Proceedings of the Survey Research Methods Section, American Statistical Association (2011)

Invited Papers

Session 51: Is New Emphasis on Administrative Data a Supplement to Survey Research or a 'Paradigm Shift'?
Organizer(s): Young Chun, U.S. Census Bureau
Chair(s): Daniel Weinberg, U.S. Census Bureau

Cleaning and Using Administrative Lists: Enhanced Practices and Computational Algorithms for Record Linkage and Modeling/Editing/Imputation - William Erwin Winkler
Keywords: quality, merging, computational algorithms

To understand the Possibilities of Administrative Data you must change your Statistical Paradigm! - Anders Wallgren
Keywords: Administrative data, Register system, Record linkage, Register-based census, Register-based National Accounts

Pandata Systems to Enhance Survey and Census Systems: Employing Administrative Data to Better Inform Public Policy - Young Chun, Fritz Scheuren
Keywords: Administrative data, public policy, paradigm, Register-based census, paradata, pandata

Some Applications of Administrative Data in Health, Plus a Glimpse of the Future - Edward J. Sondik
Keywords: Federal, surveys, administrative, data, health, harmonization

Session 103: Recent Research on Total Survey Error
Organizer(s): Paul P. Biemer, RTI International
Chair(s): Clyde Tucker, Retired

How Much of Interviewer Variance Is Really Nonresponse Error Variance? - Brady Thomas West, Kristen Olson
Keywords: Interviewer Variance, Nonresponse Error, Measurement Error, Total Survey Error, Interviewer Effects, CATI

Nonresponse and Measurement Error: Relationship, Relative Magnitude, and Correction - Andy Peytchev
Keywords: Nonresponse Bias, Measurement Error, Multiple Imputation, MSE, Total Survey Error, Paradata

Challenges in Minimizing Nonsampling Errors in an International Assessment of Adult Competencies - Leyla K. Mohadjer
Keywords: Nonsampling errors, international surveys, standards and guidelines, quality control

Repercussions of Nonresponse Follow-Up for Measurement Error - Frauke Kreuter
Keywords:

Session 379: Latest Developments on Analysis of Missing Data
Organizer(s): Baojiang Chen, University of Nebraska
Chair(s): Baojiang Chen, University of Nebraska

A Functional Method for Longitudinal Data with Missing Responses and Covariate Measurement Error - Grace Y. Yi, Yanyuan Ma, Raymond James Carroll
Keywords: Functional measurement error modeling, Generalized method of moments, Inverse probability weighting, Longitudinal data, Missing response

Generating Multiple Imputations from Multiple Models to Incorporate Model Uncertainty in Nonignorable Missing Data Problems - Ofer Harel, Juned Siddique
Keywords: multiple imputation, misssing data, nonignorable models, model uncertainty

Empirical Likelihood-Based Method Using Calibration for Longitudinal Data with Drop-Out - Xiao-Hua "Andrew" Zhou, Baojiang Chen
Keywords: missing-data, calibration, empirical likelihood, longitudinal data

Bayesian Modeling and Inference for Data with Informative Treatment Switching or Dropout - Ming-Hui Chen, Qingxia Chen, David Ohlssen, Joseph G. Ibrahim
Keywords: Intermittent missingness, Markov chain Monte Carlo, Missing at random, Multivariate logistic regression, Multivariate mixed-effects model, Non-ignorable

Session 383: Using Paradata for Field Management, Quality Assurance, and Statistical Control
Organizer(s): Matt Jans, U.S. Census Bureau
Chair(s): Jim Dahlhamer, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Proposed Indicators to Assess Interviewer Performance in CATI Surveys - Francois Laflamme
Keywords: paradata, productivity, call center, call scheduler

Comparing CAPI Trace File Data and Quality Control Reinterview Data as Methods of Maintaining Data Quality - Matt Jans, Robyn Sirkis, Christina Schultheis, Renee M. Gindi, Jim Dahlhamer
Keywords: paradata, CAPI, data quality, interviewers, NHIS, Census Bureau

Using Statistical Process Control to Understand Variation in Computer-Assisted Personal Interviewing Data - Robyn Sirkis, Matt Jans, Jim Dahlhamer, Renee M. Gindi, Benjamin Duffey
Keywords: Paradata, Statistical Process Control, NHIS

An Attempt to Reduce Survey Costs via Logistic Regression and Paradata - Frost A. Hubbard, James R. Wagner
Keywords: Paradata, Health and Retirement Study, Responsive Design, Institute for Social Research

Analyzing Interviewer Call Record Data Using a Multilevel Multinomial Modeling Approach to Understand the Process Leading to Cooperation or Refusal - Julia D'Arrigo, Gabriele B. Durrant, Fiona Steele
Keywords: paradata, interviewer call data, multilevel multinomial logistic regression

Session 490: Surveys, Bayesian Modeling, and the Interconnections: A Session in Honor of Joseph Sedransk
Organizer(s): Guofen Yan, University of Virginia
Chair(s): Jiayang Sun, Case Western Reserve University

Estimation of Finite Population Domain Means: Then and Now - Jiming Jiang, Thuan Nguyen
Keywords: Asymptotics, Mean Square Prediction Error, Model Misspecification, Nested-Error Regression, Robustness, Small Area Estimation

Calibrated Bayes Inference for Sample Surveys - Rod Little
Keywords: Calibrated Bayes, survey sampling, design based inference

Bayesian Predictive Inference for Small Areas with Uncertain Unit-Level Models - Donald Malec, Ryan Janicki
Keywords:

Bayesian Predictive Inference for a Proportion with Nonresponse - Balgobin Nandram
Keywords: Gibbs sampler, Log-linear, Multinomial-Dirichlet, Patterns of missingness, Sensitivity analysis

Session 592: Multiple Designs for Census Data Collection and Surveys
Organizer(s): Linda Hewitt, International Association of Survey Statisticians
Chair(s): Jil Matheson, UK Statistics Authority

The United States Experience: Streamlining the Decennial Census and Meeting Data User Needs - Deborah Harner Griffin
Keywords: Census, data users, American Community Survey

The First Fully Register-Based Census in Sweden - Ingegerd Jansson, Boris Lorenc, Dan Hedlin, Anders Holmberg
Keywords: register-based statistics, census

A Review of Caribbean Population and Housing Census Experiences Using the Long and Short Forms - Linda Hewitt, Godfrey St. Bernard
Keywords: Census enumeration, Long form, Short form, Design-based estimation, Efficiency, Caribbean

Enhancing the Value of Census Data Through Data Integration - Frank Yu, Ros Watmuff, Gemma Van Halderen, Graeme Thompson, Jeffrey Wright
Keywords: Census, Data linkage, Datasets, longitudial

Topic Contributed Papers

Session 17: Address-Based Sampling: A Frame Discussion
Organizer(s): Ashley Amaya, NORC at the The University of Chicago
Chair(s): Ashley Amaya, NORC at the The University of Chicago

Comparing the Coverage of Alternative Address Frames for the 2009 Residential Energy Consumption Survey - Rachel Harter, Katie Dekker, Anna Wiencrot, Ned English, Jizhou Fu, Mary Hess, Hina Shah, Bradley Parsell
Keywords: sampling frames, address-based sampling, area probability studies

Choices of Frame Construction on the National Children's Study: Impacts on Address Quality and Survey Results - Ned English, Colm O'Muircheartaigh, Katie Dekker
Keywords: address-based samples, area probability, National Children's Study, listing, frame construction

A Comparison of Data Collected Using Address-Based Sampling to Those from Alternate Sampling Techniques in the National Children's Study - Katie Dekker, Ned English, Colm O'Muircheartaigh, Martin Barron
Keywords: address based sampling, frame construction

Best Practices for Matching Address-Based Samples to Telephone Numbers - Ashley Amaya, Ben Skalland, Becky Ruthenburg, Karen Wooten
Keywords: address-based sampling, National Immunization Survey, telephone interviewing, address to telephone matching, match accuracy

Session 65: Address-Based Sampling: A Discussion on Operations and Data Collection
Organizer(s): Ashley Amaya, NORC at the The University of Chicago
Chair(s): Michael Davern, NORC at the The University of Chicago

Use of Paradata to Assess the Performance of a Multi-Mode ABS Study - Ting Yan, Rupa Datta, Kirk M. Wolter, Hee-Choon Shin
Keywords: address based sampling, multi-mode design, paradata

Multi-Mode Address-Based Sampling and Mode Effects in REACH U.S. - Kanru Xia, Lee Fiorio, Whitney Murphy, Karri Carris
Keywords: address-based sampling, multi-mode, coverage, bias, mode effects

Address-Based Sampling with a Field Component for the CICPE 2010 - Steven Pedlow
Keywords: Census Integrated Communication Program Evaluation, address based sampling

Cost Efficiency: Which Design Is Cheapest? - Ashley Amaya
Keywords: variable cost, sample designs

Issues in Weighting the 2009 Residential Energy Consumption Survey - Rachel Harter, Mike Kwanisai, Ashley Amaya
Keywords: area probability, weights, multiplicity, adjustment, poststratification

Session 115: Recent Advances in Statistical Matching
Organizer(s): Susan Rassler, University of Bamberg

Using Uncertainty Bounds for Regression Imputation in Statistical Matching - Hans Kiesl, Susanne Rassler
Keywords: statistical matching, regression imputation, uncertainty bounds

Robust Multiple Imputation for Discrete Data in Missing-by-Design Settings - Florian Meinfelder, Trivellore Raghunathan
Keywords: multiple imputation, missing data, statistical matching, data fusion

Bayesian Analysis of Binary Probit Models: The Case of Measurement Error and Sequential Regression Modeling for Missing Explaining Factors - Christian Aβmann, Benno Schonberger
Keywords: MICE, MCMC, Bayesian Analysis, Probit, Measurement Error, Panel Data

Statistical Matching of Administrative and Survey Data: An Application to Wealth Inequality Analyses - Anika Rasner, Frick R. Joachim, Markus M. Grabka
Keywords: statistical matching, imputation, inequality, social security wealth

Displaying Uncertainty In Data Fusion By Multiple Imputation - Susanne Rassler, Julia Cielebak
Keywords: statistical matching, bounds, missing data, combining data from different sources

Session 159: Multi-Mode Surveys: Design and Effects
Organizer(s): Brad Edwards, Westat Inc.
Chair(s): Mark Pierzchala, MPP Survey Services

Distinguishing Mode Selection Effects from Mode Response Effects in the Consumer Assessments of Healthcare Providers and Systems (CAHPS) Survey - Alan M. Zaslavsky
Keywords: principal stratification, mixed mode survey, health care surveys

Framing Inference from Mixed-Mode Surveys Using Causal Inference Framework - Trivellore Raghunathan
Keywords: Bayesian Inference, Potential Outcomes, Nonresponse, Measurement Error, Panel Surveys, Mixed Modes

Can We Drive Respondents to the Web? Experiemntal Tests of Multi-Mode Survey Implementation and Varied Survey Benefit Appeals - Danna Moore
Keywords: mult-mode surveys, experiments survey design, benefit appeals, agriculture

Piggyback Survey Respondents and Mode: Lessons Learned from Design and Operations - Brad Edwards
Keywords: survey design, multi-mode, piggyback, sample design

Using a Multi-Mode Survey Design on a Panel Study of New Businesses - David DesRoches
Keywords: establishment surveys, entrepreneurship, multi-mode surveys, business surveys

Session 226: Solving Nonstandard Problems for National Surveys
Organizer(s): Denise A. Abreu, National Agricultural Statistics Service
Chair(s): Xia Wang, National Institute of Statistical Sciences

Is It Feasible to Use a Sampling List Frame to Evaluate Misclassification Errors of an Area-Frame-Based Survey? - Denise A. Abreu, Andrea C. Lamas, Hailin Sang, Pam Arroway, Kenneth Kyle Lopiano, Linda J. Young
Keywords: Misclassification Errors, Area Frame, List Frame, Record Linkage, Re-screening Survey

Adjusting an Area Frame Estimate for Misclassification Using a List Frame - Andrea C. Lamas, Denise A. Abreu, Hailin Sang, Kenneth Kyle Lopiano, Pam Arroway, Linda J. Young
Keywords: Misclassification, Area Frame, List Frame, Classification and Regression Tree, Receiver Operating Characteristic curve

Estimating Change for a Dynamic Target Population - Ivan A. Carrillo-Garcia
Keywords: Longitudinal surveys, Panel surveys, Weighting, Finite population, Super-population, Division of Science Resources Statistics, NSF

Developing a Set of Decision Rules for a Responsive Split Questionnaire Design - Jeffrey Gonzalez
Keywords: Composite estimation, Cost-error tradeoffs, Matrix sampling, Multiphase sampling, Paradata, Propensity model

Session 287: Exploration of Data Quality in Work with Administrative Records and Sample Surveys
Organizer(s): John L. Eltinge, Bureau of Labor Statistics
Chair(s): Denise A. Abreu, National Agricultural Statistics Service

Exploration of Data Quality in Work with Administrative Records and Sample Surveys - Daniell Toth, Polly Phipps
Keywords: Recursive partitioning, non-ignorable nonresponse, propensity model, establishment survey, Classification and Regression Trees (CART)

Re-Weighting the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey Linked to Medicare Administrative Records - Lisa Beth Mirel, Jennifer D. Parker
Keywords: National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, NHANES, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, CMS, Statistical weights, Non-response adjustment

Building A Comprehensive Data Set On Every Teacher: The Nces Teacher Compensation Survey - Stephen Q. Cornman, Frank Johnson, Lei Zhou, Amber Noel
Keywords: Administrative data on teachers' compensation, teacher salaries, teacher characteristics

Responsive Designs for Rare Subpopulations Subject to Misclassification - Randall Powers, John L. Eltinge
Keywords: Efficient design, Measurement error, Point estimation, Response error, Subsampling, Total statistical risk

Session 290: Social Statistics Section Student Paper Competition Winners
Organizer(s): Elizabeth A. Stuart, The Johns Hopkins University
Chair(s): Nicholas Beyler, Mathematica Policy Research, Inc.

Bayesian Analysis of Between-Group Differences in Variance Components in Hierarchical Generalized Linear Models - Brady Thomas West
Keywords: Bayesian Analysis, Variance Components, Generalized Linear Mixed Models, Likelihood Ratio Testing, Survey Interviewing, Interviewer Variance

Combining Information from Multiple Complex Surveys - Qi Dong
Keywords: complex sample survey, combining rule for multiple surveys, synthetic populations, multiple imputation, health insurance coverage rates, NHIS, MEPS

Variance Inflation Factors in the Analysis of Complex Survey Data - Dan Liao
Keywords: cluster sample, collinearity diagnostics, linearization variance estimator, survey-weighted least squares, stratified sample, unequal weighting

Synthetic Data Generation for Small-Area Estimation in the American Community Survey - Joseph Sakshaug
Keywords: synthetic data, small area estimation, disclosure, microdata

Imputation and Estimation Under Nonignorable Nonresponse for Household Surveys with Missing Covariate Information - Anna Sikov, Danny Pfeffermann
Keywords: Bootstrap, Calibration, Horvitz-Thompson type estimator, Respondents distribution, Nonrespondents distribution

Session 291: Model Selection and Inference in Complex Problems with Survey Applications
Organizer(s): Ansu Chatterjee, University of Minnesota
Chair(s): Taps Maiti, Michigan State University

Benchmarking the Mixed Linear Model for Longitudinal Data - Thuan Nguyen
Keywords: Longitudinal Data, Linear Mixed Models, Missing Values

GEE Analysis of Clustered Binary Data with Diverging Number of Parameters - Lan Wang, Jianhui Zhou, Annie Qu
Keywords: GEE, clustered binary data, high-dimensional data, correlated data

Threshold Estimation Using P-Values - Atul Mallik, Moulinath Banerjee, Bodhisattva Sen
Keywords: baseline value, change point, stump function

Hierarchical Spatial Regression Models for Change Point Analysis - Chae Young Lim, Taps Maiti, Sarat C. Dass
Keywords: Joinpoint analysis, Disease mapping, Bayesian nonparametrics, Dirichlet process priors

Joint Estimation of Multiple Gaussian Graphical Models by Nonconvex Penalty Functions with an Application to Genomic Data - Hyonho Chun
Keywords: GGMs, regularization, gene networks

Session 338: Perspectives on Managing Data Confidentiality and Access Issues by Government, Academic, and Nonprofit Researchers
Organizer(s): Chris Chapman, Bureau of Labor Statistics
Chair(s): Jonaki Bose, Center for Behavioral Health Statistics and Quality, SAMHSA

The Microdata Analysis System at the U.S. Census Bureau - Michael Freiman, Laura Zayatz, Lisa Singh, Jiashen You, Michael DePersio
Keywords: Data Confidentiality, Remote Access Servers, Universe Subsampling, Synthetic Data, Regression, Disclosure

Research Access to Statewide Longitudinal Data Systems - Satkartar Kinney
Keywords: Data Access, Education Data

Disclosure Risk Assessment for Population-based Cancer Microdata - Mandi Yu, David Stinchcomb, Kathleen Cronin
Keywords: Cancer Registry Data, Disclosure Risk, Population Unique, Small Area, ACS, PUMS

Simulating Geography for Microdata Disclosure via Sparse Multinomial Probit Models - Lane F. Burgette, Jerome P. Reiter
Keywords: Confidentiality, Multinomial probit, Potts model, Spatial, Synthetic

Applicability of Basic Separability Principles to Enhance the Operational Efficiency of Synthetic Tabular Data Generation Procedures in Multidimensional Table Structures - Ramesh Atmaram Dandekar
Keywords: Statistical Disclosure, perturbation, tabular data, establishment data, individual data, privacy

Session 393: Linking Administrative Data to Survey Data: Implications for Consent
Organizer(s): Joseph Sakshaug, University of Michigan
Chair(s): Joseph Sakshaug, University of Michigan

Jumping the Informed Consent Hurdle: Federal Agency Experiences - Mary Frazier, Cynthia Nickerson
Keywords: administrative records, linking, informed consent

Historical data linkage of tax records on earnings: The case of the Living in Canada Survey pilot - Manon Langevin, Andrew Heisz
Keywords: historical linkage, retrospective linkage, tax data, administrative data, matched data, linkage rate

Record Linkage in the Survey of Health, Ageing, and Retirement in Europe - Annelies Blom, Ulrich Krieger, Julie M. Korbmacher
Keywords: record linkage, administrative data, consent, interviewer effects

Session 397: New Developments in American Community Survey Methods and Mapping Applications
Organizer(s): Michael Beaghen, U.S. Census Bureau
Chair(s): Alfredo Navarro, U.S. Census Bureau

Using Imputation Methods to Improve the American Community Survey Estimates of the Group Quarters Population for Small Geographies - Mark Asiala, Michael Beaghen, Alfredo Navarro
Keywords: sample design, small area estimation

Using Statistical Process Control Techniques in the American Community Survey - Steven Hefter, Erica Marquette
Keywords: ACS, Statistical Process Control, Error

Incorporating a Finite Population Correction Factor in American Community Survey Variance Estimates - Michael Starsinic
Keywords: American Community Survey, variance estimation, finite population correction

Improving Weighted Person-Level Estimates from the American Community Survey's Public Use Microdata Sample - Bryan Dale Garrett
Keywords: American Community Survey, weighting, public use microdata

Mapping American Community Survey Data - Nancy K. Torrieri, Michael Ratcliffe, David Wong
Keywords: American Community Survey, Mapping, Sampling Error

Session 453: Using the American Community Survey as a Sampling Frame: A Collaborative Effort
Organizer(s): Stephen Cohen, National Science Foundation
Chair(s): Brian Harris-Kojetin, Office of Management and Budget

NSCG Sampling Issues When Using an ACS-Based Sampling Frame - David Hall, Stephen Cohen, John Finamore, Flora Lan
Keywords: NSCG, ACS, Sampling Frame

NSCG Estimation Issues When Using an ACS-Based Sampling Frame - John Finamore, Stephen Cohen, David Hall, Donsig Jang, Julie Walker
Keywords: NSCG, Multiple Panel Estimation, ACS

Evaluating 2003 NSCG Dual-Frame Estimates for 2010 NSCG Planning Purposes - Donsig Jang, David Hall
Keywords: NSCG, Dual Frame Estimation

Variance Estimation Issues in the 2010 NSCG Two-Phase Sample Design - Michael Edmund White, Jean Opsomer
Keywords: NSCG, ACS, two-phase sample design, variance estimation

Session 455: Disclosure Avoidance for Tabular Data
Organizer(s): Donsig Jang, Mathematica Policy Research, Inc.
Chair(s): Donsig Jang, Mathematica Policy Research, Inc.

Initial Efforts to Extend the EZS Noise Methodology to the Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages - Michael Buso
Keywords: tabular data, disclosure, noise, random noise

Applying Cell Suppression to Inter-Related Tables - Jacob Bournazian, Michael Salpeter, Bin Zhang
Keywords: confidentiality, cell suppression

Modernizing Cell Suppression Software at the U.S. Census Bureau - Paul B. Massell
Keywords: Cell Suppression, Sensitive Cells, Protection at the Company Level

Using Tau-Argus and sdcTable to Conduct Secondary Cell Suppression for Linked Tables - Amang Sukasih, Donsig Jang, David Edson
Keywords: disclosure avoidance, tabular data

Session 498: Demographic Survey Sample Redesign at the U.S. Census Bureau
Organizer(s): T. Trang Nguyen, U.S. Census Bureau
Chair(s): Timothy L. Kennel, U.S. Census Bureau

Fifty Years of Sample Redesign at the U.S. Census Bureau - James Farber
Keywords: demographic surveys, survey methdology, history

Frame Improvement for the Demographic Surveys Sample Redesign - Xijian Liu
Keywords: coverage improvement, Master Address File, address base sampling

Sample Design Research in the 2010 Sample Redesign - T. Trang Nguyen, Arielle Gerstein
Keywords: Demographic surveys sample redesign, household surveys, survey coodination, annual sampling, multistage sample design

How the U.S. Census Bureau's Redesign of Household Survey Sampling Impacts Field and Clerical Operations - Alex Winstead, Rose Byrne, Scott M. Harclerode, Chris Kuwik
Keywords: sample redesign, locating sample units, household surveys, field operations, group quarters, survey sample

Session 504: Opportunities and Challenges in Statistical Work with Administrative Record Data
Organizer(s): William Iwig, National Agricultural Statistics Service
Chair(s): William Iwig, National Agricultural Statistics Service

A Case Study in Using Household Information from Administrative Databases - Martin Pantel
Keywords: Frames, Administrative data, Paradata

Sources of Revision in Statistics Canada's Service Indices - Keven Bosa
Keywords: multi-mode, administrative data, imputation, revision

Utilizing Automated Statistical Edit Changes in Significance Editing - Wendy Barboza, Kay Turner
Keywords: significance editing, statistical data editing, selective editing, outlier detection, NASS

Trends in Record Linkage Refusal Rates: Characteristics of National Health Interview Survey Participants Who Refuse Record Linkage - Donna M. Miller, Renee M. Gindi, Jennifer D. Parker
Keywords: administrative data, refusal to link, health survey, NCHS, NHIS, Social Security Number

Session 563: Calibration Weighting and Benchmarking in Sample Surveys
Organizer(s): Phil Kott, RTI International
Chair(s): Darryl Creel, RTI International

Calibration Estimation and Longitudinal Survey Weights: Application to the NSF Survey of Doctorate Recipients - Michael D. Larsen, Siyu Qing, Beilei Zhou, Mary A. Foulkes
Keywords: calibration weighting, longitudinal study, panel study, raking, SESTAT, survey sampling

Exploring Calibration of NIS Weights Utilizing Telephone Status from the NHIS - Meena Khare, Kennon R. Copeland, Abera Wouhib, Nadarajasundaram Ganesh, Kirk M. Wolter
Keywords: RDD telephone surveys, noncoverage adjustment

WTADJX Is Coming: Calibration Weighting in SUDAAN When Unit Nonrespondents Are Not Missing at Random and Other Applications - Phil Kott
Keywords: Response model, Nonresponse bias, Generalized raking, Variance estimation, Optimal calibration

Simultaneous Calibration and Nonresponse Adjustment with Explicit Variance Formulas - Eric Victor Slud, Yves Thibaudeau
Keywords: selection probabilities, nonresponse adjustments, design-consistency, linearization formula

Two-Stage Bayesian Benchmarking for Small-Area Estimation - Malay Ghosh
Keywords: Bayes, Benchmarking, Small Area, Two Stage

Sessino 606: The Federal Government's Response to Emerging Privacy Challenges
Organizer(s): J. Neil Russell, National Center for Education Statistics
Chair(s): J. Neil Russell, National Center for Education Statistics

Maintaining Privacy in Data.gov Data Files - Jacob Bournazian
Keywords: Confidentiality, Privacy

The Challenges of Consolidating Federal Government Information Systems - Ron Bianchi, Peter Meyer
Keywords: SCOPE, privacy, security, consolidation, federal, transparency

Statistical Methods for Protecting Personally Identifiable Information in Aggregate Reporting - Marilyn Seastrom
Keywords: Disclosure Limitation Methods, Confidentiality, Privacy, Aggregated Data, Data Protection

Evaluating a Constrained Hotdeck to Perturb American Community Survey Data for the Census Transportation Planning Products - Tom Krenzke, Jianzhu Li, David Judkins, Michael D. Larsen
Keywords: Synthetic data, semi-parametric imputation, model-based imputation, data utility, disclosure limitation, confidentiality

Exploring New Methods for Protecting and Distributing Confidential Research Data - Felicia LeClere
Keywords: confidentiality, data services, data sharing, cloud computing

Session 609: Overview on Results from 2010 Census Nonresponse and Group Quarters Field Operations
Organizer(s): Geoffrey Ian Jackson, U.S. Census Bureau
Chair(s): Michael R. Elliott, University of Michigan

No Group Quarters Left Behind: The New 2010 Census Group Quarters Validation - Andre Williams, Diane Barrett
Keywords: Group Quarters Validation (GQV), Other Living Quarters (OLQs), Addressing Canvassing, Group Quarters (GQs)

Characteristics of the 2010 Census Nonresponse Follow-Up Operation - Hilda S. Dimmock
Keywords: Nonresponse, 2010 Census, Vacant Delete Check, NRFU Residual, NRFU

Characteristics of the 2010 Census Nonresponse Follow-Up Operation - Sarah K. Heimel
Keywords: 2010 Census, nonresponse, Nonresponse Followup

Evaluating the 2010 Census Nonresponse Follow-Up Reinterview - Sandra Peterson
Keywords: reinterview, quality control, falsification

Outcome of the 2010 Vacant/Delete Check and Nonresponse Follow-Up Residual Census Enumeration Operations - Elizabeth Krejsa Poehler, Geoffrey Ian Jackson
Keywords: Nonresponse Followup, 2010 Census, Vacant Delete Check, Nonresponse Followup Residual

Session 650: Measuring Green Jobs
Organizer(s): Shail Butani, Bureau of Labor Statistics
Chair(s): Shail Butani, Bureau of Labor Statistics

Measuring Green Industry Employment: Developing a Definition of Green Goods and Services - Robert Viégas
Keywords: Green, GGS, Employment, Green goods and services

Measuring Green Industry Employment - Kristin Fairman
Keywords: Green, GGS, employment, green goods and services

Maximizing Sample Overlap between Two Independent Surveys - David Salvatore Piccone, Edwin Robison, Shail Butani
Keywords: Power allocation, Neyman allocation, sample rotation panels, independent smaple designs, sub-sampling, swapping algorithm

Counting Green Jobs: Developing the Green Technologies and Practices Survey - Sharon Schierberg Stang
Keywords: Green, GTP, practices, technlogies, employment, wages

Contributed Papers

Session 28: Sample and Census Survey Methods 
Chair(s): Yang Cheng, U.S. Census Bureau

Toward a Structural Approach to Questionnaire Design - Ioana Schiopu Kratina, Christina Maria Zamfirescu
Keywords: questionnaire design, node, path, coverage of a question

The 2012 Commodity Flow Survey: Lessons Learned from a Precanvass Survey of Establishments - Li Leung
Keywords: Commodity Flow Survey, Advance Survey, Sample Frame, Freight Transportation, Establishment Survey

Computer Simulations to Improve Quality Control Strategies for Census Data Capture - Glenn Sylvester Wolfgang
Keywords: keying data capture, quality control, average outgoing quality limit (AOQL), Census 2010

Consideration of Variance Estimation in the Sample Design of the U.S. Census Bureau's Service Annual Survey - Grant Degler
Keywords: sample design, variance estimation, simulation study, outlier detection

Hierarchical Simulation Model for Indian PES - Kiranmoy Chatterjee, Arni S.R. Srinivasa Rao
Keywords: Coverage error, Artificial population, Dual system estimate

Session 29: Survey of Methods to Analyze Complex Data
Chair(s): Frank Yoon, Harvard Medical School

Estimating Health Care Savings from Fall-Related Injuries Prevented by the Connecticut Collaboration for Fall Prevention - Terrence E. Murphy
Keywords: zip code tabulation area (ZCTA), fall-related injury, multifactorial intervention, cost of injury, multivariate spatial model

Real-Time Sampling Methods for Patient Surveys - Ronaldo Iachan, Tonja Kyle
Keywords: Real time sampling, patient surveys

Hospital Re-Admission Risk Prediction and Stratification - Donghui Wu, Ognian Asparouhvo
Keywords: Hospital Re-admission Risk, Predictive Modeling, Health Economics, Data Mining

Standard Errors: Statistical Consequences of Health Care Provider Insurance Risk Assumption - Thomas Cox
Keywords: standard errors, health care finance, capitation, prospective payment systems, managed care, insurance

Investigation of the Consequence of State Mandated Insurance Coverage for Autism - David Ben Ellsworth
Keywords: Autism, Data Mining, Legislation, Health Insurance

A Bayesian Analytical Study of the Impact of Information Therapy Events Using Patient-Level Claims Data - Philip Twumasi-Ankrah, Traci A. Hart, Douglas D. Bradham, Nikki Woods, Amy Chesser
Keywords: Information Therapy, Health-care, generalized linear models, bayesian analysis, claims data, insurance

Session 35: Data-Collection Methods, Interviewers, and Survey Management
Chair(s): Barbara Lepidus Carlson, Mathematica Policy Research, Inc.

Investigating the Effect of Interviewer Job Attitudes on Turnover and Job Performance in Centralized Telephone Interviewing Facilities - Ashley Bowers, Steven G. Heeringa, Michael R. Elliott, Benjamin Duffey
Keywords: survey costs, interviewer turnover, job satisfaction, job performance

Information Flowing in Two Directions: How Respondents Learn by Responding to the National Health Interview Survey - Jane F. Gentleman
Keywords: Survey respondents, Interviewer training, National Health Interview Survey, National Center for Health Statistics

Where Do Interviewers Go When They Do What They Do? An Analysis of Interviewer Travel in Two Field Surveys - James R. Wagner, Kristen Olson
Keywords: cost analysis, interviewers, face to face data collection, nonresponse

Optimizing CATI Workload to Minimize Data Collection Cost - Ghulam Hussain Choudhry
Keywords: Linear and logistic regression models, Optimum CATI schedule, Non-linear programming, Cost-savings

Highlights and Lessons from the First Two Pilots of Responsive Collection Design for CATI Surveys - Francois Laflamme, Hélène St-Jean
Keywords: paradata, responsive design, active management, productivity, R-indicator, propensity model

Session 36: Variance Estimation
Chair(s): Rebecca Andridge, The Ohio State University

New Resampling Method for Two-Phase Sampling Designs - Erika Antal, Yves Tillé
Keywords: variance-estimation, bootstrap, two-phase

Finite Population Correction (FPC) for NAEP Variance Estimation - Lou Rizzo, Keith Rust
Keywords: Jackknife, NAEP, Finite Population Correction, Fay's Method

Variance Estimation for Measures of Trends with Rotated Repeated Surveys - Yves Guy Berger
Keywords: Auxiliary variables, Inclusion probabilities, Multivariate regression, Sampling designs, Stratification, Unequal probabilitie

Using Successive Difference Replication for Estimating Variances - Stephen Ash
Keywords: Successive differences, successive difference replication, systematic random sampling

Incorporating a First-Stage Finite Population Correction (FPC) in Variance Estimation for a Two-Stage Design in the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) - Jennifer Kali, John Burke, Lloyd Hicks, Lou Rizzo, Keith Rust
Keywords: Jackknife, school sample, replicate weights

Session 80: Section on Survey Research Methods - Evaluating Imputation Methods: Multiple, Multivariate, and Other Approaches
Chair(s): Marilyn Seastrom, National Center for Education Statistics

Analysis of Multiple Imputation Methods for the Survey of Local Election Officials - Timothy Markham, Jeffrey Schneider, Eric Falk, David McGrath
Keywords: PROC MI, hot deck, multiple imputation, voting

Imputation of Multiple-Response Items in SESTAT and Its Component Surveys - Nicholas Beyler, Donsig Jang, Amang Sukasih
Keywords: Hot-Deck Imputation, Multivariate Imputation, SESTAT, IVEware

Multiple Imputation for Missing Covariates in Regression Models with Interactions - Soeun Kim, Catherine Ann Sugar, Thomas R. Belin
Keywords: missing data, multiple imputation, regression, interaction

A Comparison of Approximate Bayesian Bootstrap and Weighted Sequential Hot Deck for Multiple Imputation - Darryl Creel
Keywords: Multiple Imputation, Approximate Bayesian Bootstrap, Weighted Sequential Hot Deck

IRT Summarized Pattern Mixture Model for Data Not Missing at Random - Jian Zhu, Trivellore Raghunathan
Keywords: multiple imputation, item response theory, nonignorable missing data

Assessing Several Hot Deck Imputation Methods for Several Economic Programs - Laura T. Bechtel, Roberta Gibson, Yarissa Gonzalez, Alison Gajcowski, Matthew Nelson
Keywords: hot deck imputation, simulation, cross-validation

Session 125: Federal Survey Estimate Quality: Some Issues and Some Solutions
Chair(s): Aref Dajani, U.S. Census Bureau

Exploring Nonresponse Bias In A National Health Expenditures Survey Of Institutions - Sameena Maryam Salvucci, Eric Grau
Keywords: Response Rates, survey estimates, nonresponse adjustment, Weighting, logistic regression, nonresponse modeling

Logistic Regression with Variables Subject to Post-Randomization Method - Yong Ming Jeffrey Woo, Aleksandra Slavkovic
Keywords: Statistical disclosure control, logistic regression, generalized linear models, EM algorithm

Bridging Livestock Survey Results to Published Estimates Through State-Space Models: A Time-Series Approach - Stephen Busselberg
Keywords: State-Space, Time Series, ARIMA, Kalman Filter

Session 129: Small-Area Estimation: Applications to Health Data
Chair(s): Karol Krotki, RTI International

Modeling Health Insurance Coverage Estimates for Minnesota Counties - Joanna Turner, Peter Graven
Keywords: health insurance coverage, small area estimates, MNHA, county estimates, ACS

Application of Hierarchical Bayesian Models with Poststratification for Small-Area Estimation from Complex Survey Data - Vladislav Beresovsky, Catharine W. Burt, Van Parsons, Nathaniel Schenker, Ryan Mutter
Keywords: health care utilization, small area estimation, multilevel logistic regression, poststratification, hierarchical Bayesian model

A Three-Part Model for Survey Estimates of Proportions - Samuel Szelepka, Mark Bauder
Keywords: SAHIE, Health Insurance, Small Area Estimation

Methods and Results for Small-Area Estimation Using Smoking Data from the 2008 National Health Interview Survey - Neung Soo Ha, Van Parsons, Partha Lahiri
Keywords: National Health Interview Survey, Small area estimation, Fay-Herriot method, Variance estimation, Hierarchical modeling

The Development of State Estimates from a National Health Survey - Wendy Van de Kerckhove, Robert E. Fay , Leyla K. Mohadjer, Lester R. Curtin
Keywords: Small area estimation, NHANES, CHIS

State and Local Wireless and Landline Estimates - Nadarajasundaram Ganesh, Michael Davern, Stephen Blumberg, Julian Luke, Miche Boudreaux, Karen Soderberg
Keywords: NHIS, Small Area Estimation, State Wireless Prevalence Estimates

Session 174: Small-Area Estimation in Theory and Practice
Chair(s): Hans Kiesl, Regensburg University of Applied Sciences

Estimation of Poverty at the School District Level Using Hierarchical Bayes Modeling - Sam Hawala, Partha Lahiri
Keywords: Small Area Estimation, Hierarchical Bayes, SAIPE, MCMC

A Bayesian Zero-One Inflated Beta Model for Estimating Poverty in U.S. Counties - Jerzy Wieczorek, Sam Hawala
Keywords: Small Area Estimates, SAIPE, MCMC, Beta Regression, Hierarchical Model

Application of Small-Area Estimation for Annual Survey of Employment and Payroll - Bac Tran
Keywords: Decision-based Estimation, Modified Direct Estimator, Synthetic Estimation, Composite Estimation

An Empirical Best Linear Unbiased Prediction Approach to Small-Area Estimation of Crop Parameters - Michael E. Bellow, Partha Lahiri
Keywords: small-area estimation, components of variance, predictor variables

A 'Virtual Population' Approach to Small-Area Estimation - Michael P. Battaglia, Martin R. Frankel, Lina S. Balluz
Keywords: Iterative Probability Adjustment, American Community Survey, Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System

Additive Random Coefficient (ARC) Models for Robust Small Area Estimation - Ralph E. Folsom, Akhil K. Vaish, Avinash C. Singh
Keywords: small area estimation, generalized design effects, nonignorable survey sampling design, general liner mixed model, additive random coefficient, survey weighted estimating equations

Quasi-BLUPs for Reducing Over-Shrinkage in Small-Area Estimation - Avinash C. Singh, Pin Yuan
Keywords: Alternatives to EBLUP, Over-shrinkage, Zero or Negative Estimated Variance Component

Session 175: Section on Survey Research Methods - Evaluating Sample Designs and Redesigns
Chair(s): Roy Whitmore, RTI International

Sampling Design for the 2010-2012 National Hospital Ambulatory Medical Care Survey - Iris Shimizu
Keywords: survey design, sampling design, health care survey

Innovative Northern Design Improvements in the Canadian Labour Force Survey - Edward J. Chen
Keywords: sample design, low population, data quality

Early Childhood Longitudinal Study: Kindergarten Class of 2010-2011 - Sample Design Issues - Thanh Lê, Greg Norman, Karen Tourangeau, J. Michael Brick, Gail Mulligan
Keywords: Longitudinal survey, multi-stage sampling, oversampling, sample coverage, sample attrition

Predicting Violent Crime Rates for the 2010 Redesign of the National Crime Victimization Survey (NCVS) - Robert E. Fay, Jianzhu Li
Keywords: Sample design, UCR

Update on the Evaluation of Sample Design Issues in the National Compensation Survey - Gwyn R. Ferguson, Chester Ponikowski, Joan Coleman
Keywords: survey design, sample allocation, dependent sampling, respondent burden, sample rotation

Alternative Probability Proportionate to Size Sampling Methods for the IPP Sample Design - James Himelein
Keywords: Probability proportionate to size sampling, systematic vs. alternative procedures, Sunter method, Sampford Method, Yates-Grundy variance estimator

Sample Design Changes For The NHANES 2011-2014 Annual Surveys - Sylvia Dohrmann, Hongsheng Hao, Leyla K. Mohadjer, Lin Li, Wendy Van de Kerckhove, Lester R. Curtin
Keywords: Sample design, stratification, oversampling, household surveys

Session 176: Value-Added, IRT Models, and Education Outcomes Value-Added, IRT Models, and Education Outcomes
Chair(s): Booil Jo, Stanford University

Exploring Missing Data in Value-Added Models in Education - Andrew Karl, Yan Yang, Sharon Lohr
Keywords: EM algorithm, generalized linear mixed model, joint model, missing not at random, multi-membership model

Modeling Score-Based Student Achievement Data with Many Ceiling Values - Yan Yang
Keywords: Censoring, EM algorithm, mixed effects, Tobit model, value-added modeling

Teachers' Attitudes Toward Job Conditions: An Index Created by an Unfolding IRT Model - Weiwei Cui
Keywords: Item Response Theory, Survey, Job Satisfaction

Assessing Goodness of Fit of Item Response Theory Models Using Generalized Residuals - Sandip Sinharay, Shelby J. Haberman
Keywords: model fit, psychometrics, educational statistics, item response theory

Modeling Outcomes for Elementary Science Education: The Science Writing Heuristic Project - Mack Shelley, Christopher Gonwa-Reeves, Joan Baenziger, Brian Hand, William Therrien
Keywords: Multilevel modeling, Structural equation models, Science education, Science Writing Heuristic, Iowa Tests of Basic Skills, Cornell Critical Thinking test

Dropout Factories and College Enrollment: How School-Level Rates of On-Time Grade Promotion Affect Matriculation - Thomas Christopher West
Keywords: administrative data, applied, secondary education, postsecondary education, education, grade retention

Session 241: Challenging Populations and Novel Sample Designs
Chair(s): Hyunshik Lee, Westat Inc.
The Mali Road Project: A Case Study in Paired Sampling - Betty J. Jackson, Randall J. Parmer, Saskia R. Devries
Keywords: paired sample design, road improvement project, household finances

Comparing Measure-Level Sampling and Bed-Level Sampling for Group Quarters Sample Redesign - Stephanie M. Coffey, Bonnie Coggins, Arielle Gerstein, Rachel Horwitz
Keywords: Sampling, Clustering, Demographic Surveys

Composite Size Measures in Surveys of Rare or Hard-to-Reach Populations - Frank Potter, Eric Grau, John Hall
Keywords: hard-to-reach populations, rare populations, composite size measure, complex survey design

Two Methods of Sampling New Construction for the Demographic Surveys Sample Redesign - Andreea Rawlings, Danielle Castelo
Keywords: skeleton sampling, new construction sampling, Master Address File

Using Order Sampling to Achieve a Fixed Sample Size After Nonresponse - Pedro J. Saavedra, Lee Harding, Francine Barrington
Keywords: replacements, Pareto sampling, adjustments, simulations, sequential Poisson sampling, propensity categories

Session 242: Multiple Modes and Multiple Data Sources
Chair(s): Elizabeth Stasny, The Ohio State University

A Randomized Experiment Comparing Response Quality in a Single and a Mixed Mode Design Health Survey - Johann Carstensen, Peter Kriwy, Gerhard Krug
Keywords: survey design, mixed mode, sensitive items, web survey, nonresponse, social desirability

Does Survey Mode Make Differences? A Comparative Evaluation of the Department of Defense Survey of Health-Related Behaviors and the U.S. Air Force Community Assessment Survey - Zhiwei Zhang
Keywords: military survey, mixed-mode, web survey, substance use, mental health, DOD

Comparing Cell Phone and Web for a Student Survey - Young-Je Woo, Sun-Woong Kim, Mick Couper
Keywords: cell phone survey, web survey, coverage, response rate

Respondent Effects in a Dual-Mode Survey of Physicians: 2008-2009 - Esther Hing, Chun-Ju Hsiao, Paul Beatty, Sandra Decker
Keywords: Physician survey, Dual mode survey, Respondent effects

Missing Data in Record-Linked Data Sets: Comparing the Performance of Different Missing Data Techniques - Gerhard Krug
Keywords: missing data, record linkage, multiple imputation, sample selection model

An Integrated Adaptive Approach to Data Fusion - Hui Xie, Yi Qian
Keywords: Data Combination, Nonparametric Method, MCMC, Survey, Multiple Imputation, Missing Data

Session 250: Survey Sampling Methodology in Epidemiology
Chair(s): Wendy Lou , University of Toronto

Relationship of Smoking and Cancer in Women: A National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) 2005-2006 Study - Sunita Ghosh, Qiahao Zhu
Keywords: NHANES, cancer, smoking, GEE, alcohol

Estimating Sibling Recurrence Risk In Population Sample Surveys - Barry Ira Graubard, Monroe G. Sirken
Keywords: counting rule, network estimation, sampling errors, reporting errors

Mantel-Haenszel Estimators for Complex Survey Data - Babette Brumback, Zhulin He
Keywords: odds ratio, complex sampling designs, conditional logistic regression, sparse-data limiting models, cluster sampling

Analysis of Case-Control Studies with Sample Weights - Victoria Landsman, Barry Ira Graubard
Keywords: Informative sampling,, Modeling sample weights, Weighted estimating equations, Sample distribution

Integrating Data From Two Surveys To Estimate The Prevalence Of Cervical Cancer Screening And Its Associated Factors In The U.S.-Mexico Border Region - Ruben Smith, Dyanne Herrera, Emily Schiefelbein, Jill McDonald, Gita Mirchandani
Keywords: Complex survey data, data pooling, subpopulation analysis, logistic regression

Survey Design and Results from UNICEF Project in Sierra Leone - Theresa Diaz, Sowmya R. Rao, Adam Wolkon, Gary Shapiro, Peter S. Bangura, John Baimba
Keywords: childhood mortality, surveys, cluster sample

Use of GPS-Enabled Mobile Devices to Conduct Surveys - Sowmya R. Rao, Gary Shapiro, Theresa Diaz
Keywords: Surveys, GPS-enabled mobile device, PDA

Session 297: Missing Data and Measurement Error
Chair(s): Yan Ma, Cornell University

A Semi-Parametric Roc Approach To Assessing Biomarkers Subject To A Measurement Error And Limit Of Detection - Weijie Chen
Keywords: ROC analysis, biomarker, measurement error, limit of detection, maximum likelihood estimation, semi-parametric model

Multiple Imputation of High-Dimensional Mixed Incomplete Data - Ren He, Thomas R. Belin
Keywords: Multiple Imputation, Hierarchical prior, MCMC, Parameter-Extended algorithm

A Measurement Error Model for Self-Reported Physical Activity - Janet A. Tooze, Richard P. Troiano, Raymond James Carroll, Laurence S. Freedman
Keywords: Measurement error, Questionnaires, Validation, Physical Activity Assessment

Maximum-Likelihood-Based Multiple Imputation - Tejas A. Desai
Keywords: Imputation, Fisher Information, Missing data, maximum likelihood, Frequentist Analysis, General Location Model

Session 305: Section on Survey Research Methods - Assessing and Adjusting for Nonresponse
Chair(s): Rachel Harter, NORC at the The University of Chicago

Estimation with Nonignorable Missing Covariates - Jiwei Zhao, Jun Shao
Keywords: Non-ignorable, missing mechanism, missing covariate, pseudo-likelihood, identifiability, asymptotic normality

Propensity Score Adjustment for Nonignorable Nonresponse - Minsun Kim Riddles, Jae-kwang Kim
Keywords: missing data analysis, nonparametric prediction, generalized least squares, EM algorithm

Assessment of Nonresponse Bias Through Interviewing Effort Analysis in a Dual-Frame RDD Telephone Survey - Wei Zeng, Ben Skalland, James Singleton
Keywords: Cell Phone survey, non-response bias, weighting

Nonresponse Adjustment for a Vector of Outcomes and the MAR Assumption - Joel Wakesberg, Karen Christine Masken, J. Michael Brick
Keywords: nonresponse, missing data mechanism, vector of outcomes, raking

Analysis of Nonresponse in the Statistics of Income's 1999 Individual Tax Return Panel - Tara R. Wells
Keywords: Nonresponse bias, Propensity score adjustment, Panel attrition

Representativeness (R-Index) and Nonresponse Bias Patterns in Household Surveys - John Dixon
Keywords: Survey Nonresponse, R-index, propensity scores

Reweighting in the Presence of Nonresponse in Stratified Designs - Ismael Flores Cervantes, J. Michael Brick
Keywords: Nonresponse, stratification, weighting classes

Session 349: Survey Participation: Maximizing Cooperation and Minimizing Burden
Chair(s): HarmoniJoie Noel, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Cell Phone Versus Landline Respondents: Who's More Cooperative After Screening? - Alicia M. Frasier, Heather M. Morrison
Keywords: RDD, Eligibility Screening, Cell Telephones

Given Different Mobile Phone Device Data Collection Options, What Will Respondents Choose? - Daniel Evan Williams, Laura Haber
Keywords: Mobile phone data collection, At event sampling, Mode effects, Text Message surveys, Mobile web surveys, IVR data collection

Development and Validation of a Questionnaire to Measure Respondents' Perceived Risks of Web Surveys - Hsien-Yuan Hsu, Yi-Hua Lai, Hsin-Ying Chin
Keywords: measurement development, perceived risk theory, response rate, web surveys

Testing Gender Difference in Perceived Time Risk of the Web Surveys Using MIMIC Model - Hsin-Ying Chin, Hsien-Yuan Hsu, Yi-Hua Lai
Keywords: gender difference, perceived risk theory, response rate, web surveys

The Impacts of Respondents' Perceived Privacy and Time Risks on the Web Surveys Reply Intention - Yi-Hua Lai, Hsin-Ying Chin, Hsien-Yuan Hsu
Keywords: perceived risk theory, response rate, web surveys

Managing Response Burden by Controlling Sample Selection and Survey Coverage - Sebastien Landry
Keywords: Business surveys, Response burden, Sample selection, Take-none strata

Beyond Response Rates: Exploring the Impact of Prepaid Cash Incentives on Multiple Indicators of Data Quality - Rebecca Medway, Roger Tourangeau
Keywords: incentives, data quality

Session 408: Federal Statistics and Methods
Chair(s): Wendy Barboza, National Agricultural Statistics Service

The Use of Longitudinal Analysis to Model PSU Level One-Year Price Change in the Consumer Price Index - John Schilp
Keywords: Longitudinal Data Analysis, Consumer Price Index, American Community Survey Data

Revising Replicate Selection in the CPI Variance System - Owen J. Shoemaker
Keywords: Stratified Random Groups, Replicates

Record Linkage Methodology in Longitudinal Database of Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages - Marek W. Kaminski, Vinod Kapani
Keywords: Deterministic Record Linkage, Probabilistic Record Linkage, EM algorithm, Accuracy of Linkage, Missing Data

Improving Estimates of Employment in Expanding and Contracting Businesses - Joshua T. Duffin, Kenneth W. Robertson, Jennifer Kim
Keywords: ARIMA-X12, Current Employment Statistics, business employment dynamics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages

Who Is Eligible for U.S. Employer-Sponsored Pensions? - Patricia Jeanne Fisher
Keywords: SIPP, Employer Sponsored Pensions, Retirement

Effects of the Pretrial Supervision Phase on Children of Defendants: Opportunities for New Data Collection and Analysis - Mary McGraw-Gross, Cynthia McMurray, Michael Kisielewski
Keywords: data collection, federal statistics, incarceration, survey data, focus groups, data analysis

Session 413: Advances in Inference and Estimation Methodology
Chair(s): Sahar Z. Zangeneh, University of Michigan

Pre-Sampling Model-Based Inference III - Stephen Woodruff
Keywords: Model Based Inference, Design Based Inference, Pre-sampling Inference

Rule of Thumb Regarding the Use Weights in Survey Sampling Analyses - Marnie Bertolet
Keywords: Survey Sampling, Inverse Probability Weights, Survey Weights, Multi-Level Models, Linear Mixed-Effects Models

Hierarchical Design-Based Estimation in Stratified Multipurpose Surveys - Hugo Andres Gutierrez
Keywords: Design-based estimation, finite population, hierarchical estimation, multipurpose surveys, stratified sampling

A Coverage Approach to Evaluating Mean Square Error - Alan Dorfman
Keywords:

Approximate Confidence Intervals for a Parameter of the Negative Hypergeometric Distribution - Lei Zhang, William D. Johnson
Keywords: Confidence interval, Empirical coverage probability, Inverse sampling, Large sample theory, Negative hypergeometric distribution, Unbiased estimator

Resampling Variance Estimation for a Two-Phase Sample - Hyunshik Lee, David A. Marker
Keywords: Double-expansion estimate, reweighted expansion estimate, jackknife, bootstrap, Taylor method, relative performance

Session 461: Issues with Missing Data in Longitudinal Studies
Chair(s): Niko Kaciroti, University of Michigan

Analysis of Longitudinal Binary Data with Nonignorable Dropout Using Shared Parameter Models - Myungok Lee, Keunbaik Lee
Keywords: Generalized linear models, Marginalized transition, Shared parameter models, Fisher-scoring

Analysis of Longitudinal Data with Non-Random Missingness Using Shared Random Effects Models - Xiaoyun Li, Stuart Lipsitz, Dipankar Bandyopadhyay, Geert Molenberghs, Debajyoti Sinha
Keywords: Bridge density, Logistic link, Longitudinal data, Non-random missingness, Shared random effects

Longitudinal Data Analysis with Both Monotone and Non-Monotone Missing Data - Chi-hong Tseng, Robert Elashoff
Keywords: missing data, shared parameter model, integrated likelihood

Mixed-Effects Models for the Effects of Partially Observed Covariates on Dependent Recurrent Events Data - Stephen Rathbun
Keywords: point process, ecological momentary assessment, estimating equations, smoking data

Joint Modeling of Longitudinal and Survival Data with Missing and Left-Censored Time-Varying Covariates - Ryan C. May, Joseph G. Ibrahim, Haitao Chu, Stephen R. Cole
Keywords: Joint Modeling, Detection Limit, HIV, MACS

Evaluating the Effects of Treatment Regimes in the Presence of Drop-Outs: Application to Depression Data - Yenchih Hsu, Adbus S. Wahed
Keywords: Dynamic treatment regime, Generalized estimating equations, Inverse-probability-weighting, Missing data, Two-stage designs

A Broad Framework for Joint Modeling - Geert Molenberghs
Keywords: incomplete data, longitudinal data, joint modeling

Session 465: Statistical Methods
Chair(s): Guangyu Zhang, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Evaluating Energy Efficiency of Demand-Side Management Programs - Cha-Chi Fan
Keywords: energy efficiency, demand response, demand-side management, nonequivalent groups

Methods of Estimation in Random Effects Meta-Regression - Abera Wouhib, Myron J. Katzoff
Keywords: Meta-regression model, Random effects, Heterogeneity parameter

The Role of Legal Orientation Program in Affecting Immigration Court Case Processing Times - Zhifen Cheng
Keywords: immigration, court, history event

Session 471: Section on Survey Research Methods - Imputation and Missing Data
Chair(s): Jeffrey Gonzalez, Bureau of Labor Statistics

Microdata Imputation and Macrodata Implications: Evidence from the Ifo Business Survey - Christian Seiler
Keywords: Business survey, Longitudinal data, micro data, Imputation, Nonresponse, macro data

Look Again: Editing and Imputation of SCF Panel Data - Arthur B. Kennickell
Keywords: Editing, Imputation, Panel data

Generalized Estimating Equation Model for Binary Outcomes with Covariates Missing by Design - Qixuan Chen, Myunghee C. Paik
Keywords: dioxins, estimating equations, jackknife estimator, missing data

Approaches for Handling Missing Sexual Identity Data - HarmoniJoie Noel, Taylor Lewis, Aaron Maitland, Heather Ridolfo
Keywords: missing data, imputation, sexual identity

Imputation of Categorical Data with Small Subcategories: Assessing the Results of Imputing Race in the 2007 - 2008 National Ambulatory Medical Care Survey (NAMCS) - Elizabeth Goldberg
Keywords: imputation, categorical data, IVEware

Evaluation of Improvements to the Imputation Routine for Health Insurance in the CPS ASEC - Miche Boudreaux, Joanna Turner, Michael Davern
Keywords: CPS ASEC, health insurance coverage, imputation

Erosion Analysis with USLE and RUSLE2 - Yang Li, Zhengyuan Zhu
Keywords: USLE, RUSLE2, erosion, random forest, MARS

Session 514: Optimizing Sample Designs
Chair(s): Jill Dever, RTI International

Designing Minimum-Cost Multi-Stage Sample Designs - Matthias Ganninger
Keywords: design effects, multi-stage design, costs, minimum

A Generalized Epsem Two-Phase Design for Domain Estimation - Avinash C. Singh, Rachel Harter
Keywords: two-phase, self-weighting, EPSEM, domain estimation

Assigning PSUs to a Stratification PSU - Susan King, John Schilp, Erik Bergmann
Keywords: clustering, integer programming, assignment algorithm, stratification PSU, Consumer Expenditure Survey, Consumer Price Index

An Enhanced Approach for Solving the Overlap Problem in Dual-Frame RDD Surveys - Sohyung Park, Sun-Woong Kim, Michael Traugott, Sang-Kyung Lee
Keywords: household number, shared number, personal number, person-level weighting

Updating the Measures of Size of Local Areas Late in the Decade Using USPS Address Lists - Sylvia Dohrmann, Lin Li, Leyla K. Mohadjer
Keywords: USPS, area sample, measure of size (MOS)

Calibrating Non-Probability Internet Samples with Probability Samples Using Early Adopter Characteristics - J. Michael Dennis, Charles DiSogra, Elisa Chan
Keywords: Calibration, Web surveys, Online panels, Probability-based samples, Opt-in samples, Internet panels

Nonresponse Follow-Up Allocation for Domains - Harold Mantel, Mike Hidiroglou
Keywords: non-response, follow-up, allocation, domains

Session 577: Measurement Error and Data Quality
Chair(s): Brian John Meekins, Bureau of Labor Statistics

Assessment of Measurement Error and Nonresponse Error Using Respondent-Provided Paradata from Paper Self-Administered Questionnaires - Heather M. Schroeder, Russell W. Stark, Ashley Bowers, Roger D. Goddard, Robin Tepper Jacob
Keywords: paradata, measurement error, nonresponse error, paper self-administered questionnaires

Designing Estimators of Nonsampling Errors in Estimates of Components of Census Coverage Error - Mary H. Mulry, Bruce D. Spencer
Keywords: census omissions, census erroneous enumerations, net census coverage, nonsampling error

Using Interviewer Observations Related to the Interview Process for Measurement Error and Nonresponse Error Adjustment - Rachel Anne Orlowski, Ashley Bowers, Wayne E. Baker
Keywords: measurement error, nonresponse error, interviewer observations, paradata

Assessing and Adjusting for Response Error Using a Multi-Phase Survey Approach in the Residential Energy Consumption Survey - Marilyn Worthy, Katie Joseph
Keywords: multiphase survey, nonresponse bias, response error, household survey, RECS

Eliciting Illicit Work: Item Count and Randomized Response Technique Put to the Test - Antje Kirchner, Ivar Krumpal, Mark Trappmann, Hagen von Hermanni
Keywords: Sensitive Questions, Item Count Technique, Randomized Response Technique, Illicit Work

General-Specific Questions in Survey Research: A Confirmatory Factor Analysis Approach - Fred Lorenz, Virginia Lesser, Laura Hildreth, Ulrike Genschel
Keywords: survey research, part-whole questions, general-specific questions, serial correlation, structural equation modeling

Session 578: Frames, Coverage Error, and Optimal Samples
Chair(s): Mandi Yu, National Cancer Institute

How Large Should a Statistical Sample Be? - Violeta Cruz Menil, Ruili Ye
Keywords: population size, precision, confidence level, sample estimate

Is Housing Unit Undercoverage Random? - Timothy L. Kennel, Xijian Liu
Keywords: Address Based Sampling, Coverage, Delivery Sequence File, Frame Creation, Master Address File, Listing

Comparing Cell Phone and Internet Coverage Use in the USA and South Korea - Eun-Hee Choi, Sun-Woong Kim, Chan-Hyoung Cho, Mick Couper
Keywords: Internet, cell phone, landline, communication, activities

RDD Unplugged: Findings from a Household Survey Using a Cell Overlap Design - John Hall, Barbara Lepidus Carlson
Keywords: RDD, cell phone, dual-frame, sampling

Goodness of Fit Tests in Dual-Frame Surveys - Yan Lu, Sharon Lohr
Keywords: dual frame surveys, longitudinal quantities, goodness of fit tests, simulations

Session 625: Section on Survey Research Methods - Confidentiality Protection and Optimal Estimation
Chair(s): John Finamore, National Science Foundation

Variance Estimation for Census Transportation Planning Products with Perturbed American Community Survey Data - Jianzhu Li, Tom Krenzke, J. Michael Brick, David Judkins, Michael D. Larsen
Keywords: Perturbation, disclosure limitation, successive differences replication, confidentiality

An Empirical Evaluation of Easily Implemented, Nonparametric Methods for Generating Synthetic Data Sets - Joerg Drechsler, Jerome P. Reiter
Keywords: Census, Confidentiality, Disclosure, Imputation, Microdata

An Evaluation Of Bls Noise Research For The Quarterly Census Of Employment And Wages - Michael Yang, Ali Mushtaq, Santanu Pramanik, Fritz Scheuren, Michael Buso, David Hiles
Keywords: Disclosure limitation, Cell suppression, Random noise method

A Comparative Assessment of Disclosure Risk and Data Quality Between MASSC and Other Statistical Disclosure Limitation Methods - Feng Yu, Neeraja S. Sathe
Keywords: Statistical Disclosure Limitation, MASSC, PRAM, Random Swapping, Disclosure Risk, Information Loss

Modeling Aggregates for Reliability and Confidentiality of Output with Application to the QCEW Program of BLS - Santanu Pramanik, Avinash C. Singh, Michael Yang, Fritz Scheuren
Keywords: Disclosure Control, Small Area Estimation, Synthetic, Perturbation, output treatment

A New Optimal Estimator of Population Proportion in Randomized Response Sampling - Oluseun Odumade, Sarjinder Singh
Keywords: Randomized response sampling, Estimation of proportion, Two scrambling variables, optimal estimator

Estimation of Finite Population Variance Using Scrambled Responses in the Presence of Auxiliary Information - Sarjinder Singh, Stephen A. Sedory, Raghunath Arnab
Keywords: Randomized Response Sampling, Sensitive Variables, Variance Estimation, Efficiency, Finite population, Auxiliary information

Session 628: Survey Analysis and Issues with Data Quality
Chair(s): Brad Edwards, Westat Inc.

Recursive Partitioning for Racial Classification Cells - Aaron Gilary
Keywords: Recursive Partitioning, Stepwise Regression, Multiracial, Modeling

Plotting Likert and Other Rating Scales - Naomi B. Robbins, Richard Heiberger
Keywords: psychometrics, diverging stacked bar charts, graphics

Methods for Fitting a Markov Latent Class Analysis for the National Crime Victimization Survey - Marcus Berzofsky, Paul P. Biemer, William Kalsbeek
Keywords: Markov latent class analysis, model assumptions, NCVS, Data Sparseness, measurement error, classification error

Latent Class Analysis of Measurement Error in the Consumer Expenditure Survey - Brian John Meekins, Clyde Tucker, Paul P. Biemer
Keywords: measurement error, latent class, consumer expenditure

Survey Incentive Fees, Microeconomic Data Quality, and Nonresponse - Jesse Bricker
Keywords: Incentive Fees, Nonresponse, Data Quality

Using Quality Indicators to Manage Collection and Editing in Business Surveys - Lingyun Zhu, Serge Godbout
Keywords: Quality indicators, Survey processing, Integrated Business Statistics Program, Response representativeness

Session 629: Applied Analysis
Chair(s): James Mark Harris, National Agricultural Statistics Service

Bias-Variance and Breadth-Depth Tradeoff in Respondent-Driven Sampling - Sergiy O. Nesterko, Joseph Blitzstein
Keywords: RDS, Volz-Heckathorn, hard-to-reach population, visualization, inference

Using Signal Detection Theory to Verify Performance Standard Setting on Michigan English Language Proficiency Assessment - Ji Zeng, Joseph A. Martineau
Keywords: signal detection theory, English language assessment, cut scores

Causal Inference in Transportation Safety Studies: Comparison of the Potential Outcomes and Causal Bayesian Networks - Vishesh Karwa, Aleksandra Slavkovic
Keywords: Causal Inference, Potential Outcomes, Causal Bayesian Networks, Observational Studies, Transporation Safety, Night Time crash data

Using a Density-Variation/Compactness Measure to Evaluate Redistricting Plans for Partisan Bias and Electoral Responsiveness - Thomas R. Belin, Heidi J. Fischer, Corwin Zigler
Keywords: red-state/blue-state, seats-votes curve, Texas redistricting controversy, voter registration, Maptitude software, JudgeIt software

Modeling Single-Establishment Firm Returns to the 2007 Economic Census - Shawn Klimek, Emin Dinlersoz
Keywords: Economic Census, multivariate analysis, paradata, responsive design

Session 664: Design and Analysis Involving Complex Samples
Chair(s): Ashley Bowers, University of Michigan

Beyond Simple Descriptive Statistics: Utility of Multivariate Techniques in Survey Research - Mansour Fahimi
Keywords: Multivariate Techniques, Key Drivers, Satisfaction Surveys

Multiple Regression Analysis with Data from Complex Survey - Esher Hsu
Keywords: Multiple Regression Analysis, Stratified weighted least squares estimator, Probability weighted least squares estimator, Quasi-Aitken weighted least square estimator, Complex Survey, Social Change

A Comparison of Several Methods for Determining the Number of Factors in Exploratory Factor Analysis - Robert H. Pearson, Dan Mundfrom, Adam Piccone
Keywords: Factor Analysis, Multivariate, Simulation, Psychometrics

Modeling High-Dimensional Survey Data Using Latent Structure Analyses - Igor Akushevich, Mikhail Kovtun, Anatoliy Yashin
Keywords: Multidimensional categorical data, demographic surveys, latent analysis, health state, Grade of Membership, Latent Class Model

A Noninformative Bayesian Approach to Cluster Sampling - Michael Soma
Keywords: cluster sampling, two-stage, Bayesian, noninformative

Inference for the Zenga Inequality Index - Matti Langel, Yves Tillé
Keywords: inequality, sampling, linearization, variance estimation, Gini index, influence function

Session 665: Weighting and Estimation
Chair(s): Dan Liao, RTI International

The Weighting Process Used in the Employer Costs for Employee Compensation Series for the National Compensation Survey - Christina Lynn McCarthy, Gwyn R. Ferguson, Chester Ponikowski
Keywords: sampling, sample rotation, nonresponse adjustment, benchmarking

Evaluation of the National Longitudinal Survey of Children and Youth Weighting Methodology - Agnes Waye
Keywords: weighting, nonresponse, cluster analysis, weight adjustments

Relative Importance of Poverty and Education in Medical Expenditure Panel Survey Weighting Adjustment - Sadeq R. Chowdhury, Trena Ezzati-Rice
Keywords: MEPS, nonresponse, poststratification, raking, weighting

Estimation and Replicate Variance Estimation of Deciles for the Survey of Construction - Stephen James Kaputa, Katherine Jenny Thompson
Keywords: Median, Modified half-sample, Interpolation, Deciles, Replication, Variance

Bayesian nonparametric estimation of finite population quantities in absence of design information on nonsampled units - Sahar Z. Zangeneh, Robert W. Keener, Rod Little
Keywords: Dirichlet process Priors, Mixture models, PPS sampling, Finite population distribution, Bayesian nonparametric modeling

Potential Impact on Bias and Variance Due to Frame-to-Population Linkages In Telephone Surveys - Carol Pierannunzi, Mohamed Qayad, Pranesh Chowdhury
Keywords: Sampling, nonsampling error, BRFSS, telephone surveys

Selection of prior distributions for multivariate small area models with application to small area health insurance estimates - Ryan Janicki
Keywords: small area modeling, proper posterior, generalized linear models, errors-in-variables, mixed models, multivariate analysis

Invited Poster Presentations

Session 186: Invited Oral Poster Presentations
Chair(s): Benmei Liu, National Cancer Institute

Secondary Analysis in GWAS - Huilin Li, Mitchell Gail
Keywords: secondary analysis, case-control study, GWAS, maximum likelihood estimation

A Wavelet-Based Historical Functional Linear Mixed Model for Examining the Acute Health Effects of Pollution Exposure - Elizabeth Malloy, Brent Coull, Jeffrey S. Morris, Sara Adar, Helen Suh, Diane Gold
Keywords: Bayesian methods, Historical functional linear model, Functional data analysis, Mixed Model, Wavelets

A Bayesian Model for Estimation of Population Proportions - Raymond Okafor, Ugochukwu Ahamefula Mbata
Keywords: Estimation, Empirical Bayes, Faculties at Main Campus, Proportions using Vehicles, Sample Surveys, Traffic Congestion, Undergraduates, UNILAG, Use of Motor Vehicles

Confidence Intervals for the Ratio of Two Poisson Rates - Yonggang Zhao, Qianqiu Li
Keywords: Confidence interval, Poisson rate, Bootstrap, Bayesian

Significance Analysis and Statistical Dissection of Variably Methylated Regions - Andrew Jaffe
Keywords: variably methylation regions (VMRs), bump finding, multiple testing, functional data analysis, preprocessing

Genome-Wide Epistasis Screening for Asthma-Associated Traits - Elena S. Gusareva, Jeroen S. Huyghe, Elena S. Gusareva
Keywords: eosinophil counts, asthma genes, genome-wide association study, gene-gene interactions

A New Method for Detecting Associations with Rare Variants for Complex Disease - Huann-Sheng Chen, Shunpu Zhang
Keywords: genetics, complex disease, association, rare variant, next generation sequencing, epidemiology

Haplotype-Based Association Studies Under Complex Sampling - Daoying Lin, Yan Li
Keywords: Complex sampling, Weighted EM algorithm, Haplotype, Genetic association studies, Weighted logistic regression, Case control studies

Session 187: Topic-Contributed Oral Poster Presentations: Scientific and Public Affairs Committee Competition
Chair(s): Benmei Liu, National Cancer Institute

Sparse Principal Component Analysis (SPCA) of Wheat Microarray Data Identifies Co-Expressed Genes Differentially Regulated by Cold Acclimation - Amrit Karki1, Xijin Ge, Din Chen, Fedora Sutton
Keywords: microarray, SPCA, Fold Change, preprocessing, expression

Contributed Posters

Session 427: Contributed Oral Poster Presentations: Section on Survey Research Methods
Chair(s): Benmei Liu, National Cancer Institute

The Impact of Visual Design in Survey Cover Letters on Response and Web Take-Up Rates - William Mockovak
Keywords: Cover letter, Web take-up rate, Information mapping, Visual design

Comparison of Variance Estimates in a National Health Survey - Karen E. Davis, Van Parsons
Keywords: Sample survey, Variance estimation

Combined Methods for Imputing School Variables in Principal Data Files - Yan Wang, Matthew Doyle
Keywords: School and Staffing Survey, cold-deck imputation, regression impuation, school nonresponse, data utility, principal data files

Estimating the Bias Resulting from the Exclusion of Cell Phone-Only Respondents - Burton Levine, Christine Davies, Bonnie Shook-Sa
Keywords: RDD, survey, cell phones, dual-frame

Using Isotonic Regression to Estimate Order-Restricted Health Indicators for the 1997-2006 National Health Interview Survey - Van Parsons
Keywords: monotonic estimation, complex survey, replication

Overcoming Challenges to Sample Design in Iraq - David Peng
Keywords: Sampling, Iraq, Post-conflict, Satellite, International

An Overview of Following Rules in Household Panels and Their Effect on Sample Size - Matthias Schonlau, Nicole Watson, Martin Kroh
Keywords: survey, household panel, following rule, sample size

Day-of-Week, Time-of-Year, and Meteorological Effects on Items on a Local Health Survey - Kevin J. Konty
Keywords: survey quality, validity, health surveys, mental health, physical activity and nutrition, public use microdata

Decomposing the Fraction of Missing Information Into Auxiliary Variable Contributions for Monitoring Survey Data - Rebecca Andridge
Keywords: Nonresponse, Auxiliary variable, Imputation

Comparison of Sampling Methods for a School-Based Population - Alana Christie, Barbara Neas
Keywords: systematic, weighted, school-based, response rate, simulation

The Nonverbal Response Card Method for Soliciting Responses to Sensitive Questions - David P. Lindstrom, Megan Klein Hattori
Keywords: Survey Response Bias, Sensitive Questions

Invited Panels

Session 11: The Role of Statistics in Comparative Effectiveness Research
Organizer(s): Elizabeth Zell, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Chair(s): Elizabeth Zell, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

The Role of Statistics in Comparative Effectiveness Research - Lilly Yue, S. Stanley Young, Allen Heller, Donald Rubin
Keywords: causal inference, comparative effectiveness research, administrative data, observational data

Session 13: Federal Funding for Statistics in 2011
Organizer(s): Katherine Bennett Ensor, Rice University
Chair(s): Katherine Bennett Ensor, Rice University

Federal Funding for Statistics in 2011 - Michelle Dunn, Sastry Pantula
Keywords: NIH, NCI, NSF, grants, training, funding

Topic Contributed Panel

Session 120: 2020 Census: How Can the Cost and Complexity of the 2020 Census Be Controlled?
Organizer(s): Sally M. Obenski, U.S. Census Bureau
Chair(s): Kevin Deardorff, U.S. Census Bureau

2020 Census: How Can the Cost and Complexity of the 2020 Census Be Controlled? - Sally M. Obenski, Jennifer Hunter Childs, James B. Treat, Frank A. Vitrano
Keywords: decennial census, complexity, operations, coverage, diversity

Session 121: The National Children's Study: Expansion of Methods Research and Analysis
Organizer(s): Susan Schechter Bortner, NORC at the The University of Chicago
Chair(s): Susan Schechter Bortner, NORC at the The University of Chicago

The National Children's Study: Expansion of Methods, Research, and Analysis - Jessica Graber, Margot Brown, Angela DeBello, Martin Barron, Michael D. Sinclair
Keywords: Children's Health, Longitudinal, Health Outcomes, Recruitment

Session 231: Methods for Inference from Hard-to-Reach Populations
Chair(s): Christopher Johnson, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Combining Cluster Sampling and Link-Tracing Sampling to Estimate Totals and Means of Hidden Populations in Presence of Heterogeneous Probabilities of Links - Richard Sigman, Martin Humberto Felix-Medina
Keywords: venue-based sampling, cluster sampling, link-tracing network sampling, hidden population, horvitz-thompson estimator, inference

Round Tables

Session 204: Section on Survey Research Methods P.M. Roundtable Discussion
Organizer(s): Michael D. Larsen, The George Washington University

Measurement Error in Survey Paradata - Brady Thomas West
Keywords: Survey administration, Survey estimation, Data quality, Survey design, Survey operations

Session 376: Section on Survey Research Methods P.M. Roundtable Discussion
Organizer(s): Michael D. Larsen, The George Washington University

Research at the U.S. Census Bureau - Daniel Weinberg
Keywords: Survey methodology, Record linkage, Confidentiality, Economic surveys, Adminstrative records, Federal statistical system

Survey Quality Indicator Measures: Response Rates and Alternatives - Donsig Jang
Keywords: Paradata, Survey quality measure, R-indicators, Nonresponse bias, Auxiliary variables

Session 542: Section on Survey Research Methods P.M. Roundtable Discussion
Organizer(s): Michael D. Larsen, The George Washington University

The General Social Survey (GSS) and the Methodology for Studying Societal Change - Tom W. Smith
Keywords: Reliability, Validity, Measurent artifacts, Survey methodology, Societal trends, Social indicators

Continuing Education Course

Session CE_08C: Advanced Topics in Survey Sampling
Instructor(s): Jae-kwang Kim, Iowa State University, Wayne Fuller, Iowa State University

Session CE_17C: What Statisticians Should Know About the American Community Survey

Instructor(s): Deborah Harner Griffin, U.S. Census Bureau, Alfredo Navarro, U.S. Census Bureau

Other Cmte/Business

Session 207200: Section on Survey Research Methods Business Meeting
Chair(s): Stephen Cohen, National Science Foundation


Session 207201: Section on Survey Research Methods Mentoring Workshop
Chair(s): Stephen Cohen, National Science Foundation

Papers Presented at the 64th Annual Conference of the American Association for Public Opinion Research (AAPOR)
May 12 – 15, 2011, Phoenix, Arizona 

How the Order of Response Options in a Running Tally Can Affect Online Survey Estimates - Tom Wells, Mario Callegaro, Charles DiSogra
Keywords: Running tally, constant sum, primacy effects, experiment

Pre-Call Validation of RDD Cell Phone Numbers A Field Experiment - Tanja Kunz, Marek Fuchs
Keywords: cell phone survey, RDD, response rates, survey cost, HLR lookup, text messages

Improving Questionnaire Design of Establishment Surveys for Field Data Collection - Lorelle Vanno, Jennie Lai, Teresa (Ye) Jin, Michael W. Link
Keywords:

Use of Passive Electronic Measurement to Complement More Traditional Data Collection Methods - Anh Thu Burks, Ana Melgar, Rosemary Holden, Yvonne Olivares, Jeff Scagnelli, Norm Trussell
Keywords: electronic measurement, passive measurement, audience measurement, media behavior

Design Considerations for a Cross-cultural Enumeration Survey - Teresa (Ye) Jin, Justin T. Bailey, Kelly Bristol, Michael W. Link
Keywords: cross-cultural research, telephone surveys

The PAIP Score: A Propensity-Adjusted Interviewer Performance Indicator - Brady T. West, Robert M. Groves
Keywords: Interviewer Evaluation, Interviewer Performance, Response Propensity Modeling

Observational Strategies Associated with Increased accuracy of Interviewer Observations: Evidence from the National Survey of Family - Brady T. West, Frauke Kreuter
Keywords: Interviewer Observations, Auxiliary Variables, Survey Data Collection
 
The Impact of a Mixed-mode Data Collection Design on Response and Non-response Bias on a RDD Landline Telephone Survey - S. Sean Hu, Carol Pierannunzi, Lina Balluz
Keywords: Random-digit-dialing, landline telephone survey, mixed-mode survey design, non-response bias

Concerns about Privacy, Trust in Government, and Willingness to Use Administrative Records to Improve the Decennial Census - Eleanor Singer, Nancy Bates, John Van Hoewyk
Keywords: Administrative records, trust, privacy, decennial census, attitudes and behavior

Testing Mail Notification Strategies for an Internet Response Option in the American Community Survey - Mary Frances Zelenak, Mary C. Davis, Rachel Horwitz, Michelle Ruiter, Jennifer Guarino Tancreto
Keywords: Internet data collection, notification strategies, self response, ACS

Utilizing Facebook Application for Disaster Relief: Social Network Analysis of American Red Cross Cause Joiners - Jennie W. Lai, John Skvoretz
Keywords: American Red Cross, disaster relief, Facebook Causes, social movement, social network analysis

Interviewer Effects in a Small-Scale Experimental Research Survey of Demographic Questions - Elizabeth Nichols, Jennifer Hunter Childs, Rolando Rodríguez
Keywords: Date of birth question; Age confirmation; Interviewer Random Effect

The Toyota Recall Crisis: Media Impact on Toyota’s Corporate Brand Reputation - David Fan, David Geddes, Felix Flory
Keywords: time series, media, opinion, prediction, Toyota

Exploring the Reliability of Behavior Coding Data - Nathan Jurgenson, Jennifer Hunter Childs
Keywords: Reliability, Behavior Coding, Questionnaire Pretesting and Evaluation, Kappa

Can Your Smartphone Do This: A New Methodology For Advancing Digital Ethnography - Justin Bailey, Michael W. Link, E. Nicole Bensky, Lorelle Vanno, Jennie Lai, Karen Benezra, Hala Makowska
Keywords: ethnography, mobile phones, panel research

Evaluating the Impact of “Music Downloads” as Instantly Delivered Contingent Incentives - Kelly L. Bristol, E. Nicole Bensky, Michael W. Link
Keywords: Address based sampling, contingent incentives, music downloads, mixed mode

Redesigning Contact Materials for the National Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH) - Douglas Currivan, Joel Kennet, Dicy Painter, Emilia Peytcheva
Keywords: contact materials, survey participation, National Survey on Drug Use and Health, expert review, focus groups

Supplementing Address-Based Sampling Frames with Physical Addresses of Housing Units with Unlocatable Mailing Addresses - Bonnie E. Shook-Sa, Doug Currivan
Keywords: mailing lists, white pages, frame supplementation procedures, coverage, in-person surveys, CDS file, No-Stat file

Who’s There? Comparing Respondents from a Telephone Survey to a Mail Survey - Andrew Zukerberg, Stacey Bielick
Keywords: Mode, respondent characteristics, education

Outside the Answer Boxes: Messages from Respondents - Kristin Stettler, Fran Featherston
Keywords: coding, questionnaire evaluation, respondent messages, data quality, data availability, questionnaire design, survey design

Identifying Causes of Verification Refusals on a Large Nation-Wide Field Study Using a Multilevel Model - Dustin Williams, Christina Touarti, Christine Clark, Jason Butler
Keywords: Telephone verification, refusal, field interviewer performance

Selecting and Monitoring the Workload for the 2010 Coverage Followup Operation - Elizabeth Krejsa Poehler
Keywords: 2010 Census, within household coverage, workload management

Census 2010 Coverage Followup Experiment: Mod Q Questionnaire - Timothy D. Stewart
Keywords: census, telephone interview, coverage, undercount, overcount

Examining Service Quality and Data Quality in Telephone Interviews - Julia Coombs, Kelly Govern
Keywords: data quality, service quality, telephone interview, census

Ensuring Data Quality: Monitoring Accuracy and Consistency Among Telephone Interview Monitors - Joseph Baker, Claudia Gentile, Jason Markesich, Shawn Marsh, Rebecca Weiner
Keywords: monitoring, consistency, training, telephone interviewers, interviewer behavior, quality control, data quality

Public Attitudes Toward the Homeless - Robert P. Agans, Guangya Liu, Mary Jones, Clementina Verjan, Mark Silverbush, William D. Kalsbeek
Keywords: Homeless Population, Public Opinion, Los Angeles

Effects of Speech Rate, Pitch, and Pausing on Survey Participation Decisions - José Benkí, Jessica Broome, Frederick Conrad, Robert Groves, Frauke Kreuter
Keywords: Interviewer, telephone, speech, prosody

Data Collection: Sample Member Responses, Influences, and Perception of Data Security - Tamara L. Terry, McKinlay Jeannis, Dawn Thomas-Banks
Keywords: identity theft, data security breaches, public opinion, personally identifiable information (PII)

Identifying Common Verbatim Errors Through Use of Field Observations - Christine Clark, Gretchen McHenry, Dustin Williams, Dicy Painter
Keywords: Verbatim, field observations, data quality

Using Nonresponse Propensity Scores to Improve Data Collection Methods and Reduce Nonresponse Bias - Morgan Earp, Jaki McCarthy
Keywords: Nonresponse; Bias; Characteristics; Classification Trees; Propensity Scores

New Relationship and Marital Status Questions: A Reflection of Changes to the Social and Legal Recognition of Same-Sex Couples in the U.S. - Theresa J. DeMaio, Nancy Bates
Keywords: relationship, marital status, same sex couples, cognitive interviews

An evaluation of the collection and production of medical condition estimates from the MEPS - Frances M. Chevarley
Keywords: MEPS, conditions, CAPI, sample design, paradata

Response to Surveys of High-Profile Topics: The Effects of Media Coverage and Public Engagement on Response to the National 2009 H1N1 Flu Survey - Nicholas D. Davis, James A. Singleton, Lina Balluz
Keywords:

Methodological Challenges in Implementing Comparative Ethnographic Research Across Race/Ethnic Populations in the 2010 Census: An Asian Case Study - Laurie Schwede
Keywords: Cross-cultural survey methods, Culture and multiple population research, 2010 Census, 2010 CPEX evaluation, Census Coverage Measurement Survey, Ethnographic studies, Qualitative research, Asians, Chinese, Race

Comparing the Selection of All Household Members to a Subsample of Household Members: Can Less Be More? - Vincent Iannacchione, Bonnie E. Shook-Sa
Keywords:

Developing an Internet Response Mode for the American Community Survey (ACS) - Jennifer Guarino Tancreto, Mary Davis, Mary Frances Zelenak
Keywords:

Do Different Recruitment Methods Reach Different People? - Hyunjoo Park, Lu Liu, M. Mandy Sha, Michelle Yuan
Keywords: