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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)


Sunday, July 29    
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
  Session: Address Based, RDD and Cell Phone, and Respondent Driven Sampling Nancy Clusen, Chair
  Session: Innovative Methods for Education Research Natalya Verbitsky-Savitz, Chair
Monday, July 30    
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  
  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
  Session: Applications of Causal Inference Methods to the Social and Health Sciences  
  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
Tuesday, July 31    
2:00-3:50 p.m. Session: Methods for Improving Causal Analysis in Observational Studies  
  Response Surface Matching for Survey Nonresponse [Abstract] Frank Yoon
  Session: Surveys of Children, Students, and Schools  
  Effectiveness of a Composite Size Measure for Sampling Students with Disabilities [Abstract] Frank Potter
  Weighting in the Dark: What to Do in the Absece of Benchmarks [Abstract] Barbara Lepidus Carlson and Jerry West
Wednesday, August 1    
8:30-10:20 a.m. Session: Cell Phone-Landline Dual Frame (RDD) Surveys: Weighting Issues John Hall, Organizer
  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
  Session: From Graduate Student to Professional Nancy Clusen, Panelist
  Session: Calibration Estimation and Weighting in Sample Surveys  
  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  
  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
Thursday, August 2    
8:30-10:20 a.m. Session: Improving Coverage of U.S. Trained Doctorate Receipients Donsig Jang, Discussant