1.Developments in Record Linkage Theory and Application
Organizer: Michael D. Larsen, University of Chicago
Chair: Michael D. Larsen, University of Chicago
Weight Estimation for Large Scale Record Linkage
Applications - John Armstrong and Maher
Saleh ............... 1
Model-Based Analysis of Records Linked Using
Mixture Models - Partha Lahiri and
Michael D. Larsen ...............
11
Machine Learning, Information Retrieval, and
Record Linkage - William E. Winkler ............... 20
An Appreciation of Peter Bounpane - William
P. Butz ............... 30
The Accuracy and Coverage Evaluation: Theory
and Application - Howard Hogan ............... 31
Prediction of Finite Population Totals Under
Informative Sampling Utilizing the Sample Distribution - Mikhail Sverchkov
and Danny Pfeffermann ............... 41
Non-Parametric Regression for Estimating Totals
in Finite Populations - Alan H. Dorfman ............... 47
Local Polynomial Regression Estimation in Two-Stage
Sampling - Ji-Yeon Kim, F. Jay Breidt, and Jean D. Opsomer ...............
55
Evaluation of the Census Bureau's Small-Area
Poverty Estimates - Michael L. Cohen ............... 62
Small-Area Income and Poverty Estimates: Priorities
for 2000 and Beyond - Constance F. Citro and Graham Kalton ...............
69
Survey Standards and Response Rate Disclosure
- Elizabeth Martin ............... 75
Survey Design and Data Collection Issues in
the Disability Evaluation Study - Carla Maffeo, William Frey, and Graham
Kalton ............... 79
Estimation of Proxy, Time and Content Effect
for the Health and Activity Limitation Survey - Éric R. Langlet
............... 89
Federal Disability Surveys in the United States:
Lessons and Challenges - Michele C. Adler and Gerry F. Hendershot ...............
98
Design Consistent Small Area Estimates Using
Gibbs Algorithm for Logistic Models - Babubhai Shah, Beth Barnwell, Ralph
Folsom, and Akhil Vaish ............... 105
Variance Estimation and Quasi-Score Tests for
Complex Surveys Using Estimating Equations - M. A. Hidiroglou, J N. K.
Rao, and W. Yung ............... 112
SAS® Procedures for Analysis
of Sample Survey Data - Anthony An and Donna Watts ...............
120
Discussion - Georgia Roberts ...............
130
Youth in Transition Survey: A Case Study in
Design and Development - Joanne C. Moloney and Mike A. Hidiroglou ...............
132
Evaluating Secondary Data Sources for Random
Digit Dialing Samples - J. Michael Brick, David Judkins, Jill Montaquila,
David Morganstein, and Gary Shapiro ............... 142
1. Rooting Out Response Error: Methods to Identify Problem Questions
Organizer: Jennifer Reichert, U. S. Census Bureau
Chair: Leslie R. Flores, U. S. Census Bureau
Reliability of Income and Poverty Data from
the Current Population Survey Annual Demographic Supplement - Jennifer
W. Reichert and John C. Kindelberger ............... 151
Using Response Reliability to Guide Questionnaire
Design - Keith A. Albright, Jennifer W. Reichert, Leslie R. F/ores, Jeffrey
C. Moore, Jennifer C. Hess, and Joanne Pascale ............... 157
Improving the EIA Survey Data Quality on Alternative-Fueled
Vehicles Using Cognitive and Other Method - Howard Bradsher-Fredrick
............... 163
Measuring Response Variance in Census 2000
- J. Joy Sharp, John C. Kindelberger, and John M. Bushery ...............
169
Minimizing Overlap in NCES Surveys - Sadeq
Chowdhury, Adam Chu, and Steve Kaufman ............... 174
Using the Bootstrap to Estimate the Variance
in a Very Complex Sample Design - Steven Kaufman ...............
180
Linking the NAEP and SASS Surveys: Methodological
Issues and Potential Uses - Gary Skaggs and Steve Kaufman ...............
186
Imputation of Test Scores in the National Education
Longitudinal Study of 1988 (NELS:88) - Maxime C. Bokossa, Gary G. Huang,
and Michael P. Cohen ............... 191
Multilevel Linear Regression Analysis of Complex
Survey Data - Fan Zhang, Sameena Salvucci, and Mike Cohen ...............
197
Latent Variable Models for Analysis of Survey
Data - Paul B. Massell ............... 203
A Hierarchical Bayesian Multinomial Model with
Nonresponse - Geunshik Han, Balgobin Nandram, and Jai Won Choi
............... 209
Bayes Empirical Bayes Estimation of a Proportion
Under Nonignorable Nonresponse - Balgobin Nandram and Jai Won Choi ...............
215
Effect of Nonresponse Adjustments on Variance
Estimates for the National Population Health Survey - Harold J. Mantel,
Sylvain Nadon, and Douglas Yeo ............... 221
Laplace Approximations for Variances of Estimators
Based on Categorical Data in Presence of Unreported Items - Yves Thibaudeau
............... 227
Physician Surveys: Recent Difficulties and Proposed
Solutions - Sara L. Thran and Jesse S. Hixson ............... 233
Asymmetric Information, Interviewer Behavior,
and Unit Nonresponse - Arthur B. Kennickell ............... 238
An Evaluation of Sample Design Changes for the
1997 Commodity Flow Survey - Jock R. Black, William C. Davie, Jr., and
Jacklyn R. Jonas ............... 244
Incentive Effect on Response Rates for the 1997
Survey of Household Spending - Ben Vandermeer ............... 250
Differential Reporting of Food Stamps and AFDC:
Explanations and Conjectures - Martin H. David and Christopher R. Bollinger
............... 256
Maximizing and Minimizing Overlap When Selecting
any Number of Units per Stratum Simultaneously for Two Designs with Different
Stratifications - Lawrence R. Ernest and Steven P. Paben ...............
261
A National Sampling Plan for Obtaining Food
Products for Nutrient Analysis - Charles R. Perry, Daniel G. Beck/er,
Pamela Pehrsson, and Joanne Ho/den ............... 267
Establishment Survey Designs: Conventional Sampling
verses Network Sampling - Monroe G. Sirken ............... 273
Exploratory Use of Spatial Statistics to Inform
the Choice of Variables for Stratifying Non-Self Representing Cities for the
Next CPI PSU Sample Selection - William H. Johnson ...............
278
Alternate Scaling Parameter Functions in a Hierarchical
Bayes Model of U. S. County Poverty Rates - Jana Asher and Robin Fisher
............... 283
Analyzing Survey Data by Complete-Case and Available-Case
Methods - Michael P. Cohen and Gary G. Huang ............... 289
Integrating the American Community Survey and
the Intercensal Demographic Estimates Program - Charles H. Alexander,
Jr. and Signe Wetrogan ............... 295
Multi-Year Averages from a Rolling Sample Survey
- Nanak Chand and Charles H. Alexander ............... 301
Subsampling Strategies in Longitudinal Surveys
- Jun Liu and Elvessa Aragon ............... 307
Chain Drift in Some Price Index Estimators
- Janice Lent ............... 313
Combining Samples vs. Cumulating Cases: A Comparison
of Two Weighting Strategies in NLSY97 - Colm 0 'Muircheartaigh and Steven
Pedlow ............... 319
Weighting Issues in an RDD Panel Survey
- David Ferraro, J. Michael Brick, and Teresa Strick/er ...............
325
A Preliminary Examination of the Address List
for Census 2000 - Robin A. Pennington , Joseph Burcham, Lionel
Howard, and Cynthia Rothhaas ............... 331
Census 2000 Address List Review - Karen
L. Owens ............... 337
Preliminary Results from the Census 2000 New
Construction Operation - Miriam D. Rosenthal ............... 343
An Assessment of the Decennial Master Address
File: Consistency of Aggregated Housing Unit Counts with Demographic Benchmarks
- Kirsten K. West, J. Gregory Robinson, and Antonio Bruce ...............
348
An Evaluation of the Occupational Staffing Pattern
and Mean Wage Rates of State Government Workers - Albert Tou, Christina
Chiu, and Kenneth Robertson ............... 354
Developing a New Business Survey: Job Openings
and Labor Turnover Survey at the Bureau of Labor Statistics - Charlotte
Mueller and John Wohlford ............... 360
The Genesis of an Establishment Survey: Research
and Development for the Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey at the BLS
- Charlotte Mueller and Mary Anne Phillips ............... 366
Sample Design in the Job Openings and Labor
Turnover Survey - Mark Crankshaw and George Stamas ...............
371
Measuring the Demand for Labor in the United
States: The Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey - Kelly A. Clark,
Rosemary Hyson, and Jessica Cohen ............... 377
Measuring Retail E-Commerce Sales - LaTasha
I. Austin, Carol S. King, Christopher Pece, and Judith 0 'Neil ...............
383
Improving the Design of Samples Used for Business
Surveys Conducted by the United States Bureau of the Census - David L.
Kinyon, Donna Glassbrenner, Jock Black, and Ruth F. Det/efsen ...............
388
Structural Determinants of Mail Survey Response
Rates Over a 12 Year Period, 1988-1999 - Don A. Dillman and Lisa R. Carley-Baxter
............... 394
Responding to the Survey Needs of Business
- Glenn D. White, Jr. and Robert P. Wederich, Jr. ............... 400
A Comparison of Mail, Fax and Web-Based Survey
Methods - Cihan Cobanoglu, Bill Warde, and Patrick J. Moreo ...............
405
An Experiment in Data Collection Mode Preference
of Long-Term Cancer Survivors - Maxine Denniston, Kevin Stein, Frank
Baker, Donna Brogan, Michele West, and Lisa Roche ............... 411
The Effect of Age and Type of Advertising Media
Exposure on the Likelihood of Returning a Census Form in the 1998 Census Dress
Rehearsal - James Poyer ............... 417
Analysis of Item Allocation Rates for Population
Items in the Census 2000 Dress Rehearsal - Kevin J. Zajac and James B.
Treat ............... 423
Examination of Census 2000 Initial Response
Rates and the '90 Plus Five Project' - C. Robert Dimitri and James
B. Treat ............... 429
Integrated Review System: Plans for Tracking
U. S. Census 2000 Estimation Processing - Randal ZuWallack, Susan L.
Atha, and Philip M. Gbur ............... 435
Final Sample Design for the Census 2000 Accuracy
and Coverage Evaluation - Randal ZuWallack, Matthew Salganik, Ryan Cromar,
and Vincent Thomas Mule, Jr. ............... 441
Accuracy and Coverage Evaluation Survey Targeted
Extended Search - Alfredo Navarro and Douglas B. 0lson ...............
447
An Investigation into the Independence Between
the Census 2000 Dress Rehearsal and the Integrated Coverage Measurements/Post
Enumeration Survey - Anne T. Kearney, Katie M. Bench, and Rita J. Petroni
............... 453
The Gold Standard of Question Quality on Surveys:
Experts, Computer Tools, versus Statistical Indices - Art Graesser, Katja
Wiemer-Hastings, Peter Wiemer-Hastings, and Roger Kreuz ...............
459
Unraveling the Seam Effect - Lance J.
Rips, Frederick G. Conrad, and Scott S. Fricker ............... 465
Computerized Event History Calendar Methods:
Facilitating Autobiographical Recall - Robert F. Belli ...............
471
Cognitive Issues in the Design of Web Surveys
- Roger Tourangeau. Mick P. Couper, Robert Tortora, and Darby Miller Steiger
............... 476
Discussion - Gordon B. Willis ...............
482
Post-Stratification Modeling for Housing Units
Dual System Estimates for Census 2000 - Golam M. Farooque and Inez I.Chen
............... 485
Post-Stratification for the Census 2000 Accuracy
and Coverage Evaluation Survey - Dawn E. Haines and Eric Schindler ...............
491
Post-Stratification Classification Affected
by Household Coverage - Richard Griffin ............... 497
The Effect of the Method of Imputation for Missing
Probabilities of Match, Residence, and Correct Enumeration on Dual System Estimates
- Maria Cupples Hudson and Kara Morgan Clarke ............... 503
Counting People without a Usual Residence in
the 2000 Census - Patrick J. Cantwell, Roger Shores, and Felipe Kohn
............... 509
Variance Estimation for 2000 Census Coverage
Estimates - Jae Kwang Kim, Alfredo Navarro, and Wayne Fuller ...............
515
Study of Extreme Values and Influential Observations
- Mark E. Asiala and Alfredo Navarro ............... 521
An Interdisciplinary Center Addressing Statistical
Issues in Health Research Aimed at High-Risk Populations - William D.
Kalsbeek, Robert P. Agans, Ashley F. Bowers, C. M. Suchindran, and Ralph F.
Folsom, Jr. ............... 527
Survey Methodology Research for Improved Health
Statistics - James M. Lepkowski, Mick P. Couper, Nancy Mathiowetz, Roger
Tourangeau, and Trivellore Raghunathan ............... 533
Minnesota Center for Excellence in Health Statistics
- John Oswald ............... 539
Assessing the Quality of the Census 2000 Master
Address File Using Earlier Evaluation Data - Joseph Burcham ...............
541
Master Address File Updating Test: Process,
Procedures, and Results of the 1999 Field Test - Kyra Linse and Kenneth
Stump ............... 547
Evaluation of the 1999 Updating Test for the
Master Address File - Mark Gorsak, Dara Hammond, and Randall Parmer ...............
553
Estimating New Construction Lag in the Master
Address file: Results from the 1999 Permit Address Match Study - Anthony
Tersine, Clfford Loudermilk, and Randall Parmer ............... 559
Comparison of Aggregate versus Unit-Level Models
for Small-Area Estimation - Eric V. Slud ............... 563
Bootstrapping the Effect of Measurement Errors
in Variables on Regression Results - Dougal Hutchison, Jo Morrison, and
Rachel Felgate ............... 569
A Hierarchical Bayesian Nonresponse Model for
Binary Data with Uncertainty About Ignorability - Balgobin Nandram and
Jai Won Choi ............... 574
On Regression Imputation in the Presence of
Nonignorable Nonresponse - Jean-François Beaumont ...............
580
Incorporating the Finite Population Correction
into Variance Estimates from Imputed Data - Hyunshik Lee and Jill M.
Montaquila ............... 586
Variance Estimation Under Regression Imputation
Model - Kyuseong Kim ............... 592
The Generalized Exponential Model for Sampling
Weight Calibration for Extreme Values, Nonresponse, and Poststratification
- R. E. Folsom, Jr. and A. C. Singh ............... 598
Experience with the Generalized Exponential
Model for Weight Calibration for the National Household Survey on Drug Abuse
- P. Chen, M A. Penne, and A. C. Singh ............... 604
Bias Corrected Estimating Function Approach
for Variance Estimation Adjusted for Poststratification - A. C. Singh
and R. E. Folsom, Jr. ............... 610
Variance Estimation Adjusted for Weight Calibration
via the Generalized Exponential Model with Application to the National Household
Survey on Drug Abuse - A. K. Vaish, H. Gordek, and A. C. Singh ...............
616
Discussion - J. N. K. Rao ...............
622
The Impact of Wave of Response in a Law School
Survey About the Believability of Wituesses - Thomas R. Belin, Sandy
Feinland, and Steven Winick ............... 624
Comparison of Nonresponse Adjustment Methods
in a Health Survey - Todd L. Beck and Julia L. Bienias ...............
630
Effect of Interview Length and Proxy Interviews
on Attrition to the Survey of Income and Program Participation - Lieu
N. Galvin, Sam Sae-Ung, and Karen King ............... 636
Compensating for Nonresponse Bias in the National
Immunization Survey Using Response Propensities - Philip J. Smith, J.
N. K. Rao, Michael P. Battaglia, Danni Daniels, Trena Ezzati-Rice, and Meena
Khare ............... 641
Using Data on Interruptions in Telephone Service
to Reduce Nontelephone Bias in a Random-Digit-Dialing Survey - Martin
R. Frankel, K. P. Srinath, Michael P. Battaglia, David C. Hoaglin, Philip J.
Smith, Robert A. Wright, and Meena Khare ............... 647
Split Sampling Design for Topical Modules in
the National Immunization Survey - Philip J. Smith, Diane Simpson, Michael
P. Battaglia, Vicki Huggins, Lance Rodewald, Monina K/evens, Marilyn Wilkinson,
Ann-Sofi Rodén, Meena Khare, and Robert A. Wright ...............
653
The National Immunization Survey Registry Validation
Study: Methodology for Matching and Analyses - John Stevenson, Beth Luman,
Robert A. Wright, Meena Khare, Barbara Canavan, David C. Hoaglin, Vicki J. Huggins,
Linda Piccinino, and Rebecca Strella ............... 659
Accuracy of Vaccination Dates Reported by Immunization
Providers in the National Immunization Survey - Meena Khare, Michael
P. Battaglia, Vicki J. Huggins, Shannon Stokley, David C. Hoaglin, Robert A.
Wright, and Ann-Sofi Rodén ............... 665
Costs and Benefits of a Permit Sample Late in
the Decade - David Judkins, Diane Cadell, and Kelly Sczerba ...............
671
CCHS and NPHS - An Improved Health Survey Program
at Statistics Canada - Yves Béland, Lorna Bailie, Gary Catlin,
and M. P. Singh ............... 677
Establishing Sampling Rates for the Family History
of Cancer Validation Study - Lou Rizzo, Barry Graubard, Ralph DiGaetano,
and Louise Wideroff ............... 683
Mathematical Programming for Sample Design and
Allocation Problems - James L. Green ............... 688
Determining an Optimal Split for a Lengthy Questionnaire
- Dhiren Ghosh and Andrew Vogt ............... 693
The National Immunization Survey: Design of
a Study on Knowledge, Attitudes and Practices (NIS-KAP) - Ben Schwartz,
Hussain Yusuf, Lance Rodewald, Robert A. Wright, Michael Battaglia, Marilyn
Wilkinson, and Vicki Huggins ............... 697
Evaluation the Impact of a New CATI Screener
in the National Immunization Survey - Michael P. Battaglia, Vicki Huggins,
Ann-Sofi Rodén, Robert Wright, Linda Piccinino, and J. Michael Dennis
............... 703
Issues Relating to the Use of Jackknife Methods
in the National Immunization Survey - Philip J. Smith, K. P. Srinath,
Michael P. Battaglia, Barry I. Graubard, Lawrence Barker, David C. Hoaglin,
Martin Frankel, and Meena Khare ............... 709
Evaluation of Adjustments for Nonresponse Bias
Applied to Provider Nonresponse in the National Immunization Survey - Philip
J. Smith, David C. Hoaglin, J. N. K. Rao, Danni Daniels, and Michael P. Battaglia
............... 715
Comparison of the NIS and NHIS/NIPRCS Estimation
Methods - Shannon Stokley, Michael P. Battaglia, Meena Khare, Danni Daniels,
and Trena M. Ezzati-Rice ............... 721
The Effect of the First Stage Ratio Adjustment
on the Current Population Survey - Brad L. Rigby ...............
726
Adjusting Data for Measurement Error to Reduce
Bias when Estimating Coefficients of a Quadratic Model - Jeff Bay and
L. A. Stefanski ............... 731
Some Issues in the Analysis of Complex Survey
Data - Susana Rubin Bleuer and Joana Schiopu Kratina ...............
734
The Effect of Cluster Sampling on the Covariance
and Correlation Matrices of Sample Distribution Functions - I. Park and
J. L. Eltinge ............... 740
Statistical Matching: A New Validation Case
Study - Deborah D. Ingram, John O'Hare, Fritz Scheuren, and Joan Turek
............... 746
Frequency-Dependent Probability Measures for
Record Linkage - William E. Yancey ............... 752
Developing a Sampling Strategy for the Estate
Land Utilization Study in Malawi - Savitri Abeyasekera ...............
758
Weighting of Survey Data: Is the View that Such
Should Not be Attempted in Developing Countries Reasonable? - David J.
Fitch, Roberto Molma, and Tomcis Barrientos ............... 764
Design Effect and Cost Issues for Surveys in
Developing Countries - Ibrahim S. Yansaneh and John L. Eltinge ...............
770
Estimation of Area in Crops Alternative to Coca
in the Chapare, Bolivia: A Consultant's Report - Charles Proctor ...............
776
Discussion - Gary Shapiro ...............
782
Consistency of GEE Estimators and
Application to Design-Based Inference - Ioana Schiopu-Kratina ...............
784
Comparison of Variance Estimation Techniques
in a Simulation Study - Pedro J. Saavedra, Tigran Markaryan, and Wendy
A. Wyatt ............... 790
Increasing Public Accessibility to Complex Survey
Data by Using Inverse Sampling - Susan Hinkins, Van Parsons, and
Fritz Scheuren ............... 795
Generalized Variance Function Methodology for
ACNielsen' s Homescan Household Panel Survey - Don Jang, Joseph K. Garrett,
Frank W. Piotrowski, and William B. Owens ............... 811
Assessing Nonresponse Bias in the National Survey
of America's Families - Tamara Black and Adam Safir ...............
816
Panel Conditioning in a Random Digit Dial Survey
- Kevin Wang, David Cantor, and Adam Safir ............... 822
A Comparison of the Use of Telephone Interview
to Telephone Audio CASI in a Customer Satisfaction Survey - Paula Weir,
Michael Laurence, and Colleen Blessing ............... 828
An Analysis of Data from a Y2K Household Survey
- Terry L. Kissinger and David W. Chapman
............... 834
A Comparison of the National Disease and Therapeutic
Index and the National Ambulatory Medical Care Survey to Evaluate Antibiotic
Usage - Elizabeth R. Zell, Linda F. McCaig, Benjamin A. Kupronis, Richard
F. Besser, and Anne Schuchat ............... 840
Estimating Prevalence of Health and Behavioral
Outcomes Among Survey Non-respondents in an Epidemiological Study of Child Psychopathology
in Rural Maine - G. V. Bobashev, G. Zahner, D. Freeman, and P. Biemer
............... 846
Measures of Classroom Instmctional Practices
in Middle Grades - Minsuk K. Shim, Robert D. Felner, Eunjae Shim, and
Stephen Brand ............... 852
Improving Purchase Recollection - Monica
Dashen ............... 858
Using Prediction-Oriented Software for Survey
Estimation-Part II: Ratios of Totals - James R. Knaub, Jr. ...............
864
Effects of Attrition in the National Crime Victimization
Survey - Lynn M. R. Ybarra and Sharon L. Lohr ............... 870
Design Effect Variation in the Medical Expenditure
Panel Survey (MEPS) - William Yu ............... 875
An Experiment with Skip Instmctions:
Decreasing Item Nonresponse in a Self-Administered Survey of Medicaid Beneficiaries
- Vickie L. Stringfellow, Floyd J. Fowler, Jr., and Patricia M. Gallagher
............... 881
A Comparison of the Accuracy of
the Last Birthday versus the Next Birthday Methods for Random Selection of Household
Respondents - Katherine Lind, Michael Link, and Robert Oldendick ...............
887
A Further Investigation of the Last-Birthday
Respondent Selection Method and Within-Unit Coverage Error - Paul J.
Lavrakas, Elizabeth A. Stasny, and Brian Harpuder ............... 890
Who Makes the Best Focus Group Participants?
- An Empirical Study of Over 1000 Focus Group Participants in More than 100
Groups - Michael Wood and Peter Tuckel ............... 896
The Effect of Leaving Different
Answering Machine Messages on Response Rates in a Nationwide RDD Survey
- Peter Tuckel and Mark Schulman ............... 901
Different Respondents Interpret
Ordinary Questions Quite Differently - Anna Suessbrick, Michael F. Schober,
and Frederick G. Conrad ............... 907
"An then what was the question
again?" - Text and Talk in Standardised Interviews - Hanne-Pernille Stax
............... 913
The Presence of Others and Survey
Response - Suhao Tu ............... 918
Use of a Website Questionnaire as
One Method of Participation in a Physician Survey - Lorayn Olson, K.
P. Srinath, Mary Cay Bunch, and Carrie Klabunde ............... 924
Opportunities and Challenges of
Conducting Web Surveys: Results of a Field Experiment - Kumiko Aoki and
Michael Elasmar ............... 930
Response Order Effects in the Medicare
Population: The Interaction Between Mode of Survey Administration and Respondent
Age - Diana B. Elliott and Floyd J. Fowler, Jr. ............... 936
Respondent Cultural Orientations
and Survey Participation: The Effects of Individualism and Collectivism
- Timothy Johnson, Janet Harkness, Peter Mohler, Fons van de Vijver, Yusuf
Ziya Ozcan ............... 941
Using Alternative Question Strategies
to Reduce Income Nonresponse - Jeffrey C. Moore and Laura S. Loomis ...............
947
Methods Panel to Improve Income
Measurement in the Survey of Income and Program Participation - Pat Doyle,
Elizabeth Martin, and Jeffrey Moore ............... 953
Reported Earnings in the Survey
of Income and Program Participation: Building an Instmment to Target Those Likely
to Misreport - Nancy Bates and Robert Pedace ............... 959
Improving Response Rates to Income
Questions - Lisa Schwartz and Geoffrey Paulin ............... 965
Notes from the Field: Experiments
in Influencing Response Rates from Medicaid Enrollees - Patricia M. Gallagher,
Floyd Jackson Fowler, Jr., and Vickie L. Stringfellow ............... 971
An Experimental Evaluation of Left
and Right Oriented Screens for Web Questionnaires - Dennis Bowker and
Don A. Dillman ............... 977
Design Issues in Web Surveys
- Vasja Vehovar, Katja Lozar Manfreda, and Zenel Batagelj ...............
983
Cognitive Testing Proposed Questions
for PRAMS in the NCHS Questionnaire Design Research Laboratory - Barbara
Foley Wilson, Nedra Whitehead, and Karen Whitaker ............... 989
Prospective Questions and Other
Issues in Cognitive Testing - Carol Cosenza and Floyd J. Fowler, Jr.
............... 994
"Day-of-Week" Differences
and Implications for Time-Use Research - Linda L. Stinson ...............
998
There's No Place Like Home: Using
Time Diary Data to Increase Efficiency in a Telephone Survey - Martha
E. Kropf and Johnny Blair ............... 1004
Evaluation of an Electronic Event
History Calendar - Elizabeth F. Wiebe and Karl R. Landis ...............
1010
Interviewing Populations with Disabilities
by Telephone: Survey Design and Operations - Karen A. CyBulski and Anne
B. Ciemnecki ............... 1016
Assessing a New Data Collection
Methodology for Obtaining Sensitive Data Using an RDD Telephone Survey -
Larry Osborn, Stephen J. Blumberg, and Lorayn 0lson ............... 1022
A Controlled Experiment for Testing
Respondent-Generated Intervals Methodology in Surveys - Judith M. Tanur,
S. James Press, Diane Miller, and Diana Petitti ............... 1028
Mode Effects in an Internet/Paper
Survey of Employees - Carl Ramirez, Kevin Sharp, and Luis Foster ...............
1033
The Effects of Person-level vs.
Household-level Questionnaire Design on Survey Estimates and Data Quality
- Jennifer Hess, Jeffrey Moore, Joanne Pascale, Jennifer Rothgeb, and Catherine
Keeley ............... 1039
Estimating Residency Rates for Undetermined
Telephone Numbers - J. Michael Brick, Jill Montaquila, and Fritz Scheuren
............... 1045
Estimating the Number of Eligible
Respondents for a Telephone Survey of Low-Incidence Households - James
M. Ellis ............... 1051
Considerations for Implementing
a Child Assessment in a Field Survey Research Project - Susan Sprachman,
Welmoet van Kammen, and Margo Salem ............... 1057
Is Telephone Audio Computer-Assisted
Self-Interviewing (T-ACASI) a Method Whose Time Has Come? - David J.
Mingay ............... 1062
The Feasibility of Monitoring Field
Interview Performance Using Computer Audio Recorded Interviewing (CARI)
- Paul Biemer, Deborah Herget, Jeremy Morton and Gordon Willis ...............
1068
Comparison of Telephone, Mail, Web, and IVR Surveys
of Drug and Alcohol use Among University of Georgia Students - James
J. Bason ............... 1074
The Effect of Alternative Incentives on Cooperation
and Refusal Conversion in a Telephone Survey - Martha E. Kropf, Julie
Scheib, and Johnny Blair ............... 1081