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Joint Statistical Meetings

Seattle, WA—August 6-10, 2006

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Date/Time Topic Presenter/Author(s)
Sunday, August 6    
2:00-3:50 p.m. "An Application of Propensity Modeling to Adjust Weights for Nonresponse: Effectiveness of Restricting Variables and Propensity Values" Abstract Frank Potter, Stephen R. Williams, and Barbara Lepidus Carlson
Monday, August 7    
8:30-10:20 a.m. "A Confidence Set for Estimates from Data Collected Using Double Sampling" Abstract Zhanyun Zhao and John Hall
12:30-1:50 p.m. Social Statistics Section Roundtable Allen Schirm, Organizer
Tuesday, August 8    
10:30 a.m.-12:20 p.m. The Transition from the Long Form to the American Community Survey: Findings from the National Academies Panel Allen Schirm, Discussant
12:30-1:50 p.m. Social Statistics Section Roundtable Allen Schirm, Organizer
2:00-3:50 p.m. Innovative Uses of the Survey of Income and Program Participation for Social Program Evaluation John Czajka, Chair
  "Assessing Estimates of Program Participation: An Analysis of Matched SIPP and Administrative Data" Abstract Scott Cody and Julie Sykes
  Estimation for Government Data Collection Frank Potter, Chair
  "Estimation of Standardized State-Level Food Stamp Participation Rates" Abstract Elizabeth Stuart, Allen Schirm, Laura Castner, and Scott Cody
Wednesday, August 9    
8:30-10:20 a.m. "Estimating Birth Counts for Small Geographical Domains Used for Control Totals in Raking Adjustment" Abstract Amang Sukasih, Donsig Jang, Mary Edith Bozylinsky, and Barbara L. Carlson
10:30 a.m.-12:20 p.m. Unit Nonresponse in Surveys III Barbara L. Carlson, Chair
12:30-1:50 p.m. Social Statistics Section Roundtable Allen Schirm, Organizer
2:00-3:50 p.m. Measuring, Monitoring, and Evaluating Internal Revenue Service Data John Czajka, Discussant
  "Using Telephone-Exchange Data to Adjust for Nonresponse: Application in an Establishment Survey" Abstract Stephen R. Williams and Ronghua Lu
  "Nonresponse Adjustment Using Logistic Regression: To Weight or Not To Weight?" Abstract Eric A. Grau, Frank Potter, and Stephen R. Williams
  "Response Rates and Response Patterns Among New Enterprises: Results from the Kauffman Firm Survey" Abstract Frank Potter, Yuhong Zheng, David DesRoches, Janice Ballou, and Zhanyun Zhao
  "Subsampling Nonrespondents: Issues of Calculating Response Rates" Abstract Sonya Vartivarian, Sameena Salvucci, Donsig Jang, and Daniel Kasprzyk
  "On Generalized Variance Functions" Abstract Donsig Jang, Amang Sukasih, and Xiaojing Lin
Thursday, August 10    
8:30-10:20 a.m. Survey-Based Estimation V Donsig Jang, Chair

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