Proceedings of the Survey Research Methods Section, American Statistical Association (2012)

Invited Papers

Session 51: International Census Coverage
Organizer(s): Vincent T Mule, U.S. Census Bureau
Chair(s): John Thompson, NORC

Errors of Non-Observation: Dwelling Nonresponse and Coverage Error in Traditional Censuses — David Dolson
Keywords: Dwelling classification error ; Reverse Record Check ; Post enumeration survey ; Total survey error

The 2011 UK Census and Its Coverage — Marie Cruddas, Owen Abbott, Garnett Compton
Keywords: Census ; undercount ; dual system estimator ; Post-enumeration survey

United States Census Coverage Survey Results — Vincent T Mule
Keywords: Post-enumeration Survey ; dual system estimation ; census coverage

Session 213: Poverty Mapping with Complex Survey Data
Organizer(s): Sam Hawala, U.S. Census Bureau
Chair(s): Graham Kalton, Westat

Estimation of Complex Small-Area Parameters with Application to Poverty Indicators — J.N.K. Rao
Keywords: Empirical Bayes ; Hierarchical Bayes ; parametric bootstrap ; Mean squared error ; FGT measures ; Skew normal

A Hierarchical Bayes Estimation of Poverty Rates — Sam Hawala, Partha Lahiri
Keywords: Small Area Estimation ; SAIPE ; Time-series and Cross-sectional Model ; Hierarchical Bayes Models ; Posterior Predictive Checks

Semi-parametric Small Area Estimation Based Prediction Methods to Track Poverty: Validation and Applications — Roy van der Weide, Chris Elbers
Keywords: Small Area Statistics ; Poverty ; Inequality ; Survey Methods ; Semi-Parametric Empirical Best Estimation

Session 440: Multiple Faces of Multiple Imputation: 25+ Years of Development, Innovation, and Application
Organizer(s): Joerg Drechsler, German Institute for Employment Research (IAB)
Chair(s): Joerg Drechsler, German Institute for Employment Research (IAB)

Data Fusion via Multiple Imputation — Jerome P Reiter
Keywords: matching ; missing ; Bayesian ; imputation ; fusion

Multiple Imputation for Missing Body-Scan (DXA) Data in the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey — Nathaniel Schenker, Lori G Borrud, Vicki L. Burt, Lester R. Curtin, Katherine M. Flegal, Jeffery Hughes, Clifford L. Johnson, Anne C. Looker, Lisa Mirel
Keywords: body composition ; body fat ; body mass index ; bone mineral density ; missing at random ; SRMI

Multiple Imputation for Disclosure Limitation — Trivellore Raghunathan
Keywords: Synthetic data ; Missing data ; Combining Data ; Small area estimation ; Administrative data ; Bayesian Framework

Multiple Imputation for Correcting Rounding Errors from Heaped Income Data — Hans Kiesl, Joerg Drechsler
Keywords: Multiple Imputation ; Heaping ; Income data ; Rounding

Session 633: Dual-Frame RDD vs. Address-Based Sampling: Conducting Scientific Surveys in the 21st Century
Organizer(s): Meena Khare, National Center for Health Statistics
Chair(s): Meena Khare, National Center for Health Statistics

Dual-Frame Sample Weighting for a Telephone Survey of Children's Vaccination Status — Kennon R. Copeland, Kirk M. Wolter, N. Ganesh, Meena Khare, Stacie M. Greby
Keywords: Dual-frame weighting ; Bias ; Mean-squared error

New Directions for State and Local Telephone Surveys — Michael P Battaglia, Martin R. Frankel, Lina S. Balluz
Keywords: dual frame design ; random-digit-dailing ; health surveys ; landline telephones ; cellular telephones ; BRFSS

Transitioning from RDD to ABS with Mail as the Primary Mode — Jill M. Montaquila, J. Michael Brick
Keywords: Address based sampling ; Methodology ; Experiment ; Redesign

Recruitment and Nonresponse Challenges with Unmatched Cases in an Address-Based Sample Design — Michael W Link, Anh Thu Burks
Keywords: address-based sampling ; incentives ; nonresponse

Beyond the USPS CDs File: Extending the Coverage of ABS Frames — Bonnie Elizabeth Shook-Sa, Doug Currivan, Joseph McMichael, Vincent Iannacchione
Keywords: USPS No-Stat File ; in-person surveys


Topic Contributed Papers

Session 16: Bayesian Analysis of Complex Survey Data
Organizer(s): Qixuan Chen, Columbia University
Chair(s): Guangyu Zhang, National Center for Health Statistics

Inference for Finite Population Quantiles of Non-Normal Survey Data Using Bayesian Mixture of Splines — Qixuan Chen, Xuezhou Mao, Michael R. Elliott, Roderick Little
Keywords: Bayesian inference ; Gibbs sampling ; penalized spline regression ; probability-proportional-to-size sampling

A Bayesian Test of Independence in a Two-Way Contingency Table Under Two-Stage Cluster Sampling — Dilli Bhatta
Keywords: Bayes factor ; Chi-squared test ; Cluster table ; Rao-Scott approximation ; Surrogate samples ; Total table

Bayesian Inference for the Finite Population Total from a Heteroscedastic Probability Proportional to Size Sample — Sahar Zangeneh, Roderick Little
Keywords: Bayesian bootstrap ; Heteroscedasticity ; Penalized spline ; Probability proportional to size ; Metropolis-Hastings within Gibbs

Design-Based Evaluation of Bayesian Methods for Complex Survey Data — Santanu Pramanik, Partha Lahiri
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Using the Fraction of Missing Information to Tailor Survey Design — Rebecca Andridge
Keywords: Multiple imputation ; Fraction of missing information ; Missing data ; Survey data

Session 25: Transdisciplinary Advances in the Hard-to-Count Group Quarter Population to Better Inform Public Policy
Organizer(s): Anna Y. Chan, U.S. Census Bureau, Asaph Chun, U.S. Census Bureau, Fritz Scheuren, NORC
Chair(s): Anna Y. Chan, U.S. Census Bureau

Using 2010 Census Data to Evaluate Imputation Methods to Improve the American Community Survey Estimates of the Group Quarters Population for Small Geographies — Michael A Beaghen, Mark E Asiala
Keywords: sample design ; small area estimation

Lessons Learned from Use of Administrative Data and Ethnographic Observation of Frail Population: Health Related Facilities — Sonia Salari, Anna Y. Chan
Keywords: census ; enumeration ; health ; facilities

What Counts as Group Quarters? A Glimpse of Total Coverage Errors and Costs Model in Census — Asaph Chun, Anna Y. Chan, Diane Barrett, Andre Williams, Judy Belton
Keywords: Coverage error ; Census ; Cost model ; Total survey error ; Group Quarters

Design Effect Anomalies in the American Community Survey — Michel Boudreaux, Michael Davern, Peter Graven
Keywords: American Community Survey ; complex sample design ; design effects

Session 66: Topics on Small-Area Estimation
Organizer(s): Jaekwang Kim, Iowa State University
Chair(s): Zhengyuan Zhu, Iowa State University

Small-Area Estimation Combining Information from Several Sources — Seunghwan Park, Seo-young Kim, Jaekwang Kim
Keywords: synthetic estimation ; measurement error ; two-phase sampling ; generalized least squares ; area level model

Small-Area Confidence Bounds on Small Cell Proportions in Survey Populations — Eric Slud, Aaron Gilary, Jerry Maples
Keywords: confidence bounds ; prediction intervals ; arcsin square root transformation ; beta-binomial regression ; mixed-effect logistic regression ; transformed Fay-Herriot model

Benchmarked Small Area Prediction — Wayne A. Fuller, Emily J Berg, Andreea Erciulescu
Keywords: Restricted estimation ; Calibration ; Mixed linear models ; Best linear unbiased prediction ; Self-calibrated

Small-Area Estimation Under Measurement Error Models — Malay Ghosh
Keywords: area level measurements ; measurement error ; profile likelihood ; mean squared error

State-Level Estimates of Phosphorus and Nitrogen Levels in Wadeable Streams — David Marker, John W Rogers, Rebecca Jeffries Birch, Marla Smith
Keywords: Small area estimation ; geospatial correlation ; environmental sampling

Session 122: Topics in Variance Estimation for Complex Surveys
Organizer(s): Benjamin M. Reist, U.S. Census Bureau
Chair(s): Stephen Cohen, National Science Foundation

Asymptotic Variance Estimation and Comparison of Model-Assisted Regression Estimators in Sample Surveys — Jun Shao, Sheng Wang
Keywords: Variance estimation ; bootstrap ; combined regression estimators ; separate regression estimators ; asymptotic efficiency ; unequal probability without replacement sampling

Anomalies Under Jackknife Variance Estimation Incorporating Rao-Shao Adjustment in the Medical Expenditure Panel Survey Insurance Component — Matthew Thompson, Robert Baskin
Keywords: jackknife ; variance estimation ; establishment survey ; missing data

Replicate Variance Estimation in a Two-Phase Sample Design Setting: Simulation Study with National Survey of College Graduates Data — Michael White, Jean Opsomer
Keywords: NSCG ; ACS ; two-phase sample design ; variance estimation ; replication ; simulation

Post-Imputation Calibration Under Rubin's Multiple Imputation Variance Estimator — Benjamin M. Reist, Michael D. Larsen
Keywords: Calibration weighting ; Missing data ; Sample survey ; Variance estimation

Session 162: Uncertainty Measures of Small-Area Estimators
Organizer(s): Rebecca C Steorts, Carnegie Mellon University
Chair(s): Malay Ghosh, University of Florida

Bayesian Methods in Poverty Mapping — Partha Lahiri, Jiraphan Suntornchost
Keywords: Poverty mapping ; Bayesian method ; Small areas ; Monte Carlo ; Uncertainty ; Simulation

Generalized Maximum Likelihood Method in Linear Mixed Models with an Application in Small-Area Estimation — Huilin Li, Partha Lahiri
Keywords: Maximum Likelihood method ; small area estimation ; EBLUP

On Estimation of Mean Squared Errors of Benchmarked Empirical Bayes Estimators — Rebecca C Steorts, Malay Ghosh
Keywords: Fay-Herriot ; benchmarking ; EBLUP ; area-level ; bootstrap ; MSE

Confidence Interval Estimation of Small-Area Parameters Shrinking Both Means and Variances — Tapabrata Maiti
Keywords: Confidence Interval ; Empirical Bayes ; EM Algorithm ; maximum likelihood ; small area estimation

Small-Area Estimation with Uncertain Random Effects — Gauri Datta, Abhyuday Mandal, Anthony Wanjoya
Keywords: Fay-Herriot model ; Area level data ; empirical Bayes ; hierarchical Bayes

Session 288:  Census Coverage Measurement
Organizer(s): Gia F. Donnalley, U.S. Census Bureau
Chair(s): Samantha Barron, U.S. Census Bureau

Results of the 2010 Census Coverage Measurement Field and Matching Operations — Patricia Sanchez, Anne M Wakim
Keywords: 2010 Census ; Coverage measurement ; data collection ; record linkage

Once and Only Once: Searching Near and Far for Person Duplications in the 2010 Census — Aaron Cantu, Susanne L. Johnson
Keywords: duplication ; 2010 Census ; coverage measurement ; coverage error ; erroneous enumerations ; record linkage

Household Contact and Probing to Collect a Complete Address List and Household Roster in the Census Coverage Measurement Program — Graciela Contreras, Lora Rosenberger
Keywords: coverage measurement ; independent listing ; person interview

Recall Bias on Reporting a Move and Move Date — Travis Pape, Kyra M Linse, Lora Rosenberger, Graciela Contreras
Keywords: Recall Bias ; Complex Living Situations ; Within Household Coverage ; Move Reporting ; Administrative Records

Session 331: American Community Survey (ACS) Sample Design and Statistical Issues
Organizer(s): Michael A Beaghen, U.S. Census Bureau, Steven Hefter, U.S. Census Bureau and Federal Housing Finance Agency
Chair(s): Alfredo Navarro, U.S. Census Bureau

Pilot Study on Combining Direct Estimates of Income and Poverty from the American Community Survey with Predictions from a Model — Richard Griffin
Keywords: Borrow Strength ; Multivariate Regression ; Measurement Error

Application of a Small-Area Model for a Voting Rights Act Tabulation — Patrick Joyce, Donald Malec, Roderick Little, Aaron Gilary
Keywords: voting rights ; small area models ; Bayesian applications ; survey methods

Developing Replicate Weight-Based Methods to Account for Imputation Variance in a Mass Imputation Application — Mark E Asiala, Edward C Castro
Keywords: variance estimation ; multiple imputation ; replicate weights

Understanding the Causes of the Differences Between the 2010 American Community Survey and the 2010 Decennial Census Vacancy Rates — Steven Hefter, Omolola Anderson
Keywords: ACS ; Census ; Vacancy rate

Results of Monitoring the American Community Survey Using Statistical Process Control Methodologies — Jessica Schwan, Steven Hefter
Keywords: American Community Survey ; statistical process control

Session 396: Results from the 2010 Census Experimental Program
Organizer(s): Jennifer W. Reichert, U.S. Census Bureau
Chair(s): Jennifer Tancreto, U.S. Census Bureau

2010 Census Deadline Messaging and Compressed Mailing Schedule Experiment — Samantha Barron
Keywords: deadline message ; compressed schedule ; deadline ; compressed ; due date

2010 Alternative Questionnaire Experiment Race and Hispanic Origin — Elizabeth Compton, Michael Bentley
Keywords: Race ; Origin ; Decennial

Paid Media and the 2010 Census Communications Campaign: An Experiment to Assess Increased Spending — Nancy Bates ; Kristin McCue, Mike Lotti
Keywords: Advertising ; Social Marketing ; 2010 Census

The 2010 Census Alternative Questionnaire Experiment: Replication of the 2000 Census Questionnaire — Courtney Reiser
Keywords: Census ; questionnaire design ; item nonresponse ; self-response

2010 Census Nonresponse Follow-Up Contact Strategy — Gianna Dusch, Elizabeth Compton, Michael Bentley
Keywords: Nonresponse followup ; cost savings ; decennial

Session 397: Analysis and Weighting of Health Survey Data Involving Record Linkage
Organizer(s): Jennifer D Parker, National Center for Health Statistics
Chair(s): Lisa Mirel, National Center for Health Statistics

Linking Medical Expenditure Panel Survey Data to the National Health Interview Survey: Weighting and Estimation Considerations — Sadeq Chowdhury, Lap-Ming Wun, Steve Machlin
Keywords: Data Linkage ; Linking Surveys ; MEPS ; NHIS ; Weighting

The Utility of the Integrated Design of the Medical Expenditure Panel Survey to Inform Mortality-Related Studies — Steven Cohen
Keywords: MEPS ; longitudinal ; data linkage ; National Death Index ; integrated designs

Dealing with 'Incompletely Linked' Data in Linked Survey/Administrative Databases: An Empirical Comparison of Alternative Methods — Dean Judson, Jennifer D Parker
Keywords: administrative records ; information integration ; reweighting ; imputation ; record linkage ; incompletely-linked data

Nonresponse Adjustment Methodology for NHIS-Medicare--Linked Data — Michael D. Larsen, Michelle Roozeboom, Kathy Schneider
Keywords: bias-variance trade-off ; propensity score weighting ; record linkage ; selection bias ; survey weights ; administrative records

Multiple Imputation Of Linked Data: A Case Study — Guangyu Zhang, Jennifer D Parker, Nathaniel Schenker
Keywords: Multiple imputation ; Linked Data

Session 449: Cell Phone-Landline Dual Frame (RDD) Surveys: Weighting Issues
Organizer(s): John W Hall, Mathematica Policy Research
Chair(s): Than Le, Westat

Improvements for Dual-Frame RDD Sampling and Weighting Methodology — Mansour Fahimi
Keywords: RDD ; Optimal Allocation ; Dual-frame ; Poststratification

Venn Diagrams, Probability 101, and Sampling Weights Computed for Dual-Frame Telephone RDD Designs — Trent Buskirk, Jonathan Best
Keywords: dual frame design ; sampling weights ; cell phone sampling ; single frame estimator ; compositing factor

Finding an Optimal Composite Factor: Weighting Data from a Household Survey Using a Cell Overlap Design — John W Hall, Barbara Lepidus Carlson, Karen CyBulski
Keywords: Composite Weights ; Cell Overlap Design ; RDD ; Telephone Surveys ; Bias ; Variance

An Approach for Incorporating an Undersampled Cell Phone Frame in a Dual-Frame Telephone Survey Through Weight Attenuation — Elizabeth Ormson, Kennon R. Copeland, Kirk M. Wolter, N. Ganesh, Wei Zeng, Stephen J. Blumberg
Keywords: Cell Telephone Sample ; Weighting ; Dual Frame Design

Session 496: Survey Sampling and Missing Data Problems
Organizer(s): Zhiqiang Tan, Rutgers University
Chair(s): Eric Slud, U.S. Census Bureau

Propensity Score Weight Adjustment with Several Follow-Ups — Jaekwang Kim, Jongho Im
Keywords: nonignorable ; missing data ; unit nonresponse ; weighting

Semiparametric Fractional Imputation for Complex Survey Data — Changbao Wu, Jiahua Chen, Jaekwang Kim
Keywords: Missing Data ; Complex Survey ; Imputation ; Semiparametric ; Nearest Neighbor

Exploring Some Uses for Instrumental-Variable Calibration — Phillip Kott
Keywords: response model ; general exponential form ; standard error ; nearly quasi-optimal ; calibration ; WTADJX

Unified Methods for Calibration in Some Missing Data and Sampling Problems — Zhiqiang Tan
Keywords: Calibration ; Missing data ; Nonparametric likelihood ; Rejective sampling ; Regression estimator

Session 500: Evaluation and Research on the Current Population Survey
Organizer(s): Yang Cheng, U.S. Census Bureau
Chair(s): Partha Lahiri, University of Maryland

Overview of Current Population Survey Methodology — Yang Cheng, Patrick Flanagan, Eric Slud
Keywords: Current Population Survey ; Rotation Panel Design ; AK Composite Estimate ; Replication Variance Estimate

The Impact of Different Rotation Patterns on the Composite Estimator — Khandaker Mansur, Yang Cheng
Keywords: Current Population Survey ; Rotation Pattern ; Composite Estimator ; Rotation Group Bias ; Mean Square Error

Changes in Panel Bias in the U.S. Current Population Survey and Its Effects on Labor Force Estimates — Greg Erkens
Keywords: Panel Survey ; Panel Bias ; Composite Estimation

Modeling Variances to Determine Sample Allocation for the Current Population Survey — Reid Rottach, Greg Erkens
Keywords: weighting ; annual sampling ; rotating panels

Session 557: Evaluating Two-Phase Mail Survey Methods
Organizer(s): Jill M. Montaquila, Westat
Chair(s): Jill M. Montaquila, Westat

Transitioning from RDD to ABS in the National Household Education Surveys Program — Kwang Kim, Jill M. Montaquila, J. Michael Brick
Keywords: Experiment ; response rate ; coverage ; two-phase

An Evaluation of Incentive Experiments in a Two-Phase Address-Based Sample Mail Survey — Daifeng Han, J. Michael Brick, Jill M. Montaquila
Keywords: Response rate ; prepaid ; subpopulation ; sample composition ; data collection cost

Mail Surveys Including the Spanish-Speaking Population — J. Michael Brick, Jill M. Montaquila, Daifeng Han, Douglas Williams
Keywords: Bilinguals ; response rates ; two-phase ; mail mode

The ABS Frame: Quality and Considerations — Shelley Brock, Daifeng Han, Jill M. Montaquila
Keywords: Address based sampling ; mail survey ; data quality

Session 607: Improving Coverage of U.S.-Trained Doctorate Recipients
Organizer(s): Dan Kasprzyk, NORC
Chair(s): Benjamin M. Reist, U.S. Census Bureau

Development of the Sample Design for the International Survey of Doctorate Recipients (SDR) — Karen Grigorian, Brenda G. Cox, Lynn Milan
Keywords: Survey ; longitudinal ; sample design ; international ; doctorate

Integration of the National and International 2008 SDR: Bridging Effects and Expected Improvements to the Time Series Data — Y. Michael Yang, Wan-Ying Chang, Stephen Cohen, Rachel Harter
Keywords: longitudinal survey ; bridging effect ; weighting adjustments ; variance estimation ; time series

Utilizing a Logistic Regression Approach for Weighting Adjustment in a Longitudinal Data Set — Michael Sinclair, Wan-Ying Chang, Julia Batishev , Michael Yang
Keywords: Propensity Models ; Nonresponse ; Paradata

Migration Patterns of U.S.-Trained Doctorate-Holders — Wan-Ying Chang, Lance Selfa, Michael Sinclair, Lynn Milan
Keywords: doctorate graduates ; international mobility ; missing data ; Markov transition model

Session 644: Managing Nonresponse Bias in Sample Surveys
Organizer(s): Wesley Yung, Statistics Canada
Chair(s): Fritz Scheuren, NORC

Challenges in the Treatment of Nonresponse for Selected Business Surveys — Katherine Thompson, Katrina Washington
Keywords: weight adjustment ; ratio imputation ; prediction model ; propensity model ; balance complex

Using Paradata to Understand Effort and Attrition in a Panel Survey — Andrew Mercer
Keywords: paradata ; longitudinal surveys ; nonresponse ; attrition ; survey effort

Chasing the Nonrespondents: Use of the Conditional Bias — David Haziza, Wesley Yung, Jean-François Beaumont
Keywords: Conditional bias ; Nonresponse ; Follow up


Contributed Papers

Session 44: Address Based, RDD and Cell Phone, and Respondent-Driven Sampling
Chair(s): Nancy Clusen, Mathematica Policy Research

Using Address Based Sampling Frames in Lieu of Traditional Listing: A New Approach — Sylvia Dohrmann, Jill M. Montaquila, Graham Kalton, Martha Berlin
Keywords: ABS ; area sample ; USPS ; quality control ; coverage enhancement

Quasi Address-Based Sampling: A New Cost-Efficient Rejective Sampling Design for Reducing Undercoverage, Nonresponse Rate, and Nonrespondent Substitution Bias — Avinash Singh, Kyle Fennell, Ned English, Jizhou Fu
Keywords: Field Interviewer ; Field Prompter ; Nonrespondent Substitution ; Quasi-ABS ; Rejective Sampling

Using New IT in Area Sampling: An Experience in Korea — Young-je Woo, Sun Woong Kim
Keywords: equal probability selection ; sampling frame ; map service ; view service

Unpacking the DSF in an Attempt to Better Reach the Drop Point Population — Katherine Dekker, Ned English, Ashley Amaya
Keywords: Delivery Sequence File (DSF) ; Drop Point ; Drop Stop ; Frame Coverage ; Address-based sample

A Review of the Cell Phone Sample Component of the California Health Interview Survey — Jennifer Kali, J. Michael Brick, Ismael Flores Cervantes, Greg Norman, David Grant
Keywords: Cell phone sample ; health survey ; multiple frame survey

Geographical Screening in Cell Phone Surveys: Sampling Variability and Bias in the March 2011 National Flu Survey — Nicholas Davis, Tammy Santibanez, Lin Liu, Kennon R. Copeland
Keywords: Survey ; Cell Phone ; Design Effect ; Bias ; Geography

Exploring Error Properties of Respondent-Driven Sampling — Sunghee Lee, Tuba Suzer-Gurtekin, James Wagner, Richard Valliant
Keywords: Respondent driven sampling ; rare population

Session 87: Developments in Survey Design and Implementation
Chair(s): David Fitch, Universidad Rafael Landivar

Allocation of Sample for the 2010 Redesign of the Consumer Expenditure Survey — Stephen Ash, David Swanson
Keywords: two-stage design ; optimal allocation ; survey ; expenditures

A 'First Cut' at Forming Rural PSUs — Susan King
Keywords: PSU ; zero-one integer linear programming ; adjacency ; Consumer Expenditure Survey

Complex Survey Sample Design in IRS' Multi-Objective Taxpayer Compliance Burden Studies — Wei Liu, John Guyton, Michael Sebastiani
Keywords: Complex survey sample design ; Neyman allocation ; Nonresponse rate ; Sample size ; Optimality ; Sensitivity analysis

State and Local Government Sample Design for the National Compensation Survey — Gwyn Ferguson, Chester H Ponikowski, Joan Coleman, Erin McNulty
Keywords: survey design ; sample allocation ; respondent burden ; sample rotation

Sample Allocation for the Redesigned National Compensation Survey — Tiandong Li, Hyunshik James Lee, Gwyn Ferguson, Chester H Ponikowski, Bradley Rhein
Keywords: Logistic regression ; viability and usability rates ; between- and within-PSU variances ; intra-class correlation

Evaluation of Alternative Measures of Size for Sampling of Establishments in the National Compensation Survey — Bradley Rhein, Chester H Ponikowski, Joan Coleman
Keywords: sampling frame ; establishment survey ; sample selection ; weight

History of Sampling Methodology in the HUD Assisted Housing Household Rent Quality Control Studies — Francine Barrington, Pedro J Saavedra, Sophia Zanakos, Mary K. Sistik
Keywords: cluster samples ; probabilities proportional to size ; measure of size ; county-based clustering

Session 88: Measuring Nonresponse and Other Nonsampling Errors in Surveys
Chair(s): Kristen Cyffka, University of Wisconsin-Madison

The Empirical Properties of Survey Quality Indicators Under Nonignorable Nonresponse — Shin-Jung Lee
Keywords: Survey quality ; Indicator ; Representativeness ; Bias ; Nonresponse

Assessing Nonresponse Bias in the Green Goods and Services Survey — Brian Meekins, Michael Sverchkov, Justin McIllece
Keywords: Nonresponse ; Not Missing at Random ; Green Survey

A Study Comparing CHAID Analysis to Traditional Weighting — Betty Jackson, Randall J. Parmer, Stella K. Kim, Jared Coopersmith
Keywords: CHAID ; Weighting ; Nonresponse

Using Soft Refusal Status in the Cell Phone Sample Nonresponse Adjustment — Wei Zeng, David Yankey, N. Ganesh, Philip J. Smith
Keywords: refusal status ; nonresponse adjustment ; cell-phone sample ; weighting

Adjusting for Survey Measurement Error with Accuracy Variables — Damiao N Da Silva, Chris Skinner
Keywords: Survey sampling ; nonsampling bias ; cumulative distribution function ; pseudo maximum likelihood

Assessment of Total Survey Error for the National Immunization Survey (NIS) 2009--2010 — Vicki Jean Pineau, Kirk M. Wolter, Benjamin Skalland, Wei Zeng, Meena Khare, Zhen Zhao
Keywords: Noncoverage ; Nonresponse ; Monte Carlo Simulation

Examining the Use of EWMA Charts for Monitoring the National Crime Victimization Survey — Elke Moons
Keywords: Moran's I statistic ; EWMA control chart ; national crime victimization survey (NCVS) ; spatio-temporal surveillance

Session 140: Address-Based Telephone RDD and Cell Phone Sampling
Chair(s): Hans Kiesl, Regensburg University of Applied Sciences

ABS and Cell Phones: Appending Both Cell Phone and Landline Phone Numbers to an Address-Based Sampling Frame — Joseph McMichael, Sue Pedrazzani, Gina Kilpatrick, Matthew Strobl
Keywords: Address-based sampling ; ABS ; cell phone ; multi-mode ; mixed-mode ; bias

Scope and Coverage of Landline and Cell Phone Numbers Appended to Address Frames — Rachel Harter, Joseph McMichael
Keywords: address-based sampling ; ABS ; mixed mode ; coverage ; phone ; CDS

Augmented RDD/Mail Sampling: In-Person Recruiting — William Waldron, Kelly Dixon
Keywords: Wilcoxon ; Sampling ; Survey

Coverage and Nonresponse Relationship in Mixed-Mode Surveys That Use Enhanced ABS Frames — Ipek Bilgen, Ned English
Keywords: ABS ; Coverage Rates ; Non-response Rates ; Telephone Surveys ; Mail Surveys

Feasibility of a Single-Frame Cell Phone RDD Sampling Design — Andy Peytchev, Nigel Neely
Keywords: RDD ; Mobile Phone ; Wireless ; Cell Phone ; Single Frame

Optimizing Call Patterns for Landline and Cell Phone Surveys — Rebecca Reimer, Robert Montgomery, Karen Wooten
Keywords: call patterns ; calling rules ; National Flu Surveys ; landline surveys ; cell phone surveys ; logistic regression

A Cost-Benefit Analysis for Reducing Call Attempts for the National Immunization Survey — Robert Montgomery, Benjamin Skalland, James A. Singleton, Meena Khare, Abera Wouhib
Keywords: Survey Costs ; Survey Costs ; Survey Design

Session 141: Tree-Based Methods for Missing Data and Evaluation of Missingness Mechanisms
Chair(s): Ronaldo Iachan, ICF Macro

Double Protection for Imputation Using a Tree-Based Methodology — Darryl Creel
Keywords: Item Nonresponse ; Imputation ; Double Protection ; Classification and Regression Trees

Judgment Post-Stratification Estimation of Population Proportion with High Missing Data Rate — Tian Chen, Elizabeth Stasny, Tao Shi
Keywords: missing data ; judgment post-stratification ; random forests adapted JPS

Enhanced Tipping-Point Displays — Victoria Liublinska, Donald B Rubin
Keywords: missing data ; sensitivity analysis ; tipping-point analysis ; MNAR ; multiple imputation

Alternative Indicators for the Risk of Nonresponse Bias: A Simulation Study — Raphael Nishimura, James Wagner, Michael R. Elliott
Keywords: Missing data ; Nonresponse bias ; Nonresponse indicators ; Survey data quality measures

MissMech: An R Package for Testing Homoscedasticity, Multivariate Normality, and Missing Completely at Random — Mortaza Jamshidian, Siavash Jalal, Camden Jansen
Keywords: missing data ; imputation ; Test of MCAR ; Maximum Likelihood ; Homogeneity of covariances ; Hawkins test

Analysis of Nonresponse Bias in the 2010 Post-Election Survey of Uniformed Service — David McGrath, Tim Markham
Keywords: Nonresponse Bias ; Voting ; Military ; UOCAVA

Several Scenarios for Influential Observations and Methods for Their Treatment — Mary Mulry, Broderick E Oliver, Stephen Kaputa
Keywords: M-estimation ; Winsorization ; Monthly Retail Trade Survey ; establishment survey ; outlier

Session 185: Incentives, Response Rates, and Response Options in Surveys
Chair(s): Barbara Lepidus Carlson, Mathematica Policy Research

The Effect of Prepaid Cash Incentives on Satisficing Behaviors in a Telephone Survey — Rebecca Medway
Keywords: incentives ; satisficing

Household Early Bird Incentives: Leveraging Family Influence to Improve Household Response Rates — Felicia LeClere, Shelly Plummer, Jennifer Vanicek, Amaya Ashley, Kari Carris
Keywords: Incentives ; REACH U.S. ; leverage-saliency ; participation ; address-based sampling ; declining response rates

Improving Response Rates in Military Surveys — Eric Falk, Phil Masui
Keywords: Military Surveys ; Response Rates ; Notification Methods ; Modes

Modeling Response Rates for Telephone Surveys — N. Ganesh, Santanu Pramanik
Keywords: Response Rate ; Small Area Estimation ; Sample Survey ; Prediction

Impact of Different and Reduced Incentive Amounts on Longitudinal Survey Response Rates and Overall Cost — Yan Wang
Keywords: cash incentives ; response rates ; telephone follow-up cost ; longitudinal surveys ; reduced incentive ; average cost per respondent

Bayesian Analysis of Randomized Response Models — Joon Jin Song, Jong-Min Kim
Keywords: Randomized response ; rare sensitive attribute ; Sum score variable ; Poisson regression model

Post-Stratification Based on the Choice of Use of a Quantitative Randomization Device — Oluseun Odumade, Raghunath Arnab, Sarjinder Singh
Keywords: Respondents cooperation ; post-stratification ; quantitative sensitive characteristics ; protection and efficiency

Session 252: Retention, Attrition, and Respondent Burden
Chair(s): Shelton Jones, RTI International

Predictors of Retention and Re-Engagement in the Health and Retirement Study — Mary Beth Ofstedal, Mick Couper, Kuang-Tsung Chen
Keywords: panel surveys ; panel attrition and retention ; health and retirement study

Dynamics of Web Panel Attrition Across Cohorts, 2008--2010: A GfK-Knowledge Networks Case Study — Curtiss Cobb, Charles DiSogra, Erlina Hendarwan, Kristine Janus
Keywords: Online surveys ; Web panels ; Probability panels ; panel attrition

Measuring Attrition in Long-Term Longitudinal Surveys — Aref Dajani, Toni Warner, Toni Warner
Keywords: Longitudinal surveys ; Cross-sectional surveys ; Attrition

Assessment Through Simulation of Respondent-Driven Sampling Estimates When Used in Telephone Survey Sampling — Jenny Yang, Donglin Zeng, Robert Agans
Keywords: respondent driven sampling ; simulation ; network ; cell phone ; telephone ; RDS

An Exploration of the Application of PLS Path Modeling Approach to Creating a Summary Index of Respondent Burden — Scott Fricker, Lucilla Tan, Craig Kreisler
Keywords: espondent burden ; path modeling

Panel Conditioning: Change in True Values vs. Change in Self-Report — Ting Yan, Stephanie Eckman, Frauke Kreuter
Keywords: panel conditioning ; measurement error ; longitudinal surveys ; administrative data ; misreport

Methods for Responsive Split Questionnaire Panel Surveys — Jeffrey Gonzalez
Keywords: Adaptive design ; Matrix sampling ; Questionnaire development ; Respondent burden ; Survey design
 
Session 305: Small-Area Estimation: Benchmarking and Hierarchical Models
Chair(s): Sahar Zangeneh, University of Michigan

Benchmarking Small-Area Estimates — William Bell, Gauri Datta, Malay Ghosh
Keywords: Augmented model ; Best linear unbiased ; External ; Internal ; Optimal ; Orthogonal projection

Benchmarking Small-Area Estimates: A Minimum Discrimination Information Approach and Other New Perspectives — Andrew Vesper, Ryan Janicki
Keywords: small area estimation ; benchmarking ; entropy ; Bayesian ; simulation study

A Hierarchical Mixture Model for Small-Area Estimation — Adrijo Chakraborty, Gauri Datta, Abhyuday Mandal
Keywords: Survey Sampling ; Small Area Estimation ; Outliers ; Mixture Models ; Hierarchical Bayes ; Noninformative priors

A Bayesian Zero-One Inflated Beta Model for Small-Area Shrinkage Estimation — Jerzy Wieczorek, Ciara Nugent, Sam Hawala
Keywords: Small Area Estimates ; SAIPE ; MCMC ; Beta Regression ; Pseudo Population

The Use of Sampling Weights in Bayesian Hierarchical Models for Small-Area Estimation — Cici Bauer, Thomas Lumley, Jon Wakefield
Keywords: Small area estimation ; sampling weights ; post-stratification ; integrated nested Laplace approximation ; Bayesian Hierarchical Models

Small-Area Estimation in the Presence of Measurement Error Using Corrected Scores Approach — Trijya Singh
Keywords: Corrected scores ; Fay-Herriot ; Measurement error ; Small Area Estimation

A New Adjusted Residual Likelihood Method for the Fay-Herriot Small Area Model — Masayo Yoshimori, Partha Lahiri
Keywords: Empirical Bayes ; Linear mixed model ; Profile likelihood ; Residual likelihood ; Shrinkage

Session 349: Health, Hospital, and Patient Surveys
Chair(s): Jason Gilikin, Spectrum Health Hospital Group

Results from the Survey of Health Insurance and Program Participation — Joanna Turner, Brett Fried, Joanne Pascale, Michel Boudreaux, Kathleen Call
Keywords: health insurance coverage ; CPS ASEC ; ACS ; SHIPP

Redesign of the National Ambulatory Medical Care Survey to Support State Estimates — Esther Hing, Iris Shimizu
Keywords: State estimates ; Physicians ; Community health centers

The Intersection of Response Propensity and Data Quality in the National Health Interview Survey — James Dahlhamer
Keywords: nonresponse error ; measurement error ; response propensity ; data quality ; total survey error

Impacts of Question Format on Prevalence Estimates, Item Nonresponse, and Response Times: A Split-Ballot Experiment of Disability Questions on the National Health Interview Survey — Julie Dawson Weeks, James Dahlhamer
Keywords: questionnaire design ; experimental design ; predictive validity ; data quality ; response times ; disability

Coverage Implications of Targeted Lists for Rare Populations — Ned English, Ipek Bilgen
Keywords: Address-based samples ; targeted lists ; hard-to-reach populations ; minority populations ; frame construction ; modeling coverage

Haplotype-Based Statistical Inference for Population-Based Case-Control Studies with Complex Sample Designs — Daoying Lin, Yan Li
Keywords: Association studies ; Case-control studies ; Haplotype ; Stratified multistage cluster sampling ; Stratified multistage cluster sampling

Aggregate-Level PUF as a New Alternative to the Traditional Unit-Level PUF for Improving Analytic Utility and Data Confidentiality — Avinash Singh, Joshua M Borton
Keywords: Aggregate Level Analysis ; Calibration ; Micro-Group ; Micro-Mean ; MG-MC ; Subsampling

Session 350: Administrative Data, Record Linkage, and Latent Class Models
Chair(s): Maxine Denniston, CDC

Quality/Quantity Assessment of Patient Registries Versus Questionnaire Self-Reports — Shelton Jones, Timothy P Johnson, Steven B Clauser, Joseph McMichael, Katherine Treiman, Connie L Hobbs
Keywords: patient sampling frame ; sampling administrative records ; disease registry sampling ; editing registries

Comparing Injury Data from Administrative and Survey Sources: Methodological Issues — Nicole Nestoriak, Brooks Pierce
Keywords: Injury and Illness data ; Administrative data ; Underreporting

Evaluation of Risk Factors in Population-Based Incidence of Clostridium Difficile Infection Across Multiple U.S. Geographic Locations — Yi Mu
Keywords: risk factors ; infection disease ; mixed model ; variance component ; surveillance

Combining Cluster Sampling and Link-Tracing Sampling: Estimating the Size of a Hidden Population in the Presence of Heterogeneous Link-Probabilities Modeled by a Latent-Class Model — Martin Felix-Medina, Jesus Armando Dominguez-Molina
Keywords: capture-recapture ; chain referral sampling ; hard-to-detect population ; latent class model ; maximum-likelihood estimator ; snowball sampling

Weak Identifiability in Latent Class Analysis — Marcus Berzofsky, Paul P Biemer
Keywords: Latent class analysis (LCA) ; weak identifiability ; Maximum likelihood estimation

Estimating Record Linkage Error Rates Without Training Data — William Winkler
Keywords: statistical mixture model ; latent class ; capture-recapture

Pre-Sampling Model-Based Inference IV — Stephen Woodruff
Keywords: Model Based Inference ; Design Based Inference ; Pre-sampling Inference

Session 413: Surveys of Children, Students, and Schools
Chair(s): Michael P. Cohen, American Institutes for Research

Optimal Designs for School Surveys — Ronaldo Iachan, WIlliam Robb, Kate Flint
Keywords: School surveys ; optimal designs ; measure of size ; PPS sampling ; stratification

Exploring Geographic Clustering Methods in National School-Based Student Survey Samples — WIlliam Robb, Ronaldo Iachan, Randal ZuWallack, Kate Flint, Paul Martino
Keywords: oversample ; GIS ; geographic clustering ; SES ; school-based Samples

A New Approach for Multiway Stratification: School Sampling in Charting the Progress of Education Reform: An Evaluation of the Recovery Act's Role — Louis Rizzo, Jane Li, Yong Lee, Babette Gutmann, Patty Troppe
Keywords: balanced sampling ; multi-way stratification ; nationally representative ; education reform ; two-stage sampling ; PPS sampling

Effectiveness of a Composite Size Measure for Sampling Students with Disabilities — Frank Potter
Keywords: Sample Design ; Disabilities ; School Survey ; Rare Populations

Research and Development for Methods of Estimating Poverty for School-Age Children — Ciara Nugent, Sam Hawala
Keywords: Small Area ; Reweighting ; Censoring ; SAIPE ; Survey Weights

Weighting in the Dark: What to Do in the Absence of Benchmarks — Barbara Lepidus Carlson, Jerry West
Keywords: Weighting ; FACES ; Benchmarking

Using Cognitive Interviewing to Detect Privacy and Confidentiality Concerns — Jennifer Childs, Michelle Smirnova
Keywords: privacy ; confidentiality ; cognitive interviews ; Census

Session 414: Small-Area Estimation: Applications and Enhanced Methods
Chair(s): James Chromy, RTI International

Small Area Estimation Alternatives for the National Crime Victimization Survey — Robert Fay, Mamadou Diallo
Keywords: NCVS ; Fay-Herriot ; violent crime ; Rao-Yu model ; EBLUP

Evaluation of Small-Area Estimates of Substance Use in the National Survey on Drug Use and Health — Art Hughes, Akhil K Vaish, Neeraja Sathe, Kathryn Spagnola
Keywords: substance use ; small area estimation ; validation ; substate estimates

A Search for Robust Model-Based Small-Area Estimation Methods for the National Ambulatory Medical Care Survey (NAMCS) — Vladislav Beresovsky, Donald Malec
Keywords: direct estimates ; model-assisted estimates ; model-based estimates ; hierarchical logistic model ; small area estimation ; ambulatory care

Estimation for Detailed Publication Levels in the Current Employment Statistics Survey — Julie Gershunskaya
Keywords: small area estimation ; area-level model

An Examination of the Relative Variance of Replicate Weight Variance Estimators for Ratios through First Order Expansions — Jerry Maples
Keywords: small area ; variance models ; replicate weight

Nonlinear mixed effects cross-sectional models for estimation of smoking proportions using the National Health Interview Survey — Neung Ha, Van Parsons
Keywords: Small Area Estimation ; National Health Interview Survey ; Hierarchical Modeling ; Cross-sectional time-series model ; MCMC

Small-Area Estimation in Household Surveys When Auxiliary Variable Totals Are Known — Prabhakar Ghangurde
Keywords: synthetic ; ratio-synthetic ; ratio-adjustment ; standard regression ; BLUE ; models

Session 476: Measurement, Survey Quality, and Interviewers
Chair(s): Jamie Ridenhour, RTI International

Encouraging Record Use in an Online Survey — Mick Couper, Mary Beth Ofstedal, Sunghee Lee
Keywords: online survey ; income and assets ; measurement error ; record use

Cognitive Aspects of Dependent Verification in Survey Operations — Lars Lyberg, Stephanie Eckman, Magnus Roos, Frauke Kreuter
Keywords: quality control ; CASM ; survey error rates ; data processing

Outliers: an evaluation of methodologies — Dhirendra Ghosh, Andrew Vogt
Keywords: bias ; extreme value theory ; Grubbs' test ; heavy-tail phenomena ; mixture models ; Winsorization

Statistics and Audit Sampling — Mary Batcher, Fritz Scheuren
Keywords: sampling ; audit

Identifying Survey Interviewer Applicants with a High Probability of Early Termination — Heather M. Schroeder, Frost Hubbard, Kenneth Szmigiel
Keywords: proportional hazards model ; interviewer attrition ; survey research

Evaluation of Interviewer Effects on Nonresponse Bias — Denize Barbosa, Gabriele Durrant, Chris Skinner
Keywords: Sample survey ; multilevel model

What's the Chance? Interviewers' Expectations of Response in the 2010 SCF — Arthur Kennickell
Keywords: Paradata ; Expectations ; Nonresponse
 
Session 477: Calibration Estimation and Weighting in Sample Surveys
Chair(s): Karol Krotki, RTI International

Propensity Score Weight Adjustment for Dual-Mode or Dual-Frame Longitudinal Surveys — Christian Boudreau, Mary E Thompson, Dagmar Mariaca Hajducek
Keywords: propensity score adjustment ; dual-frame ; dual-mode ; post-survey weighting ; longitudinal survey

Calibration Adjustment for Nonresponse in Cross-Classified Data — Gretchen Falk
Keywords: Quasi-randomization ; Benchmark ; Poststratification

Calibrated Maximum Likelihood Design Weights in Survey Sampling — Sarjinder Singh, Stephen A. Sedory
Keywords: Calibration of design weight ; estimation of population mean ; simulation study ; soultion to non-linear equations ; Maximum likelihood function ; maximum likelihood design weights

What's New in SUDAAN 11? — Angela Pitts
Keywords: SUDAAN ; survey analysis ; weighting ; imputation ; software

Practical Issues When Calibrating Weights for Multiple Skewed Variables — Yan K Liu, Kimberly Henry, Michael Strudler
Keywords: calibration weighting ; cross-sectional estimation ; panel sample ; R

Longitudinal Survey Weight Calibration: Theory and Methods — Siyu Qing, Michael D. Larsen, Mary A Foulkes, Beilei Zhou
Keywords: Panel survey ; Calibration estimation ; Variance estimation ; Sample survey ; Cross-sectional study

Fixing the Sample and the Sample Weights When Problems Arise in the Frame: Experiences with a Survey of Physicians — Eric Grau
Keywords: sample frame ; sampling weights ; duplicates ; multiplicity ; replacement sample ; physician survey

Session 521: Survey Measurement and Redesign
Chair(s): Bryan Sayer, Social and Scientific Systems, Inc.

New Composite Indicator for the Business Tendency Survey — Michel Grun-Rehomme, Olga Vasyechko
Keywords: Business Tendency Survey ; Time Series ; Balance of Opinion ; Robust Statistics ; Composite Indicators

On the Performance of Consumer Confidence Measurement — Turknur Brand
Keywords: Survey methodology ; consumer survey

Does Moving the Condition Questions to the Beginning of Round 1 in the Medical Expenditure Panel Survey Produce Different Condition Estimates? — Frances M. Chevarley
Keywords: MEPS ; CAPI ; sample design ; conditions ; treated prevalence

Concurrent Criterion-Related Validity of a Multidimensional Model of Symptoms of Depression in Organ Transplant Recipients — Irene Feurer, Leigh Anne D Redhage
Keywords: survey scaling ; depression ; organ transplantation ; quality of life ; latent variable models

Methodological Considerations in Estimating Adolescent Substance Use — Joseph Gfroerer, Jonaki Bose, Larry Kroutil, Marsha Lopez, Laura Kann
Keywords: Substance use ; adolescents ; surveys ; mode ; setting ; coverage

Kappa Statistic for Surveys and Complex Data — G. Gordon Brown, Gayle S Bieler, Robert J Morris
Keywords: Kappa ; Survey ; SUDAAN

Session 582: Stratification and Other Survey Sampling Theory
Chair(s): Jeffrey Gonzalez, Bureau of Labor Statistics

A Simple Approach to Sample Allocation for Multivariate Stratified Sampling — Sun Woong Kim, Eun-Jeong Nam, Young Sung Han
Keywords: nonlinear programming ; compromise ; precision ; sampling variances

A Hierarchical Clustering Algorithm for Multivariate Stratification in Stratified Sampling — Stephanie Zimmer, Jaekwang Kim, Sarah Nusser
Keywords: stratification ; superpopulation ; clustering

The Equivalence of Neyman Optimum Allocation for Sampling and Equal Proportions for Apportioning the U. S. House of Representatives — Tommy Wright
Keywords: Apportionment ; Equal Proportions ; Neyman Allocation ; Stratification ; Probability Sampling

Two Measures for Assisting Sample Size Discussions — Beat Hulliger
Keywords: Sampling ; Precision ; Relevance ; Size resolution ; Difference resolution

An Equivalence of Conditional and Unconditional Maximum Likelihood Estimators via Infinite Replication of Observations for Matched Pairs Designs — Zhulin He, Babette A Brumback
Keywords: conditional logistic regression ; complex survey data ; pseudosample ; matched pairs ; Legendre polynomials ; ordinary differential equations

Interval Estimation for Small-Area Proportions with Small True Proportions from Surveys with Stratified Random Sampling Designs — Carolina Franco, Partha Lahiri
Keywords: Confidence Intervals ; Proportions ; Complex Surveys ; Confidence Levels ; Stratified Random Sampling ; Coverage

Significance Testing for Two Cluster Samples with Identical Clusters and Different Units — R. Lee Harding, Pedro J Saavedra, Ronaldo Iachan
Keywords: Jackknife ; probabilities proportional to size ; Taylor Series

Session 583: Advances in Multiple Imputation Methodology
Chair(s): Siyu Qing, The George Washington University

Multiple Imputation for Hierarchical Data Sets — Joerg Drechsler, Joe Sakshaug, Matthias Speidel
Keywords: fixed effects ; hierarchical ; multilevel ; multiple imputation ; random effects ; missing data

A Two-Step Semi-Parametric Method to Account for Survey Weights in Multiple Imputation — Hanzhi Zhou
Keywords: missing data ; complex sampling design ; multiple imputation ; Bayesian Bootstrap ; synthetic data ; Pólya Posterior

Estimation of Two-Level Hierarchical Generalized Linear Models Given a Mixture of Ordinal and Continuous Missing Data — Yongyun Shin
Keywords: ignorable missing data ; hierarchical ; generalized linear model ; likelihood ; correlated probit model ; multiple imputation

Imputation Models to Estimate Mean Fatty Acid Percentages in NHANES — Maya Sternberg, Rosemary Schleicher
Keywords: NHANES ; imputation ; missing data

Investigating the Bias of Alternative Statistical Inference Methods in Sequential Mixed-Mode Surveys — Tuba Suzer-Gurtekin, Steven G. Heeringa, Richard Valliant
Keywords: mixed-mode surveys ; multiple imputation ; mode effects ; selection model

Using Imputation to Adjust for Seam Bias in a Rotating Panel Survey — Joe Sakshaug, Joerg Drechsler
Keywords: seam effects ; imputation ; rotating panel survey ; measurement error ; recall bias

Fitting Additive Hazards Models for Case-Cohort Studies: A Multiple Imputation Approach — Jinhyouk Jung, Sangwook Kang, Ofer Harel
Keywords: Additive hazards models ; Case-cohort study ; Multiple Imputation ; Missing covariates ; Survival analysis

Session 625: Regression Estimators for Survey Sampling
Chair(s): Yang Cheng, U.S. Census Bureau

The Implications of Ignoring the Uncertainty in Control Totals for Generalized Regression Estimators — Jill Dever, Richard Valliant
Keywords: survey-estimated control totals ; weight calibration ; generalized regression estimator (GREG) ; simulation ; mean square error (MSE)

Regression Coefficient Estimation in Dual Frame Surveys — Yan Lu
Keywords: dual frame surveys ; cross validation ; prediction error ; regression coefficient ; simulations

New Model-Optimized Sampling Techniques — Sung Joon Hong, Sun Woong Kim
Keywords: superpopulation ; general polynomial model ; model optimization

Model-Assisted Lasso Regression Estimator — Kelly McConville, Jay Breidt, Thomas Lee
Keywords: complex surveys ; model selection ; lasso

Inference in Cutoff Sampling — Alan H Dorfman
Keywords: confidence intervals ; probability proportional to size sampling

Session 626: Imputation Methods for Sample Surveys
Chair(s): Darryl Creel, RTI International

Using Administrative Records to Augment Unit Nonresponse to Facilitate Hot-Deck Imputation — Vincent Welch, Fang Wang
Keywords: Imputation ; Hot-deck ; Administrative records ; Unit nonresponse

Imputation Using the Other Pair Member — Peter Frechtel, Victoria Scott, Amy Couzens, Andrew Moore, Jonaki Bose
Keywords: imputation ; editing ; NSDUH

NORCSuite_Impute: Two-Way Search Hot-Deck Imputation Macro Using SAS IML — Fang Wang, Steven Pedlow, Yongyi Wang
Keywords: hot-deck imputation ; two-way search ; donor use limit ; number of donors

Semi-Parametric Imputation of Panel Surveys — David Judkins, Andrea Piesse, Wen-Chau Haung
Keywords: Cyclic p-partition hotdecks

Parametric Fractional Imputation using Adjusted Profile Likelihood for Linear Mixed Models with Nonignorable Missing Data — Shu Yang, Jaekwang Kim, Zhengyuan Zhu
Keywords: EM algorithm ; Random effect ; Mixed effects model ; restricted maximum likelihood ; Longitudinal data

Jackknife Empirical Likelihood Method for Inference with Imputed Data — Sixia Chen
Keywords: Item nonresponse ; fractional imputation ; interval estimation ; regression imputation ; Poisson sampling

Session 669: Variance Estimation in Sample Surveys
Chair(s): Iris Shimizu, National Center for Health Statistics

Can Replicate-Based Methods Be Used in Variance Estimation for Cut-Point Estimators Derived Through ROC Analysis? — Dan Liao, Phillip Kott, Sarra Lorraine Hedden
Keywords: Fay's BRR ; serious mental illness ; cutoff value ; bootstrap ; jackknife

Properties of Smoothed Design-Based Variance Estimators from Complex Sample Surveys — MoonJung Cho, John Eltinge, Julie Gershunskaya, Larry Huff
Keywords: Bias ; Design-based inference ; Model-based inference ; Superpopulation model ; U.S. Current Employment Statistics Program ; Variance estimator stability

Variance Estimation for the Multidisciplinary Treatment Planning (MTP) Survey — Hyunshik James Lee, Benmei Liu, Irene Prabhu Das
Keywords: Jackknife variance estimator ; variance stratum/unit ; combining strata

Comparing Recent Approaches For Bootstrapping Sample Survey Data: A First Step Towards A Unified Approach — M. Giovanna Ranalli, Fulvia Mecatti
Keywords: Bootstrap principles ; Conditional Poisson design ; non-central Hypergeometric distribution ; Probability-proportional-to-size design ; Pseudo-population ; Variance estimation

Single Versus Replicate Survey Weights: Toward Guidance for Choosing an Optimal Approach — Jamie Ridenhour, Andy Peytchev
Keywords: Taylor linearized weights ; replicate weights

A Unified Theory of Empirical Likelihood Ratio Confidence Intervals for Survey Data with Unequal Probabilities — Yves Berger, Omar De La riva Torres
Keywords: Design-based approach ; Stratification ; Unequal inclusion probabilities ; Consistency

Confidence Intervals for Quantile Estimation from Complex Survey Data — Babubhai Shah, Akhil K Vaish
Keywords: Quantile estimates ; Confidence Intervals ; Complex Survey Data

Session 671: Nonresponse Adjustment and Advances in Post-Stratification
Chair(s): Brady West, University of Michigan

Assessing Effectiveness of Nonresponse Adjustment Methods: Response Propensity Weighting and Generalized Regression Calibration Estimation — Cong Ye, Roger Tourangeau
Keywords: Response Propensity ; Calibration ; nonresponse adjustment

A Cautionary Note on Post-Stratification Adjustment — Hee-Choon Shin
Keywords: Post-stratification ; Weights ; Rake ; Control Totals

Comparing Alternative Weight Adjustment Methods — Kimberly Henry, Richard Valliant
Keywords: model-assisted estimation ; model-based estimation ; weight trimming ; p-splines ; weight smoothing

Adjustment for Unit Nonresponse in the National Health Interview Survey — Chris Moriarity, James Dahlhamer
Keywords: sample survey ; screening

Evaluation of Two-Step Nonresponse Adjustment in the Mental Health Surveillance Study — Emilia Peytcheva, Phillip Kott, Dan Liao, Kevin Wang, Art Hughes
Keywords: nonresponse ; two-step adjustment

Endogenous Post-Stratification Estimation Using a Random Forests Model — John Tipton, Jean Opsomer, Gretchen Moisen
Keywords: Endogenous Post Stratification ; Random Forests ; Variance Estimation


Invited Panel

Session 317: Multi-Level Data Methods to Detect and Adjust for Nonresponse Bias in Sample Surveys
Organizer(s): Tom W Smith, NORC
Chair(s): Joe Sakshaug, German Institute for Employment Research (IAB)

Multi-Level Data Methods to Detect and Adjust for Nonresponse Bias in Sample Surveys — Paul P Biemer, Frauke Kreuter, Tom W Smith, James Wagner
Keywords: Missing data ; Weighting ; Paradata ; Metadata

Topic Contributed Panel

Session 123: Energy Consumption Surveys: Re-Energizing for an Energy- and Data-Dependent Society
Organizer(s): Hiroaki Minato, U.S. Energy Information Administration
Chair(s): Thomas Leckey, U.S. Energy Information Administration

Energy Consumption Surveys: Re-Energizing for an Energy- and Data-Dependent Society — Thomas Leckey, Eileen O'Brien, Jack G. Gambino, Michael L. Cohen, Nancy Kirkendall, William F. Eddy
Keywords: Committee on National Statistics (CNSTAT) ; Commercial Buildings Energy Consumption Survey (CBECS) ; Residential Energy Consumption Survey (RECS) ; multi-frame ; area probability ; multi-mode


Contributed Poster Presentations

Contributed Oral Poster Presentations
Chair(s): Marie Kraska, Auburn University

Estimating Agreement Coefficients from Sample Survey Data — Hung-Mo Lin, Hae-Young Kim, John M Williamson, Virginia Lesser
Keywords: Kappa coefficient ; Concordance correlation coefficient ; Generalized estimating equations ; Jackknife estimator ; Taylor series linearization

Cell Phone Coverage in an ABS Multi-Mode Design — Kanru Xia, Whitney Murphy
Keywords: Cell phone only ; multi-mode address-based sampling

An Empirical Investigation of the Role of the Email Contact in Web Survey Response Rates — Hsien-Yuan Hsu, Yi-Hua Lai, Hsin-Ying Chin
Keywords: response rate ; survey instruction ; web surveys

Sampling Design for the 2011--13 National Hospital Care Survey — Iris Shimizu
Keywords: Sampling design ; health care survey

Improving Small-Area Health Data: Developing an Outcome Screening Procedure to Support Small-Area Estimation Models — Donald Malec, Peter Meyer, Nathaniel Schenker, Pavlina Rumcheva
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An "approximately unbiased" estimator may be uniformly larger than an" overestimate" — Robert Edson, Gary M Shapiro
Keywords: collapsed stratum variance estimator ; primary sampling unit ; multi-stage sampling

Assessing the Impact of Simplified Design Assumptions When Analyzing Data from Public-Use Complex Surveys — Van Parsons, Jennifer D Parker
Keywords: BRR ; linearization ; poststratification ; degrees-of-freedom

Measurement Error on Dual-Frame Estimation — Dong Lin
Keywords: Measurement Error ; Dual Frame Estimation ; Hartley's estimator

Weighting Methods in Survey Sampling — Chiaochih Chang, Ferry Butar Butar, Keerthi Palitha Dias Bandaranayake
Keywords: nonresponse ; adjustment ; calibration ; missing data

Continuous Measures of Response Latency in Evaluating Nonresponse Bias in a Large Randomized Community Trial of College Students Using the Continuum of Resistance Model — Jill N. Blocker, Eddie Ip, Thomas P. McCoy
Keywords: Non-response bias ; Continuum of Resistance ; high-risk drinking ; alcohol-related consequences ; college students

Assessing Coverage and Accuracy of Population Subgroups using an Address-Based Sample Frame — Kelly Dixon, Mike Kwanisai, Al Tupek
Keywords: stratified sampling ; coverage ; accuracy ; misclassification error

Refining Cellular Phone Samples Using Switch Centers in a Multiregional Survey — Machell Town, Carol Pierannunzi, Ashley Hyon, William Garvin
Keywords: Cellular Phone Sampling ; Switch Centers ; Phone Towers ; Cellular Phone Geography

Comparison of Imputation Procedures Once the Data Sets Contain Nonresponses — Ferry Butar Butar, Keerthi Palitha Dias Bandaranayake, Chiaochih Chang
Keywords: Missing data ; regression ; hot deck ; cold deck

A Modeling Approach: Use of Survey Contact Day and Time to Model Response Propensity in the Medical Expenditure Panel Survey — Karen Davis
Keywords: sample survey ; MEPS ; paradata ; contact history data

Modeling and Displaying the Precision of Radio Audience Estimates — Richard Griffiths
Keywords: Variance estimation ; Generalized variance function ; Model evaluation ; Displaying confidence intervals

Revisiting the Survey Form: The Effects of Redesigning the Current Employment Statistics Survey's Iconic One-Page Form with a Booklet-Style Form — Louis Harrell, Edward Park
Keywords: Current Employment Statistics ; data collection ; collection form ; form redesign

Small-Area Estimation for Government Surveys — Bac Tran, Carma Ray Hogue
Keywords: Cut-off sampling ; Decision-based ; Direct Estimator ; Synthetic Estimator ; Composite Estimator ; Step-wise Ratio

Other Cmte/Business

Session 208494: Survey Research Methods Section Business Meeting
Chair(s): John Czajka, Mathematica Policy Research

Papers Presented at the 67th Annual Conference of the American Association for Public Opinion Research (AAPOR)
May 17 – 20, 2012, Orlando, Florida

A Focus Group Pilot Study of Use of Smartphone to Collect Information About Health Behaviors — James Dayton, Shanta R. Dube, Naomi Freedner-Maguire, S. Sean Hu
Keywords: smartphone survey, focus group design, public health surveillance, feasibility, population-based survey

Adapting and Improving Methods to Manage Cognitive Pretesting of Multilingual Survey Instruments — Barbara Lazirko, Yuling Pan, M. Mandy Sha
Keywords: cognitive interviewing, pretesting, ACS, translation

Address-Based Sampling: Census Block Group Data Used to Define Incentive Structure — Anh Thu Burks, Michael W. Link
Keywords: Address based sampling, sample indicators, Census type variables, and incentives

An Examination of Visual Design Effects in a Self-Administered Mail Survey — Catherine Bullington, Sarah Hastedt, Douglas Williams
Keywords: questionnaire design, skip instructions, response option order

Cell Phones and Nonsampling Error in the American Time Use Survey — Stephanie Denton, Brian Meekins
Keywords: cell phone, mobile phone, nonresponse, measurement error

Changing Survey Modes: Does It Matter How You Get There? — Ashley Amaya, Kari Carris, Lee Fiorio, Felicia LeClere, Whitney Murphy, Jennifer Vanicek, Kanru Xia
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Characteristics of People Overcounted in the Census — Sarah K. Heimel
Keywords: Census, duplication, overcount, coverage

Comparing Face-to-Face and Online Approach: Household Recruitment of Consumer Panel in China — Shu Duan, Teresa Jin (Ye), Jennie W. Lai, Yu-Chieh Lin (Jay)
Keywords:

Development of the Federal Statistical System Public Opinion Survey — Jennifer Hunter Childs, Shelly Wilkie Martinez, Laura Rasmussen, Stephanie Willson, Monica Wroblewski
Keywords: Federal Statistics, Trust, Credibility, Administrative Records, Cognitive Interviewing, Questionnaire Development

Did the 2010 Census Social Marketing Campaign Shift Public Mindsets? — Nancy Bates, Mary Mulry
Keywords: Census 2010, paid advertising, nonresponse

Effects of Employment Classifications of Conceptual Variability of Response Category Options—Implications for Data Quality — John Bosley, Scott Fricker, Dan Gillman
Keywords: categorization errors, response options

Efficiency of Recruitment Methods to Recruit Monolingual Asian Participants for Cognitive Interviews — Lu Liu, Hyunjoo Park, M. Mandy Sha
Keywords: respondent recruitment, cognitive interview, monolingual Asians

Emerging Techniques of Respondent Engagement: Leveraging Game and Social Mechanics for Mobile Application Research — Jennie W. Lai, Michael W. Link, Lorelle Vanno
Keywords:
 
Evaluating Where Overlap Occurs in a Landline and Cell Phone Dual Frame Survey — Piper DuBray, Kristie Healey, Randal ZuWallack
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Gathering User Experience on Metering Technology for iPhone/iPad Users — Kelly L. Bristol, Michael W. Link, Tom Wells
Keywords: user experience, smartphone, mobile, passive meter, iPhone, iPad

Geographical Accuracy of Cell Phone Samples and the Effect on Telephone Survey Bias, Variance, and Cost — Meena Khare, Benjamin Skalland
Keywords: Cell-Phone Sampling, Non-Coverage Bias

Georgia on Their Minds: The Impact of War and Financial Crisis on Georgian Confidence in Social and Governmental Institutions — Allan L. McCutcheon, A. Lynn Phillips, Davit Tsabutashvili
Keywords: Georgia, confidence, war, World Poll

Integrating Biological Data Collection and Retaining Survey Subjects in a Longitudinal Workplace — Leslie K. Erickson, Frank J. Mierzwa
Keywords: Biomeasure collection, longitudinal, dried blood spot, workplace study, interviewer, actigraphy, subject recruitment, subject retention, layperson, data quality, logistics

Interviewing Proxy Versus Self-Reporting Respondents to Obtain Information Regarding Living Situations — Jennifer Hunter Childs, Sarah Cook, Tiffany King
Keywords: proxy versus self report, survey research, census

Managing Quality on a Large Qualitative Research Study with Complex Respondent Recruitment Criteria — Julie Feldman, Sarah K. Heimel, Katherine Kenward, M. Mandy Sha
Keywords: quality, cognitive testing, Census coverage, project management

Modeling Coverage Error in Address Lists Due to Geocoding Error: The Impact on Survey Operations and Sampling — Lee Fiorio, Jizhou Fu
Keywords: Address-based samples, geocoding error, sample frame construction, DSF, coverage

New Research Directions in Computer Experiments: Clustered Designs — Selden B. Crary
Keywords: Twin-point design, twin points, clustered design, computer experiments, Gaussian processes, IMSE, design of computer experiments, Kriging, essential discontinuity, rational function, covariance function, covariance matrix, ill-conditioning

On the Run: Using Smartphones to Track Millennial's Purchase Behavior — Justin Baile, Karen Benezra, Michael W. Link, Jeff Scagnelli
Keywords: Longitudinal, mobile phones, Mobile Survey

Online Surveys Aren't Just for Computers Anymore! Exploring Potential Mode Effects Between Smartphone and Computer-Based Online Surveys — Charles Andrus, Trent Buskirk
Keywords: Smartphones, iPhone, Cell Phone, Survey Research, Randomized Complete Block Design, Mode Effects, APPS

Predicting When to Adopt Given Frame Construction Methods: Modeling Coverage and Cost Benefits — Ipek Bilgen, Tamara Brooks, Mark Clausen, Katie Dekker, Ned English, Lee Fiorio, Colm O'Muircheartaigh
Keywords: Address-based samples, area probability, National Children's Study, listing, frame construction, modeling coverage

Programme for the International Assessment of Adult Competencies: U.S. Incentive Experiment — Hongsheng Hao, Tom Krenzke, Leyla Mohadjer
Keywords: Assessments, attempts, refusal rates, response rates

SHOW Me the Money? Effects of Preincentives, Differential Incentives, and Envelope Messaging in an ABS Mail Survey — Kristen Cyffka, Jennifer Dykema, Kelly Elver, Rae Ganci, Karen Jaques, John Stevenson
Keywords: Mail surveys, incentives, response rates, envelope messaging

Speaking the Same Language: Effective Techniques for Reaching Spanish-Speaking Households in a Mail Survey — Saida Mamedova, Andrew Zukerberg
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Testing Mail Notification Strategies for an Internet Response Option in the American Community Survey — Mary C. Davis, Rachel Horwitz, Michelle Ruiter, Jennifer Guarino Tancreto, Mary Frances Zelenak
Keywords: Internet data collection, American Community Survey, Notification strategies

The Accuracy of Retrospective Reports on Residence and Employment — Nola du Toit, Catherine Haggerty, Lisa Lee
Keywords:

The Effect of Mode on Participant Responses to Qualitative Research in Virtual Worlds — Catherine Billington, Pat Dean Brick, Sarah Dipko
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Twitter as a Potential Source for Official Statistics in The Netherlands — Piet J H Daas, Joyce Neroni, Marko Roos, Mark van de Ven
Keywords: social networks, data collection, classification, information exchange, topic identification

Usability Issues from Testing a Census Web Survey: Results from Testing of the Census Quality Survey (CQS) — Kathleen T. Ashenfelter, Temika Holland, Sabin Lakhe, Elizabeth Nichols, Victor Quach
Keywords: Usability testing, web surveys, demographic questionnaires, pre-testing

Use of Paradata to Assess the Quality and Functionality of the American Community Survey — Marcy C. Davis, Rachel Horwitz, Jennifer Guarino Tancreto, Mary Frances Zelenak
Keywords: Paradata, Internet, Quality, Data Collection, Content

Using Doorstep Concerns to Characterize and Assess the Level of Reluctance of Survey Respondents — Shiao-Lin Shirley Tsai, Ting Yan
Keywords: paradata, doorstep concerns, nonresponse, principal component analysis, latent class analysis

Who Doesn't Respond When a Survey Is Voluntary? — Deborah H. Griffin, Michael D. Starsinic
Keywords: Nonresponse, voluntary data collection, American Community Survey

Why Do Survey Participants Choose to Report by Web, Paper, or Not at All? Results from an American Community Survey Qualitative Study — Elizabeth Nichols
Keywords: Reporting options, mode choice, nonrespondents, follow-up study, applied behavior analysis, motivation to respond, Internet survey response

Would You Like a Receipt with That? Availability of Respondent Records When Collecting Expenditure Information — Jennifer Edgar, Emily Geisen, Amy Hendershott, Chris Stinger
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Positioning of Clarification Features in Web Surveys: Evidence from Eye Tracking Data — Tanja Kunz, Marek Fuchs
Keywords: questionnaire design, definitions, instructions, question-answer process, eye movements, response quality

Using Adaptive Questionnaire Design in Open-Ended Questions: A Field Experiment — Matthias Emde, Marek Fuchs
Keywords: web surveys, narrative open-ended question, adaptive design, answer box

CATI Interviewers' Job Satisfaction Level — Wojciech Jablonski
Keywords: interviewers, CATI, telephone surveys, job satisfaction