Proceedings of the Survey Research Methods Section, American Statistical Association (2006)

Invited Papers by Topic

Session 4: Rapid Production of Small-Area Estimates Using the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System
Organizer: Paul S. Levy, RTI International
Chair: Babubhai V. Shah, SAFAL Institute Inc.

Rapid Response Health Surveillance and the Utility of Small-Area Estimates: Responding to the 2004-05 Influenza Vaccine Shortage - Michael W. Link and Ali H. Mokdad

Development of Methodology for Production of Rapidly Available, County-Level, Small-Area Estimates To Monitor the Course of Influenza Vaccine Coverage - Haomiao Jia, Michael W. Link, Ali H. Mokdad, James Holt, Lei Li, and Paul S. Levy

Evaluating the Small-Area Estimates of the 2004--05 County-Level Influenza Vaccination Rates - Lei Li, Paul S. Levy, Akhil Vaish, Michael W. Link, Ali H. Mokdad, Lina Balluz, and Haomiao Jia

Session 177: Variance Estimation in the Presence of Nonresponse and Outliers
Organizer: Ralf T. Münnich, University of Trier
Chair: Phillip S. Kott, National Agricultural Statistics Service

Variance Estimation for Complex Surveys in the Presence of Outliers - Beat Hulliger and Ralf Münnich
Keywords: sampling, robust estimator, gini-coefficient, quintile share ratio, simulation

Estimation of the Total Variance of Survey Statistics under Unweighted Imputation - Santanu Pramanik and Partha Lahiri

Adjusted Jackknife for Imputation under Unequal Probability Sampling without Replacement - Yves G. Berger and Jon N. K. Rao

Session 230: Client-Oriented Perspectives on Small-Area Estimation
Organizer: Avinash C. Singh, Statistics Canada
Chair: Graham Kalton, Westat

Some Problems and Proposed Solutions in Developing a Small Area Estimation Product for Clients - A.C. Singh
Keywords: benchmarking, client input, collapsing, innovation diagnostics, 2-dim Kalman filtering, multivariate modeling, smoothing, statistical products

Characterization of Cost Structures, Perceived Value, and Optimization Issues in Small-Domain Estimation - John L. Eltinge

A Small-Area Estimation Approach in Reducing Survey Costs - Partha Lahiri and Paul D. Williams

Session 316: Multilevel Modeling of Complex Survey Data
Organizer: Milorad Kovacevic, Statistics Canada
Chair: David Binder, Statistical Society of Canada

Multilevel Modeling of Complex Survey Data - Tihomir Asparouhov and Bengt Muthen
Keywords: multilevel models, multistage sampling

Adjusting for Unequal Selection Probability in Multilevel Models: A Comparison of Software Packages - Kim Chantala and Chirayath Suchindran
Keywords: multilevel models, sample weights, software

Bootstrapping For Variance Estimation in Multi-Level Models Fitted To Survey Data - Milorad S. Kovacevic, Huang Rong, and Yong You
Keywords: multi-stage design, informative sampling, survey weights, variance components, Taylor linearization

Session 262: Complex Data Structures
Organizer: James Stafford, University of Toronto
Chair: James Stafford, University of Toronto

Issues Relating to Methods for Analysis of Survey Data - David Binder and Georgia Roberts
Keywords: complex survey data, software for analysis, survey weights, variance estimation

Spatial-Temporal Modeling for Marine Ecological Systems - Joanna M. Flemming
Keywords: Argos satellite telemetry, state-space models, behavior

A Stochastic Model for Forest Fire Growth - Willard J. Braun
Keywords: wildfires, spread, stochastic model

Session 359: Rare Trait Inference
Organizer: Myron J. Katzoff, National Center for Health Statistics
Chair: Myron J. Katzoff, National Center for Health Statistics

Network Sampling for Rare Trait Inference - Iris Shimizu and Monroe Sirken
Keywords: sampling design, multiplicity estimators

Estimation and Analytic Issues for Rare Events in NHANES - Lester R. Curtin, Deanna Kruszon-Moran, Margaret Carroll, and Xianfen Li
Keywords: binomial distribution, Wald test, complex survey, rare events, design effects

Design and Likelihood-Based Inference for Sample Surveys on Rare Traits - Steve Thompson

Testing Logistic Regression Coefficients with Clustered Data and Few Positive Outcomes - Sally Hunsberger, Barry I. Graubard, and Edward Korn

Session 452: Using Empirical Likelihood Methods in Survey Sampling
Organizer: Phillip S. Kott, National Agricultural Statistics Service
Chair: Charles R. Perry, National Agricultural Statistics Service

Empirical Likelihood Inference from Sample Survey Data - Jon N. K. Rao and Changbao Wu

Variance Estimation for Empirical Likelihood Calibration Estimators in Unequal Probability Sampling - Jae-kwang Kim

Empirical Likelihood Methods for Raking in Complex Surveys - Randy R. Sitter and Changbao Wu

Session 489: Bayesian Inference for Population Survey Data
Organizer: Michael R. Elliott, University of Michigan
Chair: Steven G. Heeringa, University of Michigan

The Bayesian Approach to Inference for Finite Population Samples - Roderick J. Little

Weight Trimming via Bayesian Variable Selection Methods - Michael R. Elliott

Bayesian Approach for Combining Information from Multiple Surveys - Trivellore E. Raghunathan

Influence Functions and Robust Bayes Estimation - Malay Ghosh, Tapabrata Maiti, and Ananya Roy

Contributed Papers by Topic

Session 36: Unit Nonresponse in Surveys I
Organizer:
Chair: Karol Krotki, RTI International

The Effectiveness of Weighting Cell Adjustments for Longitudinal Nonresponse - Leroy Bailey
Keywords: attrition, wave nonresponse, longitudinal weighting, logistic regression

Approaches to a Nonresponse Bias Analysis in an Adult Literacy Survey - Wendy Van de Kerckhove, Thomas Krenzke, and Leyla Mohadjer
Keywords: response rate, key statistics, and disposition code

An Application of Propensity Modeling: Comparing Unweighted and Weighted Logistic Regression Models for Nonresponse Adjustments - Frank Potter, Eric Grau, Stephen Williams, Nuria Diaz-Tena, and Barbara Lepidus Carlson
Keywords: nonresponse, weighting, propensity modeling, Community Tracking Study, physician surveys

Adjusting for Nonignorable Missing Data with Nonignorable Sampling Design - Moh Yin Chang
Keywords: attrition bias, nonignorable missing data, not missing at random, pattern-mixture model, propensity scores

Estimated Response Propensities as a Means to Evaluate Error Effects Due to Nonresponse - Leela M. Aertker and William D. Kalsbeek
Keywords: unit nonresponse, response propensity, nonresponse bias

Nonresponse to a Computer-Assisted Self-Interviewing (CASI) Module - Mick Couper, Eleanor Singer, and John Van Hoewyk

Sample Reweighting To Reflect an Initial Population - Julia Bienias, Phillip S. Kott, Todd L. Beck, and Denis A. Evans

Session 37: Estimation and Confidentiality
Organizer:
Chair: Andrew A. White, Institute of Education Sciences

Reporting to Payers, Regulators, and Managers: Some issues and Experiences with Confidentiality and Compliance - Richard R. Carlson
Keywords: confidentiality, HIPPA, compliance

A Bridge Between the GREG and the Linear Regression Estimators - Sarjinder Singh and Raghunath Arnab
Keywords: calibration, linear regression estimator, GREG, estimation of total and variance

Generalized Forced Quantitative Randomized Response Model - Oluseun Odumade and Sarjinder Singh
Keywords: randomized response sampling, estimation of population total, sensitive quantitative variable

Global and Hierarchical Linear Regression in Two-Stage Sampling - Dhirendra Ghosh and Andrew Vogt
Keywords: clusters, auxiliary cluster variable

Disclosure Avoidance for the 2007 ACS PUMS: a Model-Based Approach for Group-Quarters Data - Rolando Rodriguez

The Change-of-Variance Function in Generalized Linear Mixed-Effect Models with Applications to Poisson-Gamma and Beta-Binomial Models - Gabriela Cohen-Freue

Session 54: Overview and Results from the 2005 National Census Test
Organizer: Jennifer Tancreto, U.S. Census Bureau
Chair: James Treat, U.S. Census Bureau

An Overview of the 2005 National Census Test - Jennifer Guarino Tancreto
Keywords: census, experiment

Effect of Internet Response Mode Designs on Data Quality and Ease of Use - Kelly D. Allmang and Kevin J. Zajac
Keywords: topic-based, person-based, census

Experimental Treatment Results of the Bilingual Census Form from the 2005 National Census Test - Julie A. Bouffard and Jennifer Guarino Tancreto
Keywords: Spanish form, swim lane design, lane jumping, language

Analysis of Self-Response Options and Respondent-Friendly Design from the 2005 National Census Test - Michael Bentley and Jennifer Guarino Tancreto
Keywords: self-response options, internet, questionnaire design, census

Experimental Treatment Results for the Age, Relationship, and Tenure Items from the 2005 National Census Test - Joan M. Hill, Jennifer G. Tancreto, and Cynthia A. Rothhaas

Session 57: Student Paper Competition Award Presentations
Organizer: Michael P. Cohen, Bureau of Transportation Statistics
Chair: Michael P. Cohen, Bureau of Transportation Statistics

Robust Model-Based Predictor of the Finite Population Total - Yan Li and P. Lahiri
Keywords: The Box-Cox transformation, empirical best prediction, superpopulation

Causal Inference Based on Directed Acyclic Graphical Models and the Randomization Distribution: A Probability-Sampling Approach - Joel E. Hanson
Keywords: randomization, counterfactual, confounding

Small Area Estimation for Business Surveys - Hukum Chandra
Keywords: small areas, skewed data, MBD, model calibration, expected value model

An Application of Parametric Bootstrap Method in Small Area Estimation Problem - Huilin Li
Keywords: parametric bootstrap, prediction intervals, Fay-Herriot model, ADM estimator

Local Polynomial Regression for Small Area Estimation - Pushpal K. Mukhopadhyay and Tapabrata Maiti
Keywords: nonparametric smoothing, multi-level modeling

Session 65: Session Sample Survey Design I
Organizer:
Chair: Soma Roy, Ohio State University

Model-Based Sampling Designs for Optimum Estimation - Sun-Woong Kim, Steven G. Heeringa, and Peter W. Solenberger
Keywords: pi-PS sampling, superpopulation model, model-based sampling, expected variance, optimization problem, linear programming, nonlinear programming

Optimum Allocation in Two-stage and Stratified Two-stage Sampling for Multivariate Surveys - M.G.M. Khan, Munish A. Chand, and Nesar Ahmad
Keywords: multivariate two-stage sampling, multivariate stratified two-stage sampling, first-stage sampling units, second-stage sampling units, optimum allocation, nonlinear programming problem

An Application of Genetic Algorithms to Multivariate Optimal Allocation in Stratified Sample Designs - Charles D. Day
Keywords: genetic algorithm, stochastic search

NASS/USDA Area Frame Sample Allocation for Estimation of Number of Farms Not on the Ag Census Mailing List - Floyd Spears, Raj S. Chhikara, Charles R. Perry, and Phillip S. Kott
Keywords: 2007 Ag Census, area frame sample allocation, NML farms and its sub-domains, stratum standard deviation, multivariate allocation, board CV

Simple Power Calculations: How Do We Know We Are Doing Them the Right Way? - Michael Vorburger and Breda Munoz
Keywords: Fisher's exact test, power calculation, power approximation, arc sine approximation, chi-squared approximation

Estimation in Network Populations - Mike Kwanisai
Keywords: snowball sampling, adaptive sampling, linktracing, Bayesian, Markov Chain Monte Carlo

The Effect of the Number Eligible and Number Selected within Households on Reported Income and Other Socioeconomic Characteristics in the 2004 NSDUH - Tania Robbins

Session 66: Sample Survey Quality I
Organizer:
Chair: Michael P. Battaglia, Abt Associates Inc.

Some Aspects Of The Non-Response Bias Study On The 2003-2004 School And Staffing Survey (SASS) - Robyn Sirkis, Bac Tran, and Phyllis Singer
Keywords: nonsampling, nonresponse, bias, substantive difference, SASS

Treatment of Spatial Autocorrelation in Geocoded Crime Data - Krista Collins, Colin Babyak, and Joanne Moloney
Keywords: spatial autocorrelation, simultaneous autoregressive, spatial lag model, spatial error model, crime data

Assessing Population Coverage in a Health Survey - Karen E. Davis and Chris Moriarity
Keywords: sample survey, oversampling, population coverage

A Study of IRS Administrative Payroll as a Substitute for Missing Payroll in the Business Expenses Survey - Melvin McCullough
Keywords: general imputation, replication, bias, single units

Call Efforts and Relational Estimates: Preliminary Findings - Chung-tung Lin

Estimation of Low Incidence Rates under Selection Bias - Bin Wang and Jiayang Sun

Assessment of Diagnostic Tests in the Presence of Verification Bias Using Multiple Imputation and Resampling Methods - Michael P. McDermott and Hua He

Session 106: Sample Survey Quality II
Organizer:
Chair: Rachel Harter, National Opinion Research Center

Inconsistency Between Accuracy and Coverage Evaluation Revision II and Demographic Analysis Estimates for Children 0 to 9 Years of Age - Andrew Keller

Difficulties and Solutions for Surveying Refugees: Bosnians Refugees in St. Louis - Hisako Matsuo and Terry Tomazic

Residential Address Lists vs. Traditional Listing: Enumerating Households and Group Quarters - Sylvia Dohrmann, Daifeng Han, and Leyla Mohadjer
Keywords: area samples, USPS, address lists, HOI procedure

Employment in Nonprofit Entities: Coverage, Bias, and Measurement Errors in QCEW and public IRS Information, 1999-2003 - Martin H David
Keywords: matching error, model-based weighting, nonprofit employment

Use of Administrative Data To Explore Effect of Establishment Nonresponse Adjustment on the National Compensation Survey Estimates - Chester H. Ponikowski and Erin E. McNulty
Keywords: unit nonresponse, bias, weighting cells

Does a Final Coverage Check Identify Census Omissions and Reduce Errors? Preliminary Results of an Experiment - Elizabeth A. Martin and Don A. Dillman
Keywords: questionnaire design, within-household omissions, split-panel experiment

Nonresponse Bias Analysis in the 2003 National Survey of Recent College Graduates - Aref Dajani, Jerry J. Maples, and Ronald S. Fecso

Session 107: Unit Nonresponse in Surveys II
Organizer:
Chair: Thanh LÃ, Westat

An Incentives Experiment in the U.S. Consumer Expenditure Quarterly Survey - David E. McGrath
Keywords: incentives, response rates, experiment, debit cards

Indirect Monetary Incentives with a Complex Agricultural Establishment Survey - Daniel G. Beckler and Kathleen Ott
Keywords: incentives, nonresponse, response rate, refusal conversion, mail surveys

A Study of Nonrespondents in the Canadian Vehicle Survey - Martin Beaulieu
Keywords: nonresponse bias, respondent followup, travel surveys, characteristics of nonrespondents

Factors Affecting Early Return Rates on the 2002 Economic Census: Assessing The Impact of the Number of Questionnaire Pages - Diane K. Willimack
Keywords: establishment surveys, questionnaires, respondent burden

Modeling the Relationship between Cell Phone Usage and RDD Contact Effort - Joseph Sakshaug

Web versus Email Data Collection: Experience in the Current Employment Statistics Program - Richard Rosen, Louis Harrell, Antonio Gomes, Jason Chute, and Hong Yu

Session 133: Recent Advances in Small-Area Issues
Organizer: Karabi Sinha, University of Illinois at Chicago
Chair: Karabi Sinha, University of Illinois at Chicago

Small Area Modeling for Survey Data with Smoothed Error Covariance Structure via Generalized Design Effects - A.C. Singh, R.E. Folsom, Jr., and A.K. Vaish
Keywords: estimating functions, generalized design effects, ignorable and nonignorable designs, Unstable estimated error covariance matrix

A Bayesian Assessment of Obesity Among Children and Adolescents from Small Domains Under Nonignorable Nonresponse - Balgobin Nandram and JaiWon Choi
Keywords: deleted residual, deviance, finite population percentiles, logistic regression, Metropolis-Hastings sampler, spline regression, transformation

Hierarchical and Empirical Bayesian Analysis of Bivariate Binary Data: an Application to Small-Area Estimation - Ananya Roy and Malay Ghosh

Robust Estimation of the Mean Square Error of an EBLUP of a Small-Area Mean - Shijie Chen, Partha Lahiri, and Jon N. K. Rao

Small-Area Estimation Using Nonparametric Regression - Tathagata Bandyopadhyay

Session 134: Meta-analysis in Survey Research: Analysis of Multiple Response Rates and Other Applications
Organizer: Hiroaki Minato, National Opinion Research Center
Chair: Hiroaki Minato, National Opinion Research Center

Sources of Variation in Response Rates to the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System - David W. Smith
Keywords: missing data, survey, Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System

Differences in Survey Nonresponse Components over Time in Various Domains - Brad Edwards, David Cantor, and Lisa Moses

Monitoring Survey Response Rates and Measuring Nonresponse Bias in a Federal Statistical Agency: National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) - Marilyn Seastrom and Aparna Sundaram

Meta-analysis in the Human Sciences - Mack Shelley

Session 145: Survey-Based Estimation I
Organizer:
Chair: Michael R. Elliott, University of Michigan

Estimating Dynamic Price Indexes - Alan H. Dorfman and Mary Kokoski
Keywords: hedonic price indexes, multiple regression, survey sampling, Törnqvist Index

An Examination Of Poststratification Techniques For The Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System - Michael P. Battaglia, Martin R. Frankel, and Michael Link
Keywords: control totals, poststratification, raking, random-digit dialing

Power Analysis of the Rao-Scott First Order Adjustment to the Pearson Test for Homogeneity - Sunyeong Heo
Keywords: complex sample, homogeneity test, Rao-Scott first order adjustment, Wald test, non-central chi-square distribution, 2003 NHIS (National Health Interview Survey

Counterfactual Temporal Trends for Program Evaluation - Andrea Piesse and David Judkins
Keywords: counterfactual projection weights, dose-response, media campaigns, propensity scoring

Robust Covariate Control in Cluster-Randomized Trials - Jiaquan Fan and David Judkins

Categorical Time Series Modeling Using Data from the Current Population Survey - Stephen Miller

Hierarchical Linear Modeling Using Complex Survey Data Based on the Pre-Elementary Education Longitudinal Study (PEELS) - Hyunshik Lee, Frank Jenkins, and Sunyeong Heo

Session 191: Census Coverage Measurement
Organizer: Richard Griffin, U.S. Census Bureau
Chair: William R. Bell, U.S. Census Bureau

2010 Census Coverage Measurement - Initial Results of Net Error Empirical Research using Logistic Regression - Richard Griffin, Thomas Mule, and Douglas Olson

2010 Census Coverage Measurement Research on Person Coverage Estimates by Housing Unit Enumeration Status - Vincent Thomas Mule Jr.

2010 Census Coverage Measurement : The Hunt for the Magic Variables - Eric Schindler
Keywords: post-stratification, dual system estimation

Framework for Census Coverage Error Components - Mary H. Mulry and Donna K. Kostanich
Keywords: dual system estimation, undercount, omissions, erroneous enumerations, 2010 Census

A Nonparametric Approach to Census Population Size Estimation - Song X. Chen, Chengyong Tang, Jean D. Opsomer, and Sarah M. Nusser

Session 195: Sample Survey Design II
Organizer:
Chair: Michael E. Jones, Westat

Properties and Modifications of a Probability Proportional to Size Sampling Procedure - Lawrence R. Ernst
Keywords: PPS sampling, unbiased estimators of variance, sample expansion, Jessen's method

Probability Sample Designs that Impose Models on Survey Data - Stephen Woodruff
Keywords: combined and separate ratio estimation, best linear unbiased estimation, Horvitz-Thompson estimation

A Review of the Sample Design for the California Health Interview Survey - Ismael Flores Cervantes, Michael E. Jones, Laura Alvarez Rojas, J. Michael Brick, John Kurata, and David Grant
Keywords: RDD, health survey, geographic stratification, surname list samples, within-household sampling

Comparing Alternate Designs For A Multi-Domain Cluster Sample - Pedro J. Saavedra, Mareena McKinley Wright, and Joseph P. Riley

The Impact of Unequal Minority Distribution across Schools on PPS Oversampling Methods - William Robb, Joshua Brown, James Ross, and Ronaldo Iachan

Supplementing RDD Surveys with Web-Based Survey Data - Karol Krotki

Comparison of Mixed-Mode and Address Frame Designs to Random Digit Dialing for General Population Surveys - Michael W. Link, Michael P. Battaglia, Martin R. Frankel, and Larry Osborn

Session 196: Nonresponse, Imputation, and Estimation
Organizer:
Chair: Steven Pedlow, National Opinion Research Center

Enhancements to the 2006 Canadian Census Edit and Imputation System - Wesley Benjamin
Keywords: edit, imputation, census, Canada, donor, deterministic

Separating the Wheat from the Chaff: The Search for the Best Imputation Methodology - Paula Weir and Pedro J. Saavedra
Keywords: survey processing, trend, regression, exponential smoothing

Analysis of Measures of Respondent Burden At the National Agricultural Statistics Service - Fatu Wesley
Keywords: burden, respondent, indicator, measure

Multiple Imputation for Response Biases in NLAAS Due to Survey Instruments - Jingchen Liu, Xiao-Li Meng, Chihnan Chen, and Margarita Alegria
Keywords: questionnaire ordering effect, multiple imputation, NLAAS, survey design

Multiple Imputation for Incomplete Multivariate Data under a Latent-Class Selection Model - Hyekyung Jung and Joseph L. Schafer

Inferences on Missing Information and the Number of Imputation - Ofer Harel

Multiple Imputation Strategy for Alameda County Study - Irina Bondarenko and Trivellore E. Raghunathan

Session 233: New Methods for Testing Sensitive Questions Using the National Health Interview Survey
Organizer: Peter Meyer, National Center for Health Statistics
Chair: Julie Trapanier, Statistics Canada

Developing New Methods and Questions for Improving Response and Measurement on Sensitive Questions on the National Health Interview Survey - Peter S. Meyer, James M. Dahlhamer, and John R. Pleis

Sampling and Oversampling in the National Health Interview Survey - Chris Moriarity
Keywords: sample survey, screening

Unfolding the Answers? Income Brackets and Income Nonresponse in the National Health Interview Survey (NHIS) - John R. Pleis, James M. Dahlhamer, and Peter S. Meyer
Keywords: family income, item nonresponse, unfolding brackets

Questions People Don't Like To Answer: Wealth and Social Security Numbers - James M. Dahlhamer, Peter S. Meyer, and John R. Pleis
Keywords: sensitive questions, familial wealth, Social Security Numbers, item nonresponse, NHIS

Session 252: Survey-Based Variance Estimation I
Organizer:
Chair: Keith Rust, Westat/University of Maryland

Confidence Intervals for Quantile Estimation from Complex Survey Data - Babubhai V. Shah and Akhil K. Vaish
Keywords: quantile estimation, confidence intervals, complex survey data

Estimating Prevalence When a Subset of the Sample Requires Further Evaluation - David C. Hoaglin and K. P. Srinath
Keywords: survey, variance estimation, chronic fatigue syndrome

Variance Estimation for Ordered Categories - Steven Pedlow, Yongyi Wang, and Kirk Wolter
Keywords: measures of concentration, Taylor series, jackknife, JRR, balanced repeated replication, BRR, balanced half samples, BHS

A Comparison of Methods for a Survey of High School Students in Iowa - Lu Lu and Michael D. Larsen
Keywords: generalized variance functions, one PSU per stratum sampling, probability proportional to size sampling, ratio estimation, survey costs, systematic sampling

Variance Estimation of the Survey-Weighted Kappa Measure of Agreement - Moshe Feder
Keywords: complex sample, Taylor linearization, Cohen's kappa, re-interview

Improved Confidence Intervals for the Bernoulli Parameter - Wheyming Tina Song and Chia-Jung Chang
Keywords: confidence interval, Bernoulli parameter, Monte-Carlo simulation

Variance Estimation in Complex Survey Sampling for Generalized Linear Models - Sundar Natarajan, Stuart Lipsitz, Garrett Fitzmaurice, and Charity G. Moore

Session 253: Survey-Based Estimation II
Organizer:
Chair: Elizabeth R. Zell, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Age-Period-Cohort Analyses of Public Health Data Collected from Independent Serial Cross-Sectional Complex Probability Sample Surveys - Philip J. Smith, Zhen Zhao, Kirk M. Wolter, James A. Singleton, and J. Pekka Nuorti
Keywords: annual survey, age, period, and cohort effects, stratification, clustering, survey weights

Estimation of Regression Coefficients with Unequal Probability Samples - Yu Y. Wu and Wayne A. Fuller
Keywords: informative design, endogenous explanatory variable, instrumental variable

Indirect Sampling and the Problem of Links Identification - Pierre Lavallée and Xiaojian Xu
Keywords: generalized weight share Method, cluster Sampling, estimation, nonresponse

A Comparison between Ratio Estimation and Post-Strati¯cation - Chang-Tai Chao and Tzu-Ching Chiang
Keywords: auxiliary variable, ratio estimation, post-strati¯cation, relative e±ciency, design-based sampling strategy

Using Income as an Auxiliary Variable to Improve the Design of Household Expenditure Surveys - Charles Mitchell and Christian Nadeau
Keywords: stratification, sample allocation, simulation, spending

Model Averaging in Survey Estimation - Xiaoxi Li and J. D. Opsomer
Keywords: local polynomial regression, crossvalidation, regression estimation

Integrating Person and Housing Unit Weighting for the Current Population Survey - Andrew A. Zbikowski and Phawn M. Letourneau

Session 273: The Transition from the Long Form to the American Community Survey: Findings from The National Academies Panel
Organizer: Michael L. Cohen, Committee on National Statistics
Chair: Michael L. Cohen, Committee on National Statistics

Functionality and Usability of Information from the American Community Survey - Connie Citro, Graham Kalton, and Michael L. Cohen

The ACS and the Data User Community - Joseph Salvo, Nancy Dunton, and Charles Purvis

Methodological Issues in the ACS - Graham Kalton, Tim Holt, Sharon Lohr, and Hal Stern

Session 278: Sample Survey Quality III
Organizer:
Chair: David Dolson, Statistics Canada

An Evaluation of Methods to Compensate for Noncoverage of Nontelephone Households using Information on Interruptions in Telephone Service and Presence of Wireless Phones - Meena Khare and Sadeq Chowdhury
Keywords: weighting methods, propensity score methods, ratio adjustments, RDD telephone survey

Record Linkage Techniques for Improving Online Genealogical Research using Census Index Records - John S. Lawson
Keywords: EM algorithm, online search, family history, probabilistic record linkage, Multinomial distribution

Integrating Culture Industries into Canada's National Economic Surveys Program - Mary March and Paddison Wong
Keywords: integration, backcasting, annual survey

The Internet Response Method: Impact on the Canadian Census of Population Data - Laurent Roy and Danielle Laroche
Keywords: internet, response mode, mode effect, questionnaire, census

Good Item or Bad: Can Latent Class Analysis Tell? Examining the Effectiveness of a Latent Class Analysis Approach to Item Evaluation - Frauke Kreuter, Ting Yan, and Roger Tourangeau
Keywords: latent class analysis, questionnaire design, item development

Population Coverage in the National Survey on Drug Use and Health - Katherine B. Morton, Susan R. Hunter, James R. Chromy, and Peilan C. Martin
Keywords: household surveys, response rates, coverage rates

Session 279: Survey-Based Estimation III
Organizer:
Chair: Bryan Sayer, Social & Scientific Systems, Inc.

Cell Collapsing Strategies Based on Collapsing Adjustment Factors - Jay J. Kim, Richard Valliant, and Wenxing Zha
Keywords: cell collapsing criteria, coverage ratio, censoring, bias, mean square error, poststratification

Stratification for Radio Listening Estimation - Richard Griffiths
Keywords: stratification, raking, mean square error, stochastic population controls

Estimation for Two-Phase Panel Surveys - Jason Legg, Wayne A. Fuller, and Sarah M. Nusser
Keywords: longitudinal, panel survey, two-phase sampling

Calculating Effect Sizes Using Survey Data - Jun Liu

Evaluation of Collapsing Criteria in Sample Weighting - Linda Tompkins, Jay J. Kim, and Wenxing Zha

A Pseudo-Empirical Likelihood Approach for Stratified Samples with Nonresponse - Fang Fang, Quan Hong, and Jun Shao

Estimation Methods To Produce Preliminary Statistics in an Employment Survey - Anders Holmberg, Natalie Jansson, and Martin Odencrants

Session 323: Quality Initiatives in Establishment Surveys
Organizer: Shawna Waugh, Energy Information Administration
Chair: Nicolas Hengartner, Los Alamos National Laboratory

A Methodology for Evaluating Sufficiency of Survey Frames - Howard Bradsher-Fredrick
Keywords: survey frame, establishment survey, data quality, performance measures

An Evaluation of the 2002 Manufacturing Energy Consumption Survey Measure of Size - William R. Gifford
Keywords: measure of size evaluation, Manufacturing Energy Consumption Survey

Quality Issues in a Regulatory Data Collection System - Alan K. Jeeves
Keywords: data quality, editing, imputation, regulatory data

Session 329: Mode Considerations
Organizer:
Chair: Sarah M. Nusser, Iowa State University

Efficient Multi Mode Data Collection in a Census Context - David Dolson
Keywords: Census, internet survey, coverage, data processing

Improved Evaluation of the Quantitative Survey Response Variance - Patrick E. Flanagan
Keywords: surveys, index of inconsistency, response variance, response error, reinterview

Estimation of Measurement Error and Identification of Causes: Linking Measurement Error to Nonresponse, Interviewers, and Interviewer Characteristics - Andy Peytchev
Keywords: measurement error, unit nonresponse, interviewer effects, two-stage model

An Alternative Estimator for Multi-Frame Sample Designs - Charles D. Palit

Color, Labels, and Interpretive Heuristics for Response Scales - Roger Tourangeau, Mick Couper, and Frederick G. Conrad

Comparing Performance and Self-Reported Data on Ease of Use of Surveys - Christine Rho

Is There a Homogeneity in Value Orientations within European Societies? - Peter P. Mohler

Session 373: Medical Expenditures: Data Collection, Estimation, and Evaluations
Organizer: Trena Ezzati-Rice, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
Chair: Steven B. Cohen, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

Completeness of Household Reported Medical Expenditure Data for Physician Office Visits in the Medical Expenditure Panel Survey - Steven R. Machlin and Diana Wobus
Keywords: MEPS, medical expenses, physician visits, completeness

Accuracy of Household-Reported Expenditure Data in the Medical Expenditure Panel Survey - David Kashihara and Diana Wobus
Keywords: medical reports, response accuracy, survey quality

The Impact of Medical Expenditure Predictors in the Medical Expenditure Panel Survey (MEPS) Nonresponse Adjustment - Lap-Ming Wun, Trena M. Ezzati-Rice, Steven B. Cohen, and William Yu
Keywords: weighting, CHAID, high medical expenditure predictor and indicator, dollar-dominated index

An Approximation of Skewed Healthcare Expenditure Distribution Using a Mixture Model - William W. Yu
Keywords: healthcare expenditures, skewness, mixture models, MEPS

Evaluation of Expenditure Estimates When Including a High-Expenditure Predictor in Nonresponse Adjustments - Lap-Ming Wun, Steven B. Cohen, Trena Ezzati-Rice, and William Yu

Session 387: Sample Survey Quality IV
Organizer:
Chair: Rita Petroni, U.S. Census Bureau

Experimental Design for the 2006 American Community Survey Content Test - Mark E. Asiala and Alfredo Navarro
Keywords: content test, experimental design, split-panel

A Comparison of Two Ratio Edit Methods for the Annual Survey of Government Finances - Elizabeth Cornett, Joanna Fane McLaughlin, Carma R. Hogue, and Stephen D. Owens
Keywords:

Evaluation of the Detectability and Inferential Impact of Nonresponse Bias in Establishment Surveys - Randall Powers, John Eltinge, and Moon Jung Cho
Keywords: attrition, incomplete data, item nonresponse, missing data, sensitivity analysis, simulation study

A Coverage Profile of Area Frame Blocks on the United States Census Bureau's Master Address File - Timothy Kennel
Keywords: coverage, sample redesign, frame creation, master address file, current population survey, area frame listing

Longitudinal Evaluation of Point and Variance Estimates in an Establishment Survey after Ratio Imputation - Adriana Perez

Session 390: Survey-Based Estimation IV
Organizer:
Chair: Mansour Fahimi, RTI International

Effects of Uncontrolled Factors at the Collection Stage on the Canadian Community Health Survey on Nutrition - François Verret and Steven Thomas

Influence Analysis in Linear Regression with Sampling Weights - Jianzhu Li and Richard Valliant
Keywords: regression, influential observations, sampling weights, sandwich variance estimator, linearization variance estimator, leverage, residual, DFBETAS, DFFITS

Using Census Data to Define Estimation Areas for the American Community Survey: A Case Study - Joseph C. Powers and Alfredo Navarro
Keywords: reliability, naive clusters, statistical clustering, compactness, weighting, estimation areas

Estimating Birth Counts for Small Geographical Domains Used for Control Totals in Raking Adjustment - Amang Sukasih, Donsig Jang, Barbara Lepidus Carlson, and Mary Edith Bozylinsky
Keywords: weighting, estimation, natality data, city of birth, CDC, fragile families

Iteration of Second-Stage and Composite Procedures in the Current Population Survey - Samantha V. Cruz, Edwin L. Robison, and Tamara Sue Zimmerman
Keywords: iterative proportional fitting, raking, weighting

Estimation and Reliability Issues of Health Estimates from the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System for U.S. Counties Contiguous to the United States-Mexico Border - Joe Fred Gonzalez, Jr., Machell Town, Jay J. Kim, Sam Notzon, and Juan R. Albertorio
Keywords: cell collapsing, post-stratification factors, collapsing adjustment factors, bias, variance

Design Effects in Randomized Experiments Based on Sample Surveys - K. P. Srinath

Session 406: When Disaster Strikes: Responses from the Survey Community
Organizer: Rachel Harter, National Opinion Research Center
Chair: David Banks, Duke University

Conducting Surveys When Disasters Strike - Rachel Harter, Judith Petty, and Jenny Kelly

Impact of Gulf Hurricanes on the National Immunization Survey - Kirk M.Wolter and Jim Singleton
Keywords: NIS, National Immunization Survey, immunization, survey, RDD, Katrina, imputation, log-linear model

On the Use of Survey Methods in Assessing Large-Scale Human Rights Violations in Conflict Zones: Lessons-Learned from Timor-Leste and Sierra Leone - Romesh Silva and Patrick Ball

Local Data Coordination and Dissemination in Post-Katrina New Orleans - Allison Plyer

Session 414: Unit Nonresponse in Surveys III
Organizer:
Chair: Barbara L. Carlson, Mathematica Policy Research, Inc.

A Comparison of Model-Based and Model-Assisted Estimators Under Ignorable and Non-Ignorable Nonresponse - Jill A. Dever and Richard Valliant
Keywords: modified generalized regression estimator, best linear unbiased predictor, nonignorable nonresponse

Modeling Non-response Adjustment Factors - Hee-Choon Shin
Keywords: weighting, non-response adjustment, log-linear model

The Use of Propensity Scores to Adjust for Nonignorable Nonresponse Bias - Leigh Ann Harrod and Virginia Lesser
Keywords: missing data, nonresponse, propensity scores, not missing-at-random

Are Refusal Conversions Different from Willing Respondents with Respect to Item Non-Response, Demographics and Selected Health Characteristics? The National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, 1999-2002 - Margaret Carroll and Yinong Chong

A Non-Response Bias Analysis to Inform the Use of Incentives in Multistage RDD Telephone Surveys - Benjamin Skalland, Kirk Wolter, Hee-Choon Shin, and Stephen J. Blumberg
Keywords: survey non-response, bias, incentives, NS-CSHCN

Response Process Models for Unit Nonresponse Adjustment - Courtney Kies-Bokenkroger and Sarah M. Nusser

Session 415: Sample Survey Quality V
Organizer:
Chair: Mary March, Statistics Canada

Efficiently Limiting Census Errors When Quality Control Parameters Range Freely - Glenn Wolfgang
Keywords: quality management, acceptance sampling, inspection efficiency

Precision of Compositional Data in a Stratified Two-Stage Cluster Sample: Comparison of the Swiss Earnings Structure Survey 2002 and 2004 - Monique Graf
Keywords: complex survey, compositional data, linearization, confidence domain, coefficient of variation

Cluster Analysis and its Application in the National Resources Inventory - Jianqiang Wang and Jean Opsomer
Keywords: hierarchical agglomerative clustering, outlier detection, survey data collection, National Resources Inventory

Planning and Integration of EIA Survey Programs - Shawna Waugh
Keywords: evaluation, quality, establishment surveys

Modeling Nonsampling Errors in Agricultural Surveys - James Gentle, Charles Perry, and William Wigton
Keywords: nonresponse, comparison of multiple surveys

Independent School Survey Coverage Study - Dedrick Owens

Interviewer Burden and Its Effects on Data Quality in the Swedish Part of the European Social Survey (ESS) - Lilli Japec

Session 462: Reducing the Risk of Data Disclosure through Swapping and Other Masking Procedures
Organizer: Thomas Krenzke, Westat
Chair: Leyla Mohadjer, Westat

Reducing the Risk of Data Disclosure Through Area Masking: Limiting Biases in Variance Estimation - Inho Park, Sylvia Dohrmann, Jill Montaquila, Leyla Mohadjer, and Lester R. Curtin
Keywords: disclosure control, segment swapping, stratified multistage sampling, weighted mean, design effect, National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey

Tactics for Reducing the Risk of Disclosure Using the NCES DataSwap Software - Thomas Krenzke, Stephen Roey, Sylvia Dohrmann, Leyla Mohadjer, Wen-Chau Haung, Steve Kaufman, and Marilyn Seastrom
Keywords: confidentiality, statistical disclosure control

Disclosure Limitation in NAEP: a Probabilistic Approach to Swapping Sample Selection - David Freund, Christina Tang, and Andreas Oranje

Combinations of SDC Methods for Numerical Microdata - Anna Oganian and Alan Karr

Session 464: Unit Nonresponse in Surveys IV
Organizer:
Chair: Christopher Johnson, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Using a Model-Assisted Sampling Paradigm instead of a Traditional Sampling Paradigm in a Nationally Representative Establishment Survey - Marcus Berzofsky, Brandon Welch, Rick Williams, and Paul Biemer
Keywords: traditional sampling, model-based sampling, quota sampling, business establishment surveys, O*NET

Using Telephone Exchange-Level Data To Adjust For Non-Response: Application In An Establishment Survey - Stephen Williams and Ronghua (Cathy) Lu
Keywords: nonresponse, weighting, propensity modeling, establishment survey, telephone survey

Nonresponse Adjustment Using Logistic Regression: To Weight or Not To Weight? - Eric Grau, Frank Potter, Steve Williams, and Nuria Diaz-Tena
Keywords: nonresponse, weighting, propensity modeling, Community Tracking Study, physician surveys

Response Rates and Response Patterns Among New Employers: Results from the Kauffman Firm Survey - Frank Potter, Zhanyun Zhao, Yuhong Zheng, David DesRoches, and Janice Ballou
Keywords: nonresponse, establishment surveys, respondent characteristics, web-based, CATI

Estimation of Attrition Biases in SIPP - Eric V. Slud and Leroy Bailey
Keywords: adjustment cells, balanced replicates, logistic regression, longitudinal survey, nonresponse, variance estimation, VPLX.

Subsampling Nonrespondents: Issues of Calculating Response Rates - Sonya Vartivarian, Donsig Jang, Sameena Salvucci, and Daniel Kasprzyk
Keywords: sampling weights, nonresponse, subsampling, response rate, data quality

Physician Survey Response Methods Research - Catharine W. Burt and David A. Woodwell
Keywords: NAMCS, office-based physicians, response rate, methodological studies

Session 465: Survey-Based Variance Estimation II
Organizer:
Chair: Yahia Ahmed, Internal Revenue Service

Study of Volatility and Smoothing of Estimated Variances in the Employment Cost Index Program - Meghan O'Malley, Daniell Toth, and Chester Ponikowski
Keywords: variance smoothing, exponential smoother, non-stationary time series, seasonality, Laspeyres Index

Generalized Variance Functions for the 2003 Survey of Doctorate Recipients - Y. Michael Yang and Yongyi Wang
Keywords: SDR, GVF, variance estimation

Stability of Jackknife Variance Estimates for Prescription Count Estimates over Time Intervals - Christina A. Gaughan, Chris Boardman, and Kennon R. Copeland
Keywords: Keywords: jackknife, survey methodology, variance estimation

To Replicate (A Weight Adjustment Procedure) Or Not To Replicate? An Analysis of the Variance Estimation Effects of a Shortcut Procedure Using the Stratified Jackknife - Katherine Jenny Thompson and Wesley Yung
Keywords: unit non-response, Bernoulli sample, linearization variance estimator

Generalized Variance Functions To Create Stable and Timely Variance Estimates for Prescription Count Estimates - Kennon R. Copeland, Christina A. Gaughan, and Chris Boardman
Keywords: generalized variance function

On Generalized Variance Functions - Donsig Jang, Amang Sukasih, and Xiaojing Lin

Standard Error Estimation for County-Level Radio Listening - Mandy Webb and Richard Griffiths

Session 498: New Directions in Comparative and Cross-Cultural Survey Methods
Organizer: Janet Harkness, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Chair: Janet Harkness, University of Nebraska-Lincoln

The Effects of Acculturation on Survey Question Comprehension among Latino Respondents in the U.S. - Timothy P. Johnson, Allyson L. Holbrook, and Young Ik Cho
Keywords: acculturation, behavior coding, multi-level modeling, question comprehension

Quality Assurance in Comparative Studies - Lars Lyberg

Harmonization by Design - Beth-Ellen Pennell and Zeina Mneimneh

Use of Interpreters in Telephone Interviews - Laura Branden

Cross-Cultural, Cross-National Questionnaire Design - Sue Ellen Hansen

Session 500: Imputation of Sample Surveys
Organizer:
Chair: Benmei Liu, Westat

Fractional Regression Nearest Neighbor Imputation - Minhui Paik and Michael D. Larsen
Keywords: cell mean model, hot deck, missing data, multiple imputation, regression imputation

2010 Census Count Imputation – Research Results using Spatial Modeling - Robert D. Sands and Richard A. Griffin
Keywords: hot deck, categorical data model, truth deck

Bias-Reduced Multivariate Imputation: Use of the Locally Adjusted Predictive Mean Matching Method - Masato Okamoto
Keywords: nearest neighbor imputation, regression imputation, multivariate imputation, fractional imputation, predictive mean neighborhood

Imputation via Triangular Regression-Based Hot Deck - Scott Susin
Keywords: imputation, allocation, predictive mean, sequential regressions, hot deck

Creating Imputation Classes Using Classification Tree Methodology - Darryl V. Creel and Karol Krotki
Keywords: nonresponse, imputation, Chi-squared Automatic Interaction Detection (CHAID), and Classification and Regression Trees (CART)

Results of Research of Decennial Census Count Imputation Methods for Selected States - Andrew D. Kilmer
Keywords: imputation, hot deck, spatial model, administrative records, truth deck, decennial census

Imputation of Economic Data Subject to Linear Restrictions Using a Sequential Regression Approach - Caren Tempelman

Session 502: Survey-Based Estimation V
Organizer:
Chair: Donsig Jang, Mathematica Policy Research, Inc.

Dual Frame Estimation in the 2003 National Survey of College Graduates - John M. Finamore, David W. Hall and Ronald S. Fecso
Keywords: dual frame sample design, dual frame estimation, nonsampling error, SESTAT, NSCG

Weighting an Internet Panel Survey on Drug Use and Abuse - Harpe Gordek, Rick L. Williams, and Lanting Dai

A New Method for Weighting Survey Respondents - Feiming Chen

Nonparametric Regression with Complex Survey Data - Torsten Harms and Pierre Duchesne

Combining Survey and Population Data in Inference - Raymond Chambers

Use Sampling Weights in Hierarchical Modeling - Yue Jia and S. Lynne Stokes

Anomaly of Survey Weights for American Indians and Alaska Natives - Sunghee Lee, John H. Kurata, and Yan Xiong

Session 533: Record Linkage
Organizer: William E. Winkler, U.S. Census Bureau
Chair: Thomas Herzog, U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development

Automatically Estimating Record Linkage False Match Rates - W. E. Winkler
Keywords: EM algorithm, unsupervised and semisupervised learning

Record Linkage and Automatic Maintenance Activities - Holly Smith, Kara Daniel, Denise Abreu, Stan Hoge, and Bill Iwig
Keywords: maintenance updates, record linkage, list Frame

Evaluating String Comparator Performance for Record Linkage - William E. Yancey
Keywords: string comparator, record linkage, edit distance

Comparing BigMatch Results to Current National Death Index (NDI) Selection Methods - Bryan Sayer
Keywords: record linkage, national death index, artificial data, probabilistic matching

Using Test Databases to Evaluate Record Linkage Models and Train Linkage Practitioners - Michael H. McGlincy
Keywords: Bayesian record linkage simulation

Session 534: Survey-Based Estimation VI
Organizer:
Chair: James Chromy, RTI International

Detection Method for the Sources of Change in Estimates - Serge Godbout
Keywords: measurement of impact, outlier

Degrees of Freedom and Confidence Interval Coverage in Complex Model Based Sampling and Estimation - Wendy Rotz, Archana Joshee, and Jinhee Yang

Evaluating a Calibration Weighting Scheme for Elementary Indexes for Commodities and Services in the U.S. Consumer Price Index - Sylvia G. Leaver, Robert A. Cage, and Darin T. Solk
Keywords: consumer expenditures, simulation, ratio adjustment

Comparing Strategies To Estimate a Measure of Heteroscedasticity - Kim Henry and Richard Valliant

Power-Shrinkage and Trimming: Two Ways to Mitigate Excessive Weights - Chihnan Chen, Nanhua Duan, Xiao-Li Meng, and Margarita Alegria
Keywords: selection probability, unequal selections, selection biases, self-weighting

Confidence Interval Coverage in Model-Based Estimation - Wendy Rotz, Jinhee Yang, and Archana Joshee
Keywords: confidence interval, model-based estimation, deep stratification

Model-Based Approach in Two-Stage Sampling of Audit Data - Yan Liu and Mary Batcher

Session 537: Small-Area Estimation
Organizer:
Chair: Georgia Roberts, Statistics Canada

Using Administrative Records with Model-Assisted Estimation for the American Community Survey - Robert E. Fay
Keywords: ACS, survey estimation, GREG, calibration estimation

Small Area Prevalence Estimates Using Two Surveys - William W. Davis, Charuta Soman, and Zhaohui Zou
Keywords: non-response, non-coverage, Metropolis algorithm, generalized linear mixed model

On Small Area Prediction Interval Problems - Snigdhansu Chatterjee, Parthasarathi Lahiri, and Huilin Li
Keywords: predictive distribution, prediction interval, general linear mixed model, bootstrap, coverage accuracy

Nonparametric M-quantile Regression via Penalized Splines - Monica Pratesi, M. Giovanna Ranalli, and Nicola Salvati
Keywords: robust regression, iteratively reweighted least squares, nonparametric smoothing

Efficient Small-Domain Estimation by Combining Information from Multiple Surveys through Regression - Takis Merkouris
Keywords: auxiliary information, small area, rare characteristics, composite estimator, generalized regression estimator, calibration

Using the t-distribution in Small Area Estimation: An Application to SAIPE State Poverty Models - Elizabeth T. Huang and William R. Bell
Keywords: Fay-Herriot model, robust models, Current Population Survey, American Community Survey

Accounting for Interviewer Variability in Small-Area Estimation - Benmei Liu and Partha Lahiri

Contributed Posters

Using Design-based and Model-based Method to Study the Relationship of Asthma and Smoking Using Longitudinal Survey Data - S. Ghosh and P. Pahwa
Keywords: multistage sampling, GEE, survey GEE, Taylor linearization, bootstrap, NPHS

How Bad Can Your Data Be? Convexity and Variance Maximization - Je¤rey L. Stuart
Keywords: variance maximization

Assessment of Small-Area Estimates from a Complex Survey Cancer Surveillance Project - Van Parsons, Nathaniel Schenker, Trivellore E. Raghunathan, Dawei Xie, and William Davis
Keywords: hierarchical Bayes, NHIS, BRFSS, combine surveys, cancer risk factor

American Community Survey (ACS) Variance Reduction Of Small Areas Via Coverage Adjustment Using An Administrative Records Match - Elizabeth Huang, Donald Malec, Jerry Maples, and Lynn Weidman

An Empirical Study of the Bootstrap and the Jackknife Methods Applied in Double Sampling - Jing Wang and Ferry Butar Butar
Keywords: ratio estimation, regression estimation, difference estimation, double sampling, bootstrap, jackknife

Computer Literacy of Adolescents in Grades 9 to 12: An Exploratory Study - Christopher Sink, Matthew Sink, Jonathan Stob, and Kevin Taniguchi
Keywords: computer literacy, adolescents

Papers Presented at the 61st Annual Conference of the American Association for Public Opinion Research
May 18-21, 2006
Montréal, Quebec

AAPOR Standard Definitions & Academic Journals - Thomas R. Marshall

Applying HIV/AIDS Survey Methodology across Cultures - Linda Piccinino and Johnny Blair

Behavior Coding Assessment of the Quality of Real-time Telephone Survey Interpreters - Michael W. Link1, Larry Osborn, Marta Induni, Michael P. Battaglia, and Martin R. Frankel

Causes of Mode Effects: Separating out Interviewer and Stimulus Effects in Comparisons of Face-to-Face and Telephone Surveys - Caroline Roberts, Annette Jäckle, and Peter Lynn
Keywords: measurement error, CATI, showcards, visual, aural, satisficing, social desirability

Cellular Telephones in List-Assisted, Random Digit Dial Sample - Kirsten Ivie, Robert Pels, Dagmar Zentrichova, and David Herr
Keywords: cell phone, cord-cutter, telephone data collection, RDD sample

Changes in Nonresponse to Income Questions - Ting Yan, Matthew Jans, and Richard Curtin
Keywords: item nonresponse, unit nonresponse, income, panel survey

Cognitive Interviewing versus Behavior Coding - Martha Stapleton Kudela, Barbara H. Forsyth, Kerry Levin, Deirdre Lawrence, and Gordon Willis

Counterbalancing Topic Interest with Cell Quotas and Incentives: Examining Leverage-Salience Theory in the Context of the Poetry in the America Survey - Lisa K. Schwartz, Lisbeth Goble, and Edward M. English
Keywords: leverage salience theory, incentives

Crafting Questions About Disabilities: Learning More About How the Question Determines the Answer - Janice Ballou, David Edson, Cheryl De Saw, and Jennifer McGovern

Cultural Variability in Event History Calendar and Conventional Questionnaire Interviews: A Verbal Behavior Analysis - Mario Callegaro, Robert F. Belli, Emilio Serrano, and David R. Palmer
Keywords: behavioral coding, event history calendar, standardized interviewing, interview conversational rapport, interview cognitive difficulty

Culture and Survey Question Answering: A Behavior Coding Approach - Young Ik Cho, Anne Fuller, Thom File, Allyson L. Holbrook, and Timothy P. Johnson
Keywords: question comprehension, question mapping, behavior coding, multilevel analysis

Data Comparability in a Mixed Mode Telephone and Face to Face Survey of Persons with Disabilities - Matt Sloan, Debra Wright, and Kirsten Barrett
Keywords: mode effects, data quality, telephone interviewing, face-to-face interviewing

Does Context Really Matter? Results from a Spanish Language Advance Letter Pilot - Lisa R. Carley-Baxter, Michael Link, David Roe, and Rosanna Quiroz
Keywords: Spanish-speaking population, lead letters, telephone surveys, health surveys

The Effect of Progressive Incentives on Response Rates - Heidi L. Upchurch and Stephanie J. Battles
Keywords: incentives, response rates

The Effect of Sample Size on Cognitive Interview Findings - Johnny Blair, Frederick Conrad, Allison Castellano Ackermann, and Greg Claxton
Keywords: cognitive interviewing, sample size, question wording problems

Efficient Respondent Selection for Cognitive Interviewing - Allison Castellano Ackermann and Johnny Blair
Keywords: cognitive interview, sample selection, respondent characteristics, pretest

An Examination of Non-Contact as a Source of Nonresponse in a Business Survey - Diane K. Willimack and Jeffrey L. Dalzell
Keywords: response rates, nonresponse follow-up, voice mail, noncontact

Examination of the Relationship between Nonresponse and Measurement Error in a Validation Study of Alumni - Kristen Olson and Courtney Kennedy
Keywords: nonresponse error, measurement error

Experiments on the Structure and Specificity of Complex Survey Questions - Paul C. Beatty, Carol Cosenza, and Floyd J. Fowler, Jr.
Keywords: questionnaire design and evaluation, splitballot experiments, behavior coding

A Framework for Survey Breakoffs - Andy Peytchev
Keywords: breakoffs, nonresponse, measurement error model, theoretical framework, web surveys

How Organizations Monitor the Quality of Work Performed by their Telephone Interviewers - Anh Thu Burks, Paul J. Lavrakas, Ken Steve, Kim Brown, Brooke Hoover, Jerry Sherman, and Rui Wang
Keywords: telephone monitoring, telephone surveys

How Successful I am Depends on What Number I Get: The Effects of Numerical Scale Labels and Need for Cognition on Survey Responses - Ting Yan
Keywords: Gricean effect, pragmatic inference, optimizing, satisficing, measurement error, web surveys

Impact of Mode on Open-ended Responses - Jennifer Edgar

Improving Survey Response in Spanish-speaking Households - James Dayton, Michael W. Link, Robert Pels, and Kirsten Ivie

Inside the Within Precinct Error - Michael Butterworth
Keywords: precinct, vote, bias, exit poll, interviewer

Interviewer Perceptions of Interview Quality - Kirsten Barrett, Matt Sloan, and Debra Wright
Keywords: interviewer perceptions, disability, data quality

Measuring Health Insurance in the U.S. - Joanne Pascale
Keywords: uninsured, health insurance, data quality

Measuring International Socio-Religious Values and Conflict by Coding U.S. State Department Reports - Brian J. Grim, Roger Finke, Jaime Harris, Catherine Meyers, and Julie VanEerden
Keywords: religion, international, conflict, coding, violence

Methods for Translating Survey Questionnaires - Barbara H. Forsyth, Martha Stapleton Kudela, Deidre Lawrence, Kerry Levin, and Gordon B. Willis

Mode and Address Frame Alternatives to Random-Digit Dialing - Michael W. Link, Michael P. Battaglia, Martin R. Frankel, Larry Osborn, and Ali H. Mokdad

Nonresponse Bias in a Mail Survey of Physicians - Emily McFarlane, Murrey G. Olmsted, Joe Murphy, and Craig A. Hill
Keywords: nonresponse bias, physicians

Overcoming Structure and Order Effects in Cognitive Interviewing - Justin T. Bailey, Kenneth W. Steve, Anh Thu Burks, Kimberly D. Brown, and Paul J. Lavrakas
Keywords: cognitive interviewing, cognitive processes, order effects

Providing Definitions and Reading Answer Choices: Experimental Findings from a Behavioral Health Survey - Donna Eisenhower, Stephen Immerwahr, Gregg Van Ryzin, and Bonnie Kerker
Keywords: measurement error, questionnaire instructions, providing definitions, answer categories

Stratification and Allocation to Reduce Screening Costs in Telephone Surveys - Katherine Ballard LeFauve, K.P. Srinath, and Susan Arday
Keywords: sampling, stratification

Support for Mothers' Employment at Home Compared to External Employment: Australian Attitudes, 2002 - S.M.C. Kelley, C.G.E. Kelley, M.D.R. Evans, and Jonathan Kelley
Keywords: labor force participation, women, work at home, Australia

Telephone Survey Response: Effects of Cell Phones in Landline Households - Dennis Lambries, Michael Link, and Robert Oldendick
Keywords: cell phones and response rates

Unwillingness to Reveal Personal Information to other Household Members and its Relationship to Subsequent Survey Nonresponse in a Longitudinal Panel Survey - Anna Y. Chan and Jeffrey C. Moore
Keywords: privacy and confidentiality concerns, survey nonresponse

Using Call Records to Understand Response in Panel Surveys - Megan Henly and Nancy Bates
Keywords: attrition, nonresponse bias, noncontact, paradata, panel data

Validating a Sampling Revolution: Benchmarking Address Lists against Traditional Listing - Colm O'Muircheartaigh, Ned English, Stephanie Eckman, Heidi Upchurch, Erika Garcia, and James Lepkowski
Keywords: USPS list frames, GIS, area probability sampling

Where, Exactly, are the RDD Non-Respondents: A GIS-Based Approach to Quantifying Potential Bias - Ned English, Lisa Schwartz, and Lisbeth Goble
Keywords: GIS, non-response, bias