Proceedings of the Survey Research Methods Section, American Statistical Association (2002)

Invited Papers by Topic

1. Statistical Data Stewardship in the 21st Century
Organizer: Gerald W. Gates, U.S. Census Bureau
Chair: Virginia A. de Wolf, National Academy of Sciences

Corporate Perspective on Data Stewardship for Statistical Data - Wendy A. Visscher and Richard A. Kulka

Statistical Data Stewardship in the 21st Century: An Academic Perspective - George T. Duncan

General Principles in Establishing Effective Confidentiality Practices - Alvan O. Zarate

Data Stewardship at Statistics Canada - Gordon Brackstone and Pamela White

2. New Composite Indexes of Coincident and Leading Indicators
Organizer: Victor Zarnowitz, The Conference Board
Chair: Robert H. McGuckin, The Conference Board

A More Timely and Useful Index of Leading Indicators - Ataman Ozyildirim, Robert McGuckin, and Victor Zarnowitz

Time Series Decomposition and Measurement of Business Cycles, Trends, and Growth Cycles - Victor Zarnowitz and Ataman Ozyildirim

The Use of Leading Economic Indicators for Forecasting Business Cycle Turning Points - Max Chen

3. Challenges in Obtaining and Analyzing Data on Children
Organizer: Mari Palta, University of Wisconsin, Madison
Chair: Elizabeth Margosches, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

4. The Decision on Census Adjustment: One Year Later
Organizer: Patrick J. Cantwell, U.S. Census Bureau
Chair: John H. Thompson, U.S. Census Bureau

Research Findings of the Accuracy and Coverage Evaluation and Census 2000 Accuracy - Howard Hogan, Donna Kostanich, David Whitford, and Rajendra Singh

5. Non-English Speakers in National Surveys: Who, Why and How
Organizer: Robert L. Santos, NuStats
Chair: Rebecca Clark, National Institute of Child Health and Human Development

6. Alternatives to Ordinary Sampling Weights in Survey Sampling Practice
Organizer: Danny Pfeffermann, Hebrew University
Chair: Danny Pfeffermann, Hebrew University

Are Survey Weights Necessary? The Maximum Likelihood Approach to Sample Survey Inference - R.L. Chambers, A.H. Dorfman, and Soujin Wang

Model Weights for Regression Estimation - Wayne A. Fuller and Mingue Park

7. Taking the Census: What Have We Learned? Where Are we Going?
Organizer: Andrew A. White, National Academy of Sciences
Chair: Andrew A. White, National Academy of Sciences

8. New Approaches for Survey Data Analysis with Measurement Errors
Organizer: Paul P. Biemer, RTI International
Chair: C. Mitchell Dayton, University of Maryland

The Use of Latent Class Analysis in Medical Diagnosis - David Rindskopf

9. Training of Survey Statisticians: A Session Dedicated to the Memory of Leslie Kish
Organizer: David A. Binder, Statistics Canada
Chair: David A. Binder, Statistics Canada

Training Needs for Survey Statisticians in Developed and Developing Countries - Graham Kalton

Training of Survey Statisticians in Government Statistical Agencies - Lars Lyberg

10. Meeting National and Regional Health Data Needs: The Experience of Government Surveys in the United States and Canada
Organizer: Jane F. Gentleman, National Center for Health Statistics
Chair: Jane F. Gentleman, National Center for Health Statistics

11. Data Needs for Evaluating Welfare Reform
Organizer: Shelly Ver Ploeg, National Academy of Sciences
Chair: Shelly Ver Ploeg, National Academy of Sciences

12. Mobile Computing for Survey Data Collection
Organizer: Sarah Nusser, Iowa State University
Chair: Mark Pierzchala, Mathematica Policy Research, Inc.

13. Cross-Sectional and Longitudinal Analyses of Survey Data
Organizer: David R. Bellhouse, University of Western Ontario
Chair: David R. Bellhouse, University of Western Ontario

Use of Generalized Variance Functions in Multivariate Analysis - John L. Eltinge, Moon J. Cho, and Paul Hinrichs

Modelling Multiple Unemployment Spells From Longitudinal Survey Data - Milorad S. Kovacevic and Georgia Roberts

14. Methodological Issues in Local Area Application of the American Community Survey
Organizer: Leonard M. Gaines, Empire State Development
Chair: Leonard M. Gaines, Empire State Development

The American Community Survey: Quality of Response by Mode of Data Collection in the Bronx Test Site - Joseph J. Salvo and Arun Peter Lobo

Developing Community Statistical Systems With American Community Survey Summary Profiles and Administrative Records - Cynthia Taeuber

15. Latent Class Analysis of Complex Sample Survey Data: Application to Dietary Data
Organizer: Thomas A. Louis, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
Chair: Thomas A. Louis, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health

16. Recruiting and Retaining Minorities in Statistics
Organizer: Christopher L. Stanard, GE Global Research
Chair: Donald E.K. Martin, U.S. Census Bureau/Howard University

Recruiting and Retaining Minorities in Statistics - Christopher L. Stanard, Kimberly S. Weems, Nagambal Shah, Carolyn Morgan, Jose G. Ramirez, Theda McPheron-Keel, and Donald E.K. Martin

17. How To Use the Baldrige Criteria - A Hands On Session
Organizer: D. Lynn Kelley, Textron Fastening Systems - Automotive Solutions
Chair: D. Lynn Kelley, Textron Fastening Systems - Automotive Solutions

18. At the Frontiers of Statistical Methodology: Research Findings from the Centers for Excellence in Health Statistics
Organizer: Jennifer H. Madans, National Center for Health Statistics
Chair: Jennifer H. Madans, National Center for Health Statistics

Contributed Papers by Topic

1. The Community Tracking Survey: Design and Methods
Organizer: John W. Hall, Mathematica Policy Research, Inc.
Chair: Karol Krotki, NuStats

The Community Tracking Study: Measuring Changes in the U.S. Health Care System over Time - Barbara Lepidus Carlson, Richard Strouse, and John Hall

The Community Tracking Study Surveys of Physicians - Frank Potter, Stephen Williams, and Nuria Diaz-Tena

Logistic Propensity Models to Adjust for Nonresponse in Physician Surveys - Nuria Diaz-Tena, Frank Potter, Michael Sinclair, and Stephen Williams

Sampling and Weighting Issues Over Three Waves of the Community Tracking Study Household Survey: Using a Partial Overlap to Increase Efficiency - John W. Hall and Barbara Lepidus Carlson

2. Taking the US Census in 2000
Organizer: n/a
Chair: Rajendra P. Singh, U.S. Census Bureau

Living Arrangements of the Older Population: 2000 - Annetta C. Smith and Denise I. Smith

Nonresponse Followup for Census 2000 - Darlene Moul

Urban Update/Leave and Update/Enumerate in Census 2000 - Miriam D. Rosenthal

Results for the Census 2000 Primary Selection Algorithm - Stephanie Baumgardner

Date of Reference for Age and Birth Date Used by Respondents of Census 2000 - Nathan Carter

The Asian and Pacific Islander Surname List: As Developed from Census 2000 - Matthew Falkenstein

3. Designing Questionnaires and Evaluating Mode Effects
Organizer: n/a
Chair: Sylvia K. Fisher, U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics

Decision Making of Survey Respondents - S. James Press and Judith M. Tanur

Respondent-Generated Intervals In An HMO Survey: Preliminary Results - Diane Miller and S. James Press

Assessment of Mode-Effects in a Web-enabled Study of Civic Attitudes - Glen Laird, Elizabeth Wiebe, Paul Pulliam, Lisa Thalji, and Vicki Huggins

Asking Questions about Diseases: How Questionnaire Design Changes Impact the Chronic Disease Data of the Medicare Current Beneficiary Survey - Sophia Chan

Evaluating Mode Effects in the Medicare CAHPS Fee-For-Service Survey - Norma Pugh, Vincent Iannacchione, Trang Lance, and Linda Dimitropoulos

4. Estimating Variance in the Presence of Missing Data
Organizer: n/a
Chair: Michael P. Cohen, U.S. Department of Transportation

Accounting for Imputation When Estimating Variances in the Economic Surveys at the Census Bureau - Patrick J. Cantwell

On the Formation of Weighting Adjustment Cells for Unit Nonresponse - Sonya Vartivarian and Roderick J. Little

Variance Estimation for Nearest Neighbor Imputation With Application to Census Long Form Data - Jae Kwang Kim

Linearization Variance Estimators for Survey Data with Missing Responses - A. Demnati and J.N.K. Rao

A Simulation Study To Evaluate The Robustness Of Recent Methods For Preparing Variance Estimates In The Presence Of Hot Deck Imputation - Michael Sinclair, Nuria Diaz-Tena, and Lap-Ming Wun

Assessing the Impact of Imputation on the Sampling Variance of the U.S. Consumer Price Index - Sylvia G. Leaver and William E. Larson

5. Methodological and Analytical Advances in Tax Statistics
Organizer: Thomas B. Petska, Internal Revenue Service
Chair: Thomas B. Petska, Internal Revenue Service

Using Auxiliary Information to Adjust for Non-Response in Weighting a Linked Sample of Administrative Records - Barry W. Johnson and Paul B. McMahon

Analysis of the 1998 Gift Tax Panel Study - Martha Britton Eller and Tamara L. Rib

Salaries and Wages and Deferred Income, 1989-1999 - Peter Sailer, Ellen Yau, Kurt Gurka, and Michael Weber

6. Estimation Techniques for Sample Surveys
Organizer: n/a
Chair: Steve H. Cohen, U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics

Combining Samples vs. Cumulating Cases: A Comparison of Two Weighting Strategies in NLSY97 - Colm O'Muircheartaigh and Steven Pedlow

Combined Estimates from Four Quarterly Survey Data Sets - Esther M. Friedman, Don Jang, and Thomas V. Williams

Penalized Chi Square Distance Function in Survey Sampling - Patrick J. Farrell and Sarjinder Singh

7. Economic Surveys
Organizer: n/a
Chair: Paul B. McMahon, Internal Revenue Service

PPS vs. Stratified Sampling in Modern Audits - Wendy Rotz, Eric Falk, Ryan Petska, and Jinhee Yang

Methods Used to Develop Retail and Wholesale Time Series Under the North American Industry Classification System - Michael Z. Shimberg, Ruth E. Detlefsen, and William C. Davie, Jr.

The Redesign of the Quarterly Retail Commodity Survey - Catherine Dufour and Hélène Bérard

Flexible Matching Imputation in the Manufactured Homes Survey - Bonnie E. Kegan and Todd R. Williams

Incentives in a Business Survey: A Study in Improving Response Rates - Aljoscha F. Kaplan and Glenn D. White, Jr.

8. More than One Race Reporting in Census 2000: Methodological Implications for Data Collection and Application
Organizer: Claudette E. Bennett, U.S. Census Bureau
Chair: Claudette E. Bennett, U.S. Census Bureau

Study of Responses to the Census 2000 Race Question Instruction: "Mark One or More Races" and Bridging to Single Race Distributions - David Hubble, James Poyer, and Michael Bentley

9. Statistical and Sample Design Research at the National Center for Health Statistics
Organizer: Trena Ezzati-Rice, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
Chair: Trena Ezzati-Rice, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

Proposals for Adaptive and Link-Tracing Sampling Designs in Health Surveys - Myron J. Katzoff, Monroe G. Sirken, and Steven K. Thompson

Sample Design Research for the National Nursing Home Survey - Karen E. Davis

Methods to Improve the Precision of Health Statistics for Non-Hispanic Asians in the National Health Interview Survey - Carrie Jones, Chris Moriarity, Karen Davis, and Joe Fred Gonzalez, Jr.

Approximation of Variable Costs for the National Hospital Ambulatory Medical Care Survey - Iris Shimizu and Feng Lan

National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey Limiting the Risk of Data Disclosure Using Replication Techniques in Variance Estimation - Sylvia Dohrmann, Lester R. Curtin, Leyla Mohadjer, Jill Montaquila, and Thanh Le

10. Assessing Sources of Nonsampling Errors in Surveys
Organizer: n/a
Chair: Arthur J. Kendall, Social Research Consultants

Analysis of Questionnaire Errors in Survey Measurements of Census Coverage - Elizabeth A. Martin, Robert E. Fay, and Elizabeth A. Krejsa

The Census of Canada: The Dwelling Classification Study - Peter Dick

Error Profile for PES-C as Implemented in the 2000 A.C.E. - Mary H. Mulry and Rita J. Petroni

Nonsampling Error in a Survey of Department of Defense Health Care Beneficiaries - Nancy A. Clusen, Eric Schone, Daniel Kasprzyk, and Thomas V. Williams

11. Administrative Records in Government Surveys
Organizer: n/a
Chair: Virginia Lesser, Oregon State University

Evaluating the Accuracy of 1993 SIPP Earnings Through the Use of Matched Social Security Administrative Data - Benjamin Bridges, Linda Del Bene, and Michael V. Leonesio

Longitudinal Attrition in SIPP and SPD - Denton Vaughan and Fritz Scheuren

Decision Criteria For Using Automated Coding In Survey Processing - Daniel W. Gillman

Dual System Estimates of Housing Units Based on Administrative Records - James E. Farber

Proxies in Administrative Records Surveys - Paul B. McMahon

12. Controlled Selection and Allocation in Sampling
Organizer: n/a
Chair: David Chapman, FDIC

Sample Allocation and Selection for the National Compensation Survey - Lawrence R. Ernst, Christopher J. Guciardo, Chester H. Ponikowski, and Jason Tehonica

Allocating Sample to Strata Proportional to Aggregate Measure of Size with Both Upper and Lower Bounds on the Number of Units in Each Stratum - Lawrence R. Ernst and Christopher J. Guciardo

Optimizing Solution Sets in Two-way Controlled Selection Problems - Sun-Woong Kim, Steven G. Heeringa, and Peter Solenberger

Maximizing Retention of Primary Sampling Units (PSUs) in a Two-PSU Per Stratum Design - Jay J. Kim, Danielle R. Corteville, and Patrick E. Flanagan

Pair Sampling in Household Surveys - James R. Chromy and Michael A. Penne

Sampling Methods Related to Bernoulli and Poisson Sampling - Dhiren Ghosh and Andrew Vogt

On the Use of Auxiliary Data in Poisson Sampling - M.A. Hidiroglou and John G. Slanta

13. Sampling, Nontelephone Adjustment and Imputation Methods in RDD Surveys
Organizer: Meena Khare, National Center for Health Statistics
Chair: David C. Hoaglin, Abt Associates, Inc.

Evaluation of a Proceedure Based on Interruptions in Telephone Service for Reducing Coverage Bias in RDD Surveys - K.P. Srinath, Michael P. Battaglia, Martin R. Frankel, Meena Khare, and Wenxing Zha

Improving Income Imputation by Using Partial Income Information and Ecological Variables - Michael P. Battaglia, David C. Hoaglin, David Izrael, Meena Khare, and Ali Mokdad

14. The Hispanic Population in Census 2000
Organizer: Kevin Deardorff, U.S. Census Bureau
Chair: Kevin Deardorff, U.S. Census Bureau

Comparison of Edit and Imputation Procedures for the Question on Hispanic Origin: 1990 Census and Census 2000 - Arthur Cresce

15. Quality Assurance in the U.S. Census 2000
Organizer: Jennifer W. Reichert, U.S. Census Bureau
Chair: Jean Opsomer, Iowa State University

Evaluation of the Census 2000 Quality Assurance Philosophy and Approach - Broderick E. Oliver, Daniel Levine, David Marker, and David Morganstein

Quality Assurance Approaches to Census 2000 Address Listing Efforts - Carrie Lyn Johanson

Quality Assurance for Census 2000 Enumeration Operations - Jennifer W. Reichert and Rebecca I. Piegari

16. Data Confidentiality and Access Issues Among Federal Agencies
Organizer: Jacob Bournazian, U.S. Department of Energy
Chair: George Duncan, Carnegie Mellon University

Access to Confidential Statistical Agency Data - Stephen H. Cohen

17. Replication Methods for Estimating Variance
Organizer: n/a
Chair: Jay Kim, Loma Linda University

Jackknife Variance Estimation for Two-Phase Samples with High Sampling Fractions - Hyunshik Lee and Jae-Kwang Kim

A Weighted Jackknife MSPE Estimator in Small-area Estimation - Shijie Chen and P. Lahiri

The Effect of Multiple Weighting Steps on Variance Estimation - Richard Valliant

Variance Estimation From Calibrated Samples - Douglas Willson, Paul Kirnos, Jim Gallagher, and Anka Wagner

Evaluating the Effect of Sample Size Changes on Scoring System Performance Using Bootstraps and Random Samples - William Wong and Chih-Chin Ho

18. Evaluating and Addressing Nonresponse in Surveys
Organizer: n/a
Chair: Arthur Blank, Albert Einstein College of Medicine

Using a Short Follow-up Survey to Compare Respondents and Nonrespondents - Timothy Triplett, Adam Safir, Kevin Wang, Rebecca Steinbach, and Simon Pratt

Model-assisted Weighting for Surveys with Multiple Response Mode - Eric V. Slud

19. Quality and Responsibility in Government Surveys
Organizer: n/a
Chair: Fritz Scheuren, NORC/University of Chicago

The Interview Process Model and the Concept of Interviewer Burden - Lilli Japec

Interviewers and Data Quality: Evidence from the 2001 Survey of Consumer Finances - Arthur B. Kennickell

Embedded Experiments in Sample Surveys at Statistics Sweden: The Development of an Experimentation Manual - Martin Karlberg, Anette Björnram, Ing-Mari Boynton, Birgitta Göransson, and Peter Lundquist

National Center for Health Statistics Quality Guidelines - Kenneth W. Harris

NCES and the Patriot Act: An Early Appraisal of Facts and Issues - William Seltzer and Margo Anderson

20. The Census Adjustment Decision for Census 2000 and Key Findings from the Accuracy and Coverage Evaluation
Organizer: Tamara Adams, U.S. Census Bureau
Chair: Howard Hogan, U.S. Census Bureau

Chronologic Overview of the Census 2000 Adjustment Decision - David C. Whitford

Results of the Person Followup/Evaluation Followup Review for the Census 2000 Accuracy and Coverage Evaluation - Tamara S. Adams and Elizabeth A. Krejsa

Person Duplication in Census 2000 - Vincent Thomas Mule, Jr.

Enumeration Status of E-sample Duplicates Outside the Accuracy and Coverage Evaluation Search Area for Census 2000 - Roxanne Feldpausch and Vincent Mule

Probabilistic Models for Detecting Census Person Duplication - Robert E. Fay

21. Privacy, Confidentiality, and Data Access
Organizer: Virginia A. de Wolf, National Academy of Sciences; Jay Casselberry, U.S. Department of Energy
Chair: Jay Casselberry, U.S. Department of Energy

The Dissemination of Data Among Statistical Offices and Data Access for Research Purposes. The Case of Italy - Luigi Biggeri

Confidentiality, Disclosure, and Data Access: Excerpts from a Summary of a Conference - Pat Doyle

22. The Challenge of Measuring Welfare Reform: Examples from the SPD
Organizer: Robert A. Kominski, U.S. Census Bureau
Chair: Robert A. Kominski, U.S. Census Bureau

Complex Data - Complex Problems: Welfare Reform and the Survey of Program Dynamics - Peter Fronczek, Pat Doyle, Robert Kominski, and Charles Nelson

Participation in Public Assistance Programs, 1993-1997: A First Look at the Survey of Program Dynamics (SPD) - John J. Hisnanick

Parental Coresidence Transitions for Children in the Years Surrounding Welfare Reform: Evidence from the Survey of Program Dynamics - Rose M. Kreider

23. Estimation Issues in Public Policy
Organizer: n/a
Chair: Julia L. Bienias, Rush Presbyterian-St. Luke's Medical Center

The Characteristics of Persons Reporting State Children's Health Insurance Program Coverage in the March 2001 Current Population Survey - Charles Nelson and Robert Mills

Health Insurance Estimates for States - Robin Fisher and Jennifer Campbell

Estimating the Proportion of Uninsured Persons at the County Level: Exploring the Use of Additional Covariates in a Synthetic Estimates System - Carole Popoff, Brett O'Hara, and D.H. Judson

Counting Custodial Fathers: The Role of Imputation and Survey Probes in Identifying Custodial Fathers in the CPS-CSS - Heather Koball and Laura Wheaton

County-Specific Life Tables - Balkrishna Kale, David Egan-Robertson, Charles Palit, and Paul Voss

24. Survey Panels and Longitudinal Analysis
Organizer: n/a
Chair: Michael D. Sinclair, Mathematica Policy Research, Inc.

Predictors of Nonresponse In a Longitudinal Survey of Adolescents - William D. Kalsbeek, Juan Yang, and Robert P. Agans

Examining Additional Nonresponse Bias Introduced Through Attrition - Jonaki Bose and Jerry West

Examples of Longitudinal Analyses Using the Medical Expenditure Panel Survey (MEPS) - Janet C. Greenblatt

Evaluation of Differential Sampling in the Knowledge Networks Panel: What is the Effect on Coverage, Variance and Bias for Key Statistics? - Vicki J. Huggins, Xiuli Tang, and Mikyoung Park

An Evaluation of Nonresponse Bias in Internet Surveys Conducted Using the Knowledge Networks Panel - Vicki J. Huggins, Michael J. Dennis, and Katya Seryakova

25. Topics in Record Linkage
Organizer: Malay Ghosh, University of Florida
Chair: Malay Ghosh, University of Florida

Methods for Record Linkage and Bayesian Networks - William E. Winkler

Improving EM Algorithm Estimates for Record Linkage Parameters - William E. Yancey

Comments on Heirarchical Bayesian Record Linkage - Michael Larsen

Modelling Issues in Record Linkage: A Bayesian Perspective - Marco Fortini, Brunero Liseo, and Mauro Scanu

26. Seasonal Time Series
Organizer: William Bell, U.S. Census Bureau
Chair: Ka Sing Man, Syracuse University

Generalizations of the Box-Jenkins Airline Model - David F. Findley, Donald E.K. Martin, and Kellie C. Willis

Improving the Automatic RegARIMA Model Selection Procedures of X-12-ARIMA Version 0.3 - Kathleen M. McDonald-Johnson, Thuy Trang T. Nguyen, Catherine C. Hood, and Brian C. Monsell

Comparison of Time Series Characteristics for Seasonal Adjustments from SEATS and X-12-ARIMA - Catherine C. Hood

Investigating Model-Based Time Series Methods to Improve Estimates from Monthly Value of Construction Put-in-Place Surveys - Thuy Trang T. Nguyen, William R. Bell, and James M. Gomish

27. Assessing and Reducing Nonresponse Error in Household Surveys
Organizer: John Dixon, U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
Chair: John Czajka, Mathematica Policy Research, Inc.

Measuring Survey Nonresponse by Race and Ethnicity - Deborah H. Griffin

Item response Rates: One Indicator of How Well We Measure Income - B.K. Atrostic and Charlene Kalenkoski

The Effects of Item and Unit Nonresponse on Estimates of Labor Force Participation - John Dixon

The Effect of Administrative Record Use Notification on Social Security Number Reports - Courtney N. Stapleton

Interviewer Training to Increase Survey Participation - Eileen M. O'Brien, Thomas S. Mayer, Robert M. Groves, and Grace E. O'Neill

28. Frames and Coverage in Sample Surveys
Organizer: n/a
Chair: Frank Potter, Mathematica Policy Research, Inc.

Using the Census 2000/2001 Supplementary Survey as a Sampling Frame for the National Epidemiological Survey on Alcohol and Related Conditions - Marie Stetser, Jana Shepherd, and Thomas F. Moore

Dual Frame Sample Design for a National Sample of Veterans - G. Hussain Choudhry, Inho Park, and Tiandong Li

Sampling Children for a Study of the State Children's Health Insurance Program - Mourad Touzani, Frank Potter, and Amy Zambrowski

The Effect of HU/GQ Duplication on the American Community Survey - Rob Rothhaas

29. Establishment-Based Employment Surveys
Organizer: Larry L. Huff, U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
Chair: George Stamas, U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics

Numerical Comparison of Small Domain Estimators Computed from Current Employment Statistics Data - R.M. Harter, J. Gershunskaya, J.L. Eltinge, L. Huff, and S. Lehan

Use of Auxiliary Information to Evaluate a Synthetic Estimator in the U.S. Current Employment Statistics Program - J. Gershunskaya, J.L. Eltinge and L. Huff

Exploratory Analysis of Generalized Variance Function Models for the U.S. Current Employment Survey - Larry L. Huff, John L. Eltinge, and Julie Gershunskaya

Evaluation of Generalized Variance Function Estimators for the U.S. Current Employment Survey - Moon J. Cho, John L.Eltinge, Julie Gershunskaya, and Larry Huff

Recent Experiences in Survey Coordination and Sample Rotation within Monthly Business Establishment Surveys - Mark Crankshaw, Laurie Kujawa, and George Stamas

30. The Social Security Administration's Disability Survey: Recommendations from the National Academy of Sciences' Committee
Organizer: Gooloo S. Wunderlich, National Academy of Sciences; Brian Greenberg, Social Security Administration
Chair: Gooloo S. Wunderlich, National Academy of Sciences

31. The Contributions of Leslie Kish to Survey Sampling
Organizer: James M. Lepkowski, University of Michigan
Chair: Graham Kalton, Westat, Inc.

32. Data Quality
Organizer: n/a
Chair: Jonaki Bose, U.S. Department of Education

Evaluation of Data from the American Community Survey and the Current Population Survey - Stephen Wenck and Sameena Salvucci

Data Quality Assessment Methodolody: A Framework - Eugene M. Burns, Purificacion O. MacDonald, and Amrut Champaneri

The Choice of Age Groupings May Affect the Quality of Tabular Presentations - Carl E. Pierchala

Standard Error Calculation for HUD Property Physical Inspection Scores - Shawn Jacobson

Influential Observations in the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, 1999-2000 - Margaret D. Carroll and Lester R. Curtain

33. The Design and Redesign of Sample Surveys
Organizer: n/a
Chair: Ibrahim Yansaneh, United Nations

Afghan Refugee Camp Surveys: Pakistan,2002 - James Bell, David Nolle, Ruth Citrin, and Fritz Scheuren

Evaluating the Success of Telecommuting at the Census Bureau - Jennifer A. Guarino and Julie A. Bouffard

The New Design for the EIA-878 Gasoline Price Survey - Pedro J. Saavedra, Paula Weir, Benita O'Colmain, Tracy Churchill, and Ewa Carlton

Redesign of the Medicare Current Beneficiary Survey Sample - Annie Lo, Adam Chu, and Richard Apodaca

Sampling and Analysis Plan for a National Fluoride Study - Charles R. Perry, Jr., Michael E. Bellow, and Pamela R. Pehrsson

34. Imputation in Surveys
Organizer: n/a
Chair: Thomas Brundage, Oregon Public Health

Item Imputation with the Discrete Edit System - Yves Thibaudeau, Bor Chung Chen, and William E. Winkler

Selective Multiple Imputation of Keys for Statistical Disclosure Control in Microdata - Fang Liu and Roderick J.A. Little

Imputation of Persons Not Interviewed in Household Travel Surveys - Michael P. Cohen

Synthesis of Alternate Evaluation Measures of Public Education Campaigns - David Judkins and Paul Zador

35. Using Secondary Data to Assess Disparities in Health Care Quality
Organizer: Arlene S. Bierman, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
Chair: Steven B. Cohen, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

Racial Disparities in HEDIS Measures of Health Care Quality - Alan M. Zaslavsky, Eric C. Schneider, and Arnold Epstein

Evaluation of the Capacity for More Detailed Analyses of Geographic Variation in Select Healthcare Measures Using the Medical Expenditure Panel Survey - Marc W. Zodet

36. Census 2000 Housing Unit Coverage
Organizer: Diane Barrett, U.S. Census Bureau
Chair: Frank Vitrano, U.S. Census Bureau

Census 2000 Housing Unit Coverage Study - Diane F. Barrett, Michael Beaghen, Damon Smith, and Joseph Burcham

Measuring Consistency of Post-stratification Variables for Housing Units in the Census 2000 Accuracy and Coverage Evaluation - Joseph Burcham

Housing Unit Duplication in the 2000 Decennial Census - John Jones

37. The Administrative Records Experiment in 2000
Organizer: Jana Asher, Carnegie Mellon University
Chair: Paul Siegel, U.S. Census Bureau

Methods for Conducting An Administrative Records Experiment in Census 2000 - Charlene Leggieri, Arona Pistiner, and James Farber

Administrative Records Experiment in 2000: Outcomes Evaluation - Harley K. Heimovitz

Evaluating the Ability of Administrative Records Databases to Replicate Census 2000 Results at the Household Level - D.H. Judson and Mark Bauder

The Administrative Records Experiment in 2000: An Application to Population Count Estimation via Triple Systems Estimation - Jana Asher and Stephen E. Fienberg

38. Conducting Membership Surveys in an Era of Technological and Demographic Change
Organizer: Roberta L. Sangster, U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
Chair: Roberta L. Sangster, U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics

39. Variance Estimation in Government Surveys
Organizer: n/a
Chair: Elizabeth A. Stasny, Ohio State University

Evaluation of Descriptive Analyses of Survey Variances and Confidence Interval Widths - D.S. Jang and J.L. Eltinge

Simplified Variance Estimation for Complex Surveys - Eric Schindler

Variance Estimation for Census 2000 A.C.E. Subsamples - Douglas Olson

Overview of the U.S. Census 2000 Long Form Weighting - Steven P. Hefter and Philip M. Gbur

Overview of the U.S. Census 2000 Long Form Direct Variance Estimation - Philip M. Gbur and Lisa D. Fairchild

Using Isotonic Regression to Smooth State-Level Variance Estimates from a National Complex-Design Survey - Van L. Parsons and Thu M. Hoang

40. Issues Related to the Meausurement of Consumer Expenditure and Assets
Organizer: n/a
Chair: Jun Liu, RTI International

Developing a Core Classification System for U.S. Personal Consumption Data - Dale A. Smith and Mary Lynn Schmidt

Estimation and Analysis of Variance Components for the Revised CPI Housing Sample - Owen J. Shoemaker

Redesigning the Consumer Price Index Area Sample - William H. Johnson, Owen J. Shoemaker, and Yeon W. Rhee

Determining Within-PSU Sample Sizes for the Consumer Expenditure Survey - Sylvia Johnson-Herring, Sharon Krieger, and David Swanson

41. GSS/SRMS/SS Student Paper Competition Award Session
Organizer: Robert L. Santos, NuStats
Chair: Robert L. Santos, NuStats

Two-stage Sample Design with Small Clusters - Robert G. Clark and David G. Steel

42. Statistical Data Editing and Imputation
Organizer: William E. Winkler, U.S. Census Bureau
Chair: Yves Thibaudeau, U.S. Census Bureau

Conversion of Multiple Survey Systems' Edits and Imputation to StEPS - Paula Weir

Implied Edit Generation and Error Localization for Ratio and Balancing Edits - Maria Garcia

Elimination in Linear Editing and Error Localization - Stanley S. Weng

Imputation of Demographic Variables from the 2001 Canadian Census of Population - Patrick Mason, Michael Bankier, and Paul Poirier

A Comparison Study of ACS If-Then-Else, NIM, and DISCRETE Edit and Imputation Systems Using ACS Data - Bor-Chung Chen, Yves Thibaudeau, and William E. Winkler

43. Issues in Statistical Disclosure I
Organizer: Virginia A. de Wolf, National Academy of Sciences; Jay Casselberry, U.S. Department of Energy
Chair: Cynthia Clark, U.S. Census Bureau

Simulation Study for the Effectiveness of Masking Microdata with Mixtures of Multivariate Normal Distributions - Sam Hawala

Determining Proper Confidentiality for Multiple Time of Day Reports - Rich Allen

Assessing Disclosure Protection for A SOI Public Use File - Marianne Winglee, Richard Valliant, Jay Clark, Yunhee Lim, Michael Weber, and Michael Strudler

44. Calibration and Other Approaches to Estimation in Sample Surveys
Organizer: n/a
Chair: Lawrence R. Ernst, U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics

Maximum Likelihood Estimation for Complex Survey Data - Hee-Choon Shin

A Practical Use for Instrumental-Variable Calibration - Phillip S. Kott

Redesign of Current Population Survey Composite Weighting - Edwin L. Robison, Martha Duff, Brandon Schneider, and Harland Shoemaker

Redesign of Current Population Survey Raking to Control Totals - Edwin L. Robison, Martha Duff, Brandon Schneider, and Harland Shoemaker

45. Cost and Productivity Measures
Organizer: n/a
Chair: Ward Kay, National Institute of Health

Costs, Prices, and Mark-up Indicators in the Italian National Accounts System - Filippo Moauro and Roberta Piergiovanni

Accounting for Business Births and Deaths in CES: Bias vs. Net Birth/Death Modeling - Jurgen Kropf, Sharon Strifas, and Monica Traetow

Assessing the Accuracy of the Median in a Stratified Double Stage Cluster Sample by Means of a Nonparametric Confidence Interval: Application to the Swiss Earnings Structure Survey - Monique Graf

Evaluating the BLS Labor Force Projections to 2000 - Howard N. Fullerton, Jr.

Using EEO-1 Data to Examine Gender-Based Occupation Segregation by Industry - Bliss Cartwright and Patrick Ronald Edwards

46. Improving Response to Surveys
Organizer: n/a
Chair: Melissa Matzke, Unilever Research US

A New Multinomial Distribution Approach To a Quantitative Randomized Response Technique - Jong-Min Kim and William Warde

Questionnaire Biases of Illicit Drug Use Survey Estimates the Depend on Reports of Close Friends - Monroe G. Sirken

The Political Economy of Privacy Among Special Populations: The Power Factor - Melinda Crowley

The Impact of Prompting on Response Rates: Experience with Touchtone Reporting in the CES Program - Richard Rosen, Ralf Hertwig, and Tony Gomes

47. Telephone Coverage and Random Digit Dialing (RDD)
Organizer: n/a
Chair: Brenda G. Cox, RoperASW

The Changes and Trends in Telephone Household Coverage - Sun-Woong Kim and James M. Lepkowski

Weighting for Nontelephone Households in the 2001 California Health Interview Survey - Ismael Flores-Cervantes, J. Michael Brick, Michael E. Jones, Charles DiSogra, and Wei Yen

Sampling Race and Ethnic Groups in RDD Surveys - W. Sherman Edwards, J. Michael Brick, Ismael Flores-Cervantes, Charles DiSogra, and Wei Yen

Resolvability, Screening and Response Models in RDD Surveys: Utilizing Genesys Telephone-Exchange Data - Ronghua (Cathy) Lu, John Hall, and Stephen Williams

48. Model-Assisted and Design-Based Sampling Approaches In Sampling of Natural Resources
Organizer: Loveday L. Conquest, National Research Center for Statistics and the Environment/University of Washington
Chair: Loveday L. Conquest, National Research Center for Statistics and the Environment/University of Washington

49. A.C.E. Evaluations
Organizer: Rita Petroni, U.S. Census Bureau
Chair: Rita Petroni, U.S. Census Bureau

Conditioning of Census 2000 Data Collected in Accuracy and Coverage Evaluation Block Clusters - Katie Bench and Anne T. Kearney

Matching Error in the 2000 Accuracy and Coverage Evaluation - Susanne L. Bean

Alternatives of the A.C.E. Missing Data Evaluation - Anne T. Kearney, Donald H. Keathley, Thomas R. Belin, and Rita J. Petroni

Analysis of the Missing Data Alternatives for the 2000 A.C.E. - Don Keathley, Tom Belin, William Bell, Anne Kearney, and Rita Petroni

Loss Function Adjustment Accounting for Synthetic Bias to Evaluate Coverage Measurement for Census 2000 - Richard Griffin

50. Stratification, Area Sampling and Burden
Organizer: n/a
Chair: Arnold P. Reznek, U.S. Census Bureau

Evaluation of a Two-Phase Approach to Segment Selection for Area Probability Samples Late in a Decade - Leyla Mohadjer, Jill Montaquila, and Erica Sherris

Estimating Potato Area Using Aerial Surveillance - Chantal Belley, Wesley Yung, and Richard Dobbins

Studies in Multivariate Stratification: Similarity Analysis vs. Friedman-Rubin - David J. Fitch and Roberto Molina-Cruz

Permanent Random Number Technique to Minimize Response Burden in Repeated Surveys - Darryl Creel, Don Jang, Daniel Kasprzyk, and Thomas Williams

When, Why, and How to Develop Widely Used Standard Software for Area Sampling - Thomas Krenzke and James Green

Developing Primary Sampling Unit (PSU) Formation Software - James L. Green, Sadeq Chowdhury, and Thomas Krenzke

51. Surveys of Schools and Education
Organizer: n/a
Chair: Karol Krotki, NuStats

Sample Design and Estimation Procedures for the Office for Civil Rights, U.S. Department of Education Elementary and Secondary Compliance Reports - Joseph Croos, Adam Chu, and Peter McCabe

Improving the Coverage of Private Elementary-Secondary Schools - Toni M. Warner, Betty J. Jackson, Courtney L. Daniels, and Nancy R. Johnson

Developing A Model For Nonresponse Bias Analysis - Maxime Bokossa, Sameena Salvucci, Dhirendra Ghosh, Marilyn McMillen, Steven Kaufman, and Daniel Kasprzyk

Charter Schools' Status in the 1999-2000 Schools and Staffing Surveys - Randall Parmer, Betty Jackson, Kerry Gruber, and Greg Strizek

Statistical Power Analysis for NAEP Combined National and State Samples - Jiahe Qian, Bruce Kaplan, Vincent Weng, and Lloyd Hicks

Design Effects in School Surveys - William H. Robb and Ronaldo Iachan

52. Issues in Statistical Disclosure II
Organizer: Jay Casselberry, U.S. Department of Energy; Virginia A. de Wolf, National Academy of Sciences
Chair: S. Lynne Stokes, Southern Methodist University

Software for Tabular Data Protection - Joe Fred Gonzalez, Jr. and Lawrence H. Cox

Optimization Models and Programs for Cell Suppression in Statistical Tables - Paul B. Massell

53. Race and Ethnicity in 2000: Results from Census 2000 and the Census Supplementary Survey
Organizer: Deborah Harner Griffin, U.S. Census Bureau
Chair: Brian A. Harris-Kojetin, Office of Management and Budget

Overview of Results of New Race and Hispanic Origin Questions in Census 2000 - Jorge del Pinal, Elizabeth Martin, Claudette Bennett, and Art Cresce

Race and Hispanic Origin Data: A Comparison of Results from the Census 2000 Supplementary Survey and Census 2000 - Claudette E. Bennett and Deborah H. Griffin

How Consistent is Race Reporting Between the Census and the Census 2000 Supplementary Survey? - David A. Raglin and Theresa F. Leslie

Interviewers' Reported Behaviors in Collecting Race and Hispanic Origin Data - Laurie Schwede, Theresa F. Leslie, and Deborah H. Griffin

54. Sample Concerns for Telephone Surveys
Organizer: Roberta L. Sangster, U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
Chair: William Mockovak, U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics

55. Labor Force Characteristics and Measurement Issues
Organizer: n/a
Chair: Alan H. Dorfman, U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics

Modeling the Dynamics of the Nonmetro Distribution of Wage and Salary Income as a Function of its Mean - John Angle

A Note on the Effects of Extreme Price Values on Price Indexes - Janice Lent

Comparison of Variance Estimation Techniques for a Price Index with Dependent Weights - Richard W. Toftness

56. Small Area Estimation
Organizer: n/a
Chair: Hee-Choon Shin, Temple University

Small Area Estimation for the Medical Expenditure Panel Survey - Insurance Component (MEPS - IC) - Steven Riesz and John Sommers

Nonlinear Mixed Effects Cross-Sectional and Time Series Models for Unemployment Rate Estimation - Yong You, Edward Chen, and Jack Gambino

A Hierarchical Bayes Generalization of the Fay-Herriot Method to Unit Level Nonlinear Mixed Models for Small Area Estimation - A.C. Singh, R.E. Folsom, and A.K. Vaish

Comparing Alternative Models for Using Decennial Census Data in SAIPE State Poverty Estimates - Elizabeth T. Huang and William R. Bell

Reweighting a National Database to Improve the Accuracy of State Estimates - Allen L. Schirm and Alan M. Zaslavsky

Small Area Estimation Under a Restriction - Junyuan Wang and Wayne A. Fuller

57. The American Community Survey: Sampling, Estimation, and Data Quality Issues
Organizer: Alfredo Navarro, U.S. Census Bureau
Chair: Charles Alexander, U.S. Census Bureau

Alternative Oversampling Options for Low Mail Response Areas in the American Community Survey - Anthony Tersine and Mark Asiala

Coverage and Completeness in the Census 2000 Supplementary Survey - Michael Starsinic and Keith Albright

Effect of Housing Unit Controls on Survey Estimates - Keith Albright

58. Data Collection Issues
Organizer: n/a
Chair: Nancy Bates, U.S. Census Bureau

Statistics from Group Quarters Enumeration - Kimball Jonas

Conducting the Decennial Census on the Navajo Indian Reservation 1990 and 2000 - William wayne Hatcher, Jr.

Using Internet-based Surveys to Measure Customer Satisfaction - Sameena Salvucci, Albert Parker, Stephen Wenck, Samuel Peng, and Arnold Goldstein

A Comparison of Job Openings Surveys: Concepts and Survey Design - Kelly A. Clark and Mary Anne Phillips

Automated Data Collection Strategies for the Covered Employment and Wages (CEW) Program - Michael A. Searson

New Data Collections Using Touchtone Data Entry - Sudarshan Jakhu and E. Mark Sauer

59. Design Effects, Variances, and Power Curves in Sample Surveys
Organizer: n/a
Chair: Ronaldo Iachan, ORC Macro

Using the Bootstrap in a Two-Stage Nested Complex Sample Design - Steven Kaufman

Decomposing Design Effects - Thanh Le, J. Michael Brick, and Graham Kalton

Decomposing Design Effects for Stratified Sampling - Jun Liu, Vince Iannacchione, and Margie Byron

Evaluation of Inferential Performance Through Confidence Bounds for Power Curves - Amang S. Sukasih and John L. Eltinge

60. Seasonal Adjustment
Organizer: n/a
Chair: Amit Sen, University of Missouri, Rolla

Smoothing Seasonally Adjusted Time Series - Estela Bee Dagum and Alessandra Luati

Concurrent Seasonal Adjustment for Industry Employment Statistics - Jurgen Kropf, Christopher Manning, Kirk Mueller, and Stuart Scott

Estimated Variance of Seasonally Adjusted Series - William P. Cleveland

Intraday Stock Return Distribution for Black-Scholes Option Pricing - Daniel W. Tsang and Tak David Cheung

Contributed Posters

Practical Methods for Electric Power Survey Data - James R. Knaub, Jr.

Design Effect Variation for Estimates Derived from the MEPS (1996-1998) - William Yu

Editing the 2001 Survey of Consumer Finances - Ryan Bledsoe and Gerhard Fries

Area Sampling for Post-secondary Institutions - Ronaldo Iachan, Pedro Saavedra, and Stephen Kauffman

A Refined LARDD Design in the PR Telephone Point of Purchase Survey - Sonia Balet, Charles Mason, and Carlos Toro Vizcarrondo

Papers Presented at the 57th Annual Conference of the American Association for Public Opinion Research
& World Association for Public Opinion Research
May 14-19, 2002
St. Pete Beach, Florida

Improving Field Interviewer Performance: The Effects of Shadowing - Kristina Ahlen, Tim Flanigan, and Celia Eicheldinger

Measuring HIV/STD Risk in Populations: Results of a Pilot Telephone Survey Conducted in 2 states in 2001 - John E. Anderson, Sheila Knight, and Ronald Fichtner

Surveying Teens: Issues Related to Data Collection in Substance Abuse Surveys - Trent Buskirk, Jennifer Joseph, and Karen Nylund

Applying AAPOR's Final Disposition Codes and Outcome Rates to the 2000 Utah College's Exit Poll - Melaney Slater and Howard Christensen

Assessing Respondents' Need for Clarification in Web Surveys Using Age-Based User Modeling - Tania F. Coiner, Michael F. Schober, Frederick G. Conrad, and Patrick Ehlen

How Does Proxy Acquisition and Expertise Influence Survey Reports? - Monica L. Dashen

What Does It Really Mean to Be User-Friendly When Designing an Expenditure Survey? - Jeanette Davis, Linda Stinson, and Nhien To

Computer Assisted Pretesting of Telephone Interview Questionnaires (CATIQ) - Marc Deutschmann, Frank Faulbaum, and Martin Kleudgen

Nonresponse Bias in the Consumer Expenditure Quarterly Survey - John Dixon

AAPOR Roundtable: Improving Income Measurement - Pat Doyle

A Comparison of Two Behavior Coding Systems for Pretesting Questionnaires - W. Sherman Edwards, Vasudha Narayanan, Stephanie Fry, Joseph A. Catania, and Lance M. Pollack

Using On-Site Coordinators to Encourage Physician Response to a Mail Survey - Patricia M. Gallagher and Carol A. Cosenza

Does This Question Work? Evaluating Cognitive Interview Results Using Respondent Debriefing Questions - Kristen A. Hughes and Theresa J. DeMaio

Respondent Debriefings of Mail Surveys: Real People in the Real World - Matthew Jans and Carol Cosenza

Use of Web-Based Data Collection to Supplement and Improve Mail Survey Response Rates - Randall Keesling

Telephone Household Non-Coverage and Mobile Telephones - Sun Woong Kim and James M. Lepkowski

Tiered Incentive Payments: Getting the Most Bang for Your Buck - Martha D. Kovac and Jason Markesich

Understanding the Effects of Interviewer Behavior on the Collection of Race Data - Theresa Leslie, David Raglin, and Laurie Schwede

A Test of Responsive Virtual Human Technology as an Interviewer Skills Training Tool - Michael W. Link, Polly P. Armsby, Robert Hubal, and Curry I. Guinn

Mode Effects in Web Surveys - Katja Lozar Manfreda and Vasja Vehovar

Participation in Telephone Pre-Recruited Web Surveys - Katja Lozar Manfreda, Silvia Biffignandi, Monica Pratesi, and Vasja Vehovar

The Impact of Interviewer Characteristics on Survey Participation Findings from NSCAW - Frank J. Mierzwa, Rob McCracken, Russ Vandermaas-Peeler, and Christine D. Tronnier

Bayesian Estimation of a Proportion Under Nonignorable Nonresponse - Balgobin Nandram and Jai Won Choi

Traditional and Enhanced Field Listing for Probability Sampling - Colm O'Muircheartaigh, Stephanie Eckman, and Charlene Weiss

Does a Familiar Face Increase Response? Using Consistent Interviewer Assignments Over Multiple Survey Contacts - Kathleen Ott

Neighborhood Effects on Drug Reporting - Jerome Richardson, Michael Fendrich, and Timothy P. Johnson

Size of Incentive Effects in a Longitudinal Study - Willard Rodgers

Effects on Survey Estimates From Reducing Nonresponse - Adam Safir, Rebecca Steinbach, Timothy Triplett, and Kevin Wang

An Experiment Comparing Computer-Assisted and Paper Modes of Data Collection for the Short Form in Census 2000 - Sid J. Schneider, David Cantor, Lawrence Malakhoff, Carlos Arieira, Paul Segel, Luu Nguyen, and Jennifer Guarino

The American Time Use Survey: Test of Coding Procedures and Lexicon - Sid Schneider, Jennifer Crafts, David Cantor, Tina Shelley, Diane Herz, and Lisa Schwartz

Separating Interviewer and Sampling-Point Effects - Rainer Schnell and Frauke Kreuter

Printing a Toll-Free Number on Survey Mailings to Reassure Apprehensive Respondents - Martha Stapleton Kudela, W. Sherman Edwards, Barbara Crawley, and Lori Teichman

Designing Questions for a Multi-Mode Survey of Health Plan Members - Vickie L. Stringfellow and Floyd J. Fowler, Jr.