Proceedings of the Survey Research Methods Section, American Statistical Association (1983)

INVITED PAPERS BY TOPIC

I. CAPTURE-RECAPTURE METHODS WITH HUMAN POPULATIONS
Chair: DONALD J. MALEC, Bureau of the Census
Organizer: CHARLES D. COWAN, Bureau of the Census

Use of Employee Interviews to Estimate Worker Populations: Comparison of Multiple Recapture Methods - T.J. FISCHBACH, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health; J.T. WITTES, National Heart, Lung & Blood Institute; E.W. DACEY, S.E. SHILLING, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health ............... 1

Estimating the Size of the Criminal Population Using an Open Population Approach - MICHAEL A. GREENE, American University ............... 8

Discussion - KENNETH H. POLLOCK, North Carolina State University ............... 14

 

II · PANEL ON YODELING, RANDOMIZATION AND ROBUSTNESS IN SURVEY SAMPLING
Chair: YORRIS H. HANSEN, Westat, Incorporated
Organizer: V.P. GODAMBE, University of Waterloo

A Survey Practitioner's Viewpoint - BARBARA A. BAILAR, CARY T. ISAKI, KIRK M. WOLTER, Bureau of the Census ............... 16

Survey Sampling: Modelling, Randomization and Robustness--A Unified Theory View - V.P. GODAMBE, University of Waterloo ............... 26

Discussion - MALAY GHOSH, University of Florida ............... 30

 

III · USE OF COMPUTERS IN CODING SURVEY RESPONSES
Chair: JAMES L. O'BRIEN, Bureau of the Census
Organizer: LARS LYBERG, Statistics Sweden

Census Bureau Experience with Automated Industry and Occupation Coding - MARTIN V. APPEL, ELI HELLERMAN, Bureau of the Census ............... 32

Automated Coding at Statistics Sweden - RONNIE ANDERSSON, LARS LYBERG, Statistics Sweden ............... 41

Methods and Problems in Coding Natural Language Survey Data - RODGER KNAUS, American University ............... 51

Discussion - TORE DALENIUS, Brown University ............... 61

 

IV. SURVEY RESEARCH IN EUROPE
Chair/Organizer: BARBARA A. BAILAR, Bureau of the Census

Evaluation of Survey Methods - GERALD HOINVILLE, Social & Community Planning Research, London ............... 63

A Generalized Weighting Procedure Based on Linear Models - JELKE G. BETHLEHEM, WOUTER J. KELLER, Netherlands Central Bureau of Statistics ............... 70

Non Sampling Error Control in Household Surveys - GRAZIA G. ARANGIO-RUIZ, Central Statistical Institute of Italy ............... 76

Current Survey Research at Statistics Sweden - LARS LYBERG, BENGT SWENSSON, JAN H. WRETHAN, Statistics Sweden ............... 81

 

Contributed Papers by Topic

I. SPECIAL SURVEY TECHNIQUES
Chair: FRITZ J. SCHEUREN, Internal Revenue Service

Estimators Based on Several Stratified Samples with Applications to Multiple Frame Surveys - MICHAEL D. BANKIER, Statistics Canada ............... 91

Alternative Dual System Network Estimators - ROBERT J. CASADY, MONROE G. SIRKEN, National Center for Health Statistics; GAD NATHAN, Hebrew University ............... 97
An Evaluation of Counting Rules in a Network Survey--Estimating Prevalence Rates of Rare Events - CECELIA B. SNOWDEN, National Center for Health Statistics; RONALD F. CZAJA, University of Illinois ............... 102

More on Controlled Selection - STEVEN G. HEERINGA, IRENE HESS, University of Michigan ............... 106

Applications of Transportation Theory to Statistical Problems - BEVERLEY D. CAUSEY, LAWRENCE H. COX, LAWRENCE R. ERNST, Bureau of the Census ............... 112

Area Sample Redesign for the Consumer Price Index - CATHRYN S. DIPPO, CURTIS A. JACOBS, Bureau of Labor Statistics ............... 118

 

II · CONSIDERATIONS IN SURVEY DESIGN TO EVALUATE INTERVIEWER TRAINING
Chair/Organizer: FREDERIC A. VOGEL, U.S. Department of Agriculture

The Role of Interviewer Training and Supervision in Reducing Interviewer Effects on Survey Data - FLOYD J. FOWLER, Jr., THOMAS W. MANGIONE, University of Massachusetts-Boston ............... 124

Training Interviewers for Computer-Assisted Telephone Interviewing - BETSY T. MORTON, University of California-Berkeley; CAROL C. HOUSE, U.S. Department of Agriculture ............... 129

Measuring CATI Effects on Numerical Data - CAROL C. HOUSE, U.S. Department of Agriculture; BETSY T. MORTON, University of California-Berkeley ............... 135
The Effects of Male vs. Female Telephone Interviewers - JACK NEALON, U.S. Department of Agriculture ............... 139

Discussion - STANLEY PRESSER, University of Michigan ............... 142

 

III · MODELING AND SUPERPOPULATION TECHNIQUES
Chair: V.P. GODAMBE, University of Waterloo

Empirical Comparison of Uniform and Non-Uniform Probability Sampling for Estimating Numbers of Red-Cockaded Woodpecker Colonies - PAUL H. GEISSLER, LOIS M. MOYER, Patuxent Wildlife Research Center ............... 144

Predicting Unit Variate Values in a Finite Population - NANCY J. CARTER, California State University-Chico ............... 150

National Crime Survey: Empirical and Model-Based Estimators for the Proportion of Households Victimized in a Year - CHARLES H. ALIXANDER, MICHAEL J. ROEBUCK, Bureau of the Census ............... 152

 

IV. RESEARCH IN U.S. CENSUS COVERAGE EVALUATION METHODOLOGY
Chair: KIRK M. WOLTER, Bureau of the Census
Organizer: HOWARD HOGAN, Bureau of the Census

Missing Data Problems in Coverage Evaluation Studies - ROBERT FAY, CHARLES COWAN, Bureau of the Census ............... 158

Some Small Area Adjustment Methodologies Applied to the 1980 Census - GREGG J. DIFFENDAL, CARY T. ISAKI, DONALD MALEC, Bureau of the Census ............... 164

The Forward Trace Study: Its Purpose and Design - HOWARD HOGAN, Bureau of the Census ............... 168

Census Experimental Match Studies - DANNY R. CHILDERS, HOWARD HOGAN, Bureau of the Census ............... 173

On an Optimal Sample Survey Design for Estimation of Solid Wastes in Saudi Arabia - MUNIR AHMAD, T.A. BADER, H. KHARAPJIAN, University of Petroleum & Minerals ............... 177

Discussion - RICHARD D. BURGESS, Statistics Canada ............... 183

 

V. RESPONSE ERRORS
Chair: DAWN D. NELSON, Bureau of the Census

Engineer Assessment of Response Error in Interview Reports of Energy-Consumption-Related Characteristics of Nonresidential Buildings - D. FRENCH, L. PATINKIN, L. CARLSON, Energy Information Administration; H. NISSELSON, A. CHU, M. BERLIN, Westat, Inc. ............... 185

Differentiating Veterans' Pension and Compensation Income in the 1979 ISDP Panel - DENTON R. VAUGHAN, CHARLES A. LININGER, ROBERT E. KLEIN, Social Security Administration ............... 191

Alternative Reference Periods for the National Crime Survey - EDWARD L. KOBILARCIK, CHARLES H. ALEKANDER, RAJENDRA P. SINGE, GARY M. SHAPIRO, Bureau of the Census ............... 197

Methods of Detecting Sources of Error and Differences in Energy Data Series - RENEE MILLER, Energy Information Administration; TURKAN K. GARDENIER, TKG Consultants, Limited ............... 203

A Comparative Study of Field and Office Coding - MARTIN COLLINS, GILL COURTENAY, Social & Community Planning Research and City University, London ............... 209

A Comparison of a Random Digit Dialing Survey and the Current Population Survey - MARY H. MULRY-LIGGAN, Lockheed Austin Division ............... 214

 

VI. AGRICULTURE AND RELATED SURVEY METHODS
Chair: RICHARD R. STORM, Bureau of the Census

Methods Used in Designing the National Farm Survey - SUSAN INGRAM, GARY B. DAVIDSON, Statistics Canada ............... 220

Comparison of Auxiliary Variables for Satellite-Data Regression Estimators in Crop Surveys - RICHARD SIGMAN, U.S. Department of Agriculture; GAIL WALKER, Colby College ............... 226
Research into Small Area Estimation at the U.S. Department of Agriculture - BARRY FORD, DOUG BOND, NANCY CARTER ............... 232

Alternative Sampling Frame Construction for Price Surveys - CAROL C. HOUSE, U.S. Department of Agriculture; NANCY J. CARTER, California State University-Chico; DOUGLAS C. BOND, U.S. Department of Agriculture ............... 238

 

VII. TOPICS IN ADMINISTRATIVE RECORD RESEARCH
Chair: TORE E. DALENIUS, Brown University
Organizer: WENDY ALVEY, Internal Revenue Service

Analyzing the Effects of Age and Household Size on the Distribution of Household Wealth in the U.S. Using Income Tax Microdata - DAPHNE T. GREENWOOD, University of Colorado-Colorado Springs and Internal Revenue Service ............... 243

Changes in the Composition and Concentration of Personal Wealth in the United States - MARVIN SCHWARTZ, KEITH GILMOUR, Internal Revenue Service ............... 248

Charitable Trusts: An IRS Examination of Nonexempt Philanthropic Organizations - THOMAS B. PETSKA, Internal Revenue Service ............... 254

New Sources of Data on Canadian International Migration - JEAN-GUY HACHE, DOUGLAS MORRIS, Statistics Canada ............... 260

The Evolution of the Sample Design for Personal Income Tax Statistics - ELAINE HOSKINS, NEIL BARCLAY, Revenue Canada, Taxation ............... 266

Discussion - RALPH B. BRISTOL, Jr., U.S. Treasury Department ............... 270

Rejoinder ............... 272

 

VIII. NON-RESPONSE AND RELATED ISSUES
Chair: ROBERT M. GROVES, University of Michigan

Estimation Procedures in the Presence of Nonresponse - J.E. JACKSON, Eastman Kodak Company; P.S.R.S. RAO, University of Rochester ............... 273

Response Rate Calculation in RDD Telephone Health Surveys: Current Practices - ANDREW A. WHITE, National Center for Health Statistics ............... 277

Nonrepsonses to Income Questions in Telephone Surveys - WEN-FU P. SHIH, University of Florida ............... 283

Compensation for Unit Nonresponse in Recurring Surveys - LEROY BAILEY, Bureau of the Census ............... 289

Reducing Unit Non-Response in Interview Surveys - DENISE LIEVESLEY, Social and Community Planning Research, London ............... 295

 

IX. APPLICATIONS OF ADMINISTRATIVE RECORDS FOR EPIDFMIOLOGICAL RESEARCH
Chair: HARRY M. ROSENBERG, National Center for Health Statistics
Organizer: WENDY ALVEY, Internal Revenue Service

Automated Natiomwide Death Clearance of Provincial Cancer Registry Files--The Alberta Cancer Registry Study - MARTHA E. SMITH, Statistics Canada; HOWARD B. NEWCOMBE, Consultant; RON DEWAR, McGill University ............... 300

Using the Census Bureau's Occupation and Industry Coding System for Coding Death Certificates - WILLIAM CROUSE, LOIS SCHUSTER, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health; HARRY ROSENBERG, National Center for Health Statistics; DELANA KAMETANI, Bureau of the Census; JOHN SESTITO, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health ............... 306

Occupation Data from Tax Returns: A Progress Report - PATRICIA CRABBE, PETER SAILER, BETH KILSS, Internal Revenue Service ............... 312

Overview of the National Death Index - ROBERT BILGRAD, National Center for Health Statistics ............... 318

The Use of Probabilistic Methods in Matching Census Samples to the National Death Index - EUGENE ROGOT, National Heart, Lung & Blood Institute; SIDNEY H. SCHWARTZ, Bureau of the Census; KAREN V. O'CONOR, Bureau of Labor Statistics; CHRISTINA L. OLSEN, Bureau of the Census ............... 319

Discussion - THOMAS J. MASON, National Cancer Institute ............... 325

 

X. VARIANCE ESTIMATION FROM COMPLEK SAMPLES
Chair: MICHAEL J. COLLEDGE, Statistics Canada

Comparison of Variance Estimation Techniques for a Complex Sample Survey - DONNA BROGAN, BEVERLY MARTINEZ, Emory University ............... 327

A Comparison of Alternative Variance Estimators in Demographic Surveys - OPHELIA M. MENDOZA, University of the Philippines; WILLIAM D. KALSBEEK, University of North Carolina ............... 332

Variance Estimation for a Time Series with Linear Trend - STEPHEN M. WOODRUFF, Bureau of Labor Statistics ............... 337

Variance in the National Health Interview Survey Data - JAI W. CHOI, ROBERT J. CASADY, National Center for Health Statistics ............... 343

Estimating the Variances of Price Indexes by Half Sampling: Why It Works - PHILLIP S. KOTT, Bureau of Labor Statistics ............... 349

Sampling and Estimation Procedures for Electric Utility Experiments - C. ANDREW CLAYTON, DOUGLAS J. DRUMMOND, STEPHEN R. WILLIAMS, Research Triangle Institute ............... 355

 

XI. AN ADMINISTRATIVE RECORD APPROACH TO POPULATION CENSUSES AND SURVEYS
Chair: HOWARD HOGAN, Bureau of the Census
Organizer: WENDY ALVEY, Internal Revenue Service

Using Administrative Lists to Estimate Census Omissions: An Example - EUGENE P. ERICKSEN, Mathematica Policy Research and Temple University; JOSEPH B. KADANE, Carnegie-Mellon University ............... 361

Postal Zip Code Area Statistics from Internal Revenue Records - ROBERT A. WILSON, Internal Revenue Service ............... 367

Geocoding Administrative Data - NELSON KOPUSTAS, DOUGLAS NORRIS, JOHN LEYES, Statistics Canada ............... 372

Design and Estimation for Large Federal Surveys Using Administrative Records - FRITZ SCHEUREN, Internal Revenue Service ............... 377

Family Statistics from the Personal Income Tax File - ANN JUNG, RODGER TURNER, Revenue Canada, Taxation ............... 382

 

XII. ESTIMATION
Chair: ESTELLE BEE DAGUM, Statistics Canada

A Comparison of Different Ratio and Regression Type Estimators for the Total of a Finite Population - SANDRA A. WEST, Bureau of Labor Statistics ............... 388

Parabolic Regression Estimation - D.C. DOSS, J. HOOMANI, University of Alabama-Huntsville; G.R. SOMAYAJULU, Osmania University ............... 394

Alternative Estimators to the Current Composite Estimator - PATRICIA BREAU, LAWRENCE ERNST, Bureau of the Census ............... 397

Evaluation of Composite Estimation for the Canadian Labour Force Survey - S. KUMAR, H. LEE, Statistics Canada ............... 403

Organization of Small Area Estimators - DAVID A. MARKER, Westat, Inc. ............... 409

 

XIII · IMPUTATION PROCEDURES FOR ADMINISTRATIVE RECORD RESEARCH
Chair: GRAHAM KALTON, University of Michigan
Organizer: WENDY ALVEY, Internal Revenue Service

Alternative Models for CPS Income Imputation - RODERICK J.A. LITTLE, MICHAEL E. SAMUHEL, ASA/Bureau of the Census ............... 415

The CPS Hot Deck: An Evaluation Using IRS Records - MARTIN DAVID, ROBERT TRIEST, Bureau of the Census and University of Wisconsin-Madison ............... 421

Matrix Sampling and the Related Imputation of Corporate Income Tax Returns - SUSAN M. HINKINS, Internal Revenue Service ............... 427

Modified Raking Estimation in the Corporate SOI Program - MICHAEL R. LESZCZ, H. LOCK OH, FRITZ J. SCHEUREN, Internal Revenue Service ............... 434

Edit and Imputation of Demographic Variables on the Canadian Taxfile - EDOUARD AUGER, Statistics Canada ............... 439

Sources and Solutions for Missing Data in the NMCUES - BRENDA G. COX, Research Triangle Institute; GORDON S. BONHAM, University of Louisville ............... 444

 

XIV. DEVELOPMENTS IN BUSINESS SURVEY METHODOLOGY AND INCOME TAX PROCESSING
Chair: DAVID DODDS, Statistics Canada

Forming Establishment Units in the International Price Program - JAMES A. HIMELEIN, Jr., JAMES F. CARPENTER, Bureau of Labor Statistics ............... 450

Allocating Respondent Burden in the International Price Program - GWYN R. FERGUSON, MARVIN KASPER, Bureau of Labor Statistics ............... 456

Availability of Employee Hours Data - STUART SCOTT, Bureau of Labor Statistics ............... 461

The Employment Cost Index and Related Series on Wage and Compensation Change - G. DONALD WOOD, Jr., Bureau of Labor Statistics ............... 466

ECI Survey Design: An Update - STEVEN F. KAUFMAN, Bureau of Labor Statistics ............... 470

The Simplicity of List Sampling Weighting--Is It Always So? - F.W. IMMERMAN, L.L. PIPER, DOUGLAS J. DRUMMOND, Research Triangle Institute ............... 476

 

XV. SOME STATISTICAL USES OF ADMINISTRATIVE DATA
(Dedicated to Howard L. Jones)
Chair: MARIA E. GONZALEZ, Office of Management and Budget
Organizer: WENDY ALVEY, Internal Revenue Service

An Update on Establishment Reporting Issues: Practical Considerations - DAVID W. CARTWRIGHT, BRUCE LEVINE, Bureau of Economic Analysis; WARREN L. BUCKLER, Social Security Administration ............... 481

Shifts in the Employment Status of Proprietors, 1960-75 - DAVID A. HIRSCHBERG, THOMAS A. GRAY, Small Business Administration ............... 487

Frame Maintenance for Economic Surveys at Statistics Canada - MICHAEL J. COLLEDGE, Statistics Canada ............... 493

The Verification Method as a Solution to an Industry Coding Problem - SUSAN C. HOSTETTER, Bureau of Labor Statistics ............... 499

A Measure of Annual Work Experience Using Individual Income Tax Records--Some Initial Results - DOUGLAS NORRIS, ANNE MLJSSELY, Statistics Canada ............... 505

Designing an Integrated Disability Data System from Social Security Administrative Records - ROBERT E. KLEIN, Social Security Administration; DANIEL KASPRZYK, Bureau of the Census ............... 510

Discussion - DANIEL H. GARNICK, Bureau of Economic Analysis ............... 516

 

XVI. EDITING AND IMPUTATION
Chair: SUSAN HINKINS, Internal Revenue Service

Multivariate Edit and Imputation for Economic Data - RODERICK J.A. LITTLE, PHILIP J. SMITH, Bureau of the Census ............... 518

The Effectiveness of Hot-Deck Procedures in Small Samples - JAVAID KAISER, University of Kansas ............... 523
Optimal Allocation for Multiple-Objective Samples - EUGENE C. POGGIO, Abt Associates Inc. ............... 529
An Example of Estimation ProbAems when Data Unique to Multiple Sources are Collected for Each Sampled Unit - STEVEN L. BOTMAN, National Center for Health Statistics ............... 533
Editing and Imputation for the EIA Weekly Petroleum Surveys - EUGENE M. BURNS, Energy Information Administration ............... 539

 

XVII. HEALTH RELATED SURVEY METHODOLOGY
Chair: DOUGLAS A. NORRIS, Statistics Canada

A Methodology for Surveying Disabled Persons Using a Supplement to the Canadian Labour Force Survey - PHILIP GILES, DAVID DOISON, Statistics Canada ............... 544

The Canadian Experience with Screening for Disabled Persons in a Household Survey - DAVID DOLSON, PHILIP GILES, JEAN-PIERRE MORIN, Statistics Canada ............... 550

The National Hospital Survey of Disease: The Feasibility Study - FREDERIC D. WEINFELD, National Institutes of Health ............... 554

Identifying and Obtaining the Yellow Pages for a National Area Sample - IRIS SHIMIZU, National Center for Health Statistics ............... 558

Return Rates, Postmaster Returns, Follow-ups, and Fail-Edits in the 1980 National Natality Survey (NNS) and 1980 National Fetal Mortality Survey (NFMS) - CARLA WEINBERG, PAUL J. PLACEK, National Center for Health Statistics ............... 563
Comparing Health and Medical Care Estimates of the Phone and Nonphone Populations - MARTHA J. BANKS, University of Chicago ............... 569

Standardized Population Comparisons for a Sample Survey - RICK L. WILLIAMS, LISA MORRISSEY LaVANGE, Research Triangle Institute ............... 575

 

XVIII. DISCLOSURE AND CONFIDENTIALITY ISSUES IN THE FEDERAL STATISTICAL ENVIRONMENT
Chair: THOMAS D. HOPKINS, Office of Management and Budget
Organizer: WENDY ALVEY, Internal Revenue Service

How Many People Can Keep a Secret? Data Interchange within a Decentralized System - CYNTHIA Z.F. CLARK, JERRY L. COFFEY, Office of Management and Budget ............... 580

There Ought to be a Law - LOIS ALEXANDER, Social Security Administration ............... 586

Issues in Protecting Confidentiality in National Health Statistics - ROBERT H. MUGGE, National Center for Health Statistics ............... 592
Access to Tax Records for Statistical Purposes - OLIVER H. WILSON, WILLIAM J. SMITH, Jr., Internal Revenue Service ............... 595

The Confidentiality and Analytic Usefulness of Masked Business Microdata - NANCY L. SPRUILL, Office of the Secretary of Defense ............... 602

Discussion - C.L. KINCANNON, Bureau of the Census ............... 608

Discussion - JOSEPH W. DUNCAN, Dun & Bradstreet Corporation ............... 611

 

XIX. STATISTICS CANADA AND FEDERAL GOVERNMENT DATA COLLECTION ACTIVITIES
Chair/Organizer: ANIS ASERAF, Statistics Canada

Special Surveys Program - M.S. NARGUNDKAR, Nepean, Ontario; R. RYAN, Statistics Canada ............... 614

The Canadian Fuel Consumption Survey - DON ROYCE, Statistics Canada ............... 618

The Use of Individual Administrative Records for Social Statistical Purposes in Canada - JOHN LEYES, Statistics Canada ............... 624

 

XX. TELEPHONE SURVEY DESIGN AND METHODS
Chair: SEYMOUR SUDMAN, University of Illinois
Organizer: ROBERT M. GROVES, University of Michigan

Design Strategies in RDD Sampling - CHARLES D. PALIT, University of Wisconsin-Madison ............... 627

Optimal Dual Frame Sample Design: Results of a Simulation Study - PAUL P. BIEMER, Bureau of the Census ............... 630

Computer-Assisted Telephone Interviewing in the U.K. - MARTIN COLLINS, Social and Community Planning Research and City University, London ............... 636

Development of CATI at the U.S. Census Bureau - WILLIAM L. NICHOLLS, II, Bureau of the Census ............... 642

The Michigan State Random Digit Dialing Survey of Sportsmen and Wildlife Associated Recreation - LOUIS E. WILLIAMS, R.P. CHAKRABARTY, Bureau of the Census ............... 648

Coverage and Response in Random Digit Dialed National Surveys - OWEN T. THORNBERRY, Jr., JAMES T. MASSEY, National Center for Health Statistics ............... 654

 

XXI · QUESTIONNAIRE DEVELOPMENT APPROACHES
Chair: NAOMI ROTHWELL, Washington, D.C.
Organizer: DAWN D. NELSON, Bureau of the Census

Opening Remarks - NAOMI D. ROTHWELL, Washington, D.C ............... 660

Unstructured Individual Interviewing -ANITRA RUSTEMEYER STREETT, U.S. Department of Energy ............... 661

Informal Testing - DAWN D. NELSON, Bureau of the Census ............... 665

Learning from Interviewers - THERESA J. DeMAIO, Bureau of the Census ............... 669

Investigating Respondents' Interpretations of Survey Questions - ANITRA RUSTEMEYER STREETT, WRAY SMITH, U.S. Department of Energy ............... 675

Using Record Checks - RICHARD W. DODGE, Bureau of the Census ............... 680

Discussion - NORMAN M. BRADBURN, University of Chicago ............... 685

 

XXII. SOLVING PROBLEMS IN THE PUBLIC AND PRIVATE SECTORS USING SURVEY RESEARCH METHODS
Chair: KATHERINE K. WALLMAN, Council of Professional Associations on Federal Statistics
Organizer: MARVIN SCHERR, Social Security Administration

Some Research Issues for the Survey of Income and Program Participation - DANIEL KASPRZYK, Bureau of the Census ............... 686

Discussion - SEYMOUR SUDMAN, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign ............... 692

The Effects of the Tylenol Poisonings on Consumer Fears - STANLEY M. ZDEP, IRVING ROSHWALB, Audits & Surveys, Inc. ............... 694

Using Survey Methodology in Improving Employee Relations by Meeting Recreation Needs - ARTHUR D. KIRSCH, George Washington University; MICHAEL P. KIRSCH, Michigan State University; STUART A. KIRSCH, University of Pennsylvania ............... 697

Improving Social Security Claims Interviews by Transferring Technology from Psychology and Survey Research - MARVIN SCHERR, Social Security Administration; THOMAS JABINE, Consultant; JACOB DEUTCH, Loyola College; MARTIN KIRCHHAUSEN, Social Security Administration ............... 701

Discussion - JAMES A. BAYTON, Howard University ............... 705

 

XXIII. METHODOLOGY OF POPULATION SURVEYS
Chair: MUKUND NARGUNDKAR, Statistics Canada

Intraclass Correlations Using a Sample of 1980 Census Data - KATHRYN F. THOMAS, DEBORAH A. EARNER, ROBERT FAY, Bureau of the Census ............... 707

Detailed Cost Data for Census Bureau Demographic Surveys - GLENN D. WHITE, Jr., RAJENDRA P. SINGE, GARY M. SHAPIRO, Bureau of the Census ............... 713

The Scanner Revolution--Collection of Purchasing Data from Consumer Panel Households - IVOR McGLOUGHLIN, Market Science Associates, Inc. ............... 719

Use of Geographically Classified Telephone Directory Listings in Multi-Mode Surveys - R.W. WHITMORE, R.E. MASON, T.D. EARTHELL, M.S. ROSENZWEIG, Research Triangle Institute ............... 721

 

XXIV. SPECIAL SAMPLING TECHNIQUES
Chair: HAROLD NISSELSON, Westat, Inc.

Determining the Sample Size for Multivariate Estimates Satisfying Simultaneous Confidence Intervals - DHIRENDRA N. GHOSH, Consultant ............... 727

A Scheme for Sampling Time Ordered Populations - JAMES H. DREW, GTE Laboratories, Inc. ............... 728

Sample Allocation by Geometric Programming - MILES DAVIS, ROBERT H. FINCH, Jr., Social Security Administration ............... 733

 

CONTRIBUTED PAPERS—POSTER SESSIONS

Bayesian Estimation Methods for Incomplete Two-Way Contingency Tables Using Prior Beliefs of Association - JAMES H. ALBERT, Bowling Green State University ............... 738

Salary Survey of Mathematicians and Statisticians - GLENN BEATTY, Battelle-Columbus Laboratories ............... 743

Design Effect Variation in the National Medical Care Expenditure Survey - STEVEN B. COHEN, National Center for Health Services Research ............... 748

Comparing Mortality Risks with Chronic Conditions - H.D. TOLLEY, K.G. MANTON, Duke University ............... 754