Assessing the Effectiveness of Using Panel Respondent Mode Preferences - Thomas B. Hoffer, Karen Grigorian, and Ron Fecso
Look and Listen, But Don't Stop: Interviewers and Data Quality in the 2007 SCF - Arthur B. Kennickell Keywords: Interviewers, data quality, SCF
Survey Quality and Quality Metrics: An Economic Approach - Julia Lane, Suzanne Bard, and Judith Petty
Evaluation of Prospective Benefits, Costs and Risks of Standards for Statistical Programs - John L. Eltinge Keywords: Adoption and diffusion of technology, Approximation error, Barriers to entry, Certification, Commodity labor, Constraints, Gresham's Law, Local and global optimization, Operational risk, Rent seeking, Risk management, Satisficing, Survey cost structures, Total survey error, Training, Transparency
Developing and Implementing Data Quality Standards at the U.S. Census Bureau - John M. Bushery, Pamela D. McGovern, and David C. Whitford Keywords: quality, standards, framework
Lessons Learned Using Statistical Standards To Improve/Ensure Data Quality - Marilyn Seastrom
Design-Based, Model-Based, and Model-Assisted Sampling, and Inference in Natural Resources - Mary Christman
Optimal Spatial Sampling: Probability-Based or Model-Based? - Don L. Stevens
Design-Based and Model-Based Issues in Natural Resource Inventories - Ronald E. McRoberts
Maintaining Confidentiality in Administrative and Integrated Databases - Jerome P. Reiter and Satkartar Kinney
Synthetic Data for Administrative Record Applications at LEHD - Jeremy Wu and John Abowd
Synthetic Data Disclosure Control for American Community Survey Group Quarters - Rolando Rodríguez Keywords: disclosure, synthetic data, ACS
Predicting the Relative Quality of Alternative Sampling Frames - Colm O'Muircheartaigh, Edward English, and Stephanie Eckman Keywords: USPS lists, sampling frames, Tailored samples
Improving Coverage of Residential Address Lists in Multistage Area Samples - Sylvia Dohrmann, Daifeng Han, and Leyla Mohadjer Keywords: Area samples, USPS, address lists
Comparing the Coverage of a Household Sampling Frame Based on Mailing Addresses to a Frame Based on Field Enumeration - Vincent Iannacchione, Katherine Morton, Joseph McMichael, David Cunningham, James Cajka, and James Chromy Keywords: Locatable mailing addresses, Delivery Sequence File (DSF), Global Positioning System (GPS)
Simple Practitioner-Oriented Hypothesis Tests for Various Types of Multiple Response Survey Data - D. Roland Thomas and Yves J. Decady
Estimation and Testing for Association with Multiple-Response Categorical Variables from Complex Surveys - Christopher R. Bilder and Thomas M. Loughin Keywords: Correlated binary data, Loglinear model, NHANES, Pearson statistic, Pick any/c, Rao-Scott adjustments
Bayesian Inference for a Stratified Categorical Variable Allowing All Possible Choices - Balgobin Nandram, Maria Criselda S. Toto, and Myron Katzoff Keywords: multiple category choices, surveys, Bayes factor, Monte Carlo integration, sparse table
History of the National Health Interview Survey - Eve Powell-Griner and Jennifer Madans Keywords: NHIS, Health survey, NCHS
Using the National Health Interview Survey for Policy Research on Health Insurance - Amy Davidoff Keywords: insurance, policy, household survey
The National Health Interview Survey's 50th Anniversary - Jane F. Gentleman
Fifty Years of the National Health Interview Survey - Nancy Breen
Mixed Nonhomogeneous Poisson Process Spline Models for the Analysis of Recurrent Event Panel Data - Jason Nielsen and Charmaine Dean
Reducing the Bias of Between- Within-Cluster Covariate Methods When Data Are Missing at Random - John Neuhaus and Charles E. McCulloch
Semiparametric Methods for Clustered Binary Data - Grace Y. Yi, Wenqing He, and Hua Liang
Second-Order Least Squares Estimation for Nonlinear Mixed Effects Models - Liqun Wang
Identifying the Population with Disabilities: A Comparison of Current Survey Estimates - Andrew J. Houtenville, S. Antonio Ruiz-Quintanilla, and Robert Weathers
The Development and Testing of Disability Questions for the Current Population Survey - Terence M. McMenamin, Stephen M. Miller, and Anne E. Polivka
Disability Data and the American Community Survey - Sharon Stern
Jackknife and Bootstrap Methods for Small Area Estimation - J. N. K. Rao Keywords: Bootstrap, Confidence intervals, Conditional properties, Jackknife, MSE estimation, Small area models
On Small Area Prediction Interval Problems - Snigdhansu Chatterjee, Partha Lahiri, and Huilin Li Keywords: Predictive distribution, prediction interval, linear mixed model, small area, bootstrap, coverage accuracy
Using a Mixture Model for Multiple Imputation in the Presence of Outliers - Michael R. Elliott and Nicolas Stettler
Imputing Under-Reported Treatments Using Multiple Sources of Treatment Information in a Cancer Services Study - Alan M. Zaslavsky and Yulei He
Statistics and Lies: Correcting Questionnaire Ordering Effect via Multiple Imputation - Xiao-li Meng, Jingchen Liu, Chih-nan Chen, and Margarita Alegria
Adaptive MCMC Using Stratified Proposals for Bayesian and Frequentist Inference - Mylène Bédard, Donald A.S. Fraser, and Augustive C.M. Wong
Improved Likelihood Inference for Vector Parameters with Discrete Data - Nicola Sartori
Default Priors for Frequentist and Bayesian Inference - Donald A.S. Fraser
The National Children's Study (NCS): Background, Rationale, and Scope - Peter C. Scheidt
Methods for Sampling Households to Identify 100,000 Births - Jill M. Montaquila, J. Michael Brick, and Lester R. Curtin Keywords: National Children's Study, longitudinal study
Adaptive Tuning of Field Performance in the National Children's Study: Protection of the Inferential Base - Jonas H. Ellenberg
Issues in the Measurement and Assessment of Environmental Exposures for a Large Prospective Cohort Study - James Quackenboss, Warren Galke, Susan Viet, David Marker, and Steven Bodesky
Preservation of Skip Patterns and Covariance Structure Through Semi-Parametric Whole-Questionnaire Imputation - David Judkins, Tom Krenzke, Andrea Piesse, Zizhong Fan, and Wen-Chau Haung Keywords: Hot-deck, Predictive mean matching
Imputation in a Multiformat and Multiwave Survey of Cancer Care - Yulei He, Alan M. Zaslavsky, David P. Harrington, Paul Catalano, and Mary Beth Landrum Keywords: Cancer, Missing data, Posterior predictive checking, Sequential regression multiple imputation, Survey
Multiple Imputation Analysis of Association Between Cardiovascular Disease Risk Factors and Environmental Exposures - Trivellore E. Raghunathan and Wei Chen
Sample Size Determination for Hierarchical Longitudinal Designs with Differential Attrition Rates - Anindya Roy, Dulal K. Bhaumik, Subhash Aryal, and Robert D. Gibbons
Response-Adaptive Repeated Measurement Designs for Clinical Trials - Yuanyuan Liang and Kimmie Chough Carriere Keywords: response-adaptive design (RAD), multipleobjective designs, self and simple mixed carryover effects model, evaluation function, optimality criteria
Optimal Designs for Linear Mixed Effects Models - Martijn P.F. Berger
The Whole Is Greater Than the Sum of Its Parts: The U.S. Census Bureau Human Capital Management Information System - Juanita Lott, Tyra Smith, and Mark Holdrege Keywords: human capital, management information systems, U.S. Census Bureau
Accurately Measuring a Creative Economy - Steven W. Pedigo
Water, Water Everywhere and Not a Drop to Drink: Higher Education Access and Success Among America's Growing Population of Under-Represented Students of Color - Walter Allen, Uma Jayakumar, and Ray Franke
Nonresponse Bias in Two Methods of Panel Recruitment - Charles DiSogra, Daniel Slotwiner, Sarah Clinton, Elisa Chan, and Erlina Hendarwan
Combining RDD and Web Panel Surveys - Karol Krotki
Sample Matching for Web Surveys: Theory and Application - Douglas Rivers
The Evolution of an Engineer - Matthew Pocernich
Opportunities Offered by the ASA for a Statistician in a Management Role in the Pharmaceutical Industry - Jane B. Porter
Transitioning into a Career as an MS Statistician: How the ASA Can Help - Monica Johnston
Recent Developments in Multiple Frame Surveys - Sharon Lohr Keywords: Bootstrap, Complex Survey, Dual Frame Survey, Jackknife, Sampling for Rare Events, Variance Estimation
Rao-Scott Corrections and Their Impact - Alastair Scott Keywords: Survey data, contingency tables, chi-squared tests
Small-Area Estimation: Theory and Practice - Michael Hidiroglou Keywords: Small Area, Official Statistics, Fay-Herriot
Small Area Estimation in Multivariate Surveys - Hukum Chandra and Ray Chambers Keywords: Multivariate surveys, Multipurpose sample weights, MBD approach, Mixed model
Nonparametric Modeling of the Second Order Structure of Processes with Time-Varying Memory - Georg M. Gorg and Dana Draghicescu Keywords: time-varying memory, Hurst parameter, fractional differencing, ARFIMA, nonstationary time series
Cosponsorship in the U.S. Senate: A Mixed Effects Approach to Detecting the Subtle Influence of Social Relational Factors on Legislative Behavior - Justin Gross, Stephen Fienberg, Cosma Shalizi, and David Krackhardt
Imputing Missing Data in the FBI's Uniform Crime Reports - Clint Roberts, Elizabeth A. Stasny, and Michael D. Maltz
Using Multiple Imputation Technique to Correct for Measurement Error and Statistical Disclosure Control in Sensitive Count Data in a National Survey - Mandi Yu Keywords: Multiple Imputations, Measurement Error, Sensitive Question
Adjusting the German Labor Force Survey for Under-Reporting by Means of Calibrated Imputation - Hans Kiesl and Susanne Rassler
Not Just Another Multiple Imputation: Practical Aspects for Highly Correlated Data - Lester Curtin, Nathaniel Schenker, Jeffrey Hughes, and Lori Borrund
Data Imputation Models for Non-trended Price Data - Kennon Copeland and Boris Brodsky Keywords: Imputation, Proportional Model, Price Data, Composite Estimator
Weight Adjustments for Fractional Regression Hot Deck Imputation - Minhui Paik and Michael D. Larsen Keywords: Calibration, Missing data, Multiple imputation, Quadratic programming, Regression weighting
Multiple Imputations Using Sequential Semi and Nonparametric Regressions - Irina Bondarenko and Trivellore Raghunathan Keywords: Missing Data, Response Propensity, Predictive Mean Matching
Imputation of Rental Equivalence in the Consumer Expenditure Survey - Barry Steinberg Keywords: Rental Equivalence, Owned Home, Imputation
Multiple Matrix Sampling: A Review - Jeffrey M. Gonzalez and John L. Eltinge Keywords: Split questionnaire, Respondent burden, Nonresponse, Sample survey, Selection probability, Variance estimation
Statistical Issues in Developing Sample Designs for Surveys Requiring Rapid Response - Allison M. Deal and William D. Kalsbeek Keywords: Rapid Response, Overlapping Samples, BRFSS, Sample Size
Optimal 2-Stage Sampling Theory for Business Customer Satisfaction Surveys - John Rotondo
An Automated Procedure for Forming Contiguous Sampling Units for Area Probability Samples - Bryce Johnson, Jill Montaquila, and Andrew Heller Keywords: TIGER, segments
Selection of Small and Large Schools in State and County School Surveys - Pedro Saavedra, Tonja Kyle, and James Ross Keywords: Probabilities Proportional to Size, minimum replacement, systematic sampling
Reduction of Sample Areas in the Consumer Price Index and Consumer Expenditure Survey Designs - Lawrence R. Ernst, William H. Johnson, and William E. Larson Keywords: PSUs, maximization of overlap, PSU weights
Optimal Sign Test for One Sample Bivariate Location Model Using an Alternative Bivariate Ranked Set Sample - Hani Samawi
Optimal Allocation for Unbalanced Stratified Ranked Set Sample - Chris Sroka, Elizabeth A. Stasny, and Douglas Wolfe
Order-Restricted Randomized Designs for Linear Models Using L1 Norm - Shannon Markiewicz and Omer Ozturk
Optimal Allocation in the Presence of Missing Data - Jessica Kohlschmidt, Elizabeth A. Stasny, and Douglas Wolfe
Rejective Sampling and Conditional Tests from Biased Samples for the Equality of Two Distributions - Qing Kang and Paul I. Nelson
Effects of Answer Space Size on Responses to Open-Ended Questions in Mail Surveys - Glenn Israel
Improving the Quality of Open-End Questions in Mail, Web, and Telephone Surveys - Don Dillman, Jolene Smyth, and Leah M. Christian
Impact of Presentation Format of Open-Ended Survey Questions on Response Quality - Steven Swinford
The Influence of Color and Space Constraints on Responses to Open-Ended Questions in Paper Questionnaires - Virginia Lesser and Lydia Newton
Hierarchical Bayes Small Area Estimates of Adult Literacy Using Unmatched Sampling and Linking Models - Leyla Mohadjer, J.N.K. Rao, Benmei Liu, Tom Krenzke, and Wendy Van de Kerckhove Keywords: Indirect state and county estimates, credible intervals, variance smoothing, predictor variable selection
Hierarchical Bayes Modeling of Survey-Weighted Small Area Proportions - Benmei Liu, Partha Lahiri, and Graham Kalton Keywords: Weighted proportions, Hierarchical Bayes modeling, beta distribution
A Simple Computational Method for Estimating Mean Squared Prediction Error in General Small-Area Model - Snigdhansu Chatterjee and P. Lahiri Keywords: Bootstrap, Mean Squared Prediction Errors, General Linear Mixed Model
On Comparison of Different MSE Estimators in Small-Area Estimation - En-Tzu Tang and Jiming Jiang
The Cumulative Distribution Function (CDF) Adjustment Method Applied to Small-Area Estimates of Serious Psychological Distress in the National Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH) - Jeremy Aldworth, Neeraja Sathe, and Misty Foster
Expedient Small-Area Estimation via Proportional Odds Ratio Log-Linear Models - Lei Li and Paul S. Levy
Small Area Estimation in a Survey of High School Students in Iowa - Lu Lu and Michael D. Larsen Keywords: Benchmarking, Generalized linear mixed models, Hierarchical Bayesian analysis, Model selection, Posterior predictive p-values
Handling Imperfect Overlap Determination in a Dual-Frame Survey - Jay Clark, Marianne Winglee, and Benmei Liu Keywords: Dual-frame estimation, record linkage, threshold selection, domain misclassification, single-frame estimator, pseudo maximum likelihood estimator
Using the Statistics of Income Division's Sample Data to Reduce Measurement and Processing Error in Small Area Estimates Produced from Administrative Tax Records - Kimberly Henry, Partha Lahiri, and Robin Fisher Keywords: Survey sampling, Administrative Records, Indirect Estimators
An Empirical Evaluation of Various Direct, Synthetic, and Traditional Composite Small Area Estimators - Kimberly Henry, Michael Strudler, and William Chen Keywords: Administrative Records, General Regression Estimator, Indirect Estimators, Survey sampling
Using Administrative Records To Avoid Survey Data Capture Errors - Tim Withum
Optimal Estimators for Two-Phase Sample Designs - Stephen Ash Keywords: Auxiliary information, generalized regression estimation, model-assisted
Methodology for the Production of American Community Survey Multiyear Estimates - Anthony G. Tersine, Jr. and Mark E. Asiala Keywords: American Community Survey, Estimation
Imbedding Model-Assisted Estimation into ACS Estimation - Robert Fay
Analysis of Variance Estimates from American Community Survey Multiyear Estimates - Michael D. Starsinic and Anthony G. Tersine, Jr. Keywords: American Community Survey, variance estimation
Statistical Issues and Interpretation of the American Community Survey's One-, Three-, and Five-Year Period Estimates - Michael Beaghen and Lynn Weidman
Structural Equation Models for Item Parceling - Joseph Olsen
Using Factor Analysis and Cronbach's Alpha to Ascertain Relationships Between Questions of a Dietary Behavior Questionnaire - Eric Grau Keywords: factor analysis, Cronbach's alpha, dietary behavior
Randomization-Based Inference About Latent Variables in Classical Test Theory for a Clustered Sample - Tiandong Li and Robert Mislevy
A Methodology to Fit Hierarchical Logistic Models for Data from Complex Sampling Designs - Prabhu Bhagavatheeswaran and Ian Harris
Post-Stratification with Optimized Effective Base: Linear and Nonlinear Ridge Regression Approach - Stan Lipovetsky Keywords: Sample balance, post-stratification, raking, weighting, generalized regression, ridge regression, nonlinear optimization, iteratively re-weighted least squares
Robustness of Latent Class Measurement Error Models - Brian Meekins and Daniell Toth Keywords: Markov Latent Class, Measurement Error, Simulation
An Analysis of Nonresponse Bias Resulting from Non-Resolution of Telephone Numbers, Eligibility Screener Nonresponse, and Interview Nonresponse for the National Immunization Survey - Benjamin Skalland and Robert Montgomery
Assessing the Effect of Government Frame Refinement on Collecting Establishment Data for the National Compensation Survey - Glenn Springer Keywords: sampling frame, non-response error, establishment survey
A Comparison of Level of Effort and Benchmarking Approaches for Nonresponse Bias Analysis of an RDD Survey - Daifeng Han and David Cantor Keywords: Response rate, refusal conversion, nonresponse adjustment
The Impact of Refusal Conversion on Survey Response and Error - Martin Barron and Karen Wooten
Designing Longitudinal Studies of Mobile Populations Such As Military Populations - Shelton Jones, Jeniffer Iriondo-Perez, Cynthia Augustine, Robert Bray, Janice Brown, and Michael Pemberton
Multiple ACS Estimates: Pick a Number, Any Number! - Linda Gage
The Utility of Five-Year Averages from the American Community Survey for Bronx Neighborhoods - Joseph Salvo, A. Peter Lobo, and Adam Willett
How Study Design can Influence Substantive Survey Results - Dhuly Chowdhury, Karol Krotki, and Lily Trofimovich Keywords: measurement bias, field procedures
SOI Develops Better Survey Questions Through Pretesting - Tara Wells and Diane M. Milleville
A New Approach to Measuring Residence Status - Jennifer Childs, Elizabeth Nichols, Aref Dajani, and Jennifer Rothgeb Keywords: coverage, residency, split-panel field test
Evaluating the Computer Audio-Recorded Interviewing (CARI) Household Wellness Study (HWS) Field Test - Taniecea A. Arceneaux Keywords: Computer Audio-Recorded Interviewing, Quality Assurance, Computer Assisted Personal Interviewing
Patterns of Nonresponse for Key Questions in NSDUH and Implications for Imputation - Peter Frechtel and Elizabeth Copello Keywords: nonresponse bias, item nonresponse, imputation
The Impact on Data Quality of the Transition to Clean Burning On-Highway Diesel - Paula Weir, Benita O'Colmain, and Pedro Saavedra Keywords: variance, bootstrap, on-highway, ULSD, price
Interviewer Variability and Survey Estimates: Quantifying Data Quality - Novie Younger, Damion Francis, Shelly McFarlane, Jan van den Broeck, Georgiana Gordon-Strachan, Andriene Grant, and Rainford Wilks
Comparing Estimate Bias and Variances Using Calibrated Weights with a Different Number of Constraints in a Sample with Oversamples in Specific Groups - Nuria Diaz-Tena, Rob Cole, and Partha Dass
A New Algorithm for High-Dimensional Calibration in Observational Studies - Michael E. Jones, Ismael Flores Cervantes, and David R. Judkins
Improving the Unit Nonresponse Adjustment in the NLSCY Using Logistic Regression Modeling and Calibration - Mike Tam, Marcelle Tremblay, Sarah Franklin, and Claude Girard
Weight Trimming in the National Immunization Survey - Sadeq Chowdhury, Meena Khare, and Kirk Wolter Keywords: Extreme weights, Outliers, Sampling weights
Testing For Informative Weights And Weights Trimming In Multivariate Modeling With Survey Data - Tihomir Asparouhov and Bengt Muthen Keywords: Weights Informativeness, Weight Trimming, Test of Weights Ignorability
An Application of Alternative Weighting Matrix Collapsing Approaches for Improving Sample Estimates - Linda Tompkins and Jay J. Kim Keywords: coverage ratio, sample weighting, cell collapsing
Bayesian Weight-Smoothing Models in Clustered or Cross-Classed Sample Designs - Xiaobi Huang and Michael R. Elliott
Microdata Simulation for Confidentiality Protection Using Regression Quantiles and Hot Deck - Jennifer C. Huckett and Michael D. Larsen Keywords: Hot deck imputation, quantile regression, rank swapping, statistical disclosure limitation, synthetic data
Releasing Multiply Imputed, Synthetic Data Generated in Two Stages To Protect Confidentiality - Joerg Drechsler and Jerome P. Reiter
Multiple Imputation Alternatives to Top-Coding for Statistical Disclosure Control - Di An and Roderick J. Little
Secure Logistic Regression with Multi-Party Distributed Databases - Stephen E. Fienberg, Alan F. Karr, Yuval Nardi, and Aleksandra B. Slavkovic Keywords: Logistic Regression, Privacy-Preserving Data Mining, Secure Multi-Party Computation, EM
Application of the Truncated Triangular and the Trapezoidal Distributions - Jay J. Kim Keywords: confidentiality, masking, truncated triangular distribution
Modelling Rotation Group Bias and Survey Errors in the Dutch Labour Force Survey - Jan van den Brakel and Sabine Krieg
Face-to-face Interviews with Children. Question Difficulty and the Impact of Cognitive Resources on Response Quality - Marek Fuchs Keywords: Children, behavior coding, cognitive resources, respondent behavior, validity
Survey Design for Studies of Measurement Error in Physical Activity Assessments - Nicholas K. Beyler, Sarah M. Nusser, Wayne A. Fuller, Alicia L. Carriquiry, and Gregory J. Welk Keywords: Measurement Error, Physical Activity, Energy Expenditure
Comparison of Estimators for the National Resources Inventory Calibration Study - Emily Berg, Wayne A. Fuller, and Jean Opsomer Keywords: Measurement Error, Calibration, Sandwich Variance Estimator
Evaluating the Assumption of Uncorrelated Error Terms in a Mixed-Mode Study with Validation Data - Courtney Kennedy and Stanley Presser
A Comparison Between a Traditional RDD Survey and a Telephone Survey with Cell-Phone-Only Populations - Sunghee Lee, David Grant, J. Michael Brick, and Sherm Edwards
A New Application of Adaptive Web Sampling designs - Hong Xu, Steve K. Thompson, and James L. Rosenberger
Time Series Analysis of Census Internet Response - Fred Highland Keywords: Census, Internet, Time Series
Assessing the Applicability of Self-Anchoring Scales in Web Surveys - Frederik Van Acker and Peter Theuns Keywords: self anchoring scales, web surveys, context effects
Comparing Web Survey Samples of Schizophrenic and Bipolar Patients with Concurrent RDD and In-Person Samples - LinChiat Chang, Channing Stave, Corinne O'Brien, Fred Rappard, Jill Glathar, and Joe Cronin Keywords: Web Survey, Mode Comparison
Beyond demographics: are “Webographic” questions useful for reducing the selection bias in web surveys? - Matthias Schonlau, Arthur van Soest, and Arie Kapteyn Keywords: propensity scoring, Web survey, selection bias, Webographic variables, lifestyle variables, Simpson's paradox
When Standard Regression Techniques Fail: The Role of Propensity Score Methods - Michael Posner and Arlene Ash
Applications of Quasi-Monte Carlo Methods in Inference for Complex Survey Data - Stanislav Kolenikov Keywords: quasi-Monte Carlo, Halton sequence, BRR, bootstrap, complex survey data
Estimating the Distance Distribution of Subpopulations for a Large-Scale Complex Survey - Jianqiang Wang and Jean Opsomer Keywords: jackknife, kernel estimation, estimating equations, generalized median, elliptical distribution, classification
A Comparison of Variances for Poststratification to Estimated Control Totals - Jill A. Dever and Richard Valliant Keywords: estimated-control calibration, sampling frame coverage bias, survey-estimated control totals
On Variance Estimation Under Auxiliary Value Imputation in Sample Surveys - David Haziza, Jean-Francois Beaumont, and Cynthia Bocci
The Effect of Stochastic Population Controls on the Precision of Radio Listening Estimates - Richard Griffiths
Using Linear Programming Techniques for Balancing Automatic Case Assignments in Field Surveys - Edward English and Steven Pedlow Keywords: Area Probability Sample, Interviewer Allocation
First Impression: An Advance Contact Experiment to Locate and Engage Potential Respondents - Amy Herron, Mike White, Megan Henly, and Andy Zukerberg Keywords: Nonresponse, Locating Mobile Populations, Advance Contact Mailings
The Impact of Incentives on Survey Participation and Reports of Intimate Partner and Sexual Violence - Lisa R. Carley-Baxter, Michele Black, and Susan Twiddy
Money Can Buy Me Love: Experiments To Increase Response Rates Using Monetary Incentives - Andrew Zukerberg, Megan Henly, and David Hall
Effects of Calculating Standard Errors using Estimation Versus Variance Weights for 2004 National Nursing Home Survey - Rong Cai, Sarah Gousen, Iris Shimizu, and Robin Remsburg Keywords: Standard errors, Variance weights, Ratio adjustment
Variance Estimations for International Price Program Indexes - Te-Ching Chen, Patrick A. Bobbitt, James A. Himelein Jr., Steven P. Paben, MoonJung Cho, and Lawrence R. Ernst Keywords: Variance estimation, Bootstrap, Jackknife, Balance Repeated Replication (BRR), Certainty Sampling Units, Taylor Series
Can a Geographic Sort Improve Hot Deck Donor Imputation in the Canadian Census? - Darryl Janes Keywords: CANCEIS, Donor Imputation, Geographic Sort
Imputation Classes by Size Measure for the Annual Survey of Manufactures of Statistics Canada - Yi Li Keywords: Imputation Class, Size Measure, Ratio Imputation
Are Nonrespondents Necessarily Bad Reporters? Using Imputation Techniques to Investigate Measurement Error of Nonrespondents in an Alumni Survey - Mandi Yu and Ting Yan Keywords: Measurement Error, Nonresponse bias, Multiple Imputation
Using Callback Models to Adjust for Nonignorable Nonresponse in Face-to-Face Surveys - Paul Biemer and Kevin Wang
Assessing Bias in Estimates in a Two Stage Design From an Early Close Out of the First Stage Data Collection: An Empirical Investigation Using NSRCG Sample Data - Donsig Jang and Xiaojing Lin Keywords: Nonresponse analysis, NSRCG, School sample, Bias
Optimal Survey Design When Nonrespondents Are Subsampled for Follow-Up - A. James O'Malley and Alan M. Zaslavsky Keywords: Neyman allocation, Nonrespondents, Small Area Estimation, Subsample, Survey, Telephone Followup
Research and Responsive Design Options for Survey Data Collection at Statistics Canada - Chris Mohl and François Laflamme Keywords: Paradata, Responsive Design, Collection Procedures
A Dynamic Approach to Response Propensity - Kristen Olson
Findings from Methodology Innovations on Population Health Survey - Urban Landreman
A Case Study in Dual-Frame Estimation Methods - Marianne Winglee, Inho Park, Keith Rust, Benmei Liu, and Gary Shapiro Keywords: Dual-frame design, rare population, domain estimation, sampling weights, single frame (SF) estimator, pseudo maximum-likelihood (PML) estimator
A Strategy for Estimating the Number of Minority Operated Farms - Phil Kott and Matt Fetter Keywords: dual frame, re-stratification, anticipated variance
On the Allocation and Estimation for Dual Frame Survey Data - A. Demnati, J. N. K. Rao, M. A. Hidiroglou, and J.-L. Tambay Keywords: Calibration, incomplete frame, multiplicity, optimal sample size, variance estimation
Designing a Dual-Frame Survey for Breeding Bald Eagle Pairs in the Lower 48 States - Mark C. Otto and John R. Sauer
Nonresponse Adjustment for Multipurpose Surveys - Hee-Choon Shin
A Comparison of Methods to Further Adjust for Non-Response Due to Missing Lab Data in National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) - Maya Sternberg and Alula Hadgu Keywords: NHANES, nonreponse, propensity
Post-Katrina New Orleans Adjustment to Control Totals for the National Immunization Survey - Steven Pedlow and Zhen Zhao Keywords: Hurricane Katrina, Post-Stratification, Orleans Parish
Diagnostic Process to Assess the Effects of Weighting BRFSS Data - Henry Roberts, Robert Woldman, Elizabeth Hughes, and Ruth Jiles
Minimizing Conditional Local Bias for 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, and Jay J. Kim Keywords: unbiased estimation, poststratification
Evaluation of the Current Weighting Methodology for the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS) and Alternatives for Improvement - Mansour Fahimi, Darryl Creel, Paul S. Levy, and Michael Link
Diagnostic Process to Assess the Effects of Truncating Extreme BRFSS Sampling Weights - Henry Roberts, Robert Woldman, Elizabeth Hughes, and Ruth Jiles
Identification of Influential Observations for Regression Using Complex Survey Data - Jianzhu Li and Richard Valliant
Goodness-of-Fit Tests for Logistic Regression with Complex Survey Data - Amang S. Sukasih, Donsig Jang, and Haixia Xu
Analyzing Longitudinal Data from Complex Surveys Using SUDAAN - Darryl Creel Keywords: Longitudinal Data Analysis (LDA), SUDAAN
Comparison of the Five Test Statistics Currently Available in the SUDAAN® Modeling Procedures - G. Gordon Brown
Subpopulation Analysis of Survey Data: Statistical Approaches and Software Options - Brady West, Steven Heeringa, and Pat Berglund
GIS Data Collection for Longitudinal Surveys - Sarah M. Nusser
Economic Evaluation of Road Improvements Using GIS and Propensity Score Matching: Case Example from the Republic of Georgia - John Felkner, Fritz Scheuren, Celeste Tarricone, Mamuka Shatirishvili, and Temur Paksashvili
Strategic Directions for the 2011 Canadian Census of Population - David Dolson
Alternative Allocation Designs for a Highly Stratified Establishment Survey - Ernest Lawley, Marie Stetster, and Eduardas Valaitis Keywords: Neyman allocation, probability proportional to estimated size (PPES), power allocation
Sampling with Uncertain Frame Counts: Challenges in Sampling Head Start Children for the FACES Study - Barbara Lepidus Carlson Keywords: FACES, Head Start, oversampling
Sample Design Research for the 2007 National Home Health and Hospice Care Survey - Karen E. Davis and Iris Shimizu Keywords: Sample survey design, design effects
Sample Design of the Canadian Health Measures Survey - Sarah Maude Dion Keywords: Health Survey, Multistage Sample, Direct Measures
Sampling and Estimation Issues in the Redesign of the Canadian Survey of Household Spending - Christian Nadeau, Johanne Tremblay, and Suzanne Lessard Keywords: expenditure survey, household budget survey, diary, recall interview, calendarization
Sample Redesign for the FDIC's Asset Valuation Review - David W. Chapman
Design Effects of Sampling Frames in Establishment Surveys of Small Populations - Monroe Sirken and Iris Shimizu Keywords: Establishment Sampling Frames, Small Domain Estimation, Network Sampling
Variance Estimation for Statistical Matching Using Multiple Imputation - James Reilly
Using Bootstrap Variance Calculations for a Survey with a Simple Design: The Case of the 2005 National Survey of the Work and Health of Nurses - Gildas Kleim and Yves Bélanger Keywords: Variance estimation, Bootstrap, Simple Design
Application of the Bootstrap Method in the International Price Program - Patrick A. Bobbitt, Steven P. Paben, MoonJung Cho, Te-Ching Chen, James A. Himelein Jr., and Lawrence R. Ernst Keywords: Variance estimation, Bias estimation, Certainty sampling units, Collapsing
Assessment of the Impact of Health Variables on Nonresponse Adjustment in the Medical Expenditure Panel Survey (MEPS) - Lap-Ming Wun and Trena Ezzati-Rice Keywords: logistic regression, response propensity, variation
Using Interviewer Observations To Improve Nonresponse Adjustments: NES 2004 - Andy Peytchev and Kristen Olson
Use of Interviewer Judgments About Attributes of Selected Respondents in Post-Survey Adjustment for Unit Nonresponse: An Illustration with the National Survey of Family Growth - Robert Groves, James Wagner, and Emilia Peytcheva
Using Proxy Measures of Survey Outcomes in Post-Survey Adjustments: Examples from the European Social Survey (ESS) - Frauke Kreuter, Michael Lemay, and Carolina Casas-Cordero Keywords: Nonresponse Adjustment, Interviewer Observations, European Social Survey
Using Proxy Measures of the Survey Variables in Post-Survey Adjustments in a Transportation Survey - Ting Yan and Trivellore Raghunathan Keywords: post-survey adjustment, nonresponse error, record data
Parametric Bootstrap Confidence Interval in a Small-Area Estimation Problem - Huilin Li and Partha Lahiri
Setting Precision Requirements for Estimating Proportions - James R. Chromy
Confidence Intervals for Statistics for Categorical Variables from Complex Samples - Keith Rust and Valerie Hsu Keywords: Asymptotically normal estimators, multi-stage sampling, log transformation, log(-log) transformation, index of disparity, WesVar
Evaluating Alternative One-Sided Coverage Intervals for an Extreme Binomial Proportion - Yan K. Liu and Phillip S. Kott Keywords: coverage probability, effective sample size, stratified random sample
Investigation of Empirical Bayesian Confidence Intervals for Expenditure Data in the Medical Expenditure Panel Survey - Robert Baskin and Malay Ghosh
Tailoring Survey Data Products and Reliability Criteria To Best Match Customers' Revenue Needs - Mandy Webb and Alan R. Tupek
Properties of the Combined Ratio Estimator and a Best Linear Unbiased Estimator When Design Control is Problematic - StephenWoodruff Keywords: Combined Ratio Estimation, Best Linear Unbiased Estimation, Stratified Cluster Designs
Multiyear Estimation for a Single Stratum from the Continuous National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) - R. Lee Harding, Jay Clark, and Jill M. Montaquila
The Effectiveness of Stepwise Discriminate Analysis as a Post Hoc Procedure to a Significant Manova - Erik Heiny
Researcher Access to Microdata: Measuring the Impact of Different Access Protocols on Data Utility - Stephanie Shipp and Julia Lane
Measuring Privacy Loss Due to Data Release: A New Perspective - Lei Liu and Heping Zhang
The Use of Propensity Score Matching Methods in Mixed Mode Studies - John Bremer and Kerri Miller
Practical Considerations in Applying the pq-Rule for Primary Disclosure Suppressions - Meghan O'Malley and Lawrence R. Ernst Keywords: Confidentiality, p-Percent Rule, pq-Rule, Sample Weights, Imputation, Primary Suppressions
An Assessment of the Effect of Misreporting of Phone Line Information on Key Weighted RDD Estimates - Ashley Bowers and Jeffrey Gonzalez Keywords: Random-Digit Dialing (RDD), weighting adjustment, measurement error
Improvements in Coverage and Sample Weighting for Telephia's 2007 Attitude and Behavior Survey (TABS) of U.S. Cellular Phone Subscribers - Vicki Pineau, Jim Baer, Christianne Pang, Glenn Atias, and Elisa Chan
Non-Response in Surveys of the College Educated, Revisited - Patrick E. Flanagan and Nancy Dexter Keywords: Survey, Non-response, Logistic Regression
Nonresponse in the Survey of Industrial Research and Development - Perez Adriana
Adjusting for Missing Covariates Using the EM Algorithm for Logistic Regression Models: A Study of the Effect of Childhood Overweight on the Age of Onset of Menses - Yi Liu, Elizabeth A. Stasny, and Pamela Salsberry
A Study of Basic Calibration Estimators and their Variance Estimators in Presence of Nonresponse - Yves Thibaudeau, Jeri Mulrow, and Jun Shao
The Nonparametric Regression with Missing Responses and Its Applications to the U.S. Census - Cheng Yong Tang and Song Xi Chen
Estimating the Distribution Function Using k-tuple Ranked Set Samples - Kaushik Ghosh and Ram C. Tiwari
Distribution-Free Statistical Intervals via Ranked-Set Sampling - Jesse Frey
A Nonparametric Mean Estimator for Judgment Post-Stratified Data - Xinlei Wang, Johan Lim, and S. Lynne Stokes
Optimal Ranked Set Sampling Estimation Based on Medians from Multiple Set Sizes - Nader Gemayel, Elizabeth A. Stasny, and Douglas Wolfe
Minimum Distance Estimator of Judgment-Ranking Probabilities in a Ranked-Set Sample - Omer Ozturk
Parametric and Semiparametric Model-Based Estimates of the Finite Population Mean for Two-Stage Cluster Samples with Item Nonresponse - Roderick J. Little and Ying Yuan
Bayesian Penalized Spline Model-Based Estimation of the Finite Population Proportion From Probability-Proportional-to-Size Samples - Qixuan Chen, Michael Elliott, and Roderick Little Keywords: finite population proportion, Gibbs sampling, penalized spline regression model
Credible intervals for the Fay-Herriot model - Nadarajasundaram Ganesh Keywords: Bayesian multiple comparison, Fay-Herriot model, hierarchical Bayes, matched priors
Bayesian Approaches to Sequential Selection of Survey Design Protocols - James Wagner and Trivellore Raghunathan Keywords: Adaptive Design, Survey Design Protocols
Survey Designs to Optimize Efficiency for Multiple Objectives: Methods and Applications - Stephen Williams, Zhanyun Zhao, and Frank Potter Keywords: design optimization, multiple survey objectives, nonlinear programming
Optimization of Nonproportional Samples - Raimund K. Wildner
Sampling Design and Inference for Social Network Data: Estimating Epidemic Potential with Contact Tracing Data - Krista Gile and Mark S. Handcock
Sample Allocation under a Population Model and Stratified Inclusion Probability Proportionate to Size Sampling - Sun Woong Kim, Steven Heeringa, and Peter Solenberger
Comparison of Sample Set Curtailment Procedures - Jason Legg Keywords: rejection sampling, cube sampling, stratification, balanced sampling
Model – Assisted-Cum-Design-Based Adaptive Sampling - Ismaila Adeleke, Ray Okafor, Ebenezer Esan, and Athanasius Opara Keywords: Model-based, adaptive sampling, inclusion probabilities
Random Forests with Survey Data - Guillermo Mendez and Sharon L. Lohr
Multivariate Analysis Techniques on Model-based Sampling - Chang-Tai Chao and Feng-Min Lin Keywords: Model-Based Sampling, Optimal Sampling Strategy, Multivariate Analysis, Principal Component, Cluster Analysis
Model Evaluation for Multivariate Structural Time Series Models for the Dutch Labour Force Survey - Sabine Krieg and Jan van den Brakel Keywords: Structural time series models, Small area estimation
Joint Modeling of Longitudinal Outcome and Time to Drop out – An Application Using Complex Survey Data - Punam Pahwa and Chandima Karunanayake Keywords: Generalized Estimating Equations, Complex Survey, Joint Modeling
A Method for Bias-Reduction of Sample-Based MLE of the Autologistic Function - Steen Magnussen and Robert Reeves
Comparison of Income Items from the CPS and ACS - Bruce Webster Jr. Keywords: CPS ASEC, ACS, Response Errors
The Impact of Converted Refusals upon Survey Estimates: National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, 1999-2004 - Margaret Carroll and Yinong Chong
Precanvass Survey for the 2007 Commodity Flow Survey - Promod Chandhok Keywords: auxiliary establishments, sample design, non-shipping auxiliaries, duplicates
An Appraisal of the Conduct and Provisional Results of the Nigerian Population and Housing Census of 2006 - Raymond Okafor, Ismaila Adeleke, and Athanasius Oparac Keywords: Nigerian Population (140million), Male/Female (%) of population is 51.2/48.8, Nigerian census of 2006
Statistical 'Pre- and Post-Processing' as Integrated into Computer Simulations - Turkan Gardenier
Measuring the Quality of Service to Taxpayers in Volunteer Sites - Kevin Cecco, Ronald Walsh, and Rachael Hooker Keywords: Quality of service, Hansen-Hurwitz estimator, statistical consulting
Model and Survey Performance Measurement by the RSE and RSESP - James R. Knaub, Jr. Keywords: regression; total survey error; performance measure; establishment survey; classical ratio estimator; cutoff sampling
Bayesian Multiple Imputation and Maximum Likelihood Methods for Missing Data - Min Sun and Ferry Butar Butar Keywords: multiple imputation, Bayesian method, maximum likelihood, Monte Carlo, bootstrap
Software Alternatives for Variance Estimation in the Analysis of Complex Sample Surveys: A Comparison of SAS Survey Procedures, SUDAAN, and AM - Bethany Bell-Ellison and Jeffrey Kromrey Keywords: Complex sample surveys, variance estimation, software comparison
Alternative Methods to Compensate for Provider Nonresponse in the National Immunization Survey - Philip J. Smith, Ben Skalland, Sadeq Chowdury, and Robert Montgomery
Review of NHIS Public-Design Structures - Van Parsons and Chris Moriarity
Incorporating a Multi-Mode Design Into a Random-Digit-Dialing Telephone Survey - Michael Battaglia, Larry Osborn, Michael Link, Martin Frankel, and Ali Mokdad Keywords: Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System, Mail Survey, Telephone Survey
Asking for Numbers and Quantities: Visual Design Effects in Web Surveys - Marek Fuchs Keywords: Web survey; frequency question, visual design
Integrating Cell Phone Numbers into Random Digit-Dialed (RDD) Landline Surveys - Martin R. Frankel, Michael P. Battaglia, Michael Link, and Ali H. Mokdad Keywords: sampling, cell phone, random digit dialed, RDD, BRFSS, telephone surveys
Methodology for Cognitive Testing of Translations in Multiple Languages - Yuling Pan, Ashley Landreth, Marjorie Hindsdale, Hyunjoo Park, and Alisu Schoua-Glusberg Keywords: methodology for cognitive testing, translation, multilingual
Respondent Debriefings Conducted by Experts: A New Qualitatitve Methodology for Questionnaire Evaluation - Elizabeth Nichols and Jennifer Hunter Childs Keywords: Conversational interviewing, Pretesting, Coverage Improvement
A Comparison of Mixed-Mode Address-Based Sampling (ABS) Versus Random Digit Dialing (RDD) for General Population Surveys - Michael W. Link, Michael P. Battaglia, Larry Osborn, Martin R. Frankel, and Ali H. Mokdad Keywords: mixed-mode survey, address-based sampling (ABS), random digit-dialed (RDD)
Improving Contact Information for Mobile Populations: An Advance Contact Experiment - Megan Henly, Andrew L. Zukerberg, and Amy Herron Keywords: prenotification, nonresponse, mobile populations
Is This a Mobile Home or a Monastery?: Differentiating Group Quarters from Housing Units with a Validation Questionnaire - George Carter and Laurie Schwede Keywords: group quarters, establishment surveys, cognitive interviewing
National Response Rates for Surveys of College Students: Institutional, Regional, and Design Factors - Matt Jans and Anthony Roman Keywords: college students, response rates
Respondents' Understandings of Confidentiality in a Changing Privacy Environment - Eleanor Gerber and Ashley Landreth Keywords: Confidentiality, Privacy beliefs, Census letters
The Effect of Probe Type on Cognitive Interview Results: A Signal Detection Analysis - Rachel Levenstein, Frederick Conrad, Johnny Blair, Roger Tourangeau, and Aaron Maitland
Investigation of the Relationship Between Census Mail Response and the Partnership and Marketing Program - Mary H. Mulry and Jay K. Keller Keywords: Census 2000, logistic regression, segmentation, return on investment
Relationship between Measurement Error and Unit Nonresponse in Household Surveys: An Approach in the Absence of Validation Data - Andy Peytchev and Emilia Peytcheva
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
Negative Media and Unit-Level Survey Response - Nancy Bates
Using Administrative Records to Evaluate the Accuracy of Child Abuse Reports in a National Survey of Child Abuse and Neglect - Keith Smith, Paul Biemer, Kathryn Dowd, and Ruben Chiflikyan Keywords: Matching, Data Quality, Abuse Reports
Using Behavior Coding to Validate Cognitive Interview Findings - Johnny Blair, Allison Ackermann, Linda Piccinino, and Rachel Levenstein
Forty Years of Progress in Monitoring Cancer Control - Nancy Breen and Tracy M. Layne
An Assessment of Bias due to Noncoverage of Wireless Only Households in RDD Surveys - Meena Khare, Sadeq Chowdhury, Kirk Wolter, and James A. Singleton
Minimizing Assessment Burden on Preschool Children: Balancing Burden and Reliability - Susan Sprachman, Sally Atkins-Burnett, Steven Glazerman, Sarah Avellar, Miriam Loewenberg Keywords: methodology, assessment, early childhood
The Effect of Reporting Aid Use on the Accuracy of Household-Reported Medical Expenditure Data - David Kashihara and Diana Wobus Keywords: medical reports, response accuracy, survey quality
Changes in Seam Effects Magnitude Due to Changes in Question Wording and Data Collection Strategies: An Analysis of Labor Force Transitions in the PSID - Mario Callegaro Keywords: seam effect, PSID
Medicaid Underreporting in the CPS: Results from a Record Check Study - Joanne Pascale, Marc Roemer, and Dean Resnick
A New Methodology for the Cognitive Testing of Translated Materials: Testing the Source Version as a Basis for Comparison - Patricia Goerman and Rachel Caspar Keywords: Pretesting multilingual surveys, Cognitive interviewing and Spanish-speaking respondents, Data quality
Manipulating Caller ID for Higher Survey Response in RDD Surveys - Martin Barron and Meena Khare Keywords: telephone surveys, caller ID, RDD response rates
Optimizing the Day and Time of the First Dial in Random-Digit-Dial Telephone Surveys - Benjamin Skalland, Chao Xu, and Karen Wooten
Linking Mailing Addresses to a Household Sampling Frame Based on Census Geography - Katherine Morton, Vincent Iannacchione, Joseph McMichael, James Cajka, Ross Curry, and David Cunningham Keywords: area sampling frame, residential mailing lists, counting and listing, GIS, GPS, geocoding
Estimating Reliability with Panel Data: Alternatives to Cronbach's Alpha and Why We Need Them - Paul Biemer, Sharon Christ, and Christopher Wiesen
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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