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Associate Commissioner Areas of Research

 

 John Eltinge (202) 691-7404 Estimation and inference with complex sample survey data, nonresponse, measurement error, variance estimation, disclosure limitation, distribution functions and quantiles.
Senior Mathematical Statistician

 

 Larry Ernst (202) 691-6337 Sample design, Estimation, variance estimation, application of Operations Research techniques to sampling problems.

 
Senior Survey Methodologist

 

 Clyde Tucker (202) 691-7371 Measurement error, nonresponse, telephone survey design.
Research Mathematical Statistician

 

 Alan Dorfman (202) 691-7378 Sampling design and inference, price indices, smoothing techniques, likelihood-based inference, nonparametric regression, prediction theory, quantile estimation.
Research Statistician

 

 Polly Phipps (202) 691-7513 Survey measurement error, data quality measures, questionnaire design, nonresponse.
General Information

 

 Daphne Van Buren (202) 691-7377  
  Pamela Douglas (202) 691-7375  

 

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Mathematical Statistics Research Center

Acting Director Areas of Research

 

 John Eltinge (202) 691-7404 Estimation and inference with complex sample survey data, nonresponse, measurement error, variance estimation, disclosure limitation, distribution functions and quantiles.
Mathematical Statisticians

 

 Moon Jung Cho (202) 691-7384 Resampling variance estimation method, bootstrap variance estimation method, Balanced Repeated Replicate (BRR) method, missing or fragmented data, modeling of survey response rates.

 

 Dan Gillman (202) 691-7523 Statistical metadata, metadata standards, automated coding, terminology.
  Jeffrey Gonzalez (202) 691-7415 Adaptive survey designs, estimation and infernece with complex sample survey data, mixed-mode surveys, nonresponse, survey sampling.

 

 Randall Powers (202) 691-7381 Nonresponse, variance estimation, disclosure limitation.

 

 Stuart Scott (202) 691-7383 Seasonal adjustment and time series analysis, nonsampling error analysis.

 

 Michael Sverchkov (202) 691-7374 Estimation and inference with complex sample survey data, variance estimation, small area estimation, calibration, time series analysis.

 

 Daniell Toth (202) 691-7380 Machine learning, nonparametric regression, estimation and inference with complex sample survey data, time series analysis.

Behavioral Science Research Center

Director Areas of Research

 

 William Mockovak (202) 691-7414 Questionnaire design, cognitive interviewing, Web surveys, usability testing, information architecture, CASIC applications, interviewer training.
 
Research Psychologists
  Monica Dashen (202) 691-7530 Cognitive aspects of under-reporting.
  Kathy Downey (202) 691-7382 Establishment surveys, cognitive testing, nonresponse bias analyses, interviewer training.
  Jennifer Edgar (202) 691-7528 Context effects, qualitative research methods, cognitive sources of measurement error, questionnaire design, interviewer training and evaluation.
  Jean Fox (202) 691-7370 Usability, computer-assisted collection systems.
  Scott Fricker (202) 691-7390 Nonresponse and measurement errors, questionnaire and instrument design, cognitive interviewing, usability.
   

  Christine Rho (202) 691-7399 Cognitive approach to survey design and testing, usability testing.
  Robie Sangster (202) 691-7517 Survey design, survey management and operations, measurement error, nonresponse.

 
Research Statisticians

 

 Brian Meekins (202) 691-7594 Measurement error, latent variable modeling, telephone survey methodology.

 

 John Dixon (202) 691-7516 Nonresponse, nonsampling error, item nonresponse, measurement error, structural equation models, missing data problems, categorical data, psychometrics, multivariate methods, classification and clustering.

 

Last Modified Date: July 19, 2008