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The Research and Development Division of NASS conducts applied research on the use of statistical methodology and information technology to improve the nation's agricultural statistics system of the future. A fully searchable historic archive of over 750 research reports has been established on a set of three CD's.
Order archived research reports on CD
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Pre-Recorded Telephone Messages As An Alternative To Follow-Up Survey Reminder Postcards
(Jaki Stanley McCarthy) |
June 2007 |
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Using Handheld Global Positioning System Receivers for the Wheat Objective Yield Survey
(Michael W. Gerling) |
Sept 2006 |
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Using Handheld Global Positioning System Receivers for the June Area Survey
(Michael W. Gerling) |
Sept 2006 |
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Using Personal Digital Assistants for the 2004 Cotton Objective Yield Survey
(Kathy Neas, Jubal Molina, Jason Hardegree, Michael W. Gerling) |
Mar 2006 |
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Indirect Monetary Incentives for the 2004 ARMS Phase III Core
(Daniel G. Beckler, Kathleen Ott,
and Peter Horvath) |
Nov 2005 |
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Using Handheld Global Positioning System Receivers for Phase II
of the Agricultural Resource Management Survey
(Michael W. Gerling) |
Oct 2005 |
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"'No' Is the Easiest Answer: Using Calibration to Assess Nonignorable Nonresponse in the 2002 Census of Agriculture," Paper presented at the Joint Statistical Meetings, Minneapolis, Minnesota.
(Phillip S. Kott) |
Aug 2005 |
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A New Look into Portable Electronic Devices for Field Data Collection in the National Agricultural Statistics Service
(Michael W. Gerling) |
Nov 2004 |
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Modeling NML Using the Area Frame Survey
(Theodore Chang and Phillip S. Kott)
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Aug 2004 |
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On Calibration Weighting
(Phillip S. Kott)
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Aug 2003 |
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Pilot Research Project: Investigation of Very High Resolution Spaceborne Imagery for Citrus Tree
Counting
(George Hanuschak and Rick Mueller, Claire Boryan,
Mike Craig, Mike Fleming)
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May 2003 |
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Cost and Benefit Analysis of a Cropland Data Layer
(George Hanuschak, Rick Mueller)
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Nov 2002 |
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Randomization-Assisted Model-Based Survey
Sampling
(Phillip S. Kott)
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June 2002 |
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Developmental Status of a New Processing
System for Agricultural Data
(Dale Atkinson)
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May 2002 |
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Comparing 30 Meter Imagery From LANDSAT 5 AND 7 for Crop Area Estimation
(Michael E. Craig)
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April 2002 |
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Creating a Cropland Data Layer for an Entire State
(Rick Mueller and Martin Ozga)
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April 2002 |
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Generalized Census and Survey Processing System at the National Agricultural Statistics Service
(Carol C. House)
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Aug 2001 |
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Estimating the Model Variance of a Randomization Consistent Regression Estimator
(Phillip S. Kott and K.R.W. Brewer)
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Aug 2001 |
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Women's Contributions to the Workforce:
Are New Measures Needed?
(Martha S. Farrar and Fred A. Vogel)
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Aug 2001 |
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Using the Delete-A-Group Jackknife Variance Estimator in NASS Surveys
(Phillip S. Kott)
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July 2001 |
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A Generalized Edit and Analysis System for Agricultural Data
(Dale Atkinson and Carol House)
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June 2001 |
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Statistical Aspects of a Census
(Carol C. House)
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June 2001 |
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Using Respondent Requests for Help to Develop Quality Data Collection Instruments: The 2000
Census of Agriculture Content Test
(Jaki Stanley McCarthy)
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May 2001 |
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Developing a State-of-the-Art Editing and Imputation System for NASS' Agricultural Censuses and Sample Surveys
(Dale Atkinson)
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Oct 2000 |
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Poisson Sampling, Regression Estimation, and
the Delete-a-Group Jackknife
(Phillip S. Kott) |
Aug 2000 |
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Survey Burden and its Impact on Attitudes
Toward the Survey Sponsor
(Jaki Stanley McCarthy and Daniel G. Beckler)
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June 2000 |
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The Theory and Practice of Maximal Brewer
Selection With Poisson PRN Sampling
(Phillip S. Kott And Jeffrey T. Bailey)
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June 2000 |
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Visualization of a Crop Season
The Integration of Remotely Sensed Data
and Survey Data
(Gail Wade and George Hanuschak)
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April 2000
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Evaluation of Integer Weighting for the 1997
Census of Agriculture
(Wendy Scholetzky)
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Jan 2000 |
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Exploring the Relationship Between Survey Participation and Survey Sponsorship: What do Respondents and Nonrespondents Think of Us?
(Jaki Stanley McCarthy, Jay V. Johnson, and
Kathleen Ott)
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Oct 1999 |
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Appropriate Role of Remote Sensing in U.S. Agricultural Statistics
(Robert Hale) |
June 1999
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Using Multi-Phase Sampling to Limit Respondent Burden Across Agriculture Surveys
(Phillip S. Kott and Matthew J. Fetter)
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June 1999 |
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Evaluation of the AGGIES Automated Edit and Imputation System
(Todd A. Todaro)
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Jan 1999 |
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Policy Issues Associated with the Utilization of Geographic Information Systems (GIS) in the U.S. National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS)
(Rich Allen, Ron Bosecker, and George Hanuschak)
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Oct 1998 |
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A (Partially) Model-Based Look At Jackknife Variance Estimation With Two-Phase Samples
(Phillip S. Kott )
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June 1997 |
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Redrawing the 1994 Farm Costs and Returns Survey List Frame Sample to Reduce its Overlap with the 1993 FCRS and Three Other Major 1994 Surveys
(Charles R. Perry, Jameson C. Burt and
William C. Iwig)
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Sept 1995 |
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Redrawing the 1993 Farm Costs and Returns Survey List Frame Sample to Reduce its Overlap with the 1992 FCRS and Three Other Major 1993 Surveys
(Charles R. Perry, Jameson C. Burt and
William C. Iwig)
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Oct 1994 |
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Methods of Selecting Samples in Multiple Surveys to Reduce Respondent Burden
(Charles R. Perry, Jameson C. Burt and
William C. Iwig) |
Aug 1993 |
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