Proceedings of the Survey Research Methods Section, American Statistical Association (2003)

Invited Papers by Topic

Session 2: Exploring the New Frontier: Cross-Cultural Issues in Questionnaire Design
Organizer: Gordon B. Willis, National Cancer Institute
Chair: Gordon B. Willis, National Cancer Institute

Implications of Sociocultural Factors in the Question Response Process - Kristen Miller and Concepcion Trevino Eason

CHIS 2001: Assessing English/Spanish Data Quality - Elaine Zahnd, Gordon B. Willis, W. Sherman Edwards, Sue Holtby, David Grant, Charles A. DiSogra, and Ninez Ponce

Session 34: Small Area Estimation Using Survey Weights
Organizer: Malay Ghosh, University of Florida
Chair: Eric V. Slud, University of Maryland

Small Area Estimation under Informative Sampling - Danny Pfeffermann and Michail Sverchkov
Keywords: prediction bias, sample distribution, sample-complement distribution, sampling weights

Small Area Estimation Based on NEF-QVF Models and Survey Weights -

Tapabrata Maiti and Malay Ghosh

Modeling Small Areas in the Presence of Informative Cluster Sampling - Donald Malec

Session 107: Small Area Estimation in Natural Resources Management
Organizer: Loveday L. Conquest, University of Washington
Chair: Loveday L. Conquest, University of Washington

Distribution Function Estimation in Small Areas for Aquatic Resources - Mark J. Delorey and Jay Breidt

Semiparametric Small Area Estimation with Integrated Natural Resources Data - Jay Breidt and Nan-Jung Hsu

Small Area Estimation Using Maps Based on Forest Inventory Data and Satellite Imagery - Ronald E. McRoberts

Session 109: Charles H. (Chip) Alexander Invited Memorial Session
Organizer: Alan R. Tupek, U.S. Census Bureau
Chair: Preston J. Waite, U.S. Census Bureau

The Quality of Estimates from the American Community Survey for Small Population Groups - Alfredo Navarro
Keywords: reliability, coefficient of variation, small population groups, multi-year average

The Effect of Neighborhood Characteristics on Nonresponse in the Bronx Test Site of the American Community Survey - Joseph J. Salvo and Arun Peter Lobo
Keywords: American Community Survey, small area data, nonresponse, survey quality, Census long-form, imputation

Comparison of Models for Household Response in the 1990 and 2000 Census - Eric V. Slud
Keywords: American Community Survey, decennial census, demographic weights for nonresponse adjustment, logistic regression, misspecified model

Chip Alexander and the American Community Survey - Alan Zaslavsky
Keywords: Census, current surveys, memorial, Charles Alexander, statistical innovation

Session 150: Sampling in a Network
Organizer: Steven K. Thompson, Pennsylvania State University
Chair: Steven K. Thompson, Pennsylvania State University

Combining Link-Tracing Sampling and Cluster Sampling to Estimate the Size of a Hidden Population: A Bayesian Approach - Martin H. Felix-Medina and Pedro Monjardin
Keywords: capture-recapture, design-based estimator, finite population

A Markovian Model for Snowball Sampling - Naihua Duan and David Kanouse

Session 151: How to Design a National Survey of the Homeless
Organizer: David A. Marker, Westat
Chair: Garrett Moran, Westat

The Legacy of Data in Shaping Homelessness Policy - Walter Leginski

Governmental Uses of Homeless Data: Implications for National Data Collection Efforts - Paul Dornan

Options for Gathering Information on Homeless Persons for National Policy Making - Martha Burt

Session 188: Small Area Estimation Using Information from Multiple Surveys
Organizer: William W. Davis, National Institutes of Health
Chair: William W. Davis, National Institutes of Health

Obtaining Cancer Risk Factor Prevalence Estimates in Small Areas - Michael R. Elliott

Small Area Estimation from Multiple Surveys Using the Estimating Function-Based Hierarchical Bayes Method - Avinash C. Singh, Ralph E. Folsom, and Akhil K. Vaish

Borrowing Strength from Other Surveys and Incomplete Administrative Data in Small Area Estimation - Sharon L. Lohr

Combining Information from Multiple Surveys for Small Area Estimation: A Bayesian Approach - Trivellore E. Raghunathan, Nathaniel Schenker, Dawei Xie, Van L. Parsons, and William W. Davis

Session 222: Was This the Best Census Ever?
Organizer: Carolee Bush, U.S. Census Bureau
Chair: John H. Thompson, National Opinion Research Center

Setting the Standard for Comparison: Census Accuracy from 1940 to 2000 - John F. Long, J. Gregory Robinson, and Campbell Gibson
Keywords: census accuracy, coverage evaluation, item nonresponse

Elusive Precision in a "Fuzzy" World: Demographic Analysis 2000 - Jeffrey S. Passel
Keywords: census undercount, demographic analysis, race, immigration

Accuracy of the 2000 Census - David McMillen

Census 2000 vs. Past Censuses: Which Would You Choose? - Preston J. Waite

Session 309: Promise and Reality of Survey Automation: Computer Science Approaches to CAPI Interviewing
Organizer: Daniel L. Cork, Carnegie Mellon University
Chair: Daniel L. Cork, Carnegie Mellon University

Software Engineering and Federal Surveys: Principles in Developing and Testing CAPI Instruments - Jesse Poore

Software Metrics and Visualization Tools: Toward a Redefinition of Survey Documentation - Thomas McCabe

Session 348: Towards the Integration of Demographic, Survey, and Modeling Methods
Organizer: Juanita Tamayo Lott, U.S. Census Bureau
Chair: Juanita Tamayo Lott, U.S. Census Bureau

Population Shifts and Demographic Methods - C. Matthew Snipp and Juanita Tamayo Lott
Keywords: allocations, tabulations, racial classifications

The Expanding Role of Demographic Analysis in 2000 and Beyond - J. Gregory Robinson, Kirsten K. West, Arjun Adlakha, Antonio Bruce, and Dean Judson
Keywords: Census 2000, coverage evaluation, demographic analysis

Integrating Survey, Demographic, and Modeling Methods - Howard Hogan1, William Bell, Lynn Weidman, and Allen Schirm
Keywords: coverage measurement, intercensal population estimates

Integrating Survey, Demographic, and Modeling Methods - Howard R. Hogan, William R. Bell, Allen L. Schirm, and Lynn Weidman

Session 397: Cognitive Aspects of Web Survey Designs
Organizer: Elizabeth A. Stasny, Ohio State University
Chair: Elizabeth A. Stasny, Ohio State University

Discussion of Papers on Cognitive Aspects of Web Survey Design - Judith M. Tanur

Comparing Data Quality in Telephone and Internet Surveys: Results of Lab and Field Experiments - Jon Krosnick

Interactive Aspects of Web Surveys - Frederick Conrad, Mick P. Couper, and Roger E. Tourangeau

Visual Aspects of Web Survey Design - Mick P. Couper, Roger E. Tourangeau, and Frederick Conrad

Session 455: Calibration Estimation in Sample Surveys: An Overview and Recent Developments
Organizer: Patrick J. Cantwell, U.S. Census Bureau
Chair: Patrick J. Cantwell, U.S. Census Bureau

An Overview of Calibration Weighting - Phillip S. Kott
Keywords: unbiased, randomization consistent, raking, nonresponse, jackknife variance estimator, coverage adjustment

A New Perspective on Calibration Estimators - Victor M. Estevao and Carl-Erik Sarndal
Keywords: auxiliary information, calibration weights, automated linearization, population residuals

Efficient Estimation for Surveys with Nonresponse Follow-Up Using Dual-Frame Calibration - Avinash C. Singh, Vincent G. Iannacchione, and Jill A. Dever
Keywords: dual-frame estimation, extreme weights, mean square error, nonresponse bias, small area estimation, weight calibration

Contributed Papers by Topic

Session 12: Methods in Economics Surveys
Organizer: Patrick J. Cantwell, U.S. Census Bureau
Chair: Jock R. Black, U.S. Census Bureau

Estimation Low-Valued Exports from the U.S. - Patrick J. Cantwell, Ryan M. Fescina, and Melvin McCullough
Keywords: truncated reporting, exemption level, missing data, composite coefficients, borrowing strength

Using Hot Deck Donor Imputation Methodology in the Service Annual Survey - Carol S. King and Rebecca D. Bogle
Keywords: imputation, reporting patterns

The 2002 Commodity Flow Survey Design Process - Jock Black, William C. Davie Jr., and Ruth E. Detlefsen
Keywords: stratification, sample design, establishment survey

Chain Drift in Experimental Air Travel Price Index Series - Janice Lent
Keywords: index chaining, superlative index

Research Issues in Swedish Road Traffic Surveys - Gosta Forsman, Stig Danielsson, and Annica Isaksson
Keywords: road traffic surveys, multi-stage sampling, nonsampling error

Session 20: Sampling 1
Organizer:
Chair: Victoria A. Albright, Field Research Corp.

Adaptive Cluster Sampling Without Replacement of Clusters - Arthur Dryver and Steven K. Thompson
Keywords: adaptive sampling, network, cluster

Refinements of Adaptive Sampling in Site Decontamination - Myron J. Katzoff, Abera Wouhib, and Joe Fred Gonzalez, Jr.
Keywords: adaptive sampling, simulation, microparticle contamination

Two Options for Oversampling in the National Health Interview Survey - Karen E. Davis
Keywords: sample survey, oversampling

Some Practical Considerations in Choosing a Survey's Sample Design - Jeffrey Blaha, Sylvia Johnson-Herring, Sharon Krieger, and Martine Ferguson
Keywords: cluster sampling, variance, cost model, housing unit string

Within-PSU Sampling Strategies for the Redesigned National Health Interview Survey - Van L. Parsons, Myron J. Katzoff, and Wenxing Zha
Keywords: stratification, clusters, oversampling

A Revised Sampling Plan for Obtaining Food Products for Nutrient Analysis - Charles R. Perry, Jr., Pamela R. Pehrsson, and Joanne Holden
Keywords: controlled sampling, Chromy’s PMRPPS Procedure, Kolmogrov’s D

Adaptive Sampling with a Multiple Response Condition - Paul L. Mosquin
Keywords: adaptive sampling, adaptive cluster sampling, area sampling, Hansen-Hurwitz, Horvitz-Thompson

Session 21: Disclosure/Confidentiality
Organizer:
Chair: Chris Moriarity, U.S. General Accounting Office

SMIKe vs. Data Swapping and PRAM for Statistical Disclosure Control in Microdata: a Simulated Study - Fang Liu and Roderick J. A. Little
Keywords: Statistical Disclosure Control (SDC), information loss, disclosure risk, protection

Estimation of Joint Distribution from Marginal Distributions - Yogendra P. Chaubey, Fassil Nebebe, Krzystof Dzicielowski, and Debaraj Sen
Keywords: bayesian prediction, contingency table, dirichlet prior

Releasing Partially Synthetic Data Sets to Protect Confidentiality - Jerome P. Reiter

Alternative Procedures to Reduce the Risk of Disclosing Survey Respondents in Public-Use Data Files - David C. Hoaglin, Meena Khare, and Michael P. Battaglia

The California Health Interview Survey: Legal, Institutional, and Statistical Methods for Data Confidentiality - M. Lee Habte, E. Richard Brown, Jenny Chia, Wei Yen, Charles A. DiSogra, and Hongjian Yu

Bounds for Cell Entries in Contingency Tables Given Arbitrary Sets of Conditional and Marginal Distributions - Aleksandra B. Slavkovic

On Data Swapping for Categorical Data - Shanti V. Gomatam and Alan F. Karr

Session 41: Issues in School Surveys and Statistics
Organizer: Ronaldo Iachan, ORC Macro International
Chair: Ronaldo Iachan, ORC Macro International

Two Weighting Schemes for Combining Sample in the Health Behaviors in School-age Children Survey - Ronaldo Iachan, Pedro Saavedra, and William Robb
Keywords: sampling, weighting, variance, cumulating, schools, frame overlap

The 2002 National Youth Tobacco Survey: Sampling Design and Estimation Issues - Margie Byron, Paul Mowery, Ronaldo Iachan, and M. Lyndon Haviland
Keywords: tobacco, education surveys, sample design, panel sample, analysis weights

School Survey Issues: Design and Estimation - William D. Kalsbeek, Robert Agans, Amanda Pyles, Eric S. Pevzner, J. Michael Bowling, and Kurt M. Ribisl

School Mobility and High School Graduation Rates - George E. Cave

Session 42: Research on Establishment Nonresponse at the Bureau of Labor Statistics
Organizer: Clyde Tucker, Bureau of Labor Statistics
Chair: Clyde Tucker, Bureau of Labor Statistics

A Qualitative Study of Nonresponse Factors Affecting BLS Establishment Surveys: Results - Sylvia Fisher, John Bosley, Karen Goldenberg, William Mockovak, and Clyde Tucker
Keywords: establishment surveys, survey nonresponse, qualitative research

Survey Response Measurement at the Bureau of Labor Statistics - Gwyn R. Ferguson, Stephen H. Cohen, and Richard J. Rosen
Keywords: response measurement, establishment surveys

A Qualitative Approach to the Study of BLS Establishment Survey Nonresponse - Jean Fox, Sylvia Fisher, Clyde Tucker, Roberta Sangster, and Christine Rho
Keywords: establishment surveys, survey nonresponse, qualitative methods

Session 52: Analysis of Complex Survey Data
Organizer:
Chair: Charles R. Perry, USDA/National Agricultural Statistics Service

Statistical Inference for Survey Data Analysis - David A. Binder and Georgia R. Roberts
Keywords: design-based properties, informative sampling, phases of randomization

A Bayesian Test of Association in a Two-Way Categorical Table with Intra-class Correlation - Balgobin Nandram and Jai Won Choi
Keywords: Bayes factor, Gibbs sampler, Monte Carlo integration, Multinomial-Dirichlet

Tests of Monotone Dose-Response in Complex Surveys - Varma Nadimpalli, David Judkins, and Paul Zador
Keywords: jackknife, association measures, Mantel-Haenzel test

Hosmer-Lemeshow Goodness of Fit Test for Survey Data - Babubhai V. Shah and Beth G. Barnwell
Keywords: Hosmer-Lemeshow test, goodness of fit test, sample surveys

Estimating Degrees of Freedom for Data from Complex Surveys - Allison M. Burns, Robert J. Morris, Jun Liu, and Margaret Z. Byron

Fitting Nested Logit Models to Complex Survey Data - Moshe Feder, Alexander J. Cowell, Sarah Q. Duffy, and Weihua Shi
Keywords: random choice, modeling, unequal weighting, clustering

Effect of Collapsing Rows/Columns of Weighting Matrix on Weights - Jay Jong-Ik Kim

Session 76: Variance Estimation with Non-Trivial Sampling Fractions
Organizer: Richard S. Sigman, U.S. Census Bureau
Chair: Richard S. Sigman, U.S. Census Bureau

Investigation of Alternative Replicate Variance Estimators for the Annual Capital Expenditures Survey - Katherine J. Thompson, Richard S. Sigman, and Roger L. Goodwin
Keywords: random group, delete-a-group jackknife, sampling fraction

Variance Estimation and Inference for Stratified Sample Designs with Nontrivial Sample Fractions and Nonresponse - John L. Eltinge
Keywords: balanced repeated replication with Fay factors, influence function, quasirandomization model, sparse-effect model, stratum collapse, variance estimator stability

A Comparison of Variance Estimators for the Advance Monthly Retail Trade Survey - Brett Moore, Jock Black, and Xijian Liu
Keywords: replication variance estimation, random groups, delete-a-group jackknife, Monte Carlo simulation

The Use of Overlapping Replicates to Reduce Bias in Replicate Variance Estimates - Susan M. Hinkins, Chris Moriarity, and Fritz J. Scheuren

Session 77: Census 2000 Revised Accuracy and Coverage Evaluation Estimates
Organizer: Rajendra P. Singh, U.S. Census Bureau
Chair: Howard R. Hogan, U.S. Census Bureau

Census 2000 Accuracy and Coverage Evaluation Revision II - Donna Kostanich and Dawn E. Haines
Keywords: measurement error, dual-system estimation

Alternative Formulas for Dual System Estimation, and Implication for the 2000 Census - Lawrence D. Brown and Zhanyun Zhao

Technical Issues and Developments in the ACE Revision II Estimation - William R. Bell

Session 83: Interviewers and Field Methods
Organizer:
Chair: Ibrahim S. Yansaneh, United Nations

Evaluating the Use of Residential Mailing Addresses in a National Household Survey - Jennifer M. Staab and Vincent G. Iannacchione
Keywords: sampling frame, residential mailing address list, household surveys, coverage, half-open interval, E-911 address conversion

The Effect of Interviewer Experience on the Interview Process in the National Survey on Drug Use and Health - James Chromy, Dawn Odom, Joe Eyerman, and Madeline E. McNeeley
Keywords: interviewer experience, drug use surveys, response rates, selection bias, conditional models

Computer Assisted Probability Sampling in the Field - Pushpal Mukhopadhyay and Sarah Nusser

Stratified Sampling for Sales and Use Tax Highly Skewed Data – Determination of the Certainty Stratum Cut-off Amount - Eric Falk and Wendy Rotz

Telephone History Analysis of the 2001 California Health Interview Survey - Amy Luo, Ismael Flores Cervantes, Charles DiSogra, and Wei Yen
Keywords: nonresponse, telephone survey, call history, CHIS

The Effect of Interviewer Experience on the Interview Process in the National Survey on Drug Use and Health - Dawn M. Odom, Joe Eyerman, James R. Chromy, Madeline E. McNeeley, and Arthur L. Hughes

Take This Job and...: Why Interviewers Leave - Geraldine Burt

User Responses to Digital Map Tools on Handheld Computers - Sarah M. Nusser

Session 113: Record Linkage: Current Application and Future Developments
Organizer: Charles Mason, Bureau of Labor Statistics
Chair: Owen J. Shoemaker, Bureau of Labor Statistics

How Many Digits in a Handshake? National Death Index Matching with Less Than Nine Digits of the Social Security Number - Bryan Sayer and Christine S. Cox
Keywords: record linkage, National Death Index, National Health Interview Survey, probabilistic matching

Linking Retail Establishments Reported in a Household Survey - Charles Mason

Record Linkage Using Error-prone Strings - Rainer Schnell, Tobias Bachteler, and Stefan Bender
Keywords: record linkage, string similarity

An Evaluation of the Record Linkage Phase of a Sampling Frame Update - Eric C. Tischner and Tracy Churchill

Developing and Evaluating a Learning String Comparator - William E. Yancey

Session 114: Web Usability Testing: What Is Being Done and What Will Be Done
Organizer: Robert H. Rutchik, U.S. Department of Energy
Chair: Thomas Broene, Energy Information Administration

Expansion of EIA's Web Site Usability Testing Program - Colleen Blessing, Howard Bradsher-Fredrick, Herbert Miller, Renee Miller, and Robert Rutchik
Keywords: web site, usability testing, thinkaloud, participants, energy experts, Kid’s Page, students, teachers, links

Usability Testing of Electronic Surveys and Web Sites for Establishment Data Collection - Amy E. Anderson

Helping Users Find What They Want: Emerging Design Standards for Web Data Access Tools - Marianne Zawitz

Web Survey Usability: Considerations for Private Sector Research - Carrie Christianson DeMay, Kristofer Fenlason, and Kyle Lundby

Session 122: Estimation #1
Organizer:
Chair: Rachel M. Harter, NORC at the University of Chicago

Identifying Problems with Raking Estimators - J. Michael Brick, Jill Montaquila, and Shelley Roth
Keywords: calibration estimation, poststratification, auxiliary variables

A Comparison of Two Regression Estimators for Two-Phase Sampling - X. Li and J. D. Opsomer
Keywords: calibration, auxiliary variables

An Extension of Generalized Regression Estimator to Dual Frame Surveys - A.C. Singh and S. Wu
Keywords: calibration weights, combining estimates, mode effects, optimal regression

Redesigned Current Population Survey Weighting - Edwin L. Robison and Martha Duff
Keywords: raking, iterative proportional fitting, weighting, composite estimation, current population survey

A Look at Alternative Estimators for the Current Population Survey - Stephen M. Miller

Methods for Combining Probability and Convenience Samples: Estimation, Inference, and Applications - Douglas Rivers, Vicki J. Huggins, and Daniel Slotwiner

Session 170: Sampling 2
Organizer:
Chair: John M. Bushery, U.S. Census Bureau

Model-based Optimal Selection of Sampling Units with Computational Ease - Chang-Tai Chao
Keywords: model-based sampling, optimal sampling strategy, eigensystem, Gaussian spatial model, log-Gaussian spatial model

A New Stratification for the Medical Expenditure Panel Survey-Insurance Component - John Sommers and Steven Riesz
Keywords: MEPS-IC, stratification, employer-based sample, employer-sponsored health insurance

Redesign of the Survey of Construction - Bonnie E. Kegan and James D. Ashley
Keywords: optimal allocation, overlap, stratification

A Probability Sampling Approach for Variance Minimization - Sun-Woong Kim, Steven G. Heeringa, and Peter W. Solenberger
Keywords: statistical efficiency, inclusion probability, non-linear programming

Efficient Sample Design in Special Ratio Type Data - Yan Liu, Mary Batcher, and Fritz Scheuren
Keywords: mixture distributions, audit sampling, stratified sampling, Neyman allocation, ratio estimation

Calculation of Selection Probability when Multiwave Proportional-to-Size without Replacement Samples are Selected - Jun Liu and Lei Li

Sample Allocation for Estimation of NML Farms for the 2002 Census of Agriculture - Floyd M. Spears, Raj S. Chhikara, and Charles R. Perry

Session 172: Improving Survey Response
Organizer:
Chair: Stephen E. Ash, U.S. Census Bureau br>

Assessing the Impact of Methodological Enhancements on Different Subpopulations in an Experiment on the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System - Joe Eyerman, Michael W. Link, Ali Mokdad, and Jeremy Morton
Keywords: experiment, response rates, lead letters, subpopulations, BRFSS

Efforts to Improve Response Rates in the Current Employment Statistics Program: Results from Two Experiments - Richard Rosen, Louis Harrell, Ralf Hertwig, and Tony Gomes
Keywords: non-response, response rates, incentive, establishment survey, enhanced NRP protocol

Follow-Up of Persons Impacted by Bioterrorism: Respondents and Nonrespondents - Elizabeth R. Zell, Colin Shepard, and Nancy E. Rosenstein
Keywords: bioterrorism, anthrax, post-exposure prophylaxis

Using Alternate Address Information to Increase Response Among Active Duty Personnel - Nancy A. Clusen, Esther M. Friedman, and Michael Hartzell
Keywords: nonresponse, Health Care Survey of Department of Defense Beneficiaries (HCSDB)

Response Rate Achieved in Government Surveys - Ruey-Pyng Lu
Keywords: response rate, nonresponse bias, information collection request

Factors Affecting Response Rate in a Survey of Paramedics: Report from The National Study to Prevent Blood Exposure in Paramedics - Jean G. Orelien, Jack Leiss, Jennifer Tierney, Jennifer Ratcliffe, and Sara Baden

Optimizing Establishment Response with Tailored Design: A Randomized Trial of Token Incentives and Priority Mail in a Nationwide Survey of Meat Manufacturers - Danna Moore and John Tarnai

Session 197: Statistical and Methodological Issues in the Medical Expenditure Panel Survey (MEPS)
Organizer: Trena M. Ezzati-Rice, Agency for Healthcare Research & Quality
Chair: Trena M. Ezzati-Rice, Agency for Healthcare Research & Quality

Indications and Limitations of Structural Equation Modeling in Complex Surveys: Implications for an Application in the Medical Expenditure Panel Survey (MEPS) - Janet L. Valluzzi, Sharon L. Larson, and G. Edward Miller
Keywords: complex survey design, latent variables, regression analysis

An Evaluation of Nonresponse Adjustment Cells for the Household Component of the Medical Expenditure Panel Survey (MEPS) - David Kashihara, Trena M. Ezzati-Rice, Lap-Ming Wun, and Robert Baskin
Keywords: weight adjustment, nonresponse bias

Investigation of Alternative Nonresponse Adjustment Methods in the Medical Expenditure Panel Survey (MEPS) - Lap-Ming Wun, Trena M. Ezzati-Rice, Steven R. Machlin, and Robert Baskin
Keywords: logistic regression, weight adjustment, propensity scores, adjustment for bias

Estimates of Medical Expenditures from the Medical Expenditure Panel Survey: Gains in Precision from Combining Consecutive Years of Data - Steven R. Machlin, Marc W. Zodet, and J. Alice Nixon
Keywords: MEPS, Medical expenses

Estimation Strategies for Longitudinal Analyses - Janet C. Greenblatt

Session 198: Accuracy and Coverage Evaluation Revision II Methodology
Organizer: Michael A. Beaghen, U.S. Census Bureau
Chair: Donna L. Kostanich, U.S. Census Bureau

Overview and Results of Further Study of Person Duplication for the A.C.E. Revision II - Vincent Thomas Mule, Jr. and Deborah Fenstermaker
Keywords: record linkage, dual-system estimation

Accuracy and Coverage Evaluation Revision II Missing Data Methodology and Results - Michael Beaghen and Robert D. Sands
Keywords: evaluation followup, E sample,P sample, noninterview adjustment, unresolved, imputation

Correcting Measurement Error in the Accuracy and Coverage Evaluation - Tamara S. Adams, Elizabeth A. Krejsa, and Douglas B. Olson

Estimation Methodology and General Results for the Census 2000 A.C.E. Revision II - Richard Griffin

Summary of Accuracy and Coverage Evaluation Revision II Methodology - David C. Whitford and Donna Kostanich
Keywords: census, coverage evaluation

Session 234: Variance Estimation of Multi-phase Sampling and Applications of Nonparametric Hierrchical Models to Survey Data
Organizer: Hyunshik Lee, Westat
Chair: Roderick Joseph Little, University of Michigan

Replication Variance Estimation for the National Resources Inventory - J.D. Opsomer, W.A. Fuller, and X. Li
Keywords: regression estimation, natural resource survey, replication variance estimation

Variance Estimation for the Special Studies of the National Assessment for Educational Progress (NAEP) - Hyunshik Lee, Jae-Kwang Kim, and Sylvia Dohrmann
Keywords: multi-phase sampling, clustering, double expansion weight, ratio adjustment, Weight Winsorization, poststratification

Jackknife Variance Estimation for Two-Phase Sampling in the National Resources Inventory - Jean D. Opsomer, Wayne A. Fuller, and Xiaoxi Li

Applications of Nonparametric Hierarchical Models to Surveys with Clustered Outcome - Hui Zheng and Roderick Joseph Little

Session 235: New Directions in Research on Questionnaire Designs
Organizer: Elizabeth A. Martin, U.S. Census Bureau
Chair: Cynthia Z. F. Clark, U.S. Census Bureau

Methodological Influences on Comparibility of Race Measurements: Several Cautionary Examples - Elizabeth Martin and Eleanor Gerber
Keywords: question wording effects, response error, reliability, race measurement, coverage error

Variability in Question Interpretation - Michael Schober and Frederick Conrad

Increasing the Quality of Survey Questions: When Techniques Fail - Nora Cate Schaeffer and Jennifer L. Dykema

The Influence of Questionnaire Design on Measurement Error and Survey Comparability: A Cautionary Tale from Census 2000 - Elizabeth A. Martin

The Effects of Visual Construction Variations on Answers to Internet Surveys - Don A. Dillman

Session 240: Design Issues for Health Surveys
Organizer:
Chair: Fei Wang, Boston University

Optimal Sample Design Procedures for National Hospital Ambulatory Medical Care Survey - Feng Lan and Iris Shimizu
Keywords: sample design, complex sample, optimization, Lagrange method

Rating Medicare: Does Mode Matter? - Celia R. Eicheldinger, Vincent G. Iannacchione, and Lisa C. Carpenter
Keywords: survey mode effects, CAHPS®, medicare fee-for-service, telephone survey, social desirability

Processing of Race and Ethnicity in the NSDUH - Eric A. Grau, Jeanne Snodgrass, and Rachel A. Caspar

Comparison of Linear and Nonlinear Models for Generalized Variance Functions for the National Survey on Drug Use and Health - Harper Gordek and Avinash C. Singh

A Multisite Assessment of the Extent and Correlates of Arrest Recidivism and Its Impact on Arrestee Drug Abuse Prevalence and Pattern Estimations - Zhiwei Zhang and Dean Gerstein

Does Type of Health Insurance and Race Change the Rate of Prostate and Colon Cancer? - Negasi T. Beyene

Research Agenda and Research Resources for Health Status Assessment and Summary Health Measures - Edward J. Sondik

Session 242: Patterns of and Reasons for Nonresponse
Organizer:
Chair: Bernard R. Parresol, USDA Forest Service

Characteristics of Nontelephone Households: A Supplement Survey to Two Travel-related Surveys - Jonaki Bose, J. Neil Russell, Lee H. Giesbrecht, and Michael P. Cohen
Keywords: nonsampling error, mail survey, walking, nonresponse, bias, evaluation

Reordering the Darkness: Application of Effort and Unit Nonresponse in the Survey of Consumer Finances - Arthur B. Kennickell
Keywords: Nonresponse, interviewers

Staying the Course: Patterns of Nonresponse in a National Longitudinal Study of Young Children - Jill Walston and Jerry West
Keywords: nonresponse, longitudinal studies, national studies, sample attrition

Better Late? Characteristics of Late Respondents to a Health Care Survey - Esther M. Friedman, Nancy A. Clusen, and Michael Hartzell
Keywords: nonresponse bias, late respondents, mail survey, Health Care Survey of Department of Defense Beneficiaries (HCSDB)

Response Process and Burden in Establishment Surveys - Tony Hak, Diane K. Willimack, and Amy E. Anderson
Keywords: establishment surveys, response process, response burden, electronic reporting

Some Factors that Influence Response Rates in Web-Based Surveys - Yasar Yesilcay and Rickie J. Domangue

Time of the Year and "Don't Know" Responses to the Annual Household Income Question - Wei Yen, Charles A. DiSogra, Jenny Chia, and Rong Huang

Session 278: Making Community Surveys Cost-Efficient
Organizer: Rachel M. Harter, NORC at the University of Chicago
Chair: H. Wayne Giles, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion

Assessing the Validity of Matched Address Data for Unlisted Telephone Numbers in REACH 2010 - Joe Murphy, Ann Burke, and Whitney Murphy
Keywords: RDD, telephone, geocoding, screening

The Reach 2010 Community-Based Surveys and Their Cost Issues - Rachel M. Harter and Carol-Ann Emmons
Keywords: community survey, screening, random digit dial, coverage

Optimizing Call Strategies in RDD: Differential Nonresponse Bias and Costs in REACH 2010 - Whitney Murphy, Colm O’Muircheartaigh, Carol-Ann Emmons, Steven Pedlow, and Rachel Harter

Outlier Weight Adjustment in Reach 2010 - Steven Pedlow, Javier Porras, Colm O’Muircheartaigh, and Hee-Choon Shin
Keywords: extreme weights, Winsorization, capping weights

Session 279: Dalenius Memorial Session-Survey Quality
Organizer: Lars Lyberg, Statistics Sweden
Chair: Lars Lyberg, Statistics Sweden

Can We Improve Our Methods to Reduce Nonresponse Bias in RDD Surveys? - Roberta L. Sangster
Keywords: nonresponse bias, response rates, cooperation, advance letters, introductions, answering machines, refusal conversion, incentives, contact attempts, call attempts, respondent attitudes

Survey Quality Issues During the Last 50 Years: Some Observations - Lars Lyberg and Eva Elvers
Keywords: quality components, total error, MSE components, production process

Data Swapping and Other Perturbational Methods for Confidentiality - Stephen E. Fienberg

Dalenius Days at the U.S. Federal Committee on Statistical Methodology - Fritz J. Scheuren

Session 280: Assessments of A.C.E. Revision II Estimates of 2000 Census Coverage
Organizer: Mary H. Mulry, U.S. Census Bureau
Chair: Michael R. Elliott, University of Pennsylvania

Loss Function Analysis for A.C.E. Revision II Estimates of Census 2000 Coverage Error - Mary H. Mulry, Randal S. Zuwallack, and Bruce D. Spencer
Keywords: dual system estimation, nonsampling error, undercount, overcount

P-Sample Match Rate Corrected for Error due to Inconsistent Post-Stratification Variables - Katie Bench
Keywords: jackknife estimation, replication, dual-system estimation, multiple comparisons

Evaluation of the A.C.E. Revision II Estimates of Census 2000 Coverage Error - Mary H. Mulry and Rita J. Petroni
Keywords: dual system estimator, nonsampling error, undercount, overcount

Clerical Review of Duplicate Enumerations in Census 2000 - Rosemary Byrne, Michael Beaghen, and Mary H. Mulry
Keywords: census coverage error, nonsampling error, Accuracy and Coverage Evaluation Survey

Correlation Bias Estimation in the Accuracy and Coverage Evaluation Revision II - Roger Shores and Robert Sands
Keywords: dual system estimation, heterogeneity bias, undercount estimation

Session 290: Estimation #2
Organizer:
Chair: David W. Chapman, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation

Transformed Variables in Survey Sampling - Raymond L. Chambers and Alan H. Dorfman
Keywords: balanced sampling, jackknife variance estimator, lognormal linear model prediction, probability proportional to size sampling, residuals, simple random sampling, stratified random sampling, smearing estimator, outlier robust estimator

Simulation Comparison Between an Outlier Resistant Model-Based Finite Population Estimator and Design-Based Estimators under Contamination - Bogong Li
Keywords: mixed-effects model, finite population, best predictor, influence function

On Some Aspects of Estimation Methods Based on Capture Alone with Applications - Sameer Y. Desale, Dhirendra N. Ghosh, and Bimal K. Sinha

A Bayes And Empirical Bayes Prediction For a Finite Population Total Using Auxiliary Information - Mark S. Hamner, John W. Seaman, Jr., and Dean M. Young
Keywords: superpopulation model, empirical Bayes estimator, general regression estimator, partitioned matrices

A Comparison of Two Arrestee Drug Use Estimation Methods - Y. Michael Yang and Dean R. Gerstein
Keywords: post-sampling stratification, weighting adjustment, mean square error, design effect, survey cost

Making Unbiased Estimates About Hidden Populations Using Respondent-driven Sampling - Matthew J. Salganik and Douglas Heckathorn

Session 292: Issues in Web and Telephone Surveys
Organizer:
Chair: Karol J. Krotki, University of Alberta

An Application of a Method of Determining Optimum Number of Call Attempts in a Telephone Survey - K.P. Srinath, Pamela Giambo, and Susan Arday

An Evaluation of Current Nonresponse and Coverage Adjustment Methods in Web Panel Surveys - Sunghee Lee

Web Collection in the Covered Employment and Wages Program - Michael A. Searson

Self-Initiated vs. Randomized Selection Effects in Web Site Evaluation - Elizabeth C. Smith

The Impact of Ring-No-Answer Telephone Numbers in Random-Digit-Dialing Survey Response Rates - Michael P. Battaglia, Martin R. Frankel, Meena Khare, Dale W. Kulp, and Jessica Cardoni

Session 318: Plans for Improving Coverage in the Census
Organizer: Danny R. Childers, U.S. Census Bureau
Chair: Frank A. Vitrano, U.S. Census Bureau

An Empirical Evaluation of the Use of Administrative Records to Predict Census Day Residency - Elizabeth A. Stuart and D.H. Judson
Keywords: Bayesian hierarchical model, administrative records census, nonresponse followup, migration, imputation, multiple systems estimation

Discussion: Plans for Improving Coverage in the Census - Michael L. Cohen
Keywords: rostering, unduplication, administrative records

Rostering, Residence Rules, and Coverage: Where We've Been and Where We're GOing - Laurie Schwede
Keywords: rosters, residence rules, Census 2000, coverage, item nonresponse

Improving Within Household Coverage - Elizabeth A. Krejsa and David Sheppard
Keywords: 2004 Census test, residence rules, erroneous enumerations, erroneous omissions

Census Unduplication Research Plan for 2010 - Damon R. Smith and David C. Whitford
Keywords: Census unduplication, Census 2010

Census Unduplication Research Plan for 2010 - Damon R. Smith and David C. Whitford

Session 321: Winners of the Student Competition
Organizer: Susan Schechter, Office of Management and Budget
Chair: Susan Schechter, Office of Management and Budget

Causal Inference for Multi-level Observational Data with Application to Kindergarten Retention Study - Guanglei Hong and Stephen W. Raudenbush
Keywords: potential outcomes, exchangeability, propensity scores, multi-site trial, cluster randomized trial

Handling Missing Data: Union Formation Issues and Those Lost to Follow-Up - Jessica K. Kohlschmidt and Elizabeth A. Stasny

Measuring Visual Political Knowledge in Web-Based Surveys - Markus Prior

A Bayesian Hierarchical Approach to Modeling Spatial Variation of the Ohio Debt Stress Index with Missing Addresses - Xiang Ling

A Multivariate Statistical Analysis of the Free World - David Friedenberg, Shenek Heyward, Lindsay Kellam, and Vasant B. Waikar

Session 326: Recent Development in Survey Methods
Organizer:
Chair: S. Lynne Stokes, Southern Methodist University

Comparing Scoring Systems from Cluster Analysis and Discriminant Analysis Using Random Samples - William Wong and Chih-Chin Ho
Keywords: replication, nonlinear estimator, variances, detection, profiling, tax compliance

Social Security Administration Public-Use Microdata Samples - Brian Greenberg, Cherice Jefferies, and Jennifer Lee
Keywords: public use microdata files, Social Security Administration, OASDI, SSI

Reduction of Linear Edits - Stanley Weng
Keywords: linear editing, Fellegi-Holt methodology, polyhedral theory, implicit equality, elimination by equality, facet approach

Statistical Matching with Assessment of Uncertainty in the Procedure: New Findings - Chris Moriarity and Fritz Scheuren
Keywords: data fusion, constrained matching

The Variance of the Variance of Samples From a Finite Population - Eungchun Cho, Moon Jung Cho, and John Eltinge
Keywords: sample variance, randomization variance, polykays, moments of finite population

Analysis of Hierarchical Factorial Layouts When the Class Levels Are Sampled from Unbalanced Finite Populations - Shannon E. Allen and Burt S. Holland

A Nationwide Laboratory: Examining Trust and Trustworthiness by Integrating Behavioral Experiments into Representative Surveys - Juergen Schupp, Ernst Fehr, Urs Fischbacher, and Gert G. Wagner

Session 327: Context Effects, Field Tests, Questionnaire Design
Organizer:
Chair: Amy E. Anderson, U.S. Census Bureau

Lessons Learned from a Split-panel Test of Questionnaire Length for a Provider-based Health Survey - Catharine W. Burt, Susan Schappert, and Esther Hing
Keywords: data collection, response rates, questionnaire design, response burden

Is a User-Friendly Diary More Effective? Findings from a Field Test - Eric Figueroa, Jeanette Davis, Sally Reyes-Morales, Nhien To, and Lucilla Tan
Keywords: Consumer Expenditure Diary Survey, field test, form design

Comparing Responses to the Race Question Asked Two Different Ways - Barbara Lepidus Carlson
Keywords: survey, race, community tracking study, directive 15

The Effect of Context on the Correspondence Between Questionnaire and Observational Data - Frederick O. Lorenz

Comparing Five Different Versions of the Census Short Form Using Cognitive Interviewing - Tracey Heller and David I. Cantor

Impact of Instrument, Design, and Mode Changes in a Physician Survey - Sara L. Thran

Session 356: Questionnaire Design Research for the 2010 Census
Organizer: James B. Treat, U.S. Census Bureau
Chair: James B. Treat, U.S. Census Bureau

Analysis of Respondent's Behavior When Offered Alternative Modes of Response: Census 2000 Compared to the 2003 National Census Test - Tracy L. Mattingly
Keywords: Census 2000, 2003 National Census Test, electronic response modes

Customer Satisfaction with Internet and IVR as Census Data Collection Tools - Courtney N. Stapleton, Sherri Norris, and Sarah Brady
Keywords: self-response, electronic data collection, telephone

Effect of New and Additional Contact Strategies on Cooperation Rates and Data Quality - Julie A. Bouffard, Sarah E. Brady, Courtney N. Stapleton, and Jerry Imel
Keywords: replacement questionnaire, reminder telephone call, due date, item nonresponse

Effect of Alternative Data Collection Modes on Cooperation Rates and Data Quality - Sarah E. Brady, Courtney N. Stapleton, Julie A. Bouffard, and Jerry D. Imel
Keywords: internet, interactive voice response, item nonresponse

Analysis of Alternative Race and Ethnicity Questions for the 2003 National Census Test - Dave Sheppard and Michael Bentley
Keywords: questionnaire design, Hispanic origin, race, examples

Session 358: Methods of Interviewer Fraud Detection and Prevention
Organizer: Moon Jung Cho, Bureau of Labor Statistics
Chair: David C. Whitford, U.S. Census Bureau

Detecting Possibly Fraudulent or Error-Prone Survey Data Using Benford's Law - David Swanson, Moon Jung Cho, and John Eltinge
Keywords: Consumer Expenditure Interview Survey, curbstoning, digit preference, Pearson test statistic, quantitative survey responses, reinterview

Inferential Methods to Identify Possible Interviewer Fraud Using Leading Digit Preference Patterns and Design Effect Matrices - Moon J. Cho, John L. Eltinge, and David Swanson
Keywords: Benford’s Law, cluster sample, Consumer Expenditure Survey, curbstoning, misspecification effect, Rao-Scott adjusted goodness-of-fit test

The Use of Technology to Monitor Field Data Collection Activities - Wende Mix, Gary Shapiro, Richard Huey, Adele Bensur, Dennis Utter, and Donna Glassbrenner
Keywords: GPS, PDA, Observational Transportation Survey, National Occupant Protection Use Survey, field operations

A Field Interviewer Verification System Based on Unobtrusive Digitally Recorded Interviews - Rachel A. Caspar and Paul P. Biemer

Session 363: Variance Estimation 1
Organizer:
Chair: Thomas W. Brundage, Oregon Public Health

The Efficiency of the Bootstrap under a Locally Random Assumption for Systematic Samples - Steven Kaufman
Keywords: BHR, super-population, finite population correction, variance estimation

An Application of the Bootstrap Variance Estimation Method to the Canadian Participation and Activity Limitation Survey - Éric R. Langlet, Dany Faucher, and Éric Lesage
Keywords: bootstrap method, without replacement design, response propensity model, logistic regression

A Simulation Study of Two Methods of Variance Estimation with Hot Deck Imputation - Michael E. Jones, J. Michael Brick, Graham Kalton, and Richard Valliant
Keywords: model-assisted, adjusted jackknife

Applying the Delete-a-Group Jackknife Variance Estimator to Analysis of Data from a Complex Longitudinal Survey - Julia L. Bienias, Phillip S. Kott, and Denis A. Evans
Keywords: complex surveys, poisson sampling, finite-population inference, model

Variance Estimation for Combined Survey Estimated Using the Extended Delete-a-Group - James L. Reilly
Keywords: variance estimation, jackknife, combined estimates, statistical matching

Monte Carlo Study on the Successive Difference Replication Method for Non-Linear Statistics - Amang S. Sukasih and Donsig Jang
Keywords: variance estimation, complex survey, stratified sample, systematic selection, variance bias, variance stability

Evaluating Various Methods of Standard Error Estimation for Use with the Current Population Survey's Public Use Data - Michael E. Davern, James M. Lepkowski, Gestur Davidson, and Lynn A. Blewett

Session 364: Survey Nonresponse and Imputation
Organizer:
Chair: Paula E. Weir, Energy Information Administration

Reporting Patterns in the Current Employment Statistics Survey - Kennon R. Copeland
Keywords: late reports, attrition, nonresponse, panel survey, establishment survey, estimate revisions

Imputation of Benefit Related Data for the National Compensation Survey - James A. Buszuwski, Daniel J. Elmore, Lawrence R. Ernst, Michael K. Lettau, Lowell G. Mason, Steven P. Paben, and Chester H. Ponikowski
Keywords: missing data, item nonresponse, hot-deck, regression

Regulatory Exemptions and Item Nonresponse - Paul B. McMahon
Keywords: administrative records, item Nonresponse

Family Income Nonresponse in the National Health Interview Survey (NHIS): 1997-2000 - John R. Pleis and James M. Dahlhamer
Keywords: family income, socioeconomic status, item nonresponse

The Generalized Simulation System (Genesis): A Pedagogical and Methodological Tool - David Haziza
Keywords: estimation, full response, imputation, imputation classes, nonresponse, simulation studies, system

Correcting for Sample Selection Bias in Internet Panel Surveys Based on Random Digit Dialing Sampling - J. Michael Dennis, Rick J. Li, J. R. DeShazo, and Trudy Ann Cameron

Session 404: Quality Assurance of Population Censuses: Lessons Learned and Plans for the Future
Organizer: John M. Bushery, U.S. Census Bureau
Chair: David R. Morganstein, Westat

The Quality Management Strategy (QMS) in the New Zealand 2001 Census of Population and Dwellings and How This Shapes the Future - Nancy McBeth, Catherine McGill, Tracy Moore, and Denise McGregor

Quality Management in the 2006 Canadian Census of Population - Paul Poirier, Jean Dumais, and Brad Hawkes
Keywords: quality management, quality assurance, census of population

U.S. Census 2010 Quality Assurance Strategy - John M . Bushery, Jennifer W. Reichert, and Richard F. Blass
Keywords: census, population census, quality assurance, quality control

Quality Management and the Australian Census - Paul S. Williams

Quality Lessons from 2001 U.K. Census and Plans for the Future - Paul Vickers

Session 413: Small-area Estimation/Mixed Models
Organizer:
Chair: Joseph K. Garrett, Mathematica Policy Research, Inc.

Design Consistent Estimators for a Mixed Linear Model on Survey Data - Rong Huang and Michael A. Hidiroglou
Keywords: survey weights, design consistent, mixed linear model, estimating equation, covariance components, random effects

Comparing the Areas under Receiver Operating Characteristic Curves for Cluster Designs - William W. Davis and Katherine M. Flegal
Keywords: cluster sample, statistical weight, mixed model, jackknife, balanced repeated replication

Health Insurance Estimates for Counties - Robin Fisher and Joanna Turner
Keywords: small area estimates, health insurance coverage, ASEC

A Simulation Study to Compare Unit-Level Linear Mixed Model Methods for Small Area Estimation for Survey Data - A. K. Vaish, R. E. Folsom, and A. C. Singh
Keywords: estimating functions, pseudo score functions, survey weighted hierarchical Bayes, MCMC, pseudo hierarchical Bayes

A comparison of different MSPE estimators of EBLUP for the Fay-Herriot model - Shijie Chen and P. Lahiri
Keywords: method of moments, mixed linear models, prediction, variance components

County Food Stamp Program Participation-to-Poverty Ratio During Welfare Reform - Geoffrey Gee

Small Area Estimation Based on Repeated Surveys: Using Semiparametric Models to Estimate Trends - Dawei Xie

Session 414: Imputation Methods
Organizer:
Chair: Brenda G. Cox, RoperASW

A Contingency-Table Model for Imputing Data Satisfying Analytic Constraints - W. E. Winkler
Keywords: hot-deck, log-linear models, set-covering

Fractional Imputation Using Regression Imputation Model - Jae Kwang Kim
Keywords: jackknife, nonresponse, response probability, survey sampling, variance estimation

Assessment of Model Fit Based on Incomplete Data - Tamás Rudas
Keywords: model diagnostics, missing data, mixture index of fit, categorical data analysis

Neural Network Imputation: A New Fashion or a Good Tool - Safaa R. Amer, Virginia M. Lesser, and Robert Burton

A Comparison of Conventional Estimates of Vaccination Coverage with Estimates Obtained from Multiply Imputed Datasets Using Available Software for Multiple Imputation - Meena Khare and Recai Murat Yucel

Multiple Imputation Using Sequential Hierarchical Regression Models - Recai Murat Yucel, Nathaniel Schenker, and Trivellore E. Raghunathan

Semiparametric Approach for Multiple Imputation of Unobserved Values in Longitudinal Studies - Yulei He and Trivellore E. Raghunathan

Session 435: Census Bureau Research in Household Survey Methods
Organizer: Alan R. Tupek, U.S. Census Bureau
Chair: David L. Hubble, U.S. Census Bureau

Methods of Statistical Inference for the Survey of Income and Program Participation that are Suitable for an Online Data Analysis Tool - Reid A. Rottach and David W. Hall
Keywords: calibration, variance estimation, degrees of freedom, balanced repeated replication (BRR), residual technique

Simultaneous Calibration Estimators for Two-Phase Samples - Stephen Ash
Keywords: auxiliary information, regression estimator

Assessing the Affect of Different Instrument Modes on Reinterview Results for the Consumer Expenditure Quarterly Interview Survey - Angela-Jo Wetzel
Keywords: CAPI reinterview, PAPI reinterview, instrument mode, response rates, falsification, data quality

Markov Latent Class Analysis and Its Application to the Current Population Survey in Estimating the Response Error - Bac Tran and Franklin Winters
Keywords: index of inconsistency, gross difference rate, misclassification error, response error, reinterview survey

Session 441: Variance Estimation 2
Organizer:
Chair: Timothy W. Victor, AstraZeneca LP

Design Effects and Survey Planning - Inho Park, Marianne Winglee, Jay Clark, Keith Rust, Andrea Sedlak, and David Morganstein
Keywords: design effect decomposition models, stratification, unequal weighting, clustering

Estimating Components of Variance of Price Change from a Scanner-Based Sample - Sylvia G. Leaver and William E. Larson
Keywords: scanner data, weighted REML, price index

Estimation and Comparison of Chained CPI-U Standard Errors with Regular CPI-U Results (2000-2001) - Owen J. Shoemaker
Keywords: Tornqvist, stratified random groups

Evaluation of National CPS Labor Force Variances - Tamara Sue Zimmerman
Keywords: variance estimation, balanced half sample replication, generalized variance functions, Current Population Survey

Comparison of Procedures to Account for Certainty Primary Sampling Units - Frank Potter, Donsig Jang, Esther Friedman, Nuria Diaz-Tena, and Bidisha Ghosh
Keywords: variance estimation, Certainty PSUs, balanced repeated replication

Determining the Optimal Pricing Frequency for Commodities and Services Items and Geographic Areas in the Consumer Price Index - William Johnson, Sylvia G. Leaver, William Larson, and Owen J. Shoemaker

Comparison of With-Replacement and Without-Replacement Sampling Variances for a Complex Sample Survey With High Selection Rates for Primary Sampling Units - Frank J. Potter, Stephen R. Williams, Nuria Diaz-Tena, and James Reschovsky

Session 443: Survey Nonresponse Adjustment
Organizer:
Chair: John Aston, NISS/U.S. Census Bureau

A Nonresponse Adjustment Strategy Using Modeling in the Canadian Labour Force Survey - Asma Alavi and Jean-Francois Beaumont
Keywords: nonresponse adjustment classes, reweighting, modeling, logistic regression, contact information

A Kernel Smoothing Method to Adjust for Unit Nonresponse in Complex Surveys - Damiao N. da Silva and Jean D. Opsomer

Nonresponse Adjustments for a Survey of Children with Disabilities Using Information of a Responsible Adult - Núria Díaz-Tena and Frank Potter
Keywords: nonresponse, propensity scores, logistic models, supplemental security income, SSA data files

Weighting Adjustments for Unit Nonresponse with Multiple Outcome Variables - Sonya L.Vartivarian and Roderick J. Little
Keywords: sampling weights, survey inference, unit nonresponse adjustment

Sampling Nonrespondents: Why, When, and How Much? - Timothy Triplett, Kevin H. Wang, Adam Safir, and Natalie Abi-Habib

Exploratory Analysis of the Effects of Data Quality on Nonresponse Adjustments in RDD Surveys - Kevin H. Wang, Timothy Triplett, Adam Safir, and Natalie Abi-Habib

Alternative Weighting Adjustments for the Knowledge Networks Panel Based on Nonresponse Analyses - Rick J. Li, Vicki J. Huggins, Mick P. Couper, and J. Michael Dennis

Session 464: Methodological Issues in Local Area Statistics: A Subject Area Assessment of Data from Census 2000 and the American Community Survey
Organizer: Sharon Stern, U.S. Census Bureau
Chair: Louisa F. Miller, U.S. Census Bureau

Counting People with Disabilities: How Survey Methodology Influences Estimates in Census 2000 and the Census 2000 Supplementary Survey - Sharon Stern
Keywords: disability, data collection mode, questionnaire design, American Community Survey

Measuring Education: A Comparison of the Decennial Census and the American Community Survey - Scott Boggess and Nikki L. Graf
Keywords: school enrollment, American Community Survey, Census, national estimates, county estimates, supplemental survey

Income in the American Community Survey: Comparisons to Census 2000 - Kirby G. Posey, Edward Welniak, and Charles Nelson

Comparing Grandparents' Response Items on Census 2000 and the Census 2000 Supplementary Survey/American Community Survey 2000 - Jane L. Dye

Session 466: Sampling 3
Organizer:
Chair: Dominic Lusinchi, Far West Research

Comparison and Analysis of Stratified Randomized Response Models - Jong-Min Kim and Matthew E. Elam
Keywords: random sampling, sensitive characteristics, estimation of proportion

Using Network Sampling in a Telephone Survey to Locate Non-telephone Households - Nadra Garas and Johnny Blair
Keywords: network sampling, frame coverage, multiplicity estimation, telephone survey, survey methodology, non-telephone households

Sample Expansion for Probability Proportional to Size without Replacement Sampling - Lawrence R. Ernst
Keywords: PPS sampling, sample expansion, Tille's method, National Compensation Survey

Sample Design and Estimation of Lifespans of Federal Reserve Notes - Darrel Parke and May Liu
Keywords: sample size, cluster sampling, length-biased sampling, inventory models

Sampling From Curves, Surfaces, and Other Coordinatized Regions - Dhiren Ghosh and Andrew Vogt

Empirical Tests of Stratum Boundary Methods in Tax Populations - David E. McGrath
Keywords: stratification, stratum boundaries, Neyman allocation, tax, skewed populations

Initial Sample Design Considerations for the National Children's Study - David Judkins, Graham Kalton, Joseph Waksberg, John Kiely, Amy Branum, and Peter Scheidt
Keywords: antenatal sampling, Gravida recruitment, pregnancy screening

Session 467: Survey Design: Case Studies
Organizer:
Chair: Richard A. Griffin, U.S. Census Bureau

Making Complex Data Available to Users with Simple Tools: The Case of the Survey of Consumer Finances - Ryan Bledsoe
Keywords: data access, graphical analysis, software

Striving for Cost Efficiency in the Sample Design for the Survey of Youth in Residential Placement - Sheila Krawchuk, Gary Shapiro, and Andrea Sedlak
Keywords: institutional survey, two-stage sample design, differential sampling rates, geographical clustering of sampling units

Redesign of the National Compensation Survey - Yoel Izsak, Lawrence R. Ernst, Steven P. Paben, Chester H. Ponikowski, and Jason Tehonica
Keywords: sample redesign, sample areas, between area variances, overlap maximization, allocation of sample

Measuring Motor Vehicle Fuel Consumption in Canada - Jennifer Taylor
Keywords: diary, fuel consumption survey, pilot test, response rates

Random Sampling for Impact Analysis in a Statistically Representative Set of Sites: The National Head Start Impact Study - Stephen Bell, Mike Puma, and Gary M. Shapiro

Contributed Posters

Applied Multiple Regression for Surveys with Regressors of Changing Relevance: Fuel Switching by Electric Power Producers - James R. Knaub, Jr.
Keywords: prediction, imputation, small area estimation, regressors, regression weights, model performance measure

Disclosure Review and the 2001 Survey of Consumer Finances - Gerhard Fries
Keywords: confidentiality, imputation

Strategies for Modeling Two Categorical Variables with Multiple Category Choices - Christopher R. Bilder and Thomas M. Loughin
Keywords: alternating logistic regression, correlated binary data, generalied loglinear, marginal independence, multiple-response categorical variable, pick any/c

Precision of Survey Estimates Derived from the Medical Expenditure Panel Survey (MEPS) - William Yu
Keywords: design effect, MEPS, health care expenditures

Estimating the Variance of Percentiles Using Replicate Weights - John W. Rogers
Keywords: percentiles, replicate weights, variance, sample surveys

”Just-in-Time” Surveys: A Case Study in Large- Scale Real-Time Web Sampling and Interviewing - Beth Rothschild, Douglas Willson, and Adine Frank
Keywords: internet survey, case study

Papers Presented at the 58th Annual Conference of the American Association for Public Opinion Research
May 15-18, 2003
Nashville, TN

Identifying the Sources of Non-Response in Difficult to Answer Questions - Monica L. Dashen

Why do Respondents Provide Vague Answers to Open-Ended, Categorical Questions? - Monica Dashen

Dealing with Distributions of Behavior Frequencies: An Example with Alcohol Use - Emilia Peytcheva and Andy Peytchev
Keywords: behavior frequencies, alcohol, left censoring, Poisson, tobit, mixture models

The Relationship between Accuracy and Interval Length in the Respondent-Generated Interval Protocol - S. James Press and Judith M. Tanur
Keywords: RGI, Bayesian estimation, brackets, cognition, survey design

The Effect of Data Collection Modality on Students' Foreign Language Survey - Yann-Yann Shieh
Keywords: survey data collection, mode effect

On Estimation of Population Total Using Generalized Regression Predictor - Raghunath Arnab and Sarjinder Singh
Keywords: generalized regression predictor, auxiliary information, estimation of total/variance, optimality

Determining the Probability of Selection for a Telephone Household in a Random Digit Dial Sample Design is Becoming more Difficult - Timothy Triplett and Natalie Abi-Habib
Keywords: survey sampling, telephone surveys, RDD weighting factors

Respondent-Generated Intervals: Do They Help in Collecting Quantitative Data? - Dominic Lusinchi
Keywords: anchoring, item nonresponse, measurement/response error, quantitative data, recall, uncertainty, web-based survey research

Increased Efforts in RDD Surveys - J. Michael Brick, David Martin, Patricia Warren, and J. Wivagg
Keywords: response rates, telephone surveys, call attempts

Reformatting a Self Administered Questionnaire Based on Item Non-response - Frances M. Chevarley
Keywords: MEPS, self administered questionnaire, SAQ, item nonresponse, SUDAAN

An Experiment in Call Scheduling - Patricia Cunningham, David Martin, and J. Michael Brick
Keywords: random digit dial, telephone survey, calling protocol

How Web Surveys Differ from Other Kinds of User Interfaces - Michael F. schober, Frederick G. Conrad, Patrick Ehlen, and Scott S. Fricker
Keywords: web surveys, question clarification, data quality, response accuracy, human-computer interaction

Modeling the Cognitive Processing of Drug Use Questions - Timothy P. Johnson and Michael Fendrich
Keywords: self-report validation, substance use surveys, information processing

Using Call Records to Study Sources of Nonresponse Bias in Consumer Expenditure Surveys - John Dixon and Eric Figueroa
Keywords: survey nonresponse, gross flows, expenditure, compositional analysis

Assessment of Behavioral Engine Technologies and Subjects' Rating of Realism in an Interviewer Skills Training Tool - Michael W. Link, Polly P. Armsby, Laura Flicker, and Rachel Caspar
Keywords: technology-based training, virtual reality, refusal avoidance, speech recognition

Comparing Promised and Pre-paid Incentives for an Extended Interview on a Random Digit Dial Survey - David Cantor, Kevin Wang, and Natalie Abi-Habib
Keywords: refusal conversion, missing data, response distribution

The Effect of Method of Delivery on Response to a Non-Response Follow-Up - Linda L. Dimitropoulos, Larry N. Campbell, and Vincent G. Iannacchione
Keywords: mail survey, non-response follow-up, response propensity, CAHPS

Contact Histories in Personal Visit Surveys: The Survey of Income and Program Participation (SIPP) Methods Panel - Nancy Bates
Keywords: contact rates, contact attempts, CAPI, process data

Urban Public Transportation Riders: Surveying a Population on the Move - Lisel Blash, John D. Rogers, and Richard LeGates

Validating Self-Reports of Socially Desirable Behaviors - Jane E. Burris, Timothy P. Johnson, and Diane P. O’Rourke
Keywords: social desirability, Marlowe-Crowne, self-reports, cancer screening

Educational Attainment and Vocational/Technical Training: Questionnaire Design and Data Quality - Anna Y. Chan and Jeffrey C. Moore
Keywords: educational attainment, vocational/technical training, measurement design and data quality

How Much Can you Trust the Answers You Get Using Cognitive Interviews? - Christine Rho and Roberta L. Sangster

Respondents’ Understanding of Confidentiality Language - Eleanor R Gerber
Keywords: confidentiality statements, cognitive interviewing, privacy, data sharing

Can the American Community Survey Replace the Census Long Form? - Deborah H. Griffin, Susan P. Love, and Sally M. Obenski

A Comparison Between Using the Web and Using Telephone to Survey Political Opinions - Annica Isaksson and Gösta Forsman
Keywords: web surveys, propensity score adjustment, political opinion poll

The Effect of an Explicit Refusal Option on Sample Outcomes: A Study of Union Members - Matthew E. Jans, Mary Ellen Colten, Anthony M. Roman, and Timothy Stablein
Keywords: response rates, phone surveys, respondent burdon

Timing of Mailings and Response Rates: A National Study of College Students - Matthew E. Jans and Anthony M. Roman
Keywords: response rates, mail surveys, college students

Improving the Validity of Self-Reports of Cancer Screening Behaviors - Timothy P. Johnson, Diane P. O’Rourke, Jane E. Burris, and Richard B. Warnecke
Keywords: self-report validation, cancer screening behaviors, barriers, intentions, exceptions, ACASI

Survey Response Rate Reporting in the Professional Literature - Timothy Johnson and Linda Owens
Keywords: response rates, editorial policies, professional standards

Improving Response Rates for the BRFSS: Use of Lead Letters and Answering Machine Messages - Michael W. Link, Ali Mokdad, Machelle Town, Jodie Weiner, and David Roe
Keywords: advance letters, answering machines, response rates, BRFSS

A Review and Proposal for a New Measure of Poll Accuracy - Elizabeth A. Martin, Michael W. Traugott, and Courtney Kennedy

Effects of the September 11, 2001 Terrorist Attacks on Nonresponse in the National Household Survey on Drug Abuse - Madeline E. McNeeley, Peter Frechtel, and Dicy Painter
Keywords: response rates, contact rates, data collection challenges, calls to first contact, September 11, terrorism

Effects of Incentives on Data Collection: A Record of Calls Analysis of National Survey on Drug Use and Health - Dicy Painter, James R. Chromy, Martin Meyer, Rebecca A. Granger, and Andrew Clarke
Keywords: data collection process, in-person interviews, visits, survey outcomes, incentive effects