Joint Statistical Meetings
"Statistics: Growing to Serve a Data-Dependent Society"
July 28-August 2, 2012—San Diego Convention Center/Hilton San Diego Bayfront—San Diego, CA
This page lists only Mathematica staff. For a full listing of all presenters/authors, click here.
Date/Time |
Topic |
Presenter/Author(s) |
| 2:00-3:50 p.m. |
Session: Statistical Pipeline: Made in the U.S.A. in Honor of Nampeo McKenney and Nagambal Shah [Abstract] |
Clemencia Cosentino, Panelist |
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Session: Address Based, RDD and Cell Phone, and Respondent Driven Sampling |
Nancy Clusen, Chair |
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Session: Innovative Methods for Education Research |
Natalya Verbitsky-Savitz, Chair |
| 7:00-8:00 a.m. |
Session: Committee on ASA Archives and Historical Materials Annual Committee Meeting |
Frank Potter, Chair |
| 8:30-10:20 a.m. |
Session: Topics in Variance Estimation for Complex Surveys |
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Asymptotic Variance Estimation and Comparison of Model-Assisted Regression Estimators in Sample Surveys [Abstract] |
Sheng Wang and Others |
| 10:30 a.m.-12:20 p.m. |
Session: Incentives, Response Rates, and Response Options in Surveys |
Barbara Lepidus Carlson, Chair |
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Session: Applications of Causal Inference Methods to the Social and Health Sciences |
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Using an Experimental Evaluation of Charter Schools to Test Whether Nonexperimental Comparison Group Methods can Replicate Experimental Impact Estimates [Abstract] |
Natalya Verbitsky-Savitz, Kenneth Fortson, Emma Kopa, and Philip Gleason |
| 2:00-3:50 p.m. |
Session: Methods for Improving Causal Analysis in Observational Studies |
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Response Surface Matching for Survey Nonresponse [Abstract] |
Frank Yoon |
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Session: Surveys of Children, Students, and Schools |
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Effectiveness of a Composite Size Measure for Sampling Students with Disabilities [Abstract] |
Frank Potter |
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Weighting in the Dark: What to Do in the Absece of Benchmarks [Abstract] |
Barbara Lepidus Carlson and Jerry West |
| 8:30-10:20 a.m. |
Session: Cell Phone-Landline Dual Frame (RDD) Surveys: Weighting Issues |
John Hall, Organizer |
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Finding an Optimal Composite Factor: Weighting Data from a Household Survey Using a Cell Phone Overlap Design [Abstract] |
John Hall, Barbara Lepidus Carlson, and Karen CyBulski |
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Session: From Graduate Student to Professional |
Nancy Clusen, Panelist |
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Session: Calibration Estimation and Weighting in Sample Surveys |
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Fixing the Sample and the Sample Weights When Problems Arise in the Frame: Experiences with a Survey of Physicians [Abstract] |
Eric Grau |
| 10:30 a.m.-12:20 p.m. |
Session: Recent Developments in Value-Added Models |
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What are Error Rates for Classifying Teacher and School Performance Using Value-Added Models? [Abstract] |
Peter Schochet and Hanley Chiang |
| 6:00-8:00 p.m. |
Session: Survey Research Methods Section Business Meeting |
John Czajka, Chair |
| 8:30-10:20 a.m. |
Session: Improving Coverage of U.S. Trained Doctorate Receipients |
Donsig Jang, Discussant |