Proceedings of the Survey Research Methods Section, American Statistical Association (1980)

INVITED PAPERS BY TOPIC

I. IMPROVING COLLECTION OF INFORMATION FROM ESTABLISHMENTS
Chair: ROBERT FERBER, University of Illinois
Organizer: THOMAS J. PLEWES, Bureau of Labor Statistics

Evaluation of the 1977 Economic Censuses - BARBARA A. BAILAR, SHIRLEY KALLEK, Census Bureau ............... 1

Development of the Redesign of the Canadian Establishment-Based Employment Surveys - T.M. COTTRELL-BOYD, M.R. DUNN, G.E. HUNTER, K.P. SRINATH, Statistics Canada ............... 8

Revision of the Current Employment Statistics Survey - THOMAS J. PLEWES, Bureau of Labor Statistics ............... 16

 

II. LONGITUDINAL SURVEYS
Chair: GILBERT NESTEL, Ohio State University
Organizer: JEANNE GRIFFITH, Office of Federal Statistical Policy and Standards

Methodological lssues in Medical Care Expenditure Surveys - DANIEL G. HORVITZ, RALPH E. FOLSOM, JR., Research Triangle Institute ............... 21

 

III. THE EFFECT OF THE QUESTION ON SURVEY RESPONSES
Chair: WILLIAM H. KRUSKAL, University of Chicago
Organizer: MARIA E. GONZALEZ, Office of Federal Statistical Policy and Standards

The Effect of the Question on Survey Responses: A Review - GRAHAM KALTON, HOWARD SCHUMAN, University of Michigan ............... 30

Discussion - N.D. ROTHWELL, Census Bureau ............... 40

Discussion of the Effect of the Question on Survey Response - CHARLES F. TURNER, National Research Council ............... 43

 

IV. SMALL AREA ESTIMATION
Chair: iNNIS G. SANDE, Statistics Canada
Organizer: MARIA E. GONZALEZ, Office of Federal Statistical Policy and Standards

Synthetic Estimates for Local Areas from the Health Interview Survey - RALPH DiGAETANO, JOSEPH WAKSBERG, Westat Inc.; ELLEN MacKENZIE, Johns Hopkins University; RICHARD YAFFE, Health Care Financing Administration ............... 46

Discussion - WESLEY L. SCHAIBLE, Bureau of Labor Statistics ............... 56

Discussion - MARIA ELENA GONZALEZ, Office of Federal Statistical Policy and Standards ............... 58

 

CONTRIBUTED PAPERS BY TOPIC
I. PERSPECTIVES ON SURVEY METHODS IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
Chair: ROBERT 0. BARTRAM, Census Bureau
Organizer: ANTHONY G. TURNER, Census Bureau

Recent Trends in the Methodology of Demographic Surveys in Developing Countries - ARJUN L. ADLAKHA, JEREMIAH M. SULLIVAN, JAMES R. ABERNATHY, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill ............... 60

Survey Design for Control of Measurement Errors in Developing Countries - BEVERLEY A CARLSON, KARL K. KINDEL, ANTHONY G. TURNER, Census Bureau ............... 66

Some Sample Survey Design Problems in Syria, Nepal and Somalia - JANE WILLIAMS BERGSTEN, Research Triangle Institute ............... 72

Discussion - MANUEL CARDENAS, New Mexico State University ............... 75

Development of the Venezuelan Consumer Price Index - JANE A. KNIGHT, CURTIS A. JACOBS, Bureau of Labor Statistics; BEATRIZ A. de KHAN, Corporation Venezolana de Guyana; CARLOS LEON, Banco Central de Venezuela ............... 77

Living Standards Surveys in Developing Countries - RAMESH CHANDER, CHRISTIMN ROOTAERT, GRAHAM PYATT, World Bank ............... 83

Discussion - ROBERT FERBER, University of Illinois ............... 89

 

II. A FRESH START--REDESIGN OF HOUSEHOLD SURVEYS
Chair: KATHERINE K. WALLMAN, Office of Federal Statistical Policy and Standards
Organizer: MILO B. SUNDERHAUF, Office of Federal Statistical Policy and Standards

A Process for Reviewing the Purpose and Scope of Continuing Household Surveys - MILO B. SUNDERHAUF, Office of Federal Statistical Policy and Standards ............... 91

Informational Needs for Current Demographic Survey Design with Discussion of Key Redesign Research Projects - LAWRENCE CAHOON, R. MAURICE KNICELEY, JR., GARY M. SHAPIRO, Census Bureau ............... 96

Discussion - WRAY SMITH, Department of Health and Human Services ............... 102

Directions of the Current Population Survey in the 1980's - HARVEY R. HAMEL, Bureau of Labor Statistics ............... 103

Redesigning the Annual Housing Survey: Policy Considerations - KATHRYN P. NELSON, DUANE T. McGOUGH, Department of Housing and Urban Development ............... 109

Redesign of the National Health Interview Survey - CLINTON E. BURNHAM, JAMES T. MASSEY, National Center for Health Statistics ............... 115

Discussion - MORRIS H. HANSEN, Westat Inc. ............... 119

 

III. TAXONOMY OF SURVEY ERRORS
Chair: ROBERT M. GROVES, University of Michigan
Organizer: JUDITH T. LESSLER, Research Triangle Institute

On the Significance of a Survey Design Information System - DANIEL G. HORVITZ, Research Triangle Institute ............... 122

Errors Associated with the Frame - JUDITH T. LESSLER, Research Triangle Institute ............... 125

A Conceptual Review of Survey Error Due to Nonresponse - WILLIAM D. KALSBEEK University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill ............... 131

U-Statistics Estimation of Variance Components for Unequal Probability Samples with Nonadditive Interviewer and Respondent Errors - RALPH FOLSOM, JR., Research Triangle Institute ............... 137

Activities of the Office of Federal Statistical Policy and Standards on Errors in Surveys - JOSEPH W. DUNCAN, Office of Federal Statistical Policy and Standards ............... 143

Discussion - TORE E. DALENIUS, Brown University and University of Stockholm ............... 146

 

IV. STUDIES IN THE EVALUATION OF THE 1977 ECONOMIC CENSUSES
Chair: BARBARA A. BOYES, Bureau of Labor Statistics
Organizer: BARBARA A. BAILAR, Census Bureau

Content Evaluation of the Economic Censuses - CAROL CORBY, MICHAEL FARRELL, ALAN BLUM, DONALD CLARK, Census Bureau ............... 148

Evaluation of Coverage of the Administrative Records Frame for the 1977 Economic Censuses--Employer Segment - PAUL S. RANCZARYK, JOHN M. SULLIVAN, Census Bureau ............... 154

An Evaluation of the Geographic Coding in the 1977 Economic Censuses: An Overview - JOHN F. JUDGE, JR., Census Bureau ............... 160

Comparison of the 1977 Census of Construction Industries and the Value of New Construction Put In Place Series - ALAN I . BLUM, Census Bureau ............... 163

Reconciliation of the Economic Censuses Results and Current Surveys Program - MALCOLM E. BERNHARDT, SOL D. HELFAND, Census Bureau ............... 169

Evaluation of the Use of Administrative Record Data in the Economic Censuses - CAROL S. KING, EDWARD K. RICKETTS, Census Bureau ............... 175

 

V. SAMPLE SURVEYS AND ESTIMATION TECHNIQUES
Chair/Organizer: IRENE HESS, Universty of Michigan

Median Estimation in Sample Surveys - SHULAMITH T. GROSS, Baruch College, CUNY ............... 181

Estimation of a Population Mean with Two-Way Stratification Using a Systematic Allocation Scheme - MICHAEL R. CHERNICK, Aerospace Corporation; TOMMY WRIGHT, Union Carbide Corporation ............... 185

A Sample Survey Design to Estimate the Means of Two Overlapping Subpopulations - TIMOTHY C. COBURN, WILLIAM D. WARDE, Oklahoma State University ............... 188

Estimation on Fertility and Mortality in Mexico (1979) - JOSE GARCIA NUNEZ, LEOPOLDO NUNEZ FERNANDEZ, Planificacion Familiar, Mexico ............... 194

A Class of Ratio Composite Estimators - STEPHEN M. WOODRUFF, Bureau of Labor Statistics ............... 200

Randomized Response Models: A Ratio Estimator - ABDEL-LATIF A. ABUL-ELA, Mansoura University; HALA M. DAKROURI, Cairo University ............... 205

 

VI. ANALYSIS OF CATEGORICAL DATA FROM COMPLEX SURVEYS
Chair/Organizer: MYRON J. KATZOFF, Census Bureau

A Comparison of Replicated and Pseudo-Replicated Covariance Matrix Estimators for the Analysis of Contingency Tables - VIRGINIA RICHARDS, DANIEL H. FREEMAN, JR., Yale University ............... 209

Modeling Contingency Tables from Complex Surveys - PETER B. IMREY, University of Illinois, EUGENE SOBEL, MILDRED FRANCIS, Independent Statistical Consultants ............... 212

Applications of Weighted Least Squares Methods for Fitting Variational Models to Health Survey Data - GARY G. KOCH, MAURA E. STOKES, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; DWIGHT BROCK, National Center for Health Statistics ............... 218

Design Effects for Linear Contrasts of Proportions and Logits - JAMES M. LEPKOWSKI, Survey Research Center; J. RICHARD LANDIS, University of Michigan ............... 224

A Model-Based Approach to the Analysis of Contingency Tables of Data from Complex Samples - THOMAS J. TOMBERLIN, Harvard University ............... 230

Discussion - J.N.K. RAO, Carleton University ............... 235

 

VII. SURVEY RESEARCH FOR AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS
Chair: FRED D. BAKER, Department of Agriculture
Organizer: ROBERT TORTORA, Department of Agriculture

The Effects of Data Collection Methods on Estimates from an Agricultural Survey - BARRY L. FORD, KATHY BURSTROM HALL, Department of Agriculture ............... 237

An Estimator of Change from an Updated Frame - CHAPMAN P. GLEASON, Department of Agriculture ............... 242

Evaluating New Reporter Sources for a USDA Price Survey - CAROL C. HOUSE, Department of Agriculture ............... 245

The Effects of Procedures Which Impute for Missing Items: A Simulation Study Using an Agricultural Survey - BARRY L. FORD, DOUGLAS G. KLEWENO, ROBERT D. TORTORA, Department of Agriculture ............... 251

Discussion - STEPHEN P. CHILTON, Congressional Research Service ............... 257

 

VIII. PERSPECTIVES ON CENSUS EVALUATION
Chair: MORRIS HANSEN, Westat Inc.
Organizer: HOWARD HOGAN, Census Bureau

Estimating Coverage of the 1980 United States Census: Demographic Analysis - JEFFREY S. PASSEL, J. GREGORY ROBINSON, Census Bureau ............... 259

Imputations, Response Errors, and Matching in Dual System Estimation - HOWARD HOGAN, CHARLES D. COWAN, Census Bureau ............... 263

Reverse Record Check: Tracing People in Canada - J.-F. GOSSELIN, Statistics Canada ............... 269

Census Evaluation in Australia - BRIAN DOYLE, RAYMOND CHAMBERS, Australian Bureau of Statistics ............... 275

Missing and Misplaced Persons: The Case of Census Evaluation in Developing Countries - JAMES F. SPITLER, EDUARDO E. ARRIAGA, Census Bureau ............... 281

Discussion - NATHAN KEYFITZ, Harvard University ............... 287

 

IX. VARIATIONS IN RESPONSE AND RANDOMIZED RESPONSE MODELS
Chair/Organizer: BENJAMIN F. KING, University of Washington

Variations in Response Rates Among Types of Programs in a National Longitudinal Study of Drug Treatment Programs - R.L. HUBBARD, M. KIRKPATRICK, A. WILLIAMS, J.V. RACHAL, Research Triangle Institute ............... 288

Reducing Response Effects in Telephone Interviews - MARIANNE BERRY, PETER V. MILLER, University of Michigan ............... 294

A Field-Validation of a Quantitative Randomized Response Model - JAMES ALAN FOX, Northeastern University; PAUL E. TRACY, University of Pennsylvania ............... 299

The Effect of Consent Statements and Followup Treatment Methods on Response Rates in Natality and Fetal Mortality Surveys - KENNETH G. KEPPEL, National Center for Health Statistics ............... 305

Categorical Data Analysis by a Randomized Response Technique for Statistical Disclosure Control - MARTIN J. ROSENBERG, Syntex Research ............... 311

Discussion - SEYMOUR SUDMAN, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign ............... 317

 

X. CURRENT APPROACHES TO FINITE POPULATION SAMPLING THEORY
Chair/Organizer: WESLEY L. SCHAIBLE, Bureau of Labor Statistics

A Different View of Finite Population Estimation - CATHY CAMPBELL, Arthur D. Little, Inc. ............... 319

Prediction Theory in Finite Population Sampling: The Horvitz-Thompson Estimator and Estimates of Its Variance - WILLIAM G. CUMBERLAND, University of California at Los Angeles; RICHARD M. ROYALL, Johns Hopkins University ............... 325

On the Use of Horvitz-Thompson Estimator in Mixed Sample Survey Designs - M. AHMAD, University of Petroleum and Minerals, Saudi Arabia; M. HANIF, El-Fateh University, Libya ............... 331

Optimum Stratified Sampling Using Prior Information - KALLAPPA M. KOTI, University of Alabama and Karnataka University, India ............... 333

The Problem of Normality in Statistical Inference for Sample Surveys - J.C. KOOP, Research Triangle Institute ............... 338

 

XI. RESEARCH TO IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF RACE/ETHNIC DATA COLLECTED BY THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT
Chair: THOMAS B. JABINE, Energy Information Agency
Organizer: MARVIN SCHERR, Social Security Administration

Legal/Policy Issues in the Collection of Race/Ethnic Data on Form SS-5 - LOIS ALEXANDER, Social Security Administration ............... 341

The Use of Focus Group Interviews to Improve the Design of an Administrative Form: A Case Study at the Social Security Administration - MARVIN G. SCHERR, Social Security Administration ............... 347

Collection and Analysis of Data on Race and Ethnicity Questions in Social Security Number Applications - MARVIN G. SCHERR, WILLIAM J. NELSON, JR., Social Security Administration ............... 353

Identification of the Hispanic Population: A Review of Census Bureau Experiences - EDWARD FERNANDEZ, NAMPEO R. McKENNEY, Census Bureau ............... 358

Race/Ethnic Data Collection in the Federal Civil Service - PHILIP A.D. SCHNEIDER, Office of Personnel Management ............... 364

Discussion - KATHERINE K. WALLMAN, Office of Federal Statistical Policy and Standards ............... 368

 

XII. STATISTICAL DESIGN FOR PROGRAM EVALUATION--I
Chair: EDWIN GOLDFIELD, National Academy of Sciences
Organizer: ROBERT F. BORUCH, Northwestern University

Adjusting for Confounding Factors in Quasi-Experiments: Another Reanalysis of the Westinghouse Head Start Evaluation - JAY MAGIDSON, Abt Associates; DAG SORBOM, University of Uppsala, Sweden ............... 370

The Relative Assignment Variable Approach to Selection Bias in Pretest-Posttest Group Designs - WILLIAM M.K. TROCHIM, Cornell University; CLIFFORD H. SPIEGELMAN, Consultant ............... 376

Limitations of the Interpretation of Measures of Effect Size in Evaluative Research - LEE SECHREST, WILLIAM YEATON, University of Michigan ............... 382

Our Teaching Mistakes Lead to Mistakes in Research - LEROY WOLINS, Iowa State University ............... 386

Social Experiments: Education - ROBERT F. BORUCH, Northwestern University ............... 388

Evaluation of Development Projects in Less Developed Countries: An Experiential Odyssey - KARL K. KINDEL, Census Bureau ............... 394

 

XIII. THE CPS HOT DECK: EVALUATIONS AND ALTERNATIVES
Chair: BRENDA COX, Research Triangle Institute
Organizer: FRITZ SCHEUREN, Internal Revenue Service

Multiple Imputation of Individual Social Security Benefit Amounts--Part I - THOMAS N. HERZOG, Department of Housing and Urban Development; CLARISE LANCASTER, Social Security Administration ............... 398

Multiple Imputation of Individual Social Security Benefit Amounts--Part II - THOMAS N. HERZOG, Department of Housing and Urban Development ............... 404

Estimating the Variance Impact of Missing CPS Income Data - H. LOCK OH, Social Security Administration; FREDERICK SCHEUREN, Internal Revenue Service ............... 408

Differential Bias Impacts of Alternative Census Bureau Hot Deck Procedures for Imputing Missing CPS Income Data - H. LOCK OH, Social Security Administration; FRITZ SCHEUREN, Internal Revenue Service; HAL NISSELSON, Westat Inc. ............... 416

A Measure of the Bias in the March CPS Earnings Imputation System - EDWARD J. WELNIAK, JOHN F. CODER, Census Bureau ............... 421

Discussion - DONALD B. RUBIN, Educational Testing Service ............... 426

XIV. STATISTICAL DESIGN FOR PROGRAM EVALUATION--II
Chair/Organizer: CHARLES MALLAR, Mathematica Policy Research

Use of a Telephone Survey and Log-Linear Models to Evaluate a Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard - DAVID MORGANSTEIN, JOHN BURKE, Westat Inc. ............... 429

Design of the Rural Electrification Evaluation in the Philippines - RICHARD LA VALLEY, JAMES RAY, Census Bureau; EMERITA C. VILLANUEVA, National Electrification Administration, Philippines ............... 435

Validating a Survey Estimate--A Comparison of the Guyana Rural Farm Household Survey and Independent Rice Data - DAVID J. MEGILL, Census Bureau ............... 440

Reinterview Methods in an Establishment Survey of Job Openings - STUART SCOTT, Bureau of Labor Statistics ............... 445

 

XV. UPGRADING THE CONTINUOUS WORK HISTORY SAMPLE
Chair: VITO NATRELLA, Consultant
Organizer: WENDY ALVEY, Social Security Administration

Goals and Plans for a Linked Administrative Statistical Sample - BETH KILSS, FRITZ SCHEUREN, Internal Revenue Service; WARREN BUCKLER, Social Security Administration ............... 450

Mortality Coverage in Social Security's Earnings and Benefit Record Systems - LINDA DelBENE, FAYE AZIZ, Social Security Administration ............... 456

Mortality and the Continuous Work History Sample - FAYE AZIZ, WARREN BUCKLER, Social Security Administration ............... 461

Coming Soon: Taxpayer Data Classified by Occupation - PETER SAILER, PHIL CLARK,Internal Revenue Service; HARRIET ORCUTT, Social Security Administration ............... 467

Improving Industry and Place-of-Work Coding in the Continuous Work History Samples - BRUCE LEVINE, Bureau of Economic Analysis ............... 472

Discussion - DANIEL H. GARNICK, Bureau of Economic Analysis ............... 478

 

XVI. SURVEY OF INCOME AND PROGRAM PARTICIPATION--I
Chair: BETTE MAHONEY, Systems Development Corporation
Organizer: DANIEL KASPRZYK, Health and Human Services

The Goals and Objectives of the Survey of Income and Program Participation - CHARLES A. LININGER, Health and Human Services ............... 480

The Income Survey Development Program: A Review - MARTYNAS A. YCAS, CHARLES A. LININGER, Health and Human Services ............... 486

The Role of SIPP in Microsimulation - RICHARD F. WERTHEIMER II, Urban Institute ............... 491

How the SIPP Can Respond to the Recommendations of the Levitan Commission - BRUCE W. KLEIN, Health and Human Services ............... 495

Some Problems of Nonresponse and Nonresponse Adjustment in the Survey of Income and Program Participation - GRAHAM KALTON, ROBERT SANTOS, University of Michigan; DANIEL KASPRZYK, Health and Human Services ............... 501

 

XVII. USE AND EVOLUTION OF COMPUTER ASSISTED TELEPHONE INTERVIEWING SYSTEMS
Chair: WILLIAM NICHOLLS, Census Bureau
Organizer: ROBERT M. GROVES, University of Michigan

Continuity and Change in Computer-Assisted Surveys: The Development of Berkeley SRC CATI - J. MERRILL SHANKS, GEORGE LAVENDER, WILLIAM NICHOLLS II, University of California at Berkeley ............... 507

Evaluation and Enhancements of Computer Controlled Telephone Interviewing - RONALD SMITH, RICHARD SMITH, AMRIGON ............... 513

A Microcomputer Based Computer Assisted Interviewing System - CHARLES D. PALIT, University of Wisconsin-Extension ............... 516

Some Impacts of Computer Assisted Telephone Interviewing on Survey Methods - ROBERT M. GROVES, MARIANNE BERRY, NANCY MATHIOWETZ, University of Michigan ............... 519

Coding Interviewer Behavior as a Method of Evaluating Performance - NANCY A. MATHIOWETZ, CHARLES F. CANNELL, University of Michigan ............... 525

 

XVIII. SURVEY OF INCOME AND PROGRAM PARTICIPATION--Il
Chair: ROGER HERRIOT, Census Bureau
Organizer: DENTON VAUGHN, Social Security Administration

Changes in Income and Program Participation During Six Months in a Low Income Sample - JONATHAN P. LANE, Consultant; JANICE A. OLSON, Social Security Administration ............... 529

Evaluation of Wage and Salary Income Reporting on the 1978 Income Survey Development Program Test Panel - ANGELA FELDMAN, CHARLES NELSON, JOHN F. CODER, Census Bureau ............... 534

Some Results from the 1979 Income Survey Development Program Research Panel - JOHN F. CODER, Census Bureau ............... 540

Applying a Cardinal Measurement Model to Normative Assessments of Income: Synopsis of a Preliminary Look - DENTON R. VAUGHAN, CLARISE G. LANCASTER, Social Security Administration ............... 546

Interviewers' Perceptions of Reasons for Participation Refusal in a National Longitudinal Survey, 1979-1980 - JANICE A. OLSON, ROBERT E. KLEIN, Health and Human Services ............... 552

Operationalizing Alternative Disability Definitions in a Household Survey - MARTYNAS A. YCAS, DANIEL KASPRZYK, Health and Human Services ............... 558

Discussion - MARTIN DAVID, University of Wisconsin at Madison ............... 564

 

XIX. DEVELOPMENT, EVALUATION AND IMPROVEMENT OF METHODOLOGY FOR ENERGY STATISTICS
(Invited Session)
Chair/Organizer: THOMAS JABINE, Energy Information Agency

Imputation, Revision, and Seasonal Adjustment - YVONNE M.M. BISHOP, Department of Energy ............... 567

Discussion - HAROLD NISSELSON, Westat Inc. ............... 571

 

XX. SURVEY RESEARCH FOR HEALTH STATISTICS
Chair/Organizer: JUDY A. BEAN, University of iowa

Analysis of Categorical Data in Weighted Cluster Sample Surveys - JAI W. CHOI, National Center for Health Statistics; RICHARD B. McHUGH, University of Minnesota ............... 573

Pilot of the National Cost of Cancer Care Survey - M. SIRKEN, P. ROYSTON, National Center for Health Statistics; R. WARNECKE, E. EASTMAN, R. CZAJA, University of Illinois; D. MONSEES, National Cancer Institute ............... 579

Incorporating Supplemental Sample Data into a National Survey - DWIGHT K. FRENCH, Energy Information Administration; MARCUS J. SANCHEZ, DWIGHT B. BROCK, National Center for Health Statistics ............... 585

A Study of the Effect of Increased Remuneration on Response in a Health and Nutrition Examination Survey - JEAN S. FINDLAY, National Center for Health Statistics; WESLEY L. SCHAIBLE, Bureau of Labor Statistics ............... 590

A Comparative Study of Synthetic Estimation Strategies with Applications to Data from the National Health Care Expenditures Study - STEVEN B. COHEN, National Center for Health Services Research ............... 595

A Multiplicity Estimator for Multiple Frame Sampling - ROBERT J. CASADY, MONROE G. SIRKEN, National Center for Health Statistics ............... 601

 

XXI. SURVEY ERROR COMPONENT ESTIMATION
Chair: CHARLES D. JONES, Census Bureau

Estimation of Correlated Response Variance Without Randomization of Interviewer Assignments - SANDRA H. BERRY, Rand Corporation ............... 606

A Survey Error Model Which Includes Edit and Imputation Error - PAUL P. BIEMER, Census Bureau ............... 610

Estimation of Nonsampling Error Due to Selected Office Operations of the 1980 Census - ELLEN B. KATZOFF, PAUL P. BIEMER, Census Bureau ............... 616

Estimates of Interviewer Variance in Telephone Surveys - ROBERT M. GROVES, LOU J. MAGILAVY, University of Michigan ............... 622

A System of Variance Estimation for the U.S. Consumer Price Index - WILLIAM L. WEBER, Bureau of Labor Statistics ............... 628

On Variance Estimator in Unequal Probability Sampling - S.H. BIYANI, East Carolina University ............... 634

Discussion - KAROL P. KROTKI, Statistics Canada ............... 638

 

XXII. NONRESPONSE: EFFECTS AND ADJUSTMENTS
Chair/Organizer: TOMMY WRIGHT, Union Carbide Corporation

Modeling Nonresponse in Surveys with Callbacks - J.H. DREW, W.A. FULLER, Iowa State University ............... 639

Discussion - BARBARA A. BAILAR, Census Bureau ............... 643

An Analysis of Nonresponse to Job Corps Evaluation Interviews - JENNIFER SCHORE, Mathematica Policy Research, Inc. ............... 644

Alternative Adjustments for Nonresponse in the National Hospital Discharge Survey - IRIS M. SHIMIZU, JOE F. GONZALEZ, GRETCHEN K. JONES, National Center for Health Statistics ............... 649

 

XXIII. DIARIES AS A DATA COLLECTION METHOD
Chair: SEYMOUR SUDMAN, University of Illinois
Organizer: LOIS M. VERBRUGGE, University of Michigan

Improving the Quality of Data from Monthly Gasoline Purchase Diaries - WENDEL L. THOMPSON, LYNDA T. CARLSON, THOMAS H. WOTEKI, KENNETH A. VAGTS, Department of Energy ............... 652

Diaries in a Consumer Expenditure Survey - N. GAIL HOFF, MARVIN M. THOMPSON, Census Bureau ............... 655

The Use of Seven-Day Diaries in the Measurement of Radio and Television Audiences - DAVID A. LAPOVSKY, Arbitron Company ............... 661

Discussion - LAWRENCE T. LOVE, JR., Census Bureau ............... 664

Sensitization and Fatigue in Health Diaries - LOIS M. VERBRUGGE, University of Michigan ............... 666

Three Viewpoints on the Collection of Travel Behaviour Data Over Time - MARTIN E.H. LEE, Michigan Department of State; JOHN J. LAWSON, Transport Canada; WERNER BROG, Social Data, GmbH, Germany; ARNIM H. MEYBURG, Cornell University ............... 672

Discussion - ELIZABETH BATES HARKINS, Virginia Commonwealth University ............... 678

 

XXIV. STATEWIDE HYPERTENSION SURVEYS
Chair/Organizer: D.H. FREEMAN, JR., Yale University

Ethnic Stratification in the California Hypertension Survey - SANDRA HENDRICKS, JOSEPH WAKSBERG, Westat Inc.; AMNON IGRA, California Department of Health Services ............... 680

Interviewer Characteristics in the Connecticut Hypertension Survey - E. PAPKE, D.H. FREEMAN, JR., D.A. D'ATRI, A. OSTFELD, Yale University ............... 686

A Statewide Sample Survey to Estimate the Prevalence of Uncontrolled Hypertension - DONNA R. BROGAN, Emory University ............... 690

Quality Control for Data Gathering in the Maryland Hypertension Survey - A.Y. APOSTOLIDES, S.I. SU, University of Maryland School of Medicine; B. SHANKAR, Department of Health and Mental Hygiene; S. SHAPIRO, Johns Hopkins Health Services Research Center ............... 692

The Carolina Health Survey: A Continuous Statewide Sample Survey - MARTIN C. WEINRICH, ALAN M. SEAR, JAN-JAN LAM, University of South Carolina ............... 695

Discussion - DWIGHT B. BROCK, GEORGE A. SCHNACK, National Center for Health Statistics ............... 698

XXV. SURVEY SAMPLE DESIGN: MULTIPLE CHARACTERISTIC, MULTIPLEFRAME AND MULTIPLE TIME PERIOD CONSIDERATIONS
Chair/Organizer: JANE W. BERGSTEN, Research Triangle Institute

Multistage Keyfitz Updating - DOUGLAS J. DRUMMOND, Research Triangle Institute ............... 700

Alternative Sample Designs in the International Price Program - RICHARD J. PRATT, GWYN R. FERGUSON, Bureau of Labor Statistics ............... 705

Comparisons of Multi-Frame with Single-Frame Sample Designs Using Registration and Voting Survey Data - ELIZABETH T. HUANG, CARMA R. HOGUE, CARY T. ISAKI, Census Bureau ............... 711

 

XXVI. MISCELLANEOUS TOPICS IN SURVEY RESEARCH METHODS--I
Chair: JEANNE E. GRIFFITH, Office of Federal Statistical Policy and Standards

Variance of the Estimated Mean for Several Imputation Procedures - LAWRENCE R. ERNST, Census Bureau ............... 716

The Weighted Sequential Hot Deck Imputation Procedure - BRENDA G. COX, Research Triangle Institute ............... 721

A Survey for Loss Estimation in a Class Action Lawsuit - BENJAMIN F. KING, University of Washington ............... 727

Salary Survey of Mathematicians and Statisticians - GLENN BEATTY, Battelle-Columbus Laboratories ............... 732

An Evaluation of Random Digit Dialing Household Survey - WEN-FU P. SHIH, University of Florida ............... 736

 

XXVII. MISCELLANEOUS TOPICS IN SURVEY RESEARCH METHODS--Il
Chair: ROBERT P. CLICKNER, Housing and Urban Development

Using the Principle of Least Interest to Derive a Dominance Hierarchy from Interaction or Exchange Data - JAMES R. BENIGER, Princeton University ............... 740

The Effect of a Disproportionate, Stratified Design on Principal Component Analysis Used for Variable Elimination - ROBERT D. TORTORA, Department of Agriculture ............... 746

Semantic Influences on Category Scale Responses - KIJUN ODA, Mie University, Japan; YOSIO UTIDA, Nagoya University, Japan ............... 751

An Application of Goodman's Method for Estimating Classes in a Population - BARRY I. GRAUBARD, ROBERT J. CASADY, National Center for Health Statistics ............... 757

Estimating Smith's b from Sample Survey Data - CHARLES H. PROCTOR, North Carolina State University ............... 761

 

CONTRIBUTED PAPERS--POSTER SESSION

Small Area Estimation: Empirical Evaluation of Several Estimators for Primary Sampling Units - DWIGHT B. BROCK, National Center for Health Statistics; DWIGHT K. FRENCH, Energy Information Administration; BARRY W. PEYTON, Center for Disease Control ............... 766

Estimation Theory for the CUSP Catastrophe Model - LOREN COBB, Medical University of South Carolina ............... 772

An Integrated Approach to Data Editing - GUNAR E. LIEPINS, DAVID J. PACK, Oak Ridge National Laboratory and Union Carbide Corporation ............... 777

Stratum Variance Estimation for Sample Allocation in Crop Surveys - CHARLES R. PERRY, National Aeronautics and Space Administration; RAJ S. CHHIKARA, Lockheed Engineering and Management Services Company, Inc. ............... 782

Optimization in the Design of a Large-Scale State Sample - SIDNEY H. SCHWARTZ, CHARLES D. COWAN, KENNETH R. SAUSMAN, Census Bureau ............... 788

Empirical Research Involving an Alternative Variance Estimator to the Collapsed Stratum Variance Estimator - GARY M. SHAPIRO, RAJENDRA P. SINGH, DAVID BATEMAN, Census Bureau ............... 793