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596 Wed, 8/1/2018, 2:00 PM - 3:50 PM CC-West 205
Advances in Small Area Estimation — Contributed Papers
Survey Research Methods Section
Chair(s): Xingyou Zhang, Economic Research Service, USDA
2:05 PM Substate Small Area Estimates Using Data from the 2014-2016 National Surveys on Drug Use and Health (NSDUHs)

Neeraja Sathe, RTI International; Matthew Williams, SAMHSA/CBHSQ; Kathy Spagnola, RTI International; Akhil Vaish, RTI International
2:20 PM Small Area Population Models: Estimating the Number of Children in School Districts
Jerry Maples, U.S. Census Bureau; Patrick Joyce, U.S. Census Bureau
2:35 PM Comparison of NSDUH Population Percentages from the United States, Census Regions, States, and the District of Columbia

Kathy Spagnola, RTI International; Matthew Williams, SAMHSA/CBHSQ; Akhil Vaish, RTI International; Neeraja Sathe, RTI International
2:50 PM Evaluating the Census Planning Database, MSG, and Paradata as Predictors of Household Propensity to Respond

Xiaoshu Zhu, Westat; Robert Baskin, Westat; David Morganstein, Westat
3:05 PM Leading Policy with Localized Item Response Theory: Detection of Differential Item Functioning Across Space
Samantha Robinson, University of Arkansas
3:20 PM Model-Based Crop Yield Forecasting: Adjustment for Within-State Heterogeneity, Covariate Selection and Variance Estimation

Habtamu Benecha, USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service; Nathan Cruze, USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service; Nell Sedransk, National Institute of Statistical Sciences (NISS)
3:35 PM Incorporating Design Weights and Historical Data into Model-Based Small-Area Estimation

Hui Xie, CDC; Lawrence Barker, CDC; Deborah Rolka, CDC