I. DOING MORE FOR USERS OF PUBLIC DATA SETS
Organizer: KAREN V. O'CONOR, Internal Revenue Service
Chair: ROBERT E. FAY, III, U.S. Bureau of the Census
Imputation of the 1989 Survey of Consumer Finances:
Stochastic Relaxation and Multiple Imputation - ARTHUR B. KENNICKELL,
Federal Reserve System ............... 1
Variance Estimation for Current Population
Survey Small Area Labor Force Estimates - JANICE LENT, U.S. Bureau of
Labor Statistics ............... 11
Discussion - RODERICK J.A. LITTLE, University
of California ............... 21
Hypothesis Testing of Linear Regression Coefficients
with Survey Data - PHILLIP S. KOTT, U.S. Bureau of the Census ...............
24
Use of Estimating Functions for Interval Estimation
from Complex Surveys - DAVID A. BINDER, Statistics Canada ...............
34
Discussion - KEITH RUST, Westat, Incorporated
............... 43
Determining Which Questions are Best: Methodologies
for Evaluating Survey Questions - JAMES L. ESPOSITO, U.S. Bureau of Labor
Statistics; PAMELA C. CAMPANELLI, JENNIFER M. ROTHGEB, U.S. Bureau of the
Census; ANNE E. POLIVKA, U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics ............... 46
Development of the Proposed Revised Current
Population Survey - JENNIFER M. ROTHGEB, U.S. Bureau of the Census; ANNE
E. POLTVKA, U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics; KATHLEEN P. CREIGHTON, U.S. Bureau
of the Census; SHARON R. COHANY, U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics ...............
56
Discussion - JUDITH M. TANUR, State University
of New York ............... 66
Discussion - KIRK M. WOLTER, A.C. Nielsen
Company ............... 69
Epidemiologic Studies Utilizing Surveys: Accounting
for the Sampling Design - EDWARD L. KORN, BARRY I. GRAUBARD, National
Cancer Institute ............... 72
Nonresponse Research at Statistics Sweden
- INGRID LYBERG, LARS LYBERG, Statistics Sweden ............... 78
Toward a Useful Theory of Survey Participation
- ROBERT M. GROVES, U.S. Bureau of the Census and University of Michigan;
ROBERT B. CIALDINI, Arizona State University ............... 88
Modeling Survey Participation at the Interviewer
Level - MICK P. COUPER, U.S. Bureau of the Census ............... 98
Discussion - WILLIAM D. KALSBEEK, University
of North Carolina ............... 108
I. TELEPHONE SURVEYS
Chair: WILLIAM D. KALSBEEK, University of North Carolina
Optimal Allocation for Stratified Telephone
Survey Designs - ROBERT J. CASADY, U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics; JAMES
M. LEPKOWSKI, University of Michigan ............... 111
List-Assisted RDD Telephone Surveys - F.J.
POTTER, J.J. McNEILL, S.R. WILLIAMS, M.A. WAITMAN, Research Triangle Institute
............... 117
Use of CATI in a Business Survey of Health
Insurance Plans - K.E. BOYLE, F.J. POTTER, S.A. GARFINKEL, J.J. McNEILL,
P. McDONNELL, Research Triangle Institute ............... 123
The Impact of Computer Assisted Telephone Interviewing
on Data From the American Housing Survey - STEVEN D. LEADBETTER, CORNETTE
G. COLE, ANDREA J. MEIER, HERTZ HUANG, U.S. Bureau of the Census ...............
129
Response Experience in a Longitudinal Study
of Older Persons - MICHELE M. CHYBA, JOSEPH E. FITTI, National Center
for Health Statistics ............... 135
Large Surveys on Small Computers: NCHS' CAPI
System - JOHN S. GARDENIER, National Center for Health Statistics ...............
141
Estimation of the Measurement Error Model with
Unequal Error Variances - TODD M. SANGER, WAYNE A. FULLER, Iowa State
University ............... 146
Predictive Likelihood in Nonresponse Problems
- JAN F. BJORNSTAD, University of Trondheim, Norway; HEIDI K. WALSOE, MMI,
Norway ............... 152
Bayesian Predictive Inference for a Finite
Population Proportion: Two-Stage Cluster Sampling - BALGOBIN NANDRAM,
Worcester Polytechnic Institute; JOSEPH SEDRANSK, National Center for Health
Statistics ............... 157
Alternative Designs for a Cross-Sectional Sample
of Individual Tax Returns: The Old and the New - ALLEN L. SCHIRM, JOHN
L. CZAJKA, Mathematia Policy Research, Inc. ............... 163
Cross-Sectional Weighting of Combined Panel
and Cross-Sectional Observations - JOHN L. CZAJKA, ALLEN L. SCHIRM, Mathematica
Policy Research, Inc. ............... 169
A Comparison of Survey Designs for Estimating
Childhood Immunization Rates - WILLIAM D. KALSBEEK, KRISTEN A. WEIGLE,
NORMA J. ALLRED, PAO-WEN LIU, University of North Carolina ...............
175
The Design of Homeless Surveys - RONALDO
IACHAN, MICHAEL L. DENNIS, Research Triangle Institute ............... 181
A Comparison of Periodic Survey Designs Employing
Multi-Stage Sampling - V.M. LESSER, W.D. KALSBEEK, University of North
Carolina ............... 186
A Comparison of Sampling Design Options for
EMAP-Agroecosystems - STEVE L. PECK, JOHN 0. RAWLINGS, ALVA L. FINKNER,
North Carolina State University ............... 191
Gauging the Effects of the NHIS Respondent
Rule and Within-Household Sampling Strategy - STEVEN L. BOTMAN, National
Center for Health Statistics ............... 196
Data Quality Concerns with Sub-Annual Business
Survey Frames - NORMAND LANIEL, HUGH FINLAY, Statistics Canada ...............
202
Reassessment of the Use of An Area Sample for
the Monthly Retail Trade Survey - CAROL A. KONSCHNIK, CAROL S. KING, SCOT
A. DAHL, U.S. Bureau of the Census ............... 208
Design Issues for the Retail Trade Sample Surveys
of the U.S. Bureau of the Census - RUTH E. DETLEFSEN, CAROL S. VEUM, U.S.
Bureau of the Census ............... 214
Problems Associated with Designing Sub-Annual
Business Surveys - MICHAEL A. HIDIROGLOU, K.P. SRINATH, Statistics Canada
............... 220
Two-Phase Sampling of Tax Records for Business
Surveys - JOHN ARMSTRONG, CLAYTON BLOCK, K.P. SRINATH, Statistics Canada
............... 228
Discussion - JOSEPH K. GARRETT, A.C. Nielsen
Company ............... 234
Address Reporting Error in the 1990 Post-Enumeration
Survey - KIRSTEN WEST, MARY MULRY, RANDALL PARMER, JOANNE PETRIK, U.S.
Bureau of the Census ............... 236
Estimation of PES Fabrications from Quality
Control Data - ANTOINETTE TREMBLAY, U.S. Bureau of the Census; S. LYNNE
STOKES, BETSY S. GREENBERG, The University of Texas at Austin ...............
242
The Matching Error Study for the 1990 Post
Enumeration Survey - MARY C. DAVIS, MARY MULRY, RANDALL PARMER, U.S. Bureau
of the Census; PAUL BIEMER, Research Triangle Institute ............... 248
Evaluation of the Synthetic Assumption—1990
Post-Enumeration Survey - JAY KIM, ROBERT BLODGETT, U.S. Bureau of the
Census; ALAN ZASLAVSKY, Harvard University ............... 254
Estimation of Correlation Bias using Conditional
Logistic Regression - MARY MULRY, KENT WURDEMAN, JAY KIM. U.S. Bureau
of the Census; JUHA ALHO, University of Illinois ............... 260
Reporting Complete Nonresponse in a Sample
Survey - DAVID D. CHAPMAN, U.S. Bureau of the Census ............... 266
Nonresponse Under Mandatory Vs. Voluntary Reporting
in the 1989 Survey of Pollution Abatement Costs and Expenditures (PACE)
- DANIEL R. TULP, JR., C. EASLEY HOY, GARY L. KUSCH, STACEY J. COLE, U.S.
Bureau of the Census ............... 272
Using Auxiliary Information to Investigate
Nonresponse Bias - LOUISE WOODBURN, Internal Revenue Service ...............
278
Evaluation of an Item Imputation Procedure
for Agricultural Surveys - FATU WESLEY, U.S. Department of Agriculture
............... 284
An Evaluation of a Method Used to Impute Residence
Data - D.E.B. POTTER, PETER J. CUNNINGHAM, Agency for Health Care Policy
and Research ............... 290
Results of a Special Effort to Obtain Expense
Data from Physicians - SARA L. THRAN, American Medical Association; RICHARD
J. WILLKE, The Upjohn Company ............... 296
Comparison of Several Imputation Methods
- CHOIRIL MAKSUM, WILLIAM D. WARDE, Oklahoma State University ...............
304
Alternative Options for Enhancing the Representation
of Rural Areas in the NMES - STEVEN B. COHEN, JILL BRADEN, AHCPR; E. PAT
WARD, Westat, Inc. ............... 309
Comparison of Estimates from the National Hospital
Discharge Survey Using Two Different Survey Designs - BARBARA J. HAUPT,
National Center for Health Statistics ............... 315
Alternative Sample Designs for the 1993 Mortality
Followback Survey - JOE FRED GONZALES, JR., KATHERINE B. OFFUTT, National
Center for Health Statistics ............... 321
Estimating Drug Abuse Episodes from a Sample
of Hospital Emergency Rooms - ARTHUR L. HUGHES, National Institute on
Drug Abuse; STEVEN D. ELLIOTT, JAMES D. COLLIVER, RICHARD E. GRUBERG, CSR,
Incorporated ............... 326
Use of Multiple Entry Diaries in Panel Studies
of Health Care Expenditure - ROBERT H. WRIGHT, National Center For Health
Statistics ............... 332
Response Performance in the Consumer Expenditure
Diary Survey - ADRIANA R. SILBERSTEIN, U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
............... 338
Issues Arising in the Application of Bonfrerroni
Procedures in Federal Surveys - SUSAN W. AHMED, National Center for Education
Statistics ............... 344
Automation of Within-Household Sampling
- JOSEPH WAKSBERG, LEYLA MOHADJER, Westat, Incorporated ............... 350
Sampling of Households within Selected Clusters
in Less Affluent Countries - DAVID J. FITCH, JORGE A. MATUTE, INCAP, Guatemala
............... 356
Some Considerations in the Use of Linear Networks
to Suppress Tabular Data - ERROL ROWE, U.S. Bureau of the Census ...............
357
A Network Flow Disclosure Avoidance System
Applied to the Census of Agriculture - COLLEEN M. SULLIVAN, LAURA VOSHELL
ZAYATZ, U.S. Bureau of the Census ............... 363
Estimation of the Number of Unique Population
Elements Using a Sample - LAURA VOSHELL ZAYATZ, U.S. Bureau of the Census
............... 369
Further Examinations of Tax Shelters in the
Post-Reform World - TOM PETSKA, Internal Revenue Service ...............
374
Analysis of SOI Critical Case Procedure
- NINA SHUMOFSKY, PAULA KARVOUNIS, Internal Revenue Service ...............
380
Assessing the Nonprofit Hospital Tax Exemption:
A Comparative Analysis of Nonprofit and For-Profit Hospitals - ALICIA
L. MECKSTROTH, Internal Revenue Service ............... 385
Intensity and Conceptualizations of Job Search
Among Youths - JUDITH M. TANUR, JUNG KYU-LEE, SUNY at Stony Brook; HEE-CHOON
SHIN, Pennsylvania State University ............... 391
An Experimental Study of the Effects of Level
of Participation on Proxy Reports of Vacation Planning - BARBARA BICKART,
University of Florida; JOHNNY BLAIR, University of Maryland; SEYMOUR SUDMAN,
University of Illinois-Urbana; GREETA MENON, New York University ...............
397
Record Use by Respondents - ROBERT KOMINSKI,
U.S. Bureau of the Census ............... 402
Household and Medical Provider Reports on Medical
Conditions - AYAH E. JOHNSON, MARIA ELENA SANCHEZ, AHCPR ...............
407
A Cognitive Approach to Redesigning Measurement
in the Survey of Income and Program Participation - KENT H. MARQUIS, JEFFREY
C. MOORE, KAREN E. BOGEN, U.S. Bureau of the Census ............... 413
Modeling the Effects of Question Order and
Form on Survey Responses - JAMES H. DREW, GTE Laboratories Incorporated
............... 419
Plans for the 1991 Redesign of the Canadian
Labour Force Survey - D. DREW, J. GAMBINO, E. AKYEAMPONG, B. WILLIAMS,
Statistics Canada ............... 425
Estimation of Overcoverage in the Census of
Canada Using an Automated Approach - CLAUDE JULIEN, Statistics Canada
............... 431
1990 Census Public Use Microdata Sample Design
Issues - RICHARD A. GRIFFIN, ALFREDO NAVARRO, U.S. Bureau of the Census
............... 437
Multiple Workloads Per Stratum Sampling Designs
- LYNN WEIDMAN, LAWRENCE R. ERNST, U.S. Bureau of the Census ...............
443
Measuring the Effect of HIS Partially Hit Blocks
on Other Demographic Surveys - MICHAEL IKEDA, RACHEL WEINSTEIN, TODD WILLIAMS,
PATRICK CANTWELL, U.S. Bureau of the Census ............... 449
Time Series Generalizations of Fay-Herriot
Estimator for Small Areas - A.C. SINGH, H.J. MANTEL, B.W. THOMAS, Statistics
Canada ............... 455
Multiyear Rotation Design Sampling in Agricultural
Surveys - RAJ S. CHHIKARA, University of Houston; LIH-YUAN DENG, Memphis
State University ............... 461
Evaluation of Clustering Techniques for Crop
Area Estimation Using Remotely Sensed Data - MICHAEL E. BELLOW, MARTIN
OZGA, U.S. Department of Agriculture/NASS ............... 466
Error Model for Analysis of Computer Linked
Files - WILLIAM E. WINKLER, U.S. Bureau of the Census ...............
472
Comparison of Two Bivariate Stratification
Schemes - ALAN ROSHWALB, SCOTT REGNIER, Georgetown University ...............
478
Does Questionnaire Color Affect Survey Response
Rates? - POLLY A. PHIPPS, KENNETH W. ROBERTSON, KEITH G. KEEL, U.S. Bureau
of Labor Statistics ............... 484
Strategies to Recruit Subjects for Questionnaire
Design Laboratories - DAVID W. KEER, BARBARA J. STEIN, MONROE G. SIRKEN,
National Center for Health Statistics ............... 490
Questionnaire Research in the Census of Construction
Industries - THERESA J. DeMAIO, CLEO R. JENKINS, U.S. Bureau of the Census
............... 496
Quality Initiatives for the Annual Refiling
Survey - AARON LEATHERWOOD, GORDON MIKKELSON, U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
............... 502
An Evaluation of the 1988 Current Point-of-Purchase
CATI Feasibility Test - CLYDE TUCKER, ROBERT CASADY, U.S. Bureau of Labor
Statistics; JAMES LEPKOWSKI The University of Michigan ............... 508
Measuring Data Quality with Logitudinal Data
- MARK KINACK, Statistics Canada ............... 514
On Error Control of Automated Industry and
Occupation Coding - BOR-CHUNG CHEN, ROBERT H. CREECY and MARTIN V. APPEL,
U.S. Bureau of the Census ............... 520
An Experiment Within a Survey: The Design of
the 1990 Trial State Assessment of Educational Progress - KEITH RUST,
JIM BETHEL, Westat, Incorporated ............... 526
Estimation of Hours and Earnings in the Current
Employment Statistics Survey - STEPHEN M. WOODRUFF, U.S. Bureau of Labor
Statistics ............... 532
PSU Probabilities Given Differential Sampling
at Second Stage - MANSOUR FAHIMI, DAVID JUDKINS, Westat, Incorporated
............... 538
Oversampling the Low-Income Population in the
Survey of Income and Program Participation (SIPP) - GLENN D. WELLER, VICKI
J. HUGGINS, RAJENDRA P. SINGH, U.S. Bureau of the Census ............... 544
Clustering in Demographic Surveys: Long-Term
Results - PATRICK J. CANTWELL, U.S. Bureau of the Census ...............
550
Within-PSU Sort and Stratification Research
to Improve Survey Efficiency - MARK GORSAK, KHANDAKER MANSUR, DEBORAH
FENSTERMAKER, RITA PETRONI, U.S. Bureau of the Census ............... 556
Sample Redesign Issues for Rotating Primary
Sampling Units - LAWRENCE R. ERNST, U.S. Bureau of the Census ...............
562
Discussion - JOSEPH WAKSBERG, Westat, Incorporated
............... 568
Discussion - DAVID W. CHAPMAN, National
Analysts ............... 570
Abstract: Investigation of Nonresponse Bias
in HHANES - MICHAEL L. ROWLAND, National Center for Health Statistics;
RONALD N. FORTHOVER, University of Texas ............... 573
Response Rates and Characteristics of Adolescents
in the 1989 Teenage Attitudes and Practices Survey - KAREN ALLEN, GLORIA
SIMPSON, DEBORAH WINN, National Center for Health Statistics; GARY GLOVING,
Office on Smoking and Health ............... 575
Nonresponse Adjustments for a Telephone Follow-up
to a National In-Person Survey - HUSEYIN GOKSEL, DAVID R. JUDKINS, Westat,
Incorporated; WILLIAM D. MOSHER, National Center for Health Statistics ...............
581
Controlling Nonresponse in an Establishment
Survey - RICHARD J. ROSEN, RICHARD L. CLAYTON, THOMAS B. RUBINO, JR.,
U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics ............... 587
Mail Response Rate Improvement in a Mixed-Mode
Survey - CARLA P. JACKSON, Tennessee Valley Authority; JOHN M. BOYLE,
Schulman, Ronca, and Bucuvalas, Inc. ............... 593
An Evaluation of Bounded Raking Ratio Estimation
in the Statistics of Income Corporate Programs - JERI MULROW, H. LOCK
OH, RICHARD COLLINS, Internal Revenue Service ............... 597
Statistics of Income Partnership Studies: Sampling
Plan Redesign II - PAUL B. McMAHON, Internal Revenue Service ...............
602
Bootstrapping Post-Stratification and Regression
Estimates from a Highly Skewed Distribution - WILLIAM WONG, CHIH-CHIN
HO, Internal Revenue Service ............... 608
Estimating Unconditional Variances for the
U.S. Consumer Price Index for 1978-1986 - SYLVIA G. LEAVER, JAMES E. JOHNSTONE,
KENNETH P. ARCHER, U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics ............... 614
The Practical Importance of Sample Weights
- DAVID E. BLOOM, TODD L. IDSON, Columbia University ............... 620
Shrinkage Weights for Unequal Probability Samples
- THEODORA COHEN, G.D. Searle & Company; BRUCE D. SPENCER, Northwestern
University ............... 625
The Use of Classical Quadratic Test Statistics
for Testing Hypothesis with Complex Survey Data: An Application to Testing
Informativeness of Sampling Weights in Multiple Linear Regression Analysis
- BARRY I. GRAUBARD, EDWARD L. KORN, National Cancer Institute ...............
631
Response Probability Weight Adjustments Using
Logistic Regression - VINCENT G. IANNACCHIONE, JENNIFER G. MILNE, RALPH
E. FOLSOM, Research Triangle Institute ............... 637
Discussion - CHARLES H. ALEXANDER, U.S.
Bureau of the Census ............... 643
Missing Data in the 1990 Post Enumeration Survey
- PHILIP M. GBUR, U.S. Bureau of the Census ............... 646
An Analysis of the Effect of Reasonable Imputation
Alternatives on Estimates of Coverage Error in the 1990 Decennial Census
- STEPHEN MACK, U.S. Bureau of the Census ............... 652
Non-Response Conversion: The Experience of
the 1990 Post-Enumeration Survey - IRWIN ANOLIK, HOWARD R. HOGAN, U.S.
Bureau of the Census ............... 658
The Treatment of Differential Weights of Movers
in the PES - ERIC SCHINDLER, RICHARD GRIFFIN, U.S. Bureau of the Census
............... 664
Combining Census and Dual-system Estimates
of Population - ALAN M. ZASLAVSKY, Harvard University ...............
670
Discussion - BENJAMIN KING, Florida Atlantic
University ............... 676
Post-Stratification and Conditional Variance
Estimation - RICHARD VALLIANT, U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics ...............
678
Estimating Variances for Health and Disability
Domains in the National Health Interview Survey - MITCHELL P. LaPLANTE,
University of California ............... 684
Experiments with Variance Estimation from Survey
Data with Imputed Values - HYUNSHIK LEE, ERIC RANCOURT, Statistics Canada;
CARL E. SARNDAL, University of Montreal ............... 690
Variance Estimation with Imputed Means
- JOSEPH L. SCHAFER, Harvard University; NATHANIEL SCHENKER, University of
California, Los Angeles ............... 696
Regression Coefficient Obtained with Information
on Variable Type, Sampling, Weighting, and Classification - JAI W. CHOI,
National Center for Health Statistics ............... 702
New Technologies in Data Collection for Business
Surveys - SYLVAIN PERRON, JEAN-MARIE BERTHELOT, RICHARD D. BLALENEY, Statistics
Canada ............... 707
Experience with the Use of Cognitive Methods
in Designing Business Survey Questionnaires - MARCEL BUREAU, Statistics
Canada ............... 713
History of Reinterview Studies at NASS
- GEORGE A. HANUSCHAK, DALE ATKINSON, WILLIAM C. IWIG, VICTOR TOLOMEG, U.S.
Department of Agriculture/NASS ............... 718
Quality Management: Development of a Framework
for a Statistical Agency - MICHAEL COLLEDGE, MARY MARCH, Statistics Canada
............... 724
Discussion - CYNTHIA Z.F. CLARK, U.S. Bureau
of the Census and NASS ............... 731
A Comparison of Precision Between Two- and
Three-Stage Sample Designs for National Hospital Discharge Survey - IRIS
SHIMIZU, National Center for Health Statistic; EMILY COLE, University of Houston
............... 734
Regression Inference on the National Health
Interview Survey—An Empirical Study - VAN L. PARSONS, National Center
for Health Statistics ............... 740
Evaluation of the Efficiency of Using Personal
Computers for Regression Analysis on Complex Survey Data - BARBARA LEPIDUS
CARLSON, STEVEN B. COHEN, Agency for Health Care Policy and Research ...............
746
The Effect of Household Records on Response
Error in Reporting Prescription Drug Expenditures by Elderly Respondents
- MARC L. BERK, CLAUDIA L. SCHUR, Project HOPE; W. SHERMAN EDWARDS, Westat,
Incorporated ............... 752
Assessing the Test Used in the Measurement
of IRS Telephone Accuracy - ROBIN LEE, MARY BATCHER, Internal Revenue
Service ............... 762
One Agency's Experience with the Blaise Integrated
Survey Processing System - MARK PIERZCHALA, National Agricultural Statistics
Service ............... 767
Some Applications of Model Sampling to Electric
Power Data - JAMES R. KNAUB, JR., U.S. Department of Energy ...............
773
Simulation Comparisons of Models for Estimating
Population Size - H.C. WEI, AT&T Bell Laboratories; DHANWANT S. GILL,
California State Polytechnic University ............... 779
Family Estimates Emirical Study - ALFREDO
NAVARRO, RICHARD A. GRIFFIN, U.S. Bureau of the Census ............... 789
Generalized Variance Estimates Dut to Adjustment
of the 1990 Census - RICHARD A. GRIFFIN, ALFREDO NAVARRO, LAWRENCE BATES,
U.S. Bureau of the Census ............... 795