WILLIAM R. BELL, Bureau of the Census
Chair: STEVEN C. HILLMER, University of Kansas
Estimation and Seasonal Adjustment of Population
Means Using Data from Repeated Surveys - DANNY PFEFFERMANN, Hebrew University
............... 1
Implications of Survey Designs for Estimating
Seasonal ARIMA Models - DAVID A. BINDER, JYETER DICK, Statistics Canada
............... 11
A Kalman Filter Approach to Labor Force Estimation
Using Survey Data - RICHARD TILLER, Bureau of Labor Statistics ...............
16
The Time Series Analysis of Compositional Data
- T. M. FRED SMITH, University of Southampton; TERESA M. BRUNSDON, Sheffield
City Polytechnic ............... 26
An Infectious Disease Model for Estimating
the Incidence of HIV - PHILIP C. COOLEY, DAVID N. HAMILL, SUSAN J. READE-CHRISTOPHER,
Research Triangle Institute; CHARLES M. VAN DER HORST, University of North
Carolina at Chapel Hill ............... 33
Quality Enhancement of the National Household
Seroprevalence Survey - JAMES T. MASSEY, National Center for Health Statistics;
RALPH FOLSOM, Research Triangle Institute; TRENA EZZATI, National Center for
Health Statistics ............... 40
Discussion - MICHAEL A. STOTO, Institute
of Medicine ............... 48
Effect on Secondary Data Analysis of the Use
of Imputed Values: The Case Where Missing Data Are Not Missing at Random
- J. H. JINN, National Chengchi University, Taiwan; J. SEDRANSK, University
of Iowa and Bureau of the Census ............... 51
Survey Inference with Weights for Differential
Sample Selection or Nonresponse - RODERICK J. A. LITTLE, University of
California School of Medicine, Los Angeles ............... 62
Discussion - DAVID W. CHAPMAN, Bureau of
the Census ............... 72
Nonparametric Density Estimation for Immunologic
Measurements - T. YANG, N. DUBIN, New York University Medical Center ...............
73
The Design of Surveys Using Measurement Design
Standards - R. E. FOLSOM, DANIEL G. HORV1TZ, L. M. LAVANGE, Research Triangle
Institute ............... 80
What Is Survey Quality: Back to the Future
- RON FECSO, National Agricultural Statistics Service, USDA ...............
88
Discussion - JOSEPH K. GARRETT, Bureau
of the Census ............... 97
Discussion - DAVID MORGANSTEIN, Westat,
Inc. ............... 100
Compiler-Interpreter for Survey Data Analysis
Language - BABUBHAI V. SHAH, Research Triangle Institute ...............
103
Complex Survey Variance Estimation and Contingency
Table Analysis Using Replication - PAUL FLYER, KEITH RUST, DAVID MORGANSTEIN,
Westat, Inc. ............... 110
Development and Testing of Telephone Survey
Methods for Household Surveys at Statistics Canada - J. DOUGLAS DREW,
J. PETER DICK, KAREN SW1TZER, Statistics Canada ............... 120
Characteristics of Commercial Residential Telephone
Lists and Dual Frame Designs - CLYDE TUCKER, Bureau of Labor Statistics
............... 128
Telephone Survey Designs - ROBERT J. CASADY,
Bureau of Labor Statistics ............... 138
Discussion - JOSEPH WAKSBERG, Westat, Inc.
............... 148
Decennial Census Research and Evaluation Program—Its
History and Influence - SUSAN M. MISKURA, DAVID C. WHiTFORD, CATHERINE
KEELEY, Bureau of the Census ............... 151
Discussion - MORRIS H. HANSEN, Westat,
Inc. ............... 161
I. VARIANCE ESTIMATION IN SURVEYS I
Organizer/Chair: RONALD IACHAN, Research Triangle Institute
Generalized Composite Estimation in Repeated
Sampling: Designs and Variance Formulae - PATRICK J. CANTWELL, Bureau
of the Census ............... 164
The Effects of Sample Size on Variances of
the Producer Price Index - JUDITH HELLERSTEIN, Bureau of Labor Statistics
............... 170
Comparison of Variance Estimators for Producer
Price Index Data - CAROL SPEASE, Bureau of Labor Statistics ...............
176
Variance Components and Design Comparisons
for an Area Sample Survey in Cameroon - CHARLES H. PROCTOR, North Carolina
State University ............... 182
Variance of Intracluster Correlation Estimator
- JAI W. CHOI, National Center for Health Statistics ............... 188
A Generalized Approach for the Sampling and
Estimation of Sub-Annual Business Surveys - MICHAEL A. HIDIROGLOU, G.
H. CHOUDHRY, Statistics Canada ............... 193
Assessing Linearization Variance Estimators
- PHILLIP S. KOTT, National Agricultural Statistics Service, USDA ...............
201
Computing Jackknife Variance Estimates with
Certainty and Noncertainty PSUs - DAVID A. MARKER, Westat, Inc. ...............
207
DEFFS: Why, When, and How? A Review - LESLIE
KISH, University of Michigan ............... 209
Theory and Application of Replicate Weighting
for Variance Calculations - ROBERT E. FAY, Bureau of the Census ...............
212
Discussion - KEITH RUST, Westat, Inc. ...............
218
A Statistical Edit for Livestock Slaughter
Data - CATHY MAZUR, National Agricultural Statistics Service, USDA ...............
221
Altemative Imputation Methods for Employment
Data - SANDRA WEST, SHALL BUTANI, MICHAEL WITT, CRAIG ADKINS, Bureau of
Labor Statistics ............... 227
Multiple Imputation in a Complex Sample Survey
- EUGENE M. BURNS, Energy Information Administration ............... 233
A Multivariate Analysis of Farm Costs and
Returns Survey Data - W. W. DONALDSON, USDA; R. E. BARGMANN, University
of Georgia ............... 239
Discussion - JOSEPH SEDRANSK, National
Center for Health Statistics and University of Iowa ............... 245
Discussion - DAVID W. CHAPMAN, Bureau of
the Census ............... 246
An Edit Scheme Based on Multivariate Data Analysis
- FRANCE BILOCQ, JEAN-MARIE BERTHELOT, Statistics Canada ............... 248
Address Register Research at Statistics Canada
- J. D. DREW, DONALD A. ROYCE, A. VAN BAAREN, Statistics Canada ...............
252
Controlling Response Error in an Establishment
Survey - CHESTER H. PONIKOWSKI, SUE A. MEILY, Bureau of Labor Statistics
............... 258
Developing a Cost Model for Altemative Data
Collection Methods: Mail, CATI and TDE - RICHARD L. CLAYTON, LOUIS J.
HARRELL, JR., Bureau of Labor Statistics ............... 264
Discussion - NASH J. MONSOUR, Bureau of
the Census ............... 270
Response Rates and Non-Response Adjustment
in a National Survey - WILLIAM D. MOSHER, National Center for Health Statistics;
DAVID JUDKINS, HUSEN GOKSEL, Westat, Inc. ............... 273
Weighting and Imputation Methods for Nonresponse
in CPS Gross Flows Estimation - ARTHUR L. HUGHES, FLORA K. PEITZMEIER,
Bureau of Labor Statistics ............... 279
The Robustness of Hot-Deck and Cell Mean Methods
in Retaining Population Covariance Structure in Imputed Samples - JAVAID
KAISER, Virginia Tech ............... 286
Imputing Hourly Wages in the National Medical
Expenditure Survey - AYAH E. JOHNSON, STEVEN B. COHEN, ALAN C. MONHEIT,
National Center for Health Services Research and Health Care Technology Assessment
............... 290
Weighting Adjustments for Partial Nonresponse
in the 1984 SIPP Panel - JAMES LEPKOWSKI, GRAHAM KALTON, University of
Michigan; DANIEL KASPRZYK, Bureau of the Census ............... 296
Event History Analysis of Proxy Response Patterns
and Health Care Coverage Among the Aged: Data from the 1984 Survey of Income
and Program Participation Panel - LARRY S. CORDER, KENNETH G. MANTON,
Duke University ............... 302
Time-in-Sample Biases in the Survey of Income
and Program Participation - RAMESWAR P. CHAKRABARTY, TODD R. WILLIAMS,
Bureau of the Census ............... 309
Reporting of Income Recipiency by Self and
Proxy Respondents in SIPP - SUSAN VICK, LYNN WEIDMAN, Bureau of the Census
............... 315
Preliminary Evaluation of Maximum Telephone
Interviewing on the SIPP - PHILIP M. GBUR, RITA J. PETRONI, Bureau of
the Census ............... 320
Findings from the SIPP Fringe Benefits Feasibility
Study: Response Rates and Data Quality - SHELDON E. HABER, George Washington
University ............... 326
Discussion - RALPH E. FOLSOM, Research
Triangle Institute ............... 331
Methods for the Revision of the NCHS/CDC Growth
Charts: Birth to 36 Months - ALEX F. ROCHE, SHUMEL GUO, Wright State University
School of Medicine; CATHERINE WOTEKI, National Center for Health Statistics;
FREDERICK L. TROWBRIDGE, Centers for Disease Control ............... 333
A Simulation Study of Various Estimators Which
Use Auxiliary Data in an Establishment Survey - HYUNSHIK LEE, JAMES CROAL,
Statistics Canada ............... 336
On the Estimation of Distribution and Quantile
Functions for Small Domains - MILORAD S. KOVACEVIC, University of Iowa
............... 342
Discussion - DAVID R. JUDKINS, Westat,
Inc. ............... 348
Methodological Issues in CAPI - MICK COUPER,
ROBERT M. GROVES, University of Michigan; CAROL L. KOSARY, Arbitron Ratings
Company ............... 349
Mail Questionnaires: An Altemative to Telephone
Surveys for Followback Studies - HOLLY B. SHULMAN, MELISSA M. ADAMS, and
the PRAMS Working Group, Centers for Disease Control ............... 355
Evaluation of the Use of CATI in the Current
Population Survey - HARLAND H. SHOEMAKER, JOHN M. BUSHERY, LAWRENCE S.
CAHOON, Bureau of the Census ............... 361
Response Rates in a Dual-Frame Sample Design
CATI Test - SHARON L. DURANT, FRANK VITRANO, Bureau of the Census ...............
367
Discussion - WILLIAM L. NICHOLLS, II, Bureau
of the Census ............... 372
Analysis of SIPP Reinterview Data A Poisson
Model of Response Error - DANIEL H. HILL, University of Toledo ...............
375
Some Response Errors in SIPP—With Thoughts
About Their Effects and Remedies - KENT H. MARQUIS, JEFFREY C. MOORE,
Bureau of the Census ............... 381
Seam Effect, Recall Bias, and the Estimation
of Labor Force Transition Rates from SIPP - ALBERTO MARTINI, Mathematica
Policy Research ............... 387
Wave-Seam Effects in the SIPP - NATHAN
C. YOUNG, The Urban Institute ............... 393
The Clinical Epidemiology of Asthma in an HMO—Methodologic
Considerations - WILLIAM M. VOLLMER, MERWYN R. GREENLICK, Kaiser Permanente
Center for Health Research; A. SONIA BUIST, MOLLY L. OSBORNE, Oregon Health
Sciences University ............... 399
Methodologic Considerations in Linking Multiple
Databases for the Study of AIDS Epidemiology - ROSELIE A. BRIGHT, MARILYN
J. CHOWN, DANIEL E. EVERITT, JERRY GURWITZ, JERRY AVORN, Harvard Medical School
and Beth Israel Hospital ............... 403
A Cognitive Investigation of Responses to Dietary
Surveys - ALBERT F. SMITH, Columbia University; JARED B. JOBE, DAVID J.
MINGAY, National Center for Health Statistics ............... 407
Response Errors and Bias in the Recall of Chronic
Pain - PETER SALOVEY, Yale University; JARED B. JOBE, GORDON B. WILLIS,
National Center for Health Statistics; WILLIAM J. SIEBER, SASHA VAN DER SLEESEN,
Yale University; DENNIS C. TURK, University of Pittsburgh; ALBERT F. SMITH,
State University of New York, Binghamton ............... 413
Recall Strategies for Estimation of Smoking
Levels in Health Surveys - BARBARA MEANS, GARY E. SWAN, SRI International;
JARED B. JOBE, JAMES L. ESPOSITO, National Center for Health Statistics; ELIZABETH
F. LOFTUS, University of Washington ............... 421
The Role of Respondent Comprehension and Interviewer
Knowledge in CPS Labor Force Classification - PAMELA C. CAMPANELLI, JENNIFER
M. ROTHGEB, ELIZABETH A. MARTIN, Bureau of the Census ............... 425
Discussion - MURRAY ABORN, National Science
Foundation ............... 431
Cost-Efficiency and the Number of Allowable
Callbacks in the National Health Interview Survey - WILLIAM D. KALSBEEK,
University of North Carolina; STEVEN L. BOTMAN, JAMES T. MASSEY, National
Center for Health Statistics ............... 434
Nonresponse in a Survey of Nursing Home Residents
- D. E. B. POTTER, National Center for Health Services Research ...............
440
Hierarchical Modeling for Nonresponse and Victimizations
in the National Crime Survey - ELIZABETH A. STASNY, Ohio State University
............... 446
Adjusting for Nonresponse in a Telephone Subscriber
Survey - JAMES H. DREW, GTE Laboratories, Inc.; ROBERT M. GROVES, University
of Michigan ............... 452
Estimation of Sampling Probabilities for Sample
Aggregation Sites - CHARLES D. COWAN, National Center for Education Statistics;
SARA M. DEBANNE, Case Westem Reserve University School of Medicine ...............
457
Combining Panel and Cross-Sectional Selection
in an Annual Sample of Tax Returns - JOHN L. CZAJKA, Mathematica Policy
Research, Inc.; BONNYE WALKER, Internal Revenue Service ............... 463
Some Panel Aspects of the Objective Yield Survey
- MARK REISER, Arizona State University; RON FECSO, National Agricultural
Statistics Services, USDA; MENG-KOON CHUA, Arizona State University ...............
469
Analysis of Trends in Tobacco Consumption by
Minorities - AMDETSION KIDANE, JOE W. LEE, NARENDRA K. RUSTAGI, Howard
University ............... 475
Categorization of Responses to the Open-Ended
Labor Force Questions in the Current Population Survey (CPS) - MARIA P.
FRACASSO, Bureau of Labor Statistics ............... 481
Reliability of Proxy Response in the Current
Population Survey - LAWRENCE E. BOEHM, Bureau of Labor Statistics ...............
486
Tests of Alternative Questions for Measuring
Industry and Occupation in the CPS - GREGORY H. GAERTNER, DAVID CANTOR,
NANCY L. GAY, Westat, Inc.; SUSAN E. SHANK, Bureau of Labor Statistics ...............
490
Procedures for Validating Reports of Hours
Worked and for Classifying Discrepancies Between Questionnaire Reports and
Validation Totals - W. SHERMAN EDWARDS, Westat, Inc.; ROGER LEVINE, American
Institutes for Research; SHARON R. COHANY, Bureau of Labor Statistics ...............
496
Improving Comprehension and Recall in the Consumer
Expenditure Interview Survey: Discrepancies in Comprehension and Recall as
a Source of Nonsampling Error - LESLIE A. MILLER, THEODORE DOWNES-LE GUN,
Bureau of Labor Statistics ............... 502
Discussion - ELIZABETH A. MARTIN, Bureau
of the Census ............... 508
Multiple Random Start Systematic Sampling:
An Empirical Study - ALFREDO NAVARRO, SUSAN E. PAK, Bureau of the Census
............... 510
Disclosure Avoidance for the 1990 Census -
RICHARD A. GRIFFIN, ALFREDO NAVARRO, LINDA FLORES-BAEZ, Bureau of the Census
............... 516
A Total Error Model for the 1990 Census
- HENRY F. WOLTMAN, ROBERT A. JOHNSON, Bureau of the Census ...............
522
A Census for All Seasons—Planning for
the Non-Stateside 1990 Housing Censuses - CARMINA F. YOUNG, Bureau of
the Census ............... 528
1990 Census Planning for Data Products
- CHERYL R. LANDMAN, GLORIA I. PORTER, LINDA S. BRUDVIG, Bureau of the Census
............... 534
Sample Design of the NMES Medical Provider
Survey - STEVEN B. COHEN, RALPH DIGAETANO, MIKE BRICK, National Center
for Health Services Research ............... 538
Respondent Reactions to Item Count Lists and
Randomized Response - MICHAEL L. HUBBARD, RACHEL A. CASPER, JUDITH T.
LESSLER, Research Triangle Institute ............... 544
Estimation for a Non-Sensitive Variate Over
Sensitive Sub-Populations Observed Using Randomized Response - PATRICK
D. BOURKE, University College, Cork, Ireland ............... 549
Surveying Small Businesses About Their Finances
- BRENDA G. COX, Research Triangle Institute; GREGORY E. ELLIEHAUSEN, JOHN
D. WOLKEN, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System ...............
553
Results of the Nonsampling Error Measurement
Survey of Field Interviewers - SUSAN A. LAVIN, Bureau of the Census ...............
558
Discussion - SEYMOUR SUDMAN, University
of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign ............... 564
Cost-Variance Optimization of Dual Frame Design
for Estimating Proportions - G. H. CHOUDHRY, Statistics Canada ...............
566
Integration of Two Surveys—An Update
- STEVEN L. BOTMAN, National Center for Health Statistics; JOSEPH WAKSBERG,
SANDRA SPERRY, Westat, Inc.; WILLIAM F. PRATT, National Center for Health
Statistics ............... 572
Systematic Selection of PPS Samples for Several
Surveys from the Same Universe - JULIA L. BIENIAS, DAVID L. HUBBLE, CHARLES
H. ALEXANDER, Bureau of the Census ............... 578
U-Statistics in Unequal Probability Samples
- RICK L. WILLIAMS, Research Triangle Institute; PARNAB K. SEN, University
of North Carolina-Chapel Hill ............... 584
Discussion - WILLIAM D. KALSBEEK, University
of North Carolina ............... 590
Classification Tree Methodology for Mail List
Development - DEDRICK OWENS, Bureau of the Census; RUTH ANN KILLION, Evangelical
Lutheran Church in America; MAGDALENA RAMOS, RICHARD SCHMEHL, Bureau of the
Census ............... 593
1987 Census of Agriculture Coverage Evaluation
Estimatio - KAREN E. WRIGHT, WILLIAM C. DAVIE, JANE D. SANDUSKY, ELIZABETH
A. VACCA, Bureau of the Census ............... 599
1985 and 1986 Census of Agriculture Tests
- KAREN MCKELVEY, CYNTHIA Z. F. CLARK, Bureau of the Census; RUTH ANN KILLION,
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America ............... 605
Screening for Agriculture Activity - MARY
C. GATT DAVIS, CYNTHIA Z. F. CLARK, ELIZABETH A. VACCA, KAREN E. WRIGHT, Bureau
of the Census ............... 611
Discussion - RICHARD ALLEN, U.S. Department
of Agriculture ............... 617
Discussion - GEORGE W. BEELEN, Statistics
Canada ............... 619
Stratification of a Population: Programming
of Lavallee and Hidiroglou's Algorithm - WILLIAM W. S. CHEN, U.S. Department
of the Treasury ............... 620
Further Applications of Linear Programming
to Sampling Problems - LAWRENCE R. ERNST, Bureau of the Census ...............
625
Model-Based Sample Selection and Prediction
Procedures for Two-Stage Sampling - NANCY J. CARTER, California State
University, Chico; G. DAVID FAULKENBERRY, Oregon State University ...............
631
Sampling in Time and Space - RONALDO IACHAN,
Research Triangle Institute ............... 636
Optimum Stratified Sampling Using Prior Information
- KALLAPPA M. KOTI, Southern Methodist University; BENJAMIN S. DURAN, TRUMAN
0. LEWIS, Texas Tech University ............... 641
Two-Phase Sample Design for Tax Data -
G. H. CHOUDHRY, PIERRE LAVALLÉE, MICHEL A. HIDIROGLOU, Statistics Canada
............... 646
Joint Effects of Errors of Measurement and
Grouping on the Estimated Product-Moment Correlation - JOHN J. CHAI, CHUNG
CHEN, Syracuse University ............... 652
On An E-Contamination Model for Multinomial
Response Error with Application to Labour Flows - A. C. SINGH, G. E. LEMAITRE,
Statistics Canada ............... 657
Nine Years of Coverage Evaluation Research:
What Have We Learned? - HOWARD HOGAN, Bureau of the Census ...............
663
Using Administrative Lists to Supplement Coverage
in Hard-to-Count Areas of the Post-Enumeration Survey for the 1988 Census
of St. Louis - GLENN WOLFGANG, Bureau of the Census ............... 669
The Forward Trace Study - MARY H. MULRY,
AREF DAJANI, Bureau of the Census ............... 675
Multiple-System Methods for Census Coverage
Evaluation - ALAN M. ZASLAVSKY, MIT and Harvard University ...............
681
Discussion - MICHAEL A. STOTO, National
Academy of Sciences ............... 687
The 1988 Post Enumeration Survey Methods and
Preliminary Results - DANNY R. CHILDERS, HOWARD HOGAN, Bureau of the Census
............... 689
Evaluation of the Interviewer Quality Control
Procedure for the Post-Enumeration Survey - LYNNE STOKES, University of
Texas; PATRICIA M. JONES, Bureau of the Census ............... 696
Quality Assurance for the Clerical Matching
Operation in the 1990 Post-Enumeration Survey - KIRSTEN K. WEST, CAROL
CORBY, GARY VAN NEST, Bureau of the Census ............... 699
The Matching Error Study for the 1988 Dress
Rehearsal - MARY H. MULRY, AREF DAJANI, Bureau of the Census; PAUL P.
BIEMER, University of New Mexico ............... 704
The 1987 Post-Enumeration Survey - IRWIN
ANOLIK, Bureau of the Census ............... 710
Discussion - MICHAEL LEE COHEN, University
of Maryland ............... 716
Mean Square Error Estimation of Kalman Filter
Estimates from Aggregate Survey Data - STEPHEN M. MILLER, Bureau of Labor
Statistics ............... 718
A Multivariate Approach to Estimation in Finite
Population Sampling When Nonignorable Nonresponse Is Present - STEPHEN
M. WOODRUFF, Bureau of Labor Statistics ............... 724
Generalized Least Squares Estimation Under
Poststratification - MICHAEL D. BANKIER, Statistics Canada ...............
730
Outliers in Sample Surveys - P. D. GHANGURDE,
Statistics Canada ............... 736
Cluster Analysis Methods and Regression Modelling
- MOHAMED A. AMIN, Al-Mustansiriyah University, Iraq ............... 740
Adjusting Survey Estimates of Grain Yield with
Weather Variables - ARLIN M. FEYERHERM, Kansas State University ...............
744
The Computational Complexity of
Some Rounding and Survey Overlap Problems - KIRK PRUHS, University of
Pittsburgh ............... 747
On X2 Tests for Contingency
Tables from Complex Sample Surveys with Fixed Cells and Marginal Design Effects
- HA H. NGUYEN, Merck & Co.; CHARLES H. ALEXANDER, Bureau of the Census
............... 753
Two Empirical Studies of Statistical
Methods Applied to Data from Complex Surveys - MYRON J. KATZOFF, GRETCHEN
K. JONES, LESTER R. CURTIN, National Center for Health Statistics; BARRY GRAUBARD,
National Institute of Health ............... 757
Size and Power of Independence
Tests for R X C Tables from Complex Surveys
- D. R. THOMAS, Carleton University; A. C. SINGH, GEORGIA R. ROBERTS, Statistics
Canada ............... 763
Analysis of Hypertension Prevalence
Data for the Canadian Population - JANE F. GENTLEMAN, MONICA TOMIAK, Statistics
Canada ............... 769
Discussion - ROBERT E. FAY,
Bureau of the Census ............... 776
Frequency-Based Matching in the
Fellegi-Sunter Model of Record Linkage - WILLIAM E. WINKLER, Bureau of
the Census ............... 778
A Proposed Improvement in Computer
Matching Techniques - THOMAS R. BELIN, Harvard University ...............
784
An Adjunct Facilities Survey for
a Complex Buildings Survey - MIRIAM L. GOLDBERG, Energy Information Administration
............... 790
Automatic Coding of Transcript
Data for a Survey of Recent College Graduates - DANIEL J. PRATT, JENNIFER
W. MAYS, Research Triangle Institute ............... 796
The Use of Measurement Error to
Avoid Disclosure - GARY R. SULLIVAN, WAYNE A. FULLER, Iowa State University
............... 802
Pre-Election Poll Reliability:
Results of a Small City Survey - RICHARD BOLSTEIN, George Mason University
............... 808
The Effect of Time of Voting on
Election Results—Based on Exit Poll Data - JEFFREY L. VEACH, HOWARD
B. CHRISTENSEN, Brigham Young University ............... 815
Experimental Design for Discrete
Choice Voter Preference Surveys - RICHARD T. CARSON, University of California,
San Diego; DAN STEINBERG, San Diego State University ............... 821
Bayesian and Non-Bayesian Procedures
for Small-Area Estimation: Relationships and Computational Aspects - FREDERICK
L. HULTING, DAVID A. HARVILLE, Iowa State University ............... 823
Asymptotically Optimal Bilinear
and QR Estimators for Small Area Parameters - WIETSE DOL, TON STEERNEMAN,
University of Groningen, The Netherlands ............... 829
Discussion - STEPHEN M. MILLER,
Bureau of Labor Statistics ............... 835
What to Teach About Control Charts
and Process Capability in Basic Statistics - BRUCE L. BOWERMAN, RICHARD
T. O'CONNELL, Miami University ............... 837
Clues from the National Medical
Expenditure Survey (NMES) on Optimum Number of Households Per Cluster
- DAVID J. FITCH, National Center for Health Services Research ...............
843
Ratio Estimation and Approximate
Optimum Stratification in Electric Power Surveys - JAMES R. KNAUB, JR.,
U.S. Department of Energy ............... 848
State Estimates for the National
Health Interview Survey - VAN L. PARSONS, STEVEN L. BOTMAN, DONALD MALEC,
National Center for Health Statistics ............... 854
Estimating the Costs of Conducting
One-Time Surveys Using Lotus 1-2-3 - DOUG DOYLE, JANE H. LARSON, MARK
PIERZCHALA, National Agricultural Statistics Service, USDA ...............
860
Sample Design for the 1990 Decennial
Census - ALFREDO NAVARRO, RICHARD A. GRIFFIN, Bureau of the Census ...............
866