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Census at the 2012 Joint Statistical Meetings

JSM Link to a non-federal Web site (the Joint Statistical Meetings) is the largest annual gathering of statisticians held in North America. It is held jointly with the American Statistical Association Link to a non-federal Web site , the International Biometric Society Link to a non-federal Web site (ENAR Link to a non-federal Web site and WNAR Link to a non-federal Web site ), the Institute of Mathematical Statistics Link to a non-federal Web site , the Statistical Society of Canada Link to a non-federal Web site , the International Chinese Statistical Association Link to a non-federal Web site , and the International Indian Statistical Association Link to a non-federal Web site . Census Bureau staff were at JSM Link to a non-federal Web site to exchange the latest research findings with colleagues from throughout the world.

Census Bureau staff were at sessions throughout the 2012 JSM Link to a non-federal Web site :

  • July 29
  • 2:00pm - The Impact of Collaborations Between Academe and Business/Industry/Government on the Profession
    • Robert M Groves, Nurturing Research and Recruitment Partnerships Between a Federal Statistical Agency and Academic Teams
  • 2:00pm - Transdisciplinary Advances in the Hard-to-Count Group Quarter Population to Better Inform Public Policy
    • Michael A Beaghen, Using 2010 Census Data to Evaluate Imputation Methods to Improve the American Community Survey Estimates of the Group Quarters Population for Small Geographies
    • Asaph Young Chun, What Counts as Group Quarters? A Glimpse of Total Coverage Errors and Costs Model in Census
  • 2:00pm - Recent Developments in Addressing Missing Data Issues in Clinical Trials
    • Roderick Little, Discussion
  • 4:00pm - International Census Coverage
    • Vincent T Mule, United States Census Coverage Survey Results
    • Howard Hogan, Discussion
  • 4:00pm - Topics on Small-Area Estimation
    • Eric Slud, Small-Area Confidence Bounds on Small Cell Proportions in Survey Populations
  • 4:00pm - Developments in Survey Design and Implementation
    • Stephen Ash, Allocation of Sample for the 2010 Redesign of the Consumer Expenditure Survey
  • 4:00pm - Measuring Nonresponse and Other Nonsampling Errors in Surveys
    • Betty Jackson, A Study Comparing CHAID Analysis to Traditional Weighting
  • July 30
  • 8:30am - Analyzing and Adjusting for Nonresponse
    • Jeongsoo Kim, Comparing Item Nonresponse Rate in SIPP and SIPP-EHC: Case of Snap Eligibility Measurement
    • Sharon I O'Donnell, Combining Model-Based and Hot-Deck Imputation to Fill Gaps in Longitudinal Surveys
  • 8:30am - Topics in Variance Estimation for Complex Surveys
    • Matthew Thompson, Anomalies Under Jackknife Variance Estimation Incorporating Rao-Shao Adjustment in the Medical Expenditure Panel Survey Insurance Component
    • Michael White, Replicate Variance Estimation in a Two-Phase Sample Design Setting: Simulation Study with National Survey of College Graduates Data
    • Benjamin M. Reist, Post-Imputation Calibration Under Rubin's Multiple Imputation Variance Estimator
  • 8:30am - Tree-Based Methods for Missing Data and Evaluation of Missingness Mechanisms
    • Mary Mulry, Several Scenarios for Influential Observations and Methods for Their Treatment
  • 8:30am - Statistical Analysis with Missing Data -- Continuing Education Course
    • Roderick Little, Instructor
  • 10:30am - A Showcase of Statistical Activities at Federal Statistical Agencies
    • Robert M Groves, Chair
    • Matthew Graham, Panelist
  • 10:30am - Area-Based Statistics
    • Wesley Basel, Use of Labor Market Indicators in Small-Area Poverty Models
    • Martin Klein, Tests for Homogeneity of Multinomial Proportions for Sparse Data
    • Glen Reisch, Analysis of Regional Variation in Poverty Profiles by Age
  • 12:30pm - Social Statistics Section P.M. Roundtable Discussion (fee event)
    • Nancy Bates, Update on the Census Bureau's Survey Planning Database
  • 2:00pm - Poverty Mapping with Complex Survey Data
    • Sam Hawala, A Hierarchical Bayes Estimation of Poverty Rates
    • William Bell, Discussion
  • 2:00pm - Retention, Attrition, and Respondent Burden
    • Aref Dajani, Measuring Attrition in Long-Term Longitudinal Surveys
  • July 31
  • 8:30am - Evaluating CPS ASEC Data Quality
    • Bruce Webster, Methods of Modeling Tax Units to Estimate Tax Credits
    • Jessica Semega, Evaluating the Construct of a Canberra Household Income Definition Using CPS ASEC
    • Charles Hokayem, CPS Nonresponse and the Measurement of Poverty
    • Charles Adam Bee, An Evaluation of Retirement Income in the CPS Using Form 1099-R Microdata
  • 8:30am - Census Coverage Measurement
    • Patricia Sanchez, Results of the 2010 Census Coverage Measurement Field and Matching Operations
    • Graciela Contreras, Household Contact and Probing to Collect a Complete Address List and Household Roster in the Census Coverage Measurement Program
    • Aaron Cantu, Once and Only Once: Searching Near and Far for Person Duplications in the 2010 Census
    • Travis Pape, Recall Bias on Reporting a Move and Move Date
  • 8:30am - Resampling and Related Methods in Time Series and Econometrics
    • Tucker McElroy, Subsampling Inference for the Autocovariances of Heavy-Tailed Long-Memory Time Series
  • 8:30am - Small-Area Estimation: Benchmarking and Hierarchical Models
    • William Bell, Benchmarking Small-Area Estimates
    • Jerzy Wieczorek, A Bayesian Zero-One Inflated Beta Model for Small-Area Shrinkage Estimation
  • 10:30am - American Community Survey (ACS) Sample Design and Statistical Issues
    • Richard Griffin, Pilot Study on Combining Direct Estimates of Income and Poverty from the American Community Survey with Predictions from a Model
    • Patrick Joyce, Application of a Small-Area Model for a Voting Rights Act Tabulation
    • Mark E Asiala, Developing Replicate Weight-Based Methods to Account for Imputation Variance in a Mass Imputation Application
    • Steven Hefter, Understanding the Causes of the Differences Between the 2010 American Community Survey and the 2010 Decennial Census Vacancy Rates
    • Jessica Schwan, Results of Monitoring the American Community Survey Using Statistical Process Control Methodologies
  • 10:30am - Administrative Data, Record Linkage, and Latent Class Models
    • William Winkler, Estimating Record Linkage Error Rates Without Training Data
  • 10:30am - Missing Data and Causal Inference
    • Roderick Little, Treatment Discontinuation and Missing Data in Clinical Trials: Identifiability and Ignorability Issues
  • 2:00pm - Results from the 2010 Census Experimental Program
    • Samantha Barron, 2010 Census Deadline Messaging and Compressed Mailing Schedule Experiment
    • Elizabeth Compton, 2010 Alternative Questionnaire Experiment Race and Hispanic Origin
    • Nancy Bates, Paid Media and the 2010 Census Communications Campaign: An Experiment to Assess Increased Spending
    • Courtney Reiser, The 2010 Census Alternative Questionnaire Experiment: Replication of the 2000 Census Questionnaire
    • Gianna Dusch, 2010 Census Nonresponse Follow-Up Contact Strategy
  • 2:00pm - Time Series, Longitudinal, and Index Data
    • Jasen Taciak, Cross-Section, Time-Series Approach for Small-Area Poverty Models
  • 2:00pm - Surveys of Children, Students, and Schools
    • Ciara Nugent, Research and Development Into Methods of Estimating Poverty in School-Age Children at the School District Level Using the American Community Survey
    • Jennifer Childs, Using Cognitive Interviewing to Detect Privacy and Confidentiality Concerns
  • 2:00pm - Small-Area Estimation: Applications and Enhanced Methods
    • Jerry Maples, Estimating the Relative Variance of Replicate Weight Sampling Error Variance Estimators for Rates
  • 2:00pm - Contributed Oral Poster Presentations: Section on Survey Research Methods
    • Bac Tran, Application of Small-Area Estimation in Surveys of Governments
  • August 1
  • 8:30am - Topics in Seasonal Adjustment
    • Chris Blakely, Coupling X-12-Arima-Seats with a Multidimensional Direct Filter Approach for Signal Extraction in Nonstationary Seasonal Time Series
    • Brian Monsell, Evaluating AICC Tests in X-13Arima-Seats
    • David Findley, Complementary Properties of an F-Test and an Empirical Spectral Test for Identifying Seasonality in Unadjusted or Seasonally Adjusted Series
  • 10:30am - Inference from Combined Data Sets
    • Rachel Bray, Estimates of Correct and Erroneous Enumeration with Duplicates in the 2010 U.S. Census
  • 12:30pm - Survey Sampling and Missing Data Problems
    • Joseph Schafer, Discussion
  • 12:30pm - Social Statistics Section P.M. Roundtable Discussion (fee event)
    • Jennifer Tancreto, Testing and Implementing an Internet Survey Response Option
    • Alfredo Navarro, Using the American Community Survey to Improve Sample Design and Survey Weighting
  • 2:00pm - Evaluation and Research on the Current Population Survey
    • Yang Cheng, Overview of Current Population Survey Methodology
    • Khandaker Mansur, The Impact of Different Rotation Patterns on the Composite Estimator
    • Reid Rottach, Modeling Variances to Determine Sample Allocation for the Current Population Survey
  • 2:00pm - Stratification and Other Survey Sampling Theory
    • Tommy Wright, The Equivalence of Neyman Optimum Allocation for Sampling and Equal Proportions for Apportioning the U. S. House of Representatives
    • Carolina Franco, Interval Estimation for Small-Area Proportions with Small True Proportions from Surveys with Stratified Random Sampling Designs
  • 4:00pm - COPSS Awards and Fisher Lecture
    • Roderick Little, In Praise of Simplicity, Not Mathematistry! Ten Simple, Powerful Ideas for the Statistical Scientist
  • August 2
  • 8:30am - Uses of Administrative Record Benchmarking in Modern Census-Taking
    • Amy B O'Hara, Discussion
  • 8:30am - Small Population, Big Impact: Improving the Measurement of the Group Quarters Population in the American Community Survey
    • Alfredo Navarro, Panelist
  • 10:30pm - Managing Nonresponse Bias in Sample Surveys
    • Katherine Jenny Thompson, Challenges in the Treatment of Nonresponse for Selected Business Surveys
  • 10:30pm - Recent Developments in Benchmarking and Reconciliation of Large Systems of Time Series Data: Theory and Practice
    • Irene Brown, Diagnostics for Benchmarking Economic Time Series at the U.S. Census Bureau
  • 10:30pm - Evaluations of American Community Survey and 2010 Census Data
    • William O'Hare, What Demographic Analysis Tells Us About the Undercount of Children in the 2010 Census
    • Deborah H Griffin, Discussion
  • 10:30pm - Disclosure Limitation and Other Missing Data Issues
    • Joanna Fane Lineback, A Model-Based Approach to Assessing and Mitigating Nonresponse Bias for the Monthly Wholesale Trade Survey
  • 10:30pm - Hypothesis Testing, Matching, and Coding
    • Michael Kornbau, Creating an Automated Industry- and Occupation-Coding Process for the American Community Survey
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