Invited Papers
The Poisson Change of Support Problem with Applications to the American Community Survey- FJonathan R. Bradley, Christopher K. Wikle, Scott Holan,
A Fully Bayesian Approach for Generating Synthetic Marks and Geographies for Confidential Data- Harrison Quick, Scott Holan, Christopher K.Wikle, Jerome P. Reiter
Flexible Bayesian Methodology for Multivariate Spatial Small Area Estimation- Aaron T. Porter, Scott Holan, Christopher K. Wikle
Spatio-Temporal Modeling of U.S. State-To-State Migration Flows- Trevor Oswald
Improving the American Community Survey Margins of Error Through Data-Driven Regionalization— Seth Spielman, David Folch
Joe Steinberg and the Class of 1940 - Gary Shapiro
Keywords: U S Census Bureau, survey sampling innovation, Current Population Survey
A Comparison of Methodologies for Classification of Administrative Records Quality for Census Enumeration - Darcy Steeg Morris
Keywords: Administrative Records, Supervised Learning, Classification, Census Enumeration
Issues Concerning Imputation of Hispanic Origin Due to Potential Administrative Record Enumeration for the 2020 Census - Richard A. Griffin
Keywords: Non-response follow-up, Non-ignorable nonresponse, Administrative Records
Using Data from the American Community Survey
to Better Understand Coverage Measurement Results in
the 2010 Census - Andrew Keller, Tyler Fox
Keywords: American Community Survey, Census Coverage Measurement, Components of Census Coverage
Using Administrative Records to Reduce Census Nonresponse Followup Operations - Vincent Thomas Mule, Jr, Andrew Keller
Keywords: Census, Administrative Records
Single-Stage Generalized Raking Application in the American Housing Survey - Brian Shaffer, Yang Cheng, and Eric Slud
Keywords: American Housing Survey, Calibration, Single Stage Generalized Raking, Weighting
Estimating the Cost of the 2020 Census Nonresponse Followup with Administrative Records— Tamara Adams, Edward Kobilarcik, Mary Bucci
A Weight-Trimming Approach to Achieve a Comparable Increase to Bias Across Countries in the Programme for the International Assessment of Adult Competencies— Wendy Van de Kerckhove, Leyla Mohadjer, Thomas Krenzke
Keywords:Weighting, extreme weights, calibration
Estimation of Dynamic Models with Nonignorable and Nonmonotone Drop-Out— Jongho Im, Jae-Kwang Kim
Noncoverage Adjustments in a Single-Frame Cell-Phone Survey: Weighting Approach to Adjust for Phoneless and Landline-Only Households - N. Ganesh, Meena Khare, Elizabeth A. Ormson, Wei Zeng, Jenny Jeyarajah, David Yankey, Zhen Zhao, Kirk M. Wolter
Keywords: cell-phone sample, dual-frame sample design, noncoverage, RDD telephone surveys, single-frame sample design, weighting
Nonparametric Multiple Imputation—Darry Creel, RTI International
Adjustments for Survey Imputed Datasets to Achieve
First and Second—“order Properties - Damiao N. da Silva, Li-Chun Zhang
Keywords: Complex surveys, Missing data, Survey nonresponse, Reverse calibration, Secondary data analysis, Hot deck imputation
Using Population Data to Improve Public Sector Frame Coverage - Tameka Sammy, Rachelle Reeder, Elizabeth Accetta, Carma R. Hogue
Keywords: Governmental Units, Governments Master Address File, Government Units Survey, paradata
Using Paradata to Design the Quarterly Tax Sample - Brian Dumbacher, Carma R. Hogue
Keywords: Paradata, Sample design, Response propensity, Logistic regression
Using Paradata to Inform Collection Instruments - Aneesah Williams, Chrishelle Lawrence, Andre Williams
Keywords: Paradata, Forms Design
Using Paradata and the Nonresponse Follow-Up Dashboard Score Function to Prioritize Workload - Terri L. Craig
Keywords: Paradata, Dashboard, Score Function, Nonresponse Follow-up
Using Paradata to Calibrate the Quarterly Summary of State and Local Government Tax Revenue - Courtney Hill,Justin Nguyen
Keywords: Paradata, Quarterly Tax, Calibration
Comparison of Methods Utilizing Immunization Information Systems (IIS) Data for Sample Frame Construction in the National Immunization Survey (NIS)—Reiping Huang, Vicki Pineau, Nadarajasundaram Ganesh, Kirk Wolter, Margrethe Montgomery, James Singleton, Laura Pabst, LaTreace Harris, Stacie Greby
Interpolating and Standardizing Time Series Data Covering Various Fiscal Intervals Using Splines - Jack Lothian
Keywords: Calendarization, Administrative data, Significance editing, Cubic splines, Standardization, Imputation
Quality and Analysis of Sets of National Files - Aneesah Williams, Chrishelle Lawrence, Andre Williams
Keywords: record linkage, edit/imputation, models, algorithms, generalized software
Statistical Matching Using Fractional Imputation— Jae-Kwang Kim, Emily Berg,
Model-Assisted Estimation of Unemployment Rates for Longitudinal Surveys with an Application in the Current Population Survey - Daniel Bonnery, Yang Cheng, Partha Lahiri
Keywords: Longitudinal surveys, Unemployment rate, Model assisted estimation, Current Population Survey
Mental Health Estimates Computed Directly from the Clinical Sample of the Mental Health Surveillance Study and Measures of
their Standard Errors - Phillip S. Kott, Jonaki Bose, Sarra Hedden, Dan Liao, Art Hughes
Keywords:Nearly pseudo-optimal, Standard error, Bounded weights, WTADJX, Mental health
Hierarchical Bayesian Methods for Combining Surveys - Yang Cheng, Adrijo Chakraborty, Gauri Datta
Keywords: Current Population Survey, Gibbs Sampling, Noninformative Priors, Time Series
NHTSA—™s Data Modernization Project— FChou-Lin Chen, Fan Zhang
Composite Measure of Size Evaluation and Primary Sampling Unit Formation for NHTSA's New National Automotive Sampling System - William Cecere, Rui Jiao, Martha Rozsi, Jacqueline Severynse, Sharon Lohr, James Green1
Keywords: Primary sampling units, measure of size, probability proportional to size, anticipated variance
Estimating Population and Design Parameters for Nhtsa's New National Automotive Sampling System (Nass) - Rui Jiao, Yumiko Sugawara, Martha Rozsi, Sharon Lohr,James Green, William Cecere
Keywords: Population estimates, multiple linear regression, Geocode
Creating a Flexible and Scalable Psu Sample for Nhtsa's New National Automotive Sampling System - Martha Rozsi, William Cecere, Sharon Lohr,James Green
Keywords: Primary sampling units, sample design, stratification, scalable sample size
Multivariate Sample Design Optimization for NHTSA's New National Automotive Sampling System - Yumiko Sugawara, Barnali Das, Rui Jiao, James Green
Keywords: Multivariate sample design, optimization
Bayesian Item Response Analysis of Method-Of-Payment Habits in Banking Surveys— Kyle Vincent; Saman Muthukumarana, Jenna Tichon
Retail Payment Innovations and Cash Usage: Accounting for Attrition Using Refreshment Samples— Heng Chen; Marie-Helene Felt, Kim Huynh
Identifying Business and Consumer Payment Patterns from Bank Account Data: Estimating Partially Observed Distributions from Survey Data— Xuemei Liu, Federal Reserve Board; Geoffrey R. Gerdes, Federal Reserve Board
Cash Sources and Sinks in Mexico— Benjamin Mazzotta
Sample Selection Bias in Consumer Payment Surveys— Marcin Hitczenko
EM and Data Augmentation Algorithms for Social Network Analysis with Missing Data— Junchi Guo; Michael Larsen
Panel Analysis of Household Nonresponse and Person Coverage in the Current Population Survey - Edwin Robison, Christopher Grieves
Keywords: nonignorable nonresponse, attrition, coverage
Missing Data in Afghanistan: A Latent Class Examination of Item Non-Response - Ann Arthur, Jill Heese, Allan McCutcheon
Keywords:Afghanistan, latent class analysis, non-response, missing data
Different Ways of Dealing with Missingness in Hierarchical Data Sets—Matthias Speidel, Jˆrg Drechsler, Joseph Sakshaug, Institute for Employment Research
Modeling Frame Deficiencies for Improved Calibrations - Eric V. Slud
Keywords:Frame Errors, Calibration, Survey Frame, Master Address File, Markov model, Time-dependent covariates
Evaluating Imputation Techniques in the Monthly Wholesale Trade Survey - Martin Klein, Joanna Fane Lineback, Joseph L. Schafer
Keywords:business survey, item nonresponse, multiple imputation
Bayesian Post-Stratification Models Using Multilevel Penalized Spline Regression—FQixuan Chen, Columbia University; Yajuan Si, Columbia University; Andrew Gelman, Columbia University
Lessons Learned from Implementing Response Propensity Models in the 2013 Census Test—Gina Walejko
Examining Economic Census Reporting Patterns - Eric B. Fink, Elizabeth Hoeffel, Joanna Fane Lineback, Sarah S. Vetting
Keywords:Economic Census, Administrative Data, Response Rates, Establishment Surveys, Logistic Modeling
Using Integer Programming to Determine the Optimal Assignment of Strategies for Mode Switching from Internet to Mail - John Chesnut
Keywords:mode switching, adaptive survey design, optimization, integer programming
Predicting Initial Response Mode in Advance of Data Collection in the NSCG—FStephanie M. Coffey,U.S. Census Bureau; Chandra Erdman, Benjamin M. Reist
Predicting Response Mode During Data Collection in the National Survey of College Graduates—Chandra Erdman, Stephanie M. Coffey
Strategies for Selecting a Follow-Up Sample of Nonrespondents in Business Surveys - Elisabeth Neusy, Statistics Canada; Wesley Yung, Statistics Canada; Jean-François Beaumont, Mike Hidiroglou, David Haziza
Keywords:Nonresponse, Follow-up
Strategies for Subsampling Nonrespondents for Economic Programs - Stephen Kaputa, Laura Bechtel, Daniel Whitehead, Jenny Thompson
Keywords:Quadratic program, Unit response rate, Response mechanism, Nonresponse adjustment
The Use of Indicators to Assess the Quality of Business Survey Returns During Data Collection - Daniel Whitehead, Yarissa González, Broderick Oliver
Keywords:adaptive design, data collection, nonresponse bias, representativeness, response indicators, response rate
Adaptive Integration of Survey Data with Other Information Sources—John Eltinge
Implementation of an Efficient Sampling and Case
Processing Method - FShelton M. Jones,Tenbroeck Smith, Katherine Treiman, Mai Nguyen, Connie Hobbs, Alyssa Troeschel
Keywords: Confidential Sampling, NOPID sampling, multi-site frame construction
Study of Error in Survey Reports of Move Month Using the U.S. Postal Service Change of Address Records - Mary H. Mulry, Elizabeth M. Nichols, Jennifer Hunter Childs
Keywords:administrative records, recall error, measurement error
Reliability and Validity of Administrative Register Data—F Daniel Oberski
Designing and Architecting a Shared Platform for Adaptive Data Collection in Surveys and Censuses - Michael T. Thieme, Anup Mathur
Keywords:Statistical Methodology, Adaptive Design, Balance, Pasteur's Quadrant, Information Technology, Shared Services
A Data Quality Program for the Survey of Consumer Finances - Catherine Haggerty, Micah Sjoblom, Steven Pedlow
Keywords: Data Quality, Quality Measures, Quality Improvement
Nonresponse Bias and Sample Quality Indicators— Cong Ye, Roger Tourangeau
Evaluating Calibration Estimators for the Annual Survey of Local Government Finance— - Elizabeth L. Love, Joseph J. Barth, Bac Tran
Keywords:Government Units, Annual Survey of State and Local Government Finances, Calibration
Benchmarking the Empirical Bayes to Decision-based
Estimates in the Annual Survey of Public Employment and Payroll - Justin Nguyen, Mark Bauder, Joseph Barth
Keywords:Government Units, Small Area Estimation, Empirical Bayes, Decision-based, Benchmarking
An Evaluation of Different Small Area Estimators for the Annual Survey of Public Employment and Payroll - Bac Tran, Brian Dumbacher
Keywords:Government Units, Horvitz-Thompson, Composite Estimator, Empirical Bayes, Monte Carlo Simulation, SPREE
A Brief History of the American Statistical Association: 1839—“2014, Part 1— Robert Mason, John D. McKenzie Jr.
A Brief History of the American Statistical Association: 1839—“2014, Part 2— Robert Mason, John D. McKenzie Jr.
Four Men Who Were Presidents in the History of the American Statistical Association: Selected Vignettes— Fritz Scheuren, Mary Batcher
Women Presidents in the History of the American Statistical Association: Selected Vignettes— Mary Batcher, Fritz Scheuren
Graphical Tools for Analyzing Nonresponse and
Nonresponse Adjustments in Survey Data - Ismael Flores Cervantes
Keywords:nonresponse bias adjustment, graphical tools, b-plots, response propensity, multiple auxiliary variables
Comparison of Traditional Weight Adjustments to Calibrated Weights in the Medical Expenditure Panel Survey for Both Non-Response and Post-Stratification - Robert M. Baskin, Lap-Ming Wun
Keywords:calibration, poststratification, nonresponse adjustment, complex survey, simulation
Nonresponse Bias Correction via Calibration for the Brazilian National Household Sample Survey— Pedro Silva, Charles Miguel Ruiz
Substitution of Nonresponding Primary Selection Units— Raphael Nishimura, James Lepkowski
A Comparison of Weighting Adjustment Methods for Nonresponse - Ronaldo Iachan, R. Lee Harding, Kurt Peters
Keywords:calibration, poststratification, nonresponse adjustment, complex survey, simulation
Imputing Biomarker Outcome Refusals and Unasked Questions in a Nonresponse Follow-Up for Environmental Exposure Models— Brian M. Wells, James Lepkowski
A Comparison of Weighting Adjustment Methods for Nonresponse - Ronaldo Iachan, Kristie Healey, Pedro Saavedra
Keywords:BRFSS, National Estimates, Weighting, Combining Data, Raking, Cell Phone
Combining Information from Multiple Sources in Bayesian Modeling—Tracy Schifeling, Jerome P. Reiter
Multiple Imputation for Poverty Rate Estimation from Rounded Income Data—Hans Kiesl, Jˆrg Drechsler
Synthetic Longitudinal Business Databases for International Comparisons—Jˆrg Drechsler, Lars Vilhuber
A New Way to Multiply Impute Nonignorable Missing Outcomes—Shahab Jolani, Stef Van Buuren
Monte Carlo Simulation to Examine the Uncertainty in Autism Spectrum Disorder Prevalence Estimates Derived from Postcensal Population Estimates—Lin Tian, Owen Devine
Modeling Population Psychometric Characteristics of a Speech-in-Noise Task: Using a Large CrossSectional Study to Explore Associations Between Cognition and Listening—Mark Edmondson
Using Contact Networks and Mortality Patterns to Estimate Epidemiological Process Parameters— Kezia Manlove
Sampling Strategies Based on Existing Information in Nested Case Control Study—Yi Luo
Follow-Up Survey Response Rates in Women at Risk for Breast Cancer—Jeannette Lee, Ishwori Dhakal, Susan Kadlubar
Clustering of Dietary Patterns in Pregnant Women and Children Living in the Seychelles—Tanzy Love, Maria S. Mulhern,Alison Yeates, Sean Strain,Emeir McSorley, Conrad Shamlaye, Juliette Henderson, Sally Thurston, Gene E. Watson, Philip W. Davidson, Edwin van Wijngaarden, Gary Myers
Using Bayesian Statistical Inference to Improve the Measurement of Adequacy of Mental Health Care Utilization in a Nationally Representative Sample—Chih-Nan Chen, Benjamin Cook, Margarita Alegria
Releasing Synthetic Microdata for Magnitude Tabular Data—Lan Wei, Jerome P. Reiter
Comparison of Estimates for Lifetime Depression Using the National Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH) and Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS) - Kimberly Ault, Greta Kilmer, Art Hughes
Keywords: survey methodology, survey mode, questionnaire design, lifetime depression, SUDAAN
Big Data and Advanced Analytics in Radiology Precision and Pre-Emptive Patient Care-Nasser Fard, Jean Hosseini, Scott Cameron
Automated Survey Coding for German Occupations— Malte Schierholz
Weight Smoothing Using Laplace Priors— Michael Elliott, Xi Xia
Implementation and Results of an Experiment Using Mahalanobis Distance in Responsive Design to Reduce Nonresponse Bias— Jennifer Cooney, Peter Siegel, Melissa Cominole, Bryan Shepherd
Understanding Egypt—™s Telephone Using Population Using RDD and Face-to-Face Surveys— Timothy Van Blarcom, David Rae, David Peng
Modeling Clustering Design Effects When Cluster Sizes Vary - James Chromy
Keywords: Sample design, Variance models, Cluster sampling
Computer-Based Training for NCES Complex Survey Micro-Data Sets: 2014 Update— Andrew White
Opening the Doors to U.S. Department of Education Data: Program, Grant, and Statistical Data— Marilyn M. Seastrom
Protecting Survey Design Information by Combining Strata and Accounting for the Realized Sample Selection - Vladislav Beresovsky
Keywords: confidentiality, survey design, degrees of freedom, PSU, PPS sampling
Project Talent: Weighting Adjustments Comparison for Nonresponse and Tracking Loss in a Follow-Up Survey 50 Years Later— Danielle Battle
Balancing Timeliness, Data Quality, and Cost by Optimizing Data-Collection Strategies— WanYing Chang, Lynn Milan, Steven Proudfoot
The Health and Retirement Study: Seeking More Effective Ways to Identify the Next Birth Cohort - Frost Hubbard, Daniel Tomlin, Theresa Camelo
Keywords:Coverage, Nonresponse, Screening interviews, Health and Retirement Study, Household rostering methods, Eligibility
What Paradata Can Tell Us About the Annual Survey of Jails - Suzanne M. Dorinski, Heather C. West
Keywords:paradata, respondent burden, online data collection
Stop Chasing Your Tail: Reining in Hard-to-Reach Respondents— Paul Guerino, Ryan Hubbard
Assessing Two Nonresponse Follow-Up Strategies: Shortened Questionnaire and Administrative Data Collection—Joseph Sakshaug, Stephanie Eckman, Frauke Kreuter
Reduction of Survey Nonobservation Errors Through Adaptive Sampling Design—Shin-Jung Lee
Case Reassignment: When Making Contact Is a Two-Person Job - Rachael Walsh, Julia Coombs
Keywords:reassignment, multilevel modeling, contact history, paradata, survey cooperation, scaled evenness of finding attempts (SEFA)
Considerations for Selection and Release of Reserve Samples for In-Person Surveys - Lin Li, Tom Krenzke, Leyla Mohadjer
Keywords:replicate samples, sample design, sample selection, sample monitoring
The Sample Overlap Problem for Systematic Sampling - Robert Fay
Keywords:Survey redesign, dependent sampling, permanent random numbers
Evaluation of Sample Designs Using Results from the Programme for the International Assessment of Adult Competencies— Valerie Hsu, Thomas Krenzke, Leyla Mohadjer,Sixia Chen
Designing the National Immunization Survey to Account for Geographic Misclassification of the Cell Phone Sample—— Xian Tao,Nadarajasundaram Ganesh, Kirk Wolter, Laurie ElamEvans, Meena Khare, Jenny Jeyarajah, David Yankey
Geographic Oversampling for Race/Ethnic Minorities Based on Data from the 2010 U.S. Population Census - Graham Kalton, Sixia Chen
Keywords:Rare populations, Design effect, Disproportionate stratification, Sampling minority
Non-Probability Samples from Populations That Are Identified Through Costly Screening— K. P. Srinath, Charles DiSogra
Effects of Imperfect Unit Size Information on Complex Sample Designs and Estimators - Randall K. Powers, John L. Eltinge
Keywords:calibration weighting, measures of size, post-stratification, ratio estimation, proportional to size, unequal-probability sample
From Flagging a Sample to Framing It: Exploring Vendor Data That Can Be Appended to ABS Samples - Trent D. Buskirk, David Malarek, Jeffrey S. Bareham
Keywords:RDD Sampling, Dual Frame Samples, Address-Based Samples, Appended Information, Stratification, Vendor Data
Adaptive Design Features for Using Address-Based Sampling in a National CATI Survey of Households with Children— Stanislav Kolenikov, Heather Hammer, Charles DiSogra, Rachel Martonik, Heather Turner, David Finkelhor
The Use of Targeted Lists to Enhance Sampling Efficiency in Address-Based Sample Designs: Age, Race, and Other Qualities - Ned English, Ying Li, Andrea Mayfield, Alicia Frasier
Keywords:ABS, targeted lists, rare populations, Address frames, GIS
Evaluation of Combining Consumer Marketing Data Used for Address-Based Sampling—— Joseph P. McMichael, Bonnie ShookSa, Rachel Harter, Jamie Ridenhour
An Evaluation of the Impact of Missing Data on Disclosure Risk - Tom Krenzke, Jianzhu Li, Lin Li
Keywords:Confidentiality, sample unique, statistical disclosure control
Measuring Impact of Top-Coding on the Utility of Consumer Expenditure Microdata - Daniel K. Yang, Daniell Toth
Keywords:confidentiality, disclosure limitation, utility measures, confidence intervals overlap, survey data, top-coding
New Technologies for Privacy Protection in Data Collection and Analysis - Samuel S. Wu,Shigang Chen, Deborah Burr, Long Zhang
Keywords:Orthogonal transformation, Privacy-preserving data collection, General linear model, Contingency table analysis, Logistic regression
Nested Dirichlet Process Model for Household Data Set Synthesis—Jingchen Hu, Jerome P. Reiter
Measuring Risk in Tables Where the Study Variable May Be Negative - Ann-Marie Flygare, Ingegerd Jansson, Tiina Orusild3
Keywords:sensitivity measures, negative contributions, risk scenario, statistical disclosure control, magnitude tables
Random Data Swapping as an Approach for Statistical Disclosure Limitation and Its Effects on Utility of Data—Edward Grant, Joe Fred Gonzalez Jr., Guangyu Zhang, Alena Maze
A Domain-Based Estimation Framework for Measuring Risk and Utility for Both Input and Output De-Identified Data—Avinash Singh, Joshua Borton, Yongheng Lin
Using Multilevel Modeling to Analyze Student Responses to a Sexual Health Curriculum Perceptions Survey— Tammy Tom, Kelly Roberts
A Model-Based Approach for Assessing Reproducibility and Outlier Detection in High-Throughput Biological Data— Karthik Devarajan, Xiaowei Chen, Jeffrey Peterson
The Control of Type I Error and Power in Statistics for Spearman—™s Rho and Kendall—™s Tau Correlation Coefficients by Monte Carlo Method—Chittanun Sitthisan
A Statistical Model for Event Sequence Data— Kevin Heins, Hal S. Stern
How to Calculate Substitution, Insertion, and Deletion Probabilities for Fixed Sequences—Jason Wilson
Breast Cancer Disparities: A Social Network Analysis Prospective—Shun Zhang
Mixed Effects Modeling in Conjoint Analysis with Multivariate Normal Responses— Tanita Cronje, Frans H.J. Kanfer, Sollie Millard, Mohammad Arashi
Implications of a New Response Option for Questions About Driving in the Youth Risk Behavior Survey— Emily Olsen, Ruth A. Shults
Use of Treemapping Software for Visualizing Big, Hierarchical Data with Applications to the Federal Budget— Daniel Habtemariam
A Class of Regression Models for Parallel and Series Systems with a Random Number of Components— Silvia L.P. Ferrari, Alice L. Morais
The Status of Women Faculty in Departments of Statistics and Biostatistics—Marcia Gumpertz, Jacqueline Hughes-Oliver
Illustrating Split-Plot Designs with 3-D Models—James Alloway
Forecast Model Comparisons of ISO New England Electricity Demand—Timothy Fletcher
Efficiency of Scoring Baserunners in MLB— William Knapp; Jason Osborne
The Perfect Bracket: Machine Learning in NCAA Basketball— Sara Stoudt, Loren Santana, Ben S. Baumer
Video Tracking of Hockey Players— Brian Macdonald, Fred Ulrich, Timothy Nosco, Michael Martin, Nicholas Howard, Frank Wattenberg
The Importance of Scoring the First Goal in the NHL: Game Winner or Superstition?—Samantha Key, Michael Rutter
Applying Meta-Pathway Analyses Across Multiple Phosphoproteomics Data Sets to Identify Common Adaptive Responses to Tyrosine Kinase Inhibitors in Cancer Cells— Yian Chen, Kate Fisher
Monte Carlo Simulation to Examine the Uncertainty in Autism Spectrum Disorder Prevalence Estimates Derived from Postcensal Population Estimates— Lin Tian, Owen Devine
Modeling Population Psychometric Characteristics of a Speech-in-Noise Task: Using a Large Cross-Sectional Study to Explore Associations Between Cognition and Listening—Mark Edmondson-Jones
Using Contact Networks and Mortality Patterns to Estimate Epidemiological Process Parameters—Kezia Manlove
Sampling Strategies Based on Existing Information in Nested Case Control Study—Yi Luo
Follow-Up Survey Response Rates in Women at Risk for Breast Cancer—Jeannette Lee, Ishwori Dhakal, Susan Kadlubar
Clustering of Dietary Patterns in Pregnant Women and Children Living in the Seychelles—Tanzy Love, Maria S. Mulhern, Alison Yeates, Sean Strain, Emeir McSorley, Conrad Shamlaye, Juliette Henderson, Sally Thurston, Gene E. Watson, Philip W. Davidson, Edwin van Wijngaarden, Gary Myers
Using Bayesian Statistical Inference to Improve the Measurement of Adequacy of Mental Health Care Utilization in a Nationally Representative Sample— Chih-Nan Chen, Benjamin Cook, Margarita Alegria
Releasing Synthetic Microdata for Magnitude Tabular Data—Lan Wei, Jerome P. Reiter
Comparison of Estimates for Lifetime Depression Using the National Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH) and Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS) - Kimberly Ault, Greta Kilmer, Art Hughes
Keywords:survey methodology, survey mode, questionnaire design, lifetime depression, SUDAAN
Big Data and Advanced Analytics in Radiology Precision and Pre-Emptive Patient Care—Nasser Fard, Jean Hosseini, Scott Cameron
Automated Survey Coding for German Occupations—Malte Schierholz
Weight Smoothing Using Laplace Priors—Michael Elliott, Xi Xia
Implementation and Results of an Experiment Using Mahalanobis Distance in Responsive Design to Reduce Nonresponse Bias—Jennifer Cooney, Peter Siegel, Melissa Cominole, Bryan Shepherd
Understanding Egypt—™s Telephone-Using Population Using RDD and Face-to-Face Surveys—Timothy Van Blarcom, David Rae, David Peng
Modeling Clustering Design Effects When Cluster Sizes Vary - James Chromy
Keywords:Sample design, Variance models, Cluster sampling
Computer-Based Training for NCES Complex Survey Micro-Data Sets: 2014 Update—Andrew White
Opening the Doors to U.S. Department of Education Data: Program, Grant, and Statistical Data—Marilyn M. Seastrom
Protecting Survey Design Information in Public Use Files by Constructing Combined Strata Accounting for the Realized Sample Selection—Vladislav Beresovsky
Project Talent: Weighting Adjustments Comparison for Nonresponse and Tracking Loss in a Follow-Up Survey 50 Years Later—Danielle Battle
Planning and Implementing International Early Grade Reading Assessments—Simon King, Christine Davies, Peter Frechtel
Using Household Surveys in International Education Research - Cynthia Augustine, Karol Krotki
Keywords:education, survey, household, technology
A Snapshot of Primary Classroom Experiences in Nigeria—Karol Krotki, Safaa Amer, Obert Pimhidzai
Qatar National Education Reform—Ameena Alobaidili, Safaa Amer, Aysha AlHashemi
Evaluation Protocol for International Education Systems—Safaa Amer
Replication Variance Estimation for Balanced Sampling: An Application to the PIAAC Study - Jianzhu Li, Sixia Chen, Tom Krenzke, Leyla Mohadjer
Keywords: Spectral decomposition, jackknife variance estimation, balancing conditions
Exploring the Method for Analyzing Interval Censored
Data Using Imputation in Competing Risks Model - Tiandong Li, Ulrike Luderer, Dean Baker
Keywords: Competing risks, Cumulative Incidence Function, Interval Censoring, Multiple Imputation
Coverage Properties of Confidence Intervals for Proportions in Complex Sample Surveys - Carolina Franco, Roderick J. A. Little, Thomas A. Louis, Eric V. Slud
Keywords: Complex Surveys, Proportions, Confidence Intervals, Wald Interval, Design Effect, Coverage
Empirical Likelihood Confidence Intervals Under the Rao-Hartley-Cochran Sampling Design - Y.G. Berger
Keywords: Design-based inference, estimating equations, empirical likelihood, stratification, unequal inclusion probabilities
Empirical Likelihood Confidence Intervals and Significance Test for Regression Parameters Under Complex Survey Sampling Designs - Melike Oguz Alper, Y.G. Berger
Keywords:Design-based inference, estimating equations, empirical likelihood, regression parameters, unequal inclusion probabilities
Semiparametric Estimation for Recurrent Event Data from Complex Survey Designs—Russell Stocker, Akim Adekpedjou
Predictive Ratio Matching Imputation of Nested Compositional Data with Semicontinuous Variables—Gerko Vink, Jeroen Pannekoek, Stef Van Buuren
Decomposing the Variance of Child Outcomes in Multistage Sample of Head Start Children - Barbara Lepidus Carlson, John Hall
Keywords:variance decomposition, design effects, Head Start
PPS Subsampling from NHIS to MEPS: Effect on Precision of MEPS Estimates - Sadeq R. Chowdhury, Robert M. Baskin
Keywords: MEPS, PPS, Subsampling, Variance
Hospital-Based Sampling: The Safe Experience—Brenda Cox, Nicole Santomauro, Jane Sheehan, Dena Margoli
Toward an Optimum Allocation for the Survey of Doctorate Recipients—Yonghe Michael Yang, WanYing Chang, Julia Batishev
The Benefits of Sampling Clusters with Probability Proportional to Size in Cluster-Randomized Experiments—Michael Higgins
Multivariate Stratification for Competing Estimation Objectives—Stephanie Zimmer, Zhengyuan Zhu, Sarah Nusser, Jae-Kwang Kim
An Overview of Adaptive Survey Design—Peter V. Miller
Adaptive Mixed-Mode Survey Designs Accounting for Mode Effects—Johannis Schouten
Limiting the Risk of Nonresponse Bias by Using Regression Diagnostics as a Guide to Data Collection - James Wagner
Keywords:Nonresponse bias, Adaptive design, Responsive design, Regression
Examining the Impact of Data Collection Interventions on Data Quality, Cost, and the Risk of Nonresponse Bias— Benjamin M. Reist, Stephanie M. Coffey
Evaluation of Efficiency of Standard Regression Mixed Model—“Based BLUP Estimators in Household Surveys Assuming Unequal Error Variances—Prabhakar Ghangurde
Examining the Psychometric Properties of the Mental Health Recovery Measure-Revised in a Population of Individuals with Persistent Psychological Health Challenges—Karen Traxler, Sharon Young, Matt Snyder, Tyler Kincaid
Undergraduates' Statistics Anxiety and Mathematics Anxiety: Are They Similar or Different Constructs? - Soofia Malik
Keywords:statistics anxiety, mathematics anxiety, STEM and non-STEM majors, survey research, mathematics education, statistics education
On Weight Smoothing in the Current Employment Statistics Survey - Julie Gershunskaya, Michael Sverchkov
Keywords:sampling weights, extreme observations, business survey, stratum jumper
Item Nonresponse: Modeling the Impact of Probing Don—™t Knows— Chris Skinner, Jouni Kuha, Myrsini Katsikatsou, Sarah Butt
Using the Fraction of Missing Information (FMI) to Identify Auxiliary Variables for Imputation Procedures via Proxy Pattern-Mixture Models—Jenny Thompson, Rebecca R. Andridge
Changes in Interviewer-Related Error Over the Course of the Field Period: An Empirical Examination Using Paradata and Behavior Codes—Kristen Olson, Antje Kirchner
The Coverage-Nonresponse Trade-Off—Stephanie Eckman, Frauke Kreuter
Nonresponse Patterns and Bias in the American Time Use Survey—John Dixon
Using Paradata from Interviewer Voices to Examine Nonresponse Error and Measurement Error—Frauke Kreuter, Fred Conrad, Jose Benki, Alexandra Birg
Descriptive and Analytic Inferences from Input and Output De-Identified Data—Avinash Singh, Yongheng Lin, Joshua Borton
Weighted Least Squares Estimation with Simultaneous Consideration of Variance and Sampling Weights - Hee-Choon Shin, Jibum Kim
Keywords:Projection, Regression, Weights, Least Squares, Weighted Least Squares
The Backstory of Deff and Deft—Daniel Kasprzyk, Yonghe Michael Yang, Fritz Scheuren
A Design Effect Measure for Calibration Weighting in Cluster Samples - Kimberly Henry, Richard Valliant
Keywords:Auxiliary data, Kish weighting design effect, Spencer design effect, generalized regression estimator
A Coverage Property of Biased Intervals—Alan Dorfman
Defining and Updating the National Health Interview Survey Variance Estimation Structure over a Sample Design Period - Chris Moriarity, Van Parsons
Keywords:complex sample, variance estimation, pooling survey data
Inference for Exponential-Family Random Graph Models Based on Egocentrically Sampled Data— Pavel N. Krivitsky, Martina Morris
Examining Interviewer-respondent Interactions in the Survey of Consumer Finances (SCF) - Jesse Bricker, Kevin Moore, Richard Windle
Keywords:Data editing, data quality, interviewer, paradata
Investigating Nonresponse Error in Open-Ended Survey Items and Their Potential for Enriching Validity of Closed-Ended Measures—Ashley Bowers, Stacey Giroux, Denvil Duncan, Venkata Nadella, John D. Graham
Testing Goodness-of-Fit with Survey Data—Yan Lu, Guoyi Zhang
Optimal AK Composite Estimators for the Current Population Survey - Jun Shao, Zhou Yu, Yang Cheng
Keywords:Composite Estimator, Current Population Survey, Mean Square Error, Quadratic form, Sample notation
Managing Sample Release in Social and Economic Surveys— Frank Potter
Parametric Bootstrap Procedures for Small Area Prediction Variance - Andreea L. Erciulescu, Wayne A. Fuller
Keywords:unit level model, parametric bootstrap, double bootstrap, mean squared error of predictor, auxiliary information
Iterative Hot-Deck Multiple Imputation with a Distance-Based Donor Method for the Current Population Survey—Allison Zotti, Kelly Mathews, T. Trang Nguyen
Three-Stage Optimal Sampling Plans for Group Testing Data—Osval Antonio Montesinos Lopez, Kent M. Eskridge
An Alternative to a Standard Crossover Study to Evaluate the Impact of an Assay Change in NHANES— Maya Sternberg, Rosemary Schleicher
Ordered Sample Scatterplots for Displaying Survey Data - Edward Mulrow
Keywords:Survey, Graphics, Sample Scatterplots
Interval Estimation of a Finite Population Proportion Using Randomized Response—Jesse Frey
Bayesian Models for Binary Responses with Markov Dependence—Michelle Marcovitz, John W. Seaman
Experiences with Face-to-Face Surveys in Africa—Matthias Schonlau, Christian Boudreau, Peter Driezen, Susan Kaai, Anne Chiew Kin Quah, Mary Thompson, Geoffrey Fong
Impact of Changing the Number of Interview Waves in the NCVS - Marcus E. Berzofsky, Ivan Carrillo-Garcia
Keywords:Panel, Waves, Complex Survey, Longitudinal, Victimization
Project Talent: An Overview of Characteristics and Performance of Students from Immigrant Families—Zhulin He; Alan F. Karr, Michael P. Cohen, Deanna Lyter Achorn, Danielle Battle
Designing Flexibility for State Samples into the Redesigned 2016 National Health Interview Survey (NHIS) - Van Parsons
Keywords:systematic sampling, sample expansion
A Bayesian Approach to Incorporating Uncertainty in Record Linkage—Nicole Dalzell
Imputation for National Hospital Care Survey—Diba Khan, Iris M. Shimizu, Yulei He, Sharon Liu, Jin Zhang, Jianmin Xu, Bill Cai, Marian Strazzeri
Relative Weight Analysis for HCAHPS Measures with Advanced Modeling—Wei-Han Chen, Jenhao Cheng, Nikolas Matthes, Dennis Kaldenberg
Negative Binomials Regression Model in Analysis of Wait Time at Hospital Emergency Department - Bill Cai1, Iris Shimizu
Keywords:ED, NHAMCS, Wait Time, Poisson Regression, Negative Binomial Regression, GEE
A Simplified Approach to Administrative Record Linkage in the Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages - Justin McIllece, Vinod Kapani
Keywords:record linkage, QCEW
PanelistsJames J. Cochran, Cathy Furlong,Nilupa S. Gunaratna, Steve Pierson, Ian Crandell
Small Area Estimation of Complex Parameters Under Unit-Level Models with Skew-Normal Errors - Mamadou S. Diallo, J.N.K. Rao
Keywords:complex parameters, skew-normal, empirical best estimator, parametric bootstrap
Small Area Estimation for the Tobacco-Use Supplement to the Current Population Survey - Benmei Liu, Aaron Gilary
Keywords:credible intervals, model-based county estimates, predictor variable selection, smoking prevalence, tobacco related measures
Small Area Estimation Methods for Binary Variables in the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System—Neung Ha
Small Area Estimation for the National Survey of College Graduates New Cohort—Michael Larsen, Benjamin M. Reist
Accessing Data from the Census Bureau API—Alex Shum, Heike Hofmann
An Objective Stepwise Bayes Approach to Small Area Estimation—Yanping Qu, Glen Meeden, Bo Zhang
Log-Linear Models for Prediction in Surveys—Yves Thibaudeau, Eric Slud
Modeling Disability in Small Areas: An Area-Level Approach of Combining Two Surveys - Jiashen You, Gauri S. Datta, and Jerry J. Maples
Keywords:American Community Survey (ACS), bivariate Fay-Herriot, measurement error, mixed linear model, Survey of Income and Program Participation (SIPP)
Evaluating a New Approach for Estimating the Number of U.S. Farms with Adjustment for Misclassification - Denise A. Abreu, Stephen Busselberg, Andrea C. Lamas, Wendy Barboza, Linda J. Young
Keywords:Misclassification errors, area frame, list frame, logistic regression
Comparison of Alternative Imputation Methods in the National Teacher and Principal Survey - Sarah Dial, Jacob Enriquez, Bonnie Moore, Svetlana Mosina
Keywords:imputation, administrative records, item nonresponse
Edit and Imputation Processing for Ethnocultural Variables: The Experience of the 2011 Canadian National Household Survey - Sean Crowe, Chunxiao (William) Liu
Keywords:Canadian Census, Canadian National Household Survey, Ethnocultural variables, CANCEIS, nearest neighbour donor imputation
Estimating Characteristics of Strip Shopping Center Buildings in the 2012 CBECS - Jay Olsen
Keywords:Commercial Buildings Energy Consumption Survey, strip shopping centers, subsampling
Longitudinal Assessment of Measurement Error on the Consumer Expenditure Interview Survey: 1996--2010 - Brian Meekins
Keywords:Measurement error, Markov Latent Class, Expenditure
Unresolved Matched Records in Capture-Recapture Methodology—Andrea C. Lamas, Linda J. Young, Denise Abreu, Daniel Adrian
Dirty and Unknown: Statistical Editing and Imputation in the SCF—Arthur Kennickell
Address-Based Sampling Frames for Beginners - Sylvia Dohrmann, Trent D. Buskirk, Ashley Hyon, Jill Montaquila
Keywords:ABS, USPS, area samples
Handling Frame Problems with Address-Based Sampling and In-Person Household Surveys—Graham Kalton, Richard Sigman
Experiences with the Use of Address-Based Sampling in Two In-Person National Household Surveys - Jennifer Kali, Richard Sigman, Weijia Ren, Michael Jones
Keywords:Address Based Sampling, coverage, area samples, in-person surveys
Examining the Threshold: Experiences in Evaluating the DSF When Listing May or May Not Be Necessary—Katie Dekker, Ned English, Colm O—™Muircheartaigh
ABS and Demographic Flags: Examining the Implications for Using Auxiliary Frame Information—Jamie Ridenhour, Joseph P. McMichael, Jill Dever, Rachel Harter
Semiparametric Generalized Linear Mixed Model for Localized Health Estimates—Yueyan Wang, Hongjian Yu, Pan Wang, Jean Opsomer, David Grant, Ninez Ponce
Analyzing Open-Ended Survey Questions Using Unsupervised Learning Methods - Fang Wang, Edward Mulrow
Keywords:unsupervised learning, open-ended survey questions, topic model, k-mean clustering, text data
Model-Based Estimation in Official Statistics: Applying Small Area Estimation to the Dutch National Crime Victimisation Survey—Elke Moons
Research on Rotation Design and Estimation in the Current Population Survey—Yuan Li, Michael Larsen
Multilevel Regression and Poststratification for Small Area Estimation of Population Health Outcomes: Validation and Application—Xingyou Zhang, James B. Holt, Shumei Yun, Hua Lu, Kurt Greenlund, Janet B. Croft
Survey Estimators That Respect Natural Orderings—Jiwen Wu; Jean Opsomer, Mary Meyer
Modeling Compositional Time Series from the Brazilian Labour Force Survey—Denise Silva, Eduardo Santiago Rosseti
Using the National Provider Identification File as the Sampling Frame for a Physician Survey - Jay Clark, Ralph DiGaetano
Keywords:Sample frame, coverage, physicians, sample design, estimation
Defining the Optimal Incentive Amount: Does Money Talk?—Dhuly Chowdhury, Bridget Kelly, Lauren McCormack, Marjorie Margolis, Patricia LeBaron
Interviewer Effects on Survey Questionnaire Response Times: A Hierarchical Bayesian Analysis of Multivariate Survival Paradata - Hiroaki Minato
Keywords:hierarchical Bayesian data analysis, multivariate survival analysis, paradata, survey questionnaire response time, Residential Energy Consumption Survey (RECS)
Contacting Strategies and Incentives During the Field Period: Evidence from the Survey of Consumer Finances - Jesse Bricker, Micah Sjoblom, Richard Windle
Keywords:contacting strategies, incentives, paradata
Analyzing Potential Mode Effects in the National Crime Victimization Survey - G. Lance Couzens, Marcus Berzofsky, Christopher Krebs
Keywords:National Crime Victimization Survey (NCVS), Panel Survey, Survey Mode, Respondent Fatigue, Total Survey Error (TSE)
An Investigation of Interviewer Effects on Measurement Error—Denize Barbosa, Gabriele Durrant, Peter Smith
A Simple Method of Exact Optimal Sample Allocation Under Stratification with Any Mixed Constraint Patterns—Tommy Wright
A Comparison Study of Weighting Adjustment and Multiple Imputation for Missingness Due to Nonlinkage: A Study of the National Health Interview Survey Linked to Medicare Data Files—Guangyu Zhang, Nathaniel Schenker, Jennifer Parker
Can We Avoid Problems with Movers? Some Analytical Issues with National Data Linked with State-Level Data— Yulei He, Eric A. Miller, Dean Judson, Jennifer Parker
Data Analysis Using NHIS-EPA Linked Files: Issues with Using Incomplete Linkage - Rong Wei, Van Parsons, Jennifer Parker, Yulei He
Keywords:air pollutant, health status, linked complex survey data, mixed effects model, model-based analysis
Evaluating Record Linkage Quality in the NCHS Linked Mortality Files—Dean Judson, Jennifer Parker, Eric A. Miller
Classification Error in Measuring Sexual Victimization Among Inmates: The National Inmate Survey - Marcus E. Berzofsky, Susan Edwards, Paul P. Biemer
Keywords: Latent Class Analysis, National Inmate Survey, rare events, classification error, measurement error
An Imputation Model Database and Its Relevance to Analysis - Peter Frechtel, Glynis Ewing, Kristen Gulledge, Susan Edwards, Jonaki Bose
Keywords:Imputation, Model-based imputation, Predictive mean neighborhoods
An Imputation Model Database and Its Relevance to Analysis—Glynis Ewing, Peter Frechtel, Kristen Gulledge, Susan Edwards, Jonaki Bose
On Estimating Mean Squared Prediction Error of Small Area Estimators in Basic Area Level Model with Unknown Sampling Variance by Parametric Bootstrap—Abhishek Nandy, Snigdhansu Chatterjee
Model-Assisted Estimation of Unemployment Rates for Longitudinal Surveys with an Application in the Current Population Survey - Daniel Bonnery, Yang Cheng, Partha Lahiri
Keywords:Longitudinal surveys, Unemployment rate, Model assisted estimation, Current Population Survey
Combining Two Sources of Crime Data to Improve County-Level Estimation—Elizabeth Petraglia
A Pseudo-Likelihood Approach Linear Models Under Complex Designs—Junvie Pailden
Methodological Challenges in the Redesign of the 2015 Survey of Prison Inmates - Jennifer Unangst, Marcus Berzofsky
Keywords:Survey design
Reducing Quality Variation Across Countries in an International Survey—Laura AlvarezRojas, Thomas Krenzke, Leyla Mohadjer
Using Response Rates to Adjust a Dual Sample Design—Eric Grau
Analysis of the Sources of Group Quarters Enumeration Data in the 2010 Census - Asaph Young Chun, Jessica Gan
Keywords:administrative data, census, enumeration, group quarters
Transitioning a Random Digit Dialing Health Survey
to Address-Based Sampling - Bonnie E. Shook-Sa, Lauren Klein Warren, David Roe, Brian Head, Doug Currivan, Barbara Bibb
Keywords:ABS, RDD, telephone survey
A Class of Dual Frame Survey Sampling Estimators in the Presence of a Covariate: How Amy Predicts Her President - Sarjinder Singh, Stephen Andrew Sedory, David Molina
Keywords:Dual frame survey, Estimation of population total, Power transformation, Co-variate
Dual-Frame Telephone Sampling for a National Survey with State Estimates - Kristie Healey, Ronaldo Iachan, Naomi Freedner, Joshua Brown, Kisha Bailly
Keywords: Dual-Frame, RDD, Cell Phone
Effects of Incentive Amount and Type on Web Survey Response Rates - Jared Coopersmith, Lisa Klein Vogel, Timothy Bruursema, Kathleen Feeney
Keywords: incentives, response rates, web surveys
Exploring a Method to Evaluate Survey Response Scales - René Bautista, Lisa Lee
Keywords: cognitive testing, response scales, measurement error
Exploring the Impact of Various Control Total Sources for Adjusting for the Cell-only Population in the California Health Interview Survey - Ismael Flores Cervantes, Matt Jans, Trent D. Buskirk
Keywords: Cell phone only population, weighting adjustment, health survey, California Health Interview Survey, Dual-frame RDD Sampling
Harnessing Social Media in Survey Research - Amanda L. Skaff,Lisa K. Schwartz,Lisbeth Goble, Jillian Stein
Keywords: social networking sites, longitudinal research, locating, hard-to-reach populations
How to (possibly) Ask for Parental Permission to Interview a Teenager: A Telephone Experiment in the California Health Interview Survey (CHIS) - Matt Jans ,Royce Park, David Grant, Sherman Edwards, John Rauch
Keywords: interviews with minors, permission, teen interviews
Identifying Doubled-Up Households Using Survey Data - Kate Bachtell, Catherine Haggerty
Keywords: Doubled-Up, survey data
Logos on Envelopes Can Reduce Survey Returns: An Experiment in California - Royce Park, Matt Jans, John Rauch, David Grant, Sherman Edwards
Keywords: Address-based sampling, unit nonresponse, mail survey
Response Burden: What Predicts It and
Who is Burdened Out? - Scott Fricker, Ting Yan, Shirley Tsai
Keywords: response burden, Consumer Expenditure Survey, structural equation modeling
The Effectiveness of Advance Letters for Cell Telephone Samples - Benjamin Skalland, Zhen Zhao, Jenny Jeyarajah
Keywords: Advance Letters, Cell sample, National Immunization Survey
Tradeoffs in Quality: Examining the Relationship between Cell Telephone Respondent Location and Data Quality - Christopher Ward, Becky Reimer, Laurie Elam-Evans, David Yankey, Meena Khare
Keywords: data quality, cooperation, cell telephone, landline, location, dual-frame
We Can Hear Where You Are: Evaluating Interviewer Intuitions About Whether Cell Phone Respondents Are at Home or Away from Home - Becky Reimer, Dan Malato, Christopher Ward, Jennifer Kelly, Trevor Tompson, Jennifer Benz
Keywords: cell telephone, CATI, interviewer, location, home, away
What Factors Explain Variation in Monitors' Detection of Interviewing Errors in Telephone Surveys? - Douglas B. Currivan, Paul P. Biemer, Tamara Terry, Ivan CarilloGarcia
Keywords: telephone survey monitoring, interviewing errors, variation in interviewing error detection