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2005 FCSM Conference Papers


 
Keynote SpeakerMonday AM
A National Statistical System in a Rapidly Changing World Miron Straf
(The National Academies of Science, USA)
 
CONCURRENT SESSION II-A
TIME SERIES AND STATISTICAL MODELING
Multivariate Statistical Modeling with Survey Data (size 203k) [PDF] Tihomir Asparouhov
(Muthen and Muthen, USA)
Bengt Muthen
(University of California, Los Angeles, USA)
Application of Concurrent Seasonal Adjustment to the Consumer Price Index (size 472k) [PDF] Daniel Chow and Jeff Wilson (Bureau of Labor Statistics, USA),
Adrian Thibodeau (Standard and Poor's, USA)
Model-Based Seasonal Adjustment Diagnostics (size 136k) [PDF] Tucker McElroy (U.S. Census Bureau)
Discussant Stuart Scott (Bureau of Labor Statistics, USA)
 
CONCURRENT SESSION II-B
MEASURING DATA QUALITY
Data Quality of the American Community Survey across Individuals Living in Linguistically Isolated and Non-linguistically Isolated Households: A Latent Variable Model Assessment (size 205k) [PDF] Adam Carle (U.S. Census Bureau)
SASisfying CAPI Audit Trails for Analysis (size 145k) [PDF] Phuc Ho, William Chan, Sang Kang,
Lucien Smith and Lucilla Tan (Bureau of Labor Statistics, USA)
Assessing the Reliability of Key Measures in the National Survey on Drug Use and Health Using a Test-Retest Methodology (size 337k) [PDF] Joel Kennet and Dicy Painter
(Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, USA)
Katherine Bowman, Rebecca Granger and Susan Hunter (Research Triangle Institute International, USA)
Address-based Sampling Versus Random Digit Dialing: Comparison of Data Quality from BRFSS Mail and Telephone Surveys (size 146k) [PDF] Michael Link and Ali Mokdad (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, USA)
Michael Battaglia, Pamela Giambo and Martin Frankel (Abt Associates, USA)
 
CONCURRENT SESSION II-C
BAYESIAN APPLICATIONS
Bayesian Networks and Complex Survey Sampling from Finite Populations (size 118k) [PDF] Marco Ballin and Mauro Scanu (Institute of National Statistics (ISTAT), Italy)
Paola Vicard (University Roma Tre, Italy)
Investigation of Variance Components in the Medical Expenditure Panel Survey (size 313k) [PDF] Robert Baskin (Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, USA)
A Bayesian Detection of The Onset of Activity Limitation Among Adults in NHIS (size 208k) [PDF] Balgobin Nandram (Worcester Polytechnic Institute, USA)
Jai Won Choi (National Center for Health Statistics, USA)
Discussant Myron Katzoff (National Center for Health Statistics, USA)
 
CONCURRENT SESSION III-AMonday PM
INTERNET APPLICATIONS AND SURVEY MODE COMPARISONS
Innovative Web-Based Documentation System Designed for the National Survey on Drug Use and Health (size 226k) [PDF] Nanthini Ganapathi, Susan Myers and
Inga Allred (Research Triangle Institute International, USA)
Population Surveys from RDD Telephone and Internet Panel Samples: A Weighted Comparison of Two National Taxpayer Surveys (size 187k) [PDF] John Boyle (Schulman, Ronca & Bucuvalas, Inc., USA)
George Freeland and Lynda Mulvany
(Internal Revenue Service, USA)
Potential Utility of Web-Based Data Collection Options (size 245k) [PDF] Heather Contrino (NuStats, USA)
Redesigning the Census Bureau's Intranet Site for Improved Usability: Methods and Lessons Learned (size 419k) [PDF] Elizabeth Murphy, Susan Ciochetto and
Carol Bateman (U.S. Census Bureau)
 
CONCURRENT SESSION III-B
SAMPLE DESIGN AND ESTIMATION
Variance Estimation and Inference from Complex Survey Data in the Presence of Interviewer-Level Measurement Error (size 14k) [PDF] John Eltinge and Moon Jung Cho
(Bureau of Labor Statistics, USA)
Partha Lahiri (Joint Program in Survey Methodology, University of Maryland, USA)
Coordinating the PRN: Combining Sequential and Bernoulli-Type Sampling Schemes in Business Surveys (size 194k) [PDF] Ronit Nirel, Aryeh Reiter,
Tzahi Makovky and Moshe Kelner
(Central Bureau of Statistics, Israel)
The Evolution of the Weekly Gasoline Price Survey through Changes in Design and Frame (size 284k) [PDF] Paula Weir (Energy Information Administration, USA)
Pedro Saavedra and Benita O'Colmain
(ORC Macro, USA)
On Calibration and Non-response Adjustment for the National Compensation Survey (size 194k) [PDF] Alan Dorfman, Lawrence Ernst,
Thomas Moerhle, Steven Paben,
Chester Ponikowski and Michael Sverchkov
(Bureau of Labor Statistics, USA)
 
CONCURRENT SESSION III-C
MODEL-BASED SURVEY ESTIMATION
Potential Applications of Model-Assisted Estimation to Demographic Surveys in the United States (size 68k) [PDF] Robert Fay
(U.S. Census Bureau)
New Improved Small Area Models (size 150k) [PDF] Swamy Paravastu, Tamara Zimmerman
and Edwin Robison
(Bureau of Labor Statistics, USA )
Smoothing Covariance Matrices from Survey Data Using Generalized Design Effects with Application to Small Area Estimation (size 217k) [PDF] Avinash Singh (Statistics Canada)
Ralph Folsom and Akhil Vaish (Research Triangle Institute International, USA)
IRT and Latent Variable Modeling for Surveys with Complex Sampling Design with a Longitudinal Context: The Case of the National Longitudinal Survey of Children and Youth in Canada (size 86k) [PDF] Andr� Cyr and Alexander Davies
(Statistics Canada)
 
CONCURRENT SESSION IV-A
APPLICATIONS OF SURVEY AND STATISTICAL METHODS
Jobs Boom and Bust - Individual Companies vs. Multi Corporations (size 87k) [PDF] Shail Butani (Bureau of Labor Statistics, USA)
Innovative Data Collection Methods in Smallpox Program Evaluation (size 168k) [PDF] Brian Evans, Brian Burke and Paul Levy
(Research Triangle Institute International, USA)
Statistical Assessment of the Glare Issue-Human and Natural Elements (size 233k) [PDF] Eun-Ha Choi and Santokh Singh
(National Highway and Traffic Safety Administration, USA)
Value of Physical Change in Farm Inventories: How Does One Reconcile Annual and Subannual Estimates? (size 91k) [PDF] Andrew Baldwin (Statistics Canada)
 
CONCURRENT SESSION IV-B
ADVANCES IN FRAME DEVELOPMENT
Re-thinking Statistics Canada's Business Register (size 181k) [PDF] Eric Rancourt, H�l�ne B�rard
and Stuart Pursey (Statistics Canada)
The Application of Dual System Principles to Estimate the Number of Missing Frame Elements (size 58k) [PDF] Howard Bradsher-Fredrick
(Energy Information Administration, USA)
Modeling Which Farms Are Not Covered by a Census List Using an Area-Frame Survey (size k) [PDF] Ted Chang (University of Virginia, USA)
Phillip Kott (National Agricultural Statistical Service, USA)
Discussant William Wigton
 
TECHNICAL DEMONSTRATIONS Tuesday AM
Blaise IS (Computer Assisted Interviewing Software for the Web) (size 1,319k) [PDF] Jim O'Reilly (Westat, USA)
 
CONCURRENT SESSION V-A
VARIANCE ESTIMATION
A Study of the Properties of a Bootstrap Variance Estimator Under Sampling Without Replacement (size 275k) [PDF] Lenka Mach and Jean Dumais
(Statistics Canada)
Lauriane Robidou (University of Social Sciences, France)
An Empirical Investigation into the Effects of Replicate Reweighting on Variance Estimates for the Annual Capital Expenditures Survey (size 241k) [PDF] Katherine Thompson (U.S. Census Bureau)
Investigations of BRR Variance Estimation for the Survey of Residential Alterations and Repairs (SORAR) (size 340k) [PDF] Laura Ozcoskun and Katherine Thompson (U.S. Census Bureau)
Quatracia Williams
(ICS-RIO, Brazil)
Discussant (size 72k) [PDF] Phil Kott (National Agricultural Statistics Service, USA)
 
CONCURRENT SESSION V-B
CONFIDENTIALITY
Evolutionary Cell Selection for Interval Publication of Sensitive Cells to Protect Confidentiality (size 518k) [PDF] Timothy Li and Steve Cohen
(Bureau of Labor Statistics, USA)
Federal Statistical Confidentiality and Business Data: Challenges and Continuing Issues (size 193k) [PDF] William Seltzer (Fordham University, USA)
Margo Anderson (University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee, USA)
Privacy Principles and Data Sharing: Implications of CIPSEA for Economic Surveys Respondents (size 152k) [PDF] Alfred Tuttle and Diane Willimack
(U.S. Census Bureau)
Discussant Brian Harris-Kojetin
(Office of Management and Budget, USA)
 
CONCURRENT SESSION V-C
GEOSPATIAL PERSPECTIVE AND ANALYSIS
The Geospatial Perception and Its Impact on the Content and Processes of a Multi-Source Data Collection (size 126k) [PDF] Oliva Blum
(Israel Central Bureau of Statistics)
The Geospatial Distribution of Employment (size 999k) [PDF] Sheryl Konigsberg, David Talan
and Richard Clayton (Bureau of Labor Statistics, USA)
Cities of Immigrants: Intraurban Mobility Patterns of Mexican Immigrants in Gateway Cities (size 506k) [PDF] Pamela Rogers
(University of Texas at Austin, USA)
Residential and Demographic Patterns of Immigrants in Texas at A Glance (size 324k) [PDF] Yann-Yann Shieh
(American Institutes for Research, USA)
Pamela Rogers
(University of Texas at Austin, USA)
 
CONCURRENT SESSION VI-A
STATISTICAL MEASURES
Total Factor Productivity Computed and Evaluated Using Multi-Step Perturbation (size 280k) [PDF] Baoline Chen
(Bureau of Economic Analysis, USA)
Peter Zadrozny
(Bureau of Labor Statistics, USA)
New Data on Business Employment Dynamics (size 207k) [PDF] Akbar Sadeghi, Richard Clayton
and David Talan
(Bureau of Labor Statistics, USA)
Evaluating Estimates of Labor Demand and Turnover (size 517k) [PDF] Charlotte Mueller and John Wohlford
(Bureau of Labor Statistics, USA)
Measurement of Reliance on Social Security Benefits (size 139k) [PDF] T. Lynn Fisher
(Social Security Administration, USA)
 
CONCURRENT SESSION VI-B
EVALUATING THE RESPONSE PROCESS
Participation in the National Health Interview Survey: Exploring Reasons for Reluctance Using Contact History Process Data (size 118k) [PDF] Nancy Bates and Andrea Piani
(U.S. Census Bureau)
The Effect of Interviewer Strategies on Contact and Cooperation Rates in the National Health Interview Survey (size 219k) [PDF] Barbara Stussman, James Dahlhamer
and Catherine Simile
(National Center for Health Statistics, USA)
Socio-Demographic Study of Telephone Survey Nonrespondents (size 240k) [PDF] Timothy Triplett and Natalie AbiHabib
(Urban Institute, USA)
Are Two Feet in the Door Better Than One? Using Process Data to Examine Interviewer Effort and Nonresponse Bias (size 453k) [PDF] Kevin Wang, Jeremy Aldworth, Rodney Baxter and Joe Murphy (Research Triangle Institute International, USA)
 
CONCURRENT SESSION VI-C
LINKING ADMINISTRATIVE AND SURVEY DATA
Evaluation of CPS Tax Simulation Using Administrative IRS Data (size 165k) [PDF] Amy O'Hara (U.S. Census Bureau)
Evaluating Respondents' Reporting of Social Security Income in SIPP Using Administrative Data (size 1,009k) [PDF] Lydia Scoon-Rogers (U.S. Census Bureau)
Discussant Dan Kasprzyk (Mathematica Policy Research, USA)
 
CONCURRENT SESSION VII-ATuesday PM
ADMINISTRATIVE DATA AND DATA QUALITY
Reporting Data Quality When Survey and Administrative Data Are Combined (size 582k) [PDF] Julie Tr�panier, Claude Julien
and John Kovar (Statistics Canada)
Developing Error Prone Profiles Using Administrative Data with a Control Group (size 393k) [PDF] Pedro Saavedra and Hoke Wilson (ORC Macro, USA)
Using the Canadian Address Register in the Labour Force Survey: Implementation, Results, and Lessons Learned (size 264k) [PDF] Claude Turmelle, Jean-Fran�ois Rodrigue
and Gavin Thompson (Statistics Canada)
Methodological Challenges in Analyzing Patient-Reported Outcomes in a Clinical Trial (size 15k) [PDF] Elizabeth Hahn and David Cella
(Evanston Northwestern Healthcare, USA)
G. Alastair Glendenning
(Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation, USA)
 
CONCURRENT SESSION VII-B
ANALYZING AND IMPROVING RESPONSE
Earlier Versus Later Respondent Assessments on Customer Surveys: Is There a Difference? (size 174k) [PDF] Howard Bradsher-Fredrick and
William Weinig (Energy Information Administration, USA)
Results from Recent Experiments on Improving Response Rates (size 356k) [PDF] Ron Fecso (National Science Foundation, USA)
Efficient Estimation of Response Rates When a Small Subsample of Nonrespondents Is Selected for Follow-Up Conversion (size 365k) [PDF] Avinash Singh (Statistics Canada)
Vincent Iannacchione (Research Triangle Institute International, USA)
Shijie Chen (RTI International, USA)
Jill Dever (Joint Program in Survey Methodology, University of Maryland, USA)
Tests of Methods to Improve Response to Physician Surveys (size 111k) [PDF] David Woodwell and Catharine Burt
(National Center for Health Statistics, USA)
 
CONCURRENT SESSION VII-C
SURVEY INTEGRATION AND PLANNING
Integrating the Canadian Annual Survey of Manufactures into the Unified Enterprise Survey: Challenges and Issues (size 256k) [PDF] Isabelle Marchand, Emmanuel Benhin and Jose Gaudet (Statistics Canada)
Implementing and Improving Quality Standards at the U.S. Census Bureau (size 87k) [PDF] John Bushery and Pamela McGovern
(U.S. Census Bureau)
Developing a Generic Survey (size 13k) [PDF] Marla Smith and Jan Matuszko
(U.S. Environmental Protection Agency)
Integrated Redevelopment of the ONS's Business Surveys and Business Register through the Business Surveys Integration Project and Register Re-engineering Project (size 211k) [PDF] Mark Pont, Pam Tate, Paul Smith and
John Perry (Office for National Statistics, United Kingdom)
 
CONCURRENT SESSION VIII-AWednesday AM
QUALITATIVE EVALUATION
Determining Best Practices for Usability Test Methodology: A Comparison of Assessment Methods (size 304k) [PDF] Elizabeth Dean, Michael Schwerin
and Marta Jordan
(Research Triangle Institute International, USA)
Cross-Cultural Issues in Survey Translation: Translation of Meaning and Meaning of Translation) (size 173k) [PDF] Daniel Geller and Andrey Vinokurov
(ORC Macro, USA)
Tamara Martin (U.S. Department of State)
Using Affective Imagery to Understand the Quality of Survey Response (size 233k) [PDF] Patricia Gwartney (University of Oregon, USA)
Does Qualitative Evaluation Measure Up? (size 185k) [PDF] Kathleen O'Connor (National Center for Health Statistics, USA)
 
CONCURRENT SESSION VIII-B
PRETESTING AND USE OF NON-ENGLISH LANGUAGE QUESTIONNAIRES
Adapting Cognitive Interview Techniques for Use in Pretesting Spanish Language Survey Instruments (size 88k) [PDF] Patricia Goerman (U.S. Census Bureau)
Development of Guidelines on The Use of Interpreters in Survey Interviews (size 58k) [PDF] Yuling Pan (U.S. Census Bureau)
The Use of Cognitive Interviewing and Behavior Coding to Evaluate Non-English Language Survey Questions: Lessons Learned (size 202k) [PDF] Gordon Willis (National Cancer Institute, USA)
Old Friends and Old Problems: Implementing Frequently-Used Question Types in the Cross-National Context (size 14k) [PDF] Janet Harkness (ZUMA, Germany)
 
CONCURRENT SESSION IX-A
USE OF INNOVATIVE TECHNOLOGIES
Web-Based Factorial Survey and Statistical Analysis Software (size 32k) [PDF] Sam Addala and Vin Addala
(e4xchange Corporation, USA)
Matthew Hogben (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, USA)
Protecting Sensitive Tabular Data by Complementary Cell Suppression-Myth & Reality (size 1,630k) [PDF] Ramesh Dandekar (U.S. Department of Energy)
Digital Capture of Geographic Feature Data for Surveys (size 167k) [PDF] Sarah Nusser (Iowa State University, USA)
Guaranteed Controlled Rounding for Many Totals in Multi-way and Hierarchical Tables (size 453k) [PDF] Gordon Sande (Sande & Associates, Canada)
 
CONCURRENT SESSION IX-B
IMPROVING RESPONSE AND DATA QUALITY IN ESTABLISHMENT SURVEYS
Applying Knowledge of Business Surveys Response Processes to the Design of Data Collection Software at the U.S. Census Bureau (size 454k) [PDF] Amy Anderson and Rebecca Morrison
(U.S. Census Bureau)
The Response Process Model in Business Surveys: Lessons Learned by Using a Multi-Method Approach (size 554k) [PDF] Deirdre Giesen (Statistics Netherlands)
Tony Hak (Erasmus University, The Netherlands)
Improving Industry Descriptions for the Annual Refiling Survey (size 794k) [PDF] Karen Goldenberg and Monica Dashen (Bureau of Labor Statistics, USA)
Towards Reducing Error in an Establishment Survey Through Instrument Design: Identifying the Desired Navigational Path (size 2,080k) [PDF] Cleo Redline (National Science Foundation, USA)


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