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CC-W = McCormick Place Convention Center, West Building,   CC-N = McCormick Place Convention Center, North Building
H = Hilton Chicago,   UC= Conference Chicago at University Center
* = applied session       ! = JSM meeting theme

Activity Details


5 *
Sun, 7/31/2016, 2:00 PM - 3:50 PM CC-W184d
Survey Costs and Survey Designs: Trade-Offs and Advances — Invited Papers
Government Statistics Section , Survey Research Methods Section
Organizer(s): Stanislav Kolenikov, Abt SRBI
Chair(s): Stanislav Kolenikov, Abt SRBI
2:05 PM Dual Frame RDD Survey Costs: Landline vs. Cell Phone Comparisons Paul John Lavrakas, Self-Employed ; Thomas M. Guterbock, University of Virginia ; Grant Benson, University of Michigan
2:30 PM Survey Costs: The Missing Half of the 'Cost-Error' Tradeoff James Wagner, University of Michigan ; Kristen Olson, University of Nebraska - Lincoln
2:55 PM Can Microsimulation Help Us Understand (and Control) Survey Costs? Alan Karr, RTI International
3:20 PM Discussant: John Eltinge, Bureau of Labor Statistics
3:40 PM Floor Discussion
 
 

61 * !
Sun, 7/31/2016, 4:00 PM - 5:50 PM CC-W175c
Modeling Multivariate Count Data: Multivariate Extensions and Generalizations of Standard Count Distributions — Topic Contributed Papers
Government Statistics Section , Section on Statistical Computing
Organizer(s): Darcy S. Morris, U.S. Census Bureau
Chair(s): Andrew Raim, U.S. Census Bureau
4:05 PM Modeling with Bivariate Geometric Distributions Jing Li
4:25 PM Bivariate Exponentiated-Exponential Geometric Regression Model Felix Famoye, Central Michigan University
4:45 PM Introducing the Bivariate Conway-Maxwell-Poisson Distribution Kimberly Sellers, Georgetown University ; Darcy S. Morris, U.S. Census Bureau ; Narayanaswamy Balakrishnan, McMaster University
5:05 PM Multivariate Discrete Distributions and Goodness-of-Fit Sunil Dhar, New Jersey Institute of Technology
5:25 PM Recent Developments in Multivariate Count Data and Ordered Response Models Shiferaw Gurmu, Georgia State University
5:45 PM Floor Discussion
 
 

85
Sun, 7/31/2016, 4:00 PM - 5:50 PM CC-W176a
Administrative Records and Data Disclosure — Contributed Papers
Government Statistics Section , Scientific and Public Affairs Advisory Committee , Committee on Applied Statisticians
Chair(s): Jiashen You, Department of Transportation
4:05 PM Implementation and Results of a New Administrative Record-Linkage Methodology in the Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages Jessica Helfand, Bureau of Labor Statistics ; Justin McIllece, Bureau of Labor Statistics
4:20 PM Documenting and Resolving the Discrepancy in Government Estimates of the Size and Legal Composition of the U.S. Foreign-Born Population Guillermina Jasso, New York University ; Mark R. Rosenzweig, Yale University
4:35 PM Survey Respondents' Perceptions on Data Confidentiality and Data Sharing Jacob Bournazian, U.S. Energy Information Administration
4:50 PM ReASSESS: A Robust Adaptive Mechanism Using Subsetting and Multiplicative Weights in Data Synthesis Evercita Cuevas Eugenio, University of Notre Dame ; Fang Liu, University of Notre Dame
5:05 PM Visualizing Mortality Differences in Rural Health Erin Tanenbaum, NORC at the University of Chicago ; Alana Knudson, NORC at the University of Chicago ; Marilyn Klug, University of North Dakota ; Michael Meit, NORC at the University of Chicago ; Joanne Brady, NORC at the University of Chicago ; Tess Gilbert, NORC at the University of Chicago ; Emily Arsen, NORC at the University of Chicago
5:20 PM An Ordering that Improves the Cell Suppression Pattern in Sequential Processing Bei Wang, U.S. Census Bureau
5:35 PM Reproducibility Promotes Transparency, Efficiency, and Aesthetics Richard Schwinn, U.S. Small Business Administration
 
 

Register 92
Mon, 8/1/2016, 7:00 AM - 8:15 AM CC-W375a
Government Statistics Section A.M. Roundtable Discussion (Added Fee) — Roundtables AM Roundtable Discussion
Government Statistics Section
Organizer(s): Michael Hawes, U.S. Department of Education
ML05: Developments in the Analysis of Cognitive Interview Data Gordon Willis, National Cancer Institute
 
 

115 * !
Mon, 8/1/2016, 8:30 AM - 10:20 AM CC-W176a
Tackling the Challenges of Missing Data in Surveys: Applying Methods and Assessing Uncertainty — Topic Contributed Papers
Government Statistics Section , Survey Research Methods Section , Statistics Without Borders
Organizer(s): Katherine Jenny Thompson, U.S. Census Bureau
Chair(s): Mary Mulry, U.S. Census Bureau
8:35 AM Estimating the Variance Due to Hot Deck Imputation for Product Value Estimates in the 2017 Economic Census Katherine Jenny Thompson, U.S. Census Bureau ; Matthew Thompson, U.S. Census Bureau ; Roberta Kurec, U.S. Census Bureau
8:55 AM Variance Estimation for Product Value Estimates in the 2017 Economic Census Under the Assumption of Complete Response Matthew Thompson, U.S. Census Bureau ; Katherine Jenny Thompson, U.S. Census Bureau
9:15 AM Using Auxiliary Marginal Information to Deal with Nonignorable Missing Data Mauricio Sadinle, Duke University/National Institute of Statistical Sciences ; Jerome Reiter, Duke University
9:35 AM Semiparametric Fractional Imputation Using Empirical Likelihood in Survey Sampling Sixia Chen, University of Oklahoma ; Jae-kwang Kim, Iowa State University
Discussant: Darcy Miller, USDA/NASS
10:15 AM Floor Discussion
 
 

122
Mon, 8/1/2016, 8:30 AM - 10:20 AM CC-W183b
SPEED: Statistics in Government and Engineering — Contributed Speed
Government Statistics Section , Section on Physical and Engineering Sciences
Chair(s): Wendy Martinez, Bureau of Labor Statistics
8:35 AM Evaluating the Use of Child Restraint Systems and Resulting Injury and Fatalities using Demographic and Social Characteristics of Driver's Home Zip Code Anastasia Vishnyakova, Temple University
8:40 AM Crash-Safety Ratings and the True Assessment of Injuries by Vehicle Cody Philips, Miami University
8:45 AM Visualizing Crash Data Over Time Richard M. Heiberger, Temple University Fox School of Business
8:50 AM Predicting the Potential Economic Cost of a Car Accident Under Different Circumstances Tony Ng, Southern Methodist University ; Lynne Stokes, Southern Methodist University ; Yifan Zhong, Southern Methodist University ; Robert Farrow, Southern Methodist University ; Clayton Moore, Southern Methodist University ; Gunes Alkan, Southern Methodist University ; Haichen Liu, Southern Methodist University ; Ziyuan Xu, Southern Methodist University ; Yihan Xu, Southern Methodist University ; Yuzhi Yan, Southern Methodist University
8:55 AM Time-Dependent Clustering Tells a Danger on the Road Eunice Kim
9:00 AM Seeing Through the Data: Data Visualization Methods of the Occupational Requirements Survey Jenette Muhar, Bureau of Labor Statistics ; Michelle Myers, Bureau of Labor Statistics
9:05 AM Investigation of How Customers Respond to Demand Response Hung-Ming Chou, Texas A&M University ; Fang-Yu Lin, Texas A&M University
9:10 AM Implementation of the ICD-10-CM/PCS Coding System and Implications for the National Health Care Surveys Margaret Jean Hall, CDC ; Kellina Phan, CDC/NCHS ; Denys T. Lau, CDC/NCHS
9:30 AM Review of Statistical Software for Joint Longitudinal and Time-to-Event Models Allison Cullen, University of Michigan ; Jeremy M. G. Taylor, University of Michigan ; Ananda Sen, University of Michigan
9:35 AM Using Scores to Identify Small Cells in Tables for Disclosure Deidentification Stephen Cohen, NORC at the University of Chicago ; Linette Scott, California Department of Health Care Services ; Joshua Borton, NORC at the University of Chicago
9:40 AM Degree Profile of Hierarchical Lattice Networks Yarong Feng, The George Washington University ; Hosam Mahmoud, The George Washington University ; Ludger Ruschendorf, Albert-Ludwigs University of Freiburg
9:45 AM Optimal Monetary Policy with Noisy Information Jacob Orchard, Brigham Young University ; James McDonald, Brigham Young University ; Kerk Phillips, Brigham Young University
9:50 AM Representing Inhomogeneous Microstructure in 3D Simulations of Stainless Steel Scott Vander Wiel, Los Alamos National Laboratory
9:55 AM Statistical Challenges in Military Research Zoran Bursac, University of Tennessee Health Science Center ; Melissa Little, University of Tennessee Health Science Center ; Karen Derefinko, University of Tennessee Health Science Center ; Rebecca Krukowski, University of Tennessee Health Science Center ; Lauren Colvin, University of Tennessee Health Science Center ; Gerald Wayne Talcott, University of Tennessee Health Science Center ; Robert Klesges, University of Tennessee Health Science Center
10:00 AM Mineral Species Frequency Distribution and the Prediction of Earth's Missing Minerals Grethe Hystad, Purdue University ; Robert T. Downs, University of Arizona ; Robert M. Hazen, Carnegie Institution
10:05 AM Model-Based Point Estimates and Variance for State-Level Prevalence of Hypertension and Uncontrolled Hypertension in the United States Using NHANES and BRFSS Soyoun Park, CDC/NCCDPHP/DHDSP ; Amy L. Valderrama, CDC/OPHPR/DSLR ; Jason Baumgardner, CDC/NCIPC/DVP ; Cathleen Gillespie, CDC/NCCDPHP/DHDSP ; Quanhe Yang, CDC/NCCDPHP/DHDSP ; Jing Fang, CDC/NCCDPHP/DHDSP ; Fleetwood Loustalot, CDC/NCCDPHP/DHDSP ; Yuling Hong, CDC/NCCDPHP/DHDSP
10:10 AM Using a Survey as a Sampling Frame: The UK Experience Matthew Greenaway, Office for National Statistics
10:15 AM Floor Discussion
 
 

161 !
Mon, 8/1/2016, 10:30 AM - 12:20 PM CC-W192c
IRS's Statistics of Income at 100: New Directions — Topic Contributed Papers
Government Statistics Section
Organizer(s): Barry W. Johnson, IRS/SOI
Chair(s): Barry W. Johnson, IRS/SOI
10:30 AM IRS's Statistics of Income at 100: New Directions Arthur Kennickell, Federal Reserve Board
10:55 AM Estimating Persistence in Employee Business Expense Correspondence Examinations Using Hidden Markov Models Anne Parker, IRS ; Julie Buckel, IRS
11:15 AM Improving Techniques to Use Panel Data to Produce Cross-Sectional Estimates Yan Liu, IRS/SOI ; Michael Strudler, IRS/SOI ; Janette Wilson, IRS/SOI ; Young Lim, IRS/SOI
11:35 AM Using Sample Data to Reduce Nonsampling Error in Unit-Level Tax Administrative Data Tracy Haines, IRS/SOI ; Victoria Bryant, IRS/SOI ; Kimberly Henry, IRS/SOI
11:55 AM Discussant: Fritz Scheuren, NORC at the University of Chicago
12:15 PM Floor Discussion
 
 

186
Mon, 8/1/2016, 10:30 AM - 12:20 PM CC-Hall F1 West
Topic-Contributed Poster Presentations: Government Statistics Section — Topic Contributed Poster Presentations
Government Statistics Section , Section on Statistics in Marketing
Chair(s): Nasrine Bendjilali, Rowan University
1: Exploring the Gig Economy Using a Web-Based Survey: Measuring the Online 'and' Offline Side Work-for-Pay Activity+ — Barbara J. Robles, Federal Reserve Board ; Marysol G. McGee, Federal Reserve Board
2: Consumer Use of Mobile Financial Services: Results from the 2012--2015 Surveys and Reports Alexandra Brown
3: Survey of Household Economics and Decision Making (SHED): Statistical and Trend Analysis — Logan Thomas, Federal Reserve Board ; Anna Tranfaglia, Federal Reserve Board ; Jeff Larrimore, Federal Reserve Board ; Sam Dodini, Federal Reserve Board
4: In the Shadow of the Great Recession: Experience and Perspectives of Young Workers — Barbara J. Robles, Federal Reserve Board ; Heidi Kaplan, Federal Reserve Board
 
 

202
Mon, 8/1/2016, 10:30 AM - 11:15 AM CC-Hall F1 West
SPEED: Statistics in Government and Engineering, Part 2A — Contributed Poster Presentations
Government Statistics Section
Chair(s): Genevera Allen, Rice University
21: Evaluating the Use of Child Restraint Systems and Resulting Injury and Fatalities using Demographic and Social Characteristics of Driver's Home Zip Code Anastasia Vishnyakova, Temple University
22: Degree Profile of Hierarchical Lattice Networks Yarong Feng, The George Washington University ; Hosam Mahmoud, The George Washington University ; Ludger Ruschendorf, Albert-Ludwigs University of Freiburg
23: Crash-Safety Ratings and the True Assessment of Injuries by Vehicle Cody Philips, Miami University
24: Predicting the Potential Economic Cost of a Car Accident Under Different Circumstances Tony Ng, Southern Methodist University ; Lynne Stokes, Southern Methodist University ; Yifan Zhong, Southern Methodist University ; Robert Farrow, Southern Methodist University ; Clayton Moore, Southern Methodist University ; Gunes Alkan, Southern Methodist University ; Haichen Liu, Southern Methodist University ; Ziyuan Xu, Southern Methodist University ; Yihan Xu, Southern Methodist University ; Yuzhi Yan, Southern Methodist University
25: Time-Dependent Clustering Tells a Danger on the Road Eunice Kim
26: Seeing Through the Data: Data Visualization Methods of the Occupational Requirements Survey Jenette Muhar, Bureau of Labor Statistics ; Michelle Myers, Bureau of Labor Statistics
28: Investigation of How Customers Respond to Demand Response Hung-Ming Chou, Texas A&M University ; Fang-Yu Lin, Texas A&M University
29: Implementation of the ICD-10-CM/PCS Coding System and Implications for the National Health Care Surveys Margaret Jean Hall, CDC ; Kellina Phan, CDC/NCHS ; Denys T. Lau, CDC/NCHS
The oral portion will take place during Session 213078
 
 

205
Mon, 8/1/2016, 11:35 AM - 12:20 PM CC-Hall F1 West
SPEED: Statistics in Government and Engineering, Part 2B — Contributed Poster Presentations
Government Statistics Section
Chair(s): Genevera Allen, Rice University
21: Visualizing Crash Data Over Time Richard M. Heiberger, Temple University Fox School of Business
22: Review of Statistical Software for Joint Longitudinal and Time-to-Event Models Allison Cullen, University of Michigan ; Jeremy M. G. Taylor, University of Michigan ; Ananda Sen, University of Michigan
23: Using Scores to Identify Small Cells in Tables for Disclosure Deidentification Stephen Cohen, NORC at the University of Chicago ; Linette Scott, California Department of Health Care Services ; Joshua Borton, NORC at the University of Chicago
24: Optimal Monetary Policy with Noisy Information Jacob Orchard, Brigham Young University ; James McDonald, Brigham Young University ; Kerk Phillips, Brigham Young University
25: Representing Inhomogeneous Microstructure in 3D Simulations of Stainless Steel Scott Vander Wiel, Los Alamos National Laboratory
26: Statistical Challenges in Military Research Zoran Bursac, University of Tennessee Health Science Center ; Melissa Little, University of Tennessee Health Science Center ; Karen Derefinko, University of Tennessee Health Science Center ; Rebecca Krukowski, University of Tennessee Health Science Center ; Lauren Colvin, University of Tennessee Health Science Center ; Gerald Wayne Talcott, University of Tennessee Health Science Center ; Robert Klesges, University of Tennessee Health Science Center
27: Mineral Species Frequency Distribution and the Prediction of Earth's Missing Minerals Grethe Hystad, Purdue University ; Robert T. Downs, University of Arizona ; Robert M. Hazen, Carnegie Institution
28: Model-Based Point Estimates and Variance for State-Level Prevalence of Hypertension and Uncontrolled Hypertension in the United States Using NHANES and BRFSS Soyoun Park, CDC/NCCDPHP/DHDSP ; Amy L. Valderrama, CDC/OPHPR/DSLR ; Jason Baumgardner, CDC/NCIPC/DVP ; Cathleen Gillespie, CDC/NCCDPHP/DHDSP ; Quanhe Yang, CDC/NCCDPHP/DHDSP ; Jing Fang, CDC/NCCDPHP/DHDSP ; Fleetwood Loustalot, CDC/NCCDPHP/DHDSP ; Yuling Hong, CDC/NCCDPHP/DHDSP
29: Using a Survey as a Sampling Frame: The UK Experience Matthew Greenaway, Office for National Statistics
The oral portion will take place during Session 213078
 
 

Register 211
Mon, 8/1/2016, 12:30 PM - 1:50 PM CC-W375a
Government Statistics Section P.M. Roundtable Discussion (Added Fee) — Roundtables PM Roundtable Discussion
Government Statistics Section
Organizer(s): Michael Hawes, U.S. Department of Education
ML21: Writing for Scientific Publication Ingegerd Jansson, Statistics Sweden
 
 

218 * !
Mon, 8/1/2016, 2:00 PM - 3:50 PM CC-W185bc
Advances in Statistical Methods for Dissemination and Analysis of Official Statistics — Invited Papers
Government Statistics Section , Scientific and Public Affairs Advisory Committee , Survey Research Methods Section
Organizer(s): Scott H. Holan, University of Missouri
Chair(s): Jonathan R. Bradley, University of Missouri
2:05 PM An Integrated Approach to Providing Access to Confidential Social Science Data Jerome Reiter, Duke University
2:30 PM The Challenge of Reproducible Science and Privacy Protection for Statistical Agencies John M. Abowd, U.S. Census Bureau/Cornell University
2:55 PM Spatio-Temporal Change of Support with Application to American Community Survey Multi-Year Period Estimates Scott H. Holan, University of Missouri ; Jonathan R. Bradley, University of Missouri ; Christopher Wikle, University of Missouri
3:20 PM Discussant: Thomas A. Louis, The Johns Hopkins University
3:40 PM Floor Discussion
 
 

259
Mon, 8/1/2016, 2:00 PM - 3:50 PM CC-W176a
Weighting — Contributed Papers
Government Statistics Section , Survey Research Methods Section
Chair(s): LiAn Lin, Merck Research Laboratories
2:05 PM A Method of Statistical Disclosure Limitation for Design and Strata-Defining Variables in Surveys Anna Oganian, CDC/NCHS
2:20 PM Statistical Calibration of Engineering-Based End-Use Electricity Consumption Estimates: A Bayesian Multilevel Model Approach Hiroaki Minato, Energy Information Administration
2:35 PM A Comparative Analysis of Approaches for Quantifying the Weight of Evidence in Forensic Science Hariharan Iyer, National Institute of Statistical Sciences ; Steven Lund, National Institute of Standards and Technology
2:50 PM The Development of a Variance Estimation Methodology for Large-Scale Dissemination of Quality Indicators for the 2016 Canadian Census Long Form Sample Nancy Devin, Statistics Canada ; François Verret, Statistics Canada
3:05 PM Estimated Covariance Matrices Associated with Calibration Luca Sartore, National Institute of Statistical Sciences ; Kelly Toppin, USDA/NASS ; Clifford Spiegelman, Texas A&M University
3:20 PM Defining a Strategy for National Weighting of Data from the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS) Machell Town, CDC ; Ronaldo Iachan, ICF International ; Carol Pierannunzi, CDC ; Kristie Healey , ICF International ; Kurt Greenlund, CDC
3:35 PM Determining the Appropriate Sample Weights for Diabetes Estimates Xianfen Li, CDC/NCHS
 
 

213578
Tue, 8/2/2016, 7:00 AM - 8:30 AM Off site
Government Statistics Section Executive Committee Meeting (Closed) — Other Cmte/Business
Government Statistics Section
Chair(s): Michael Davern, NORC at the University of Chicago
 
 

297 * !
Tue, 8/2/2016, 8:30 AM - 10:20 AM CC-W179b
Data Challenge 2016 I — Topic Contributed Papers
Government Statistics Section , Scientific and Public Affairs Advisory Committee , Transportation Statistics Interest Group
Organizer(s): Wendy Martinez, Bureau of Labor Statistics
Chair(s): Roya Amjadi, Federal Highway Administration
8:35 AM Alcohol-Related Crashes in the United States Dane Korver
8:55 AM U.S. Roadways Michael Jadoo, Bureau of Labor Statistics
9:15 AM Predictive Modeling of Severity of Injuries in Motor Vehicle Crashes Aditi Pradeep Sharma, University of Maryland Baltimore County ; Michael Wierzbicki, The EMMES Corporation ; Gaurav Sharma, The EMMES Corporation
9:35 AM Accidents, Injuries, and Driving Speeds: A Causal Investigation Christopher Eshleman, Port Authority of New York and New Jersey ; Jonathan Auerbach, Columbia University
9:55 AM Floor Discussion
 
 

333 * !
Tue, 8/2/2016, 10:30 AM - 12:20 PM CC-W180
Quality of Alternative Sources for Social, Economic, and Health Data — Invited Papers
Government Statistics Section , Section on Statistics in Defense and National Security , Scientific and Public Affairs Advisory Committee
Organizer(s): John Eltinge, Bureau of Labor Statistics
Chair(s): John Eltinge, Bureau of Labor Statistics
10:35 AM Quality of Alternative Sources for Social, Economic, and Health Data Rachel Harter, RTI International
11:00 AM On the Quality and Utility of Alternative Auxiliary Data Sources Used in the National Survey of Family Growth Brady West, University of Michigan
11:25 AM Progressive Data Modeling Zahoor Ahmad, University of Southampton ; Li-Chun Zhang, University of Southampton
11:50 AM Interpreting Administrative Data from Intuit Business Services Susan Woodward, Sand Hill Econometrics
12:15 PM Floor Discussion
 
 

371
Tue, 8/2/2016, 10:30 AM - 12:20 PM CC-Hall F1 West
Contributed Poster Presentations: Government Statistics Section — Contributed Poster Presentations
Government Statistics Section
Chair(s): Genevera Allen, Rice University
6: Informing Maintenance to the U.S. Census Bureau's Master Address File with Statistical Decision Theory Andrew Raim, U.S. Census Bureau
7: Confidence Interval Estimation of Prevalence When the Event Is Rare Clinton Alverson, CDC/NCBDDD/DBDDD/BDB
8: Bioequivalence Test of AUC for Sparse Crossover Design Guoying Sun, FDA/CDER ; Huaixiang Li, FDA/CDER ; Fairouz Makhlouf, FDA/CDER ; Donald Schuirmann, FDA/CDER ; Stella Grosser, FDA/CDER
9: Effects of Clustered Random Data Swapping for Statistical Data Limitation on Selected NHIS Estimates of Health Characteristics Joe Fred Gonzalez, CDC/NCHS ; Guangyu Zhang, CDC/NCHS ; Anna Oganian, CDC/NCHS
 
 

416 * !
Tue, 8/2/2016, 2:00 PM - 3:50 PM CC-W184bc
Data Challenge 2016 II — Topic Contributed Papers
Government Statistics Section , Transportation Statistics Interest Group
Organizer(s): Wendy Martinez, Bureau of Labor Statistics
Chair(s): Morgan Earp, Bureau of Labor Statistics
2:05 PM Considerations That Decrease Bicycle Fatalities Aaron Mehlhaff ; Robert Collins, Colorado State University
2:25 PM A Cluster-Based Taxonomy of Bus Crashes in the United States Dooti Roy, University of Connecticut ; Ved Deshpande, University of Connecticut ; Matthew Henry Linder, University of Connecticut
2:45 PM Survey-Weighted ROC Analysis of Drowsy Driving Accidents in the General Estimates System (GES) Nooreen Dabbish ; Chen Chen, Prosoft Clinical ; Patrick Coyle, Temple University Fox School of Business
3:05 PM Assessing the Association Between Accident Injury Severity and NCAP Car Safety Ratings Ryan Jarrett, Vanderbilt University ; Lucy D'Agostino McGowan
3:25 PM Discussant: Roya Amjadi, Federal Highway Administration
3:45 PM Floor Discussion
 
 

440
Tue, 8/2/2016, 2:00 PM - 3:50 PM CC-W184a
Missing Data, Imputation, and Calibration — Contributed Papers
Government Statistics Section , Survey Research Methods Section
Chair(s): Donsig Jang, Mathematica Policy Research
2:05 PM Imputation Process Used in the Occupational Requirements Survey Leland Righter, Bureau of Labor Statistics ; Brad Rhein, Bureau of Labor Statistics
2:20 PM An Evaluation of Backwards Imputation for the Annual Survey of Public Employment & Payroll Junilsa Toribio, U.S. Census Bureau
2:35 PM A Prediction Approach to Missing Data from the Exponential Family Valbona Bejleri, USDA/NASS ; Darcy Miller, USDA/NASS ; Kay Turner, USDA/NASS
2:50 PM Multiple Imputation Methods to Enhance the NHANES-CMS Medicaid Linked Data - Demonstrated by Examining Cotinine as a Biomarker for Second-Hand Smoke Among Children Ages 3--17 Jennifer Rammon, CDC
3:05 PM Effects of number of imputations on fraction of missing information in multiple imputation Qiyuan Pan, CDC/NCHS
3:20 PM Do Imputed Earnings Earn Their Keep? Evaluating SIPP Earnings and Nonresponse with Administrative Records Mark Klee, U.S. Census Bureau ; Rebecca Chenevert, U.S. Census Bureau ; Kelly Wilkin, U.S. Census Bureau
3:35 PM Introducing a New Calibration Procedure for the Census of Agriculture Kelly Toppin, USDA/NASS ; Luca Sartore, National Institute of Statistical Sciences ; Clifford Spiegelman, Texas A&M University
 
 

213579
Tue, 8/2/2016, 5:30 PM - 7:00 PM H-Astoria
Government Statistics Section Business Meeting — Other Cmte/Business
Government Statistics Section
Chair(s): Michael Davern, NORC at the University of Chicago
 
 

507
Wed, 8/3/2016, 8:30 AM - 10:20 AM CC-W187a
Statistical Inference — Contributed Papers
Government Statistics Section , Section for Statistical Programmers and Analysts
Chair(s): Ramzan Tahir
8:35 AM Shrimp Effort Estimation for the Gulf of Mexico Using Second-Order Linear Models (2007--2014) Morteza Marzjarani, Saginaw
8:50 AM Sample Size Planning for Survival Endpoints in Cardiovascular Clinical Trials Ququan Liu, FDA/CDER ; John Lawrence, FDA/CDER ; Hsien-Ming James Hung, FDA
9:05 AM On the Estimation of Poisson Parameter: An Alternative Approach Tanweer Shapla, Eastern Michigan University ; Khairul Islam, Texas A&M University - Kingsville
9:20 AM A Step-Wise Test for Identical Normal Distributions Khairul Islam, Texas A&M University - Kingsville ; Mian Adnan, Ball State University
9:35 AM A Joint Model for Multivariate Hierarchical Semicontinuous Data with Replications Wondwosen Yimer, Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development
9:50 AM Noninferiority Tests in Evaluation of Irritation Mengdie Yuan, FDA ; Jingyu Luan, FDA
10:05 AM Tolerance Limits Under Zero-Inflated Models: Applications to the Evaluation of Health Care Expenditure and Body Armor Data Zachary Zimmer
 
 

524 * !
Wed, 8/3/2016, 10:30 AM - 12:20 PM CC-W196c
Recent Advances and Applications of Spatial and Spatio-Temporal Models for Official Statistics — Topic Contributed Papers
Survey Research Methods Section , Government Statistics Section
Organizer(s): Scott H. Holan, University of Missouri
Chair(s): James A. Livsey, U.S. Census Bureau
10:35 AM Spatiotemporal Modeling with Applications to Stroke Mortality and Data Privacy Harrison Quick, CDC
10:55 AM Predicting Coverage Error on the Master Address File Using Spatial Modeling Methods at the Block Level Krista Heim, U.S. Census Bureau ; Andrew Raim, U.S. Census Bureau
11:15 AM Particle Swarm Optimization--Assisted Metropolis Hastings Algorithms Matthew Simpson, University of Missouri ; Christopher Wikle, University of Missouri ; Scott H. Holan, University of Missouri
11:35 AM Small-Area Estimation for High-Dimensional Non-Gaussian Dependent Data Jonathan R. Bradley, University of Missouri ; Scott H. Holan, University of Missouri ; Christopher Wikle, University of Missouri
11:55 AM A Multivariate Spatio-Temporal Model for U.S. Migration Trevor Oswald, University of Missouri ; Christopher Wikle, University of Missouri
12:15 PM Floor Discussion
 
 

527 * !
Wed, 8/3/2016, 10:30 AM - 12:20 PM CC-W196b
Innovations in Disclosure Avoidance at the U.S. Census Bureau — Topic Contributed Papers
Government Statistics Section , Survey Research Methods Section
Organizer(s): Aref Dajani, U.S. Census Bureau
Chair(s): Aref Dajani, U.S. Census Bureau
10:35 AM Controlling Identification Disclosure Risk in Microdata Release Through Unbiased Post- Randomization Cheng Zhang ; Tapan Kumar Nayak, The George Washington University ; Jiashen You, Department of Transportation
10:55 AM Data Synthesis and Perturbation for the American Community Survey at the U.S. Census Bureau Amy Lauger, U.S. Census Bureau ; Michael Freiman, U.S. Census Bureau ; Jerome Reiter, Duke University
11:15 AM Estimating Regression Parameters from a Sensitive Variable with Noise Multiplication Marlow Lemons, U.S. Census Bureau ; Bimal Sinha, University of Maryland Baltimore County ; Aref Dajani, U.S. Census Bureau
11:35 AM Challenges Facing the Disclosure Review Board at Census William Wisniewski, U.S. Census Bureau ; Holly Newman, U.S. Census Bureau
11:55 AM Floor Discussion
 
 

Register 571
Wed, 8/3/2016, 12:30 PM - 1:50 PM CC-W375a
Government Statistics Section P.M. Roundtable Discussion (Added Fee) — Roundtables PM Roundtable Discussion
Government Statistics Section
Organizer(s): Michael Hawes, U.S. Department of Education
WL21: Evaluating a Commercial Data Source for Use to Estimate Property Taxes Zachary Seeskin, NORC at the University of Chicago
 
 

590 * !
Wed, 8/3/2016, 2:00 PM - 3:50 PM CC-W190b
Computing for Nonlinear Methods with Large Data Sets — Invited Papers
Government Statistics Section , Section on Statistical Computing
Organizer(s): Adam Bloniarz, University of California at Berkeley
Chair(s): Adam Bloniarz, University of California at Berkeley
2:05 PM Random Forests for High-Throughput Omics Data and Survival Endpoints: A Tour of the Horizon Andreas Ziegler, University of Lübeck ; Marvin N. Wright, University of Lübeck ; Matthias Schmid, University of Bonn
2:30 PM Supervised Neighborhoods for Distributed Nonparametric Regression Ameet Talwalkar, University of California at Los Angeles
2:55 PM Signal Recovery from Deep Scattering Representations Joan Bruna, University of California at Berkeley
3:20 PM Discussant: Sumanta Basu, University of California at Berkeley
3:40 PM Floor Discussion
 
 

620
Wed, 8/3/2016, 2:00 PM - 3:50 PM CC-W191
Sampling and Survey Methods — Contributed Papers
Government Statistics Section
Chair(s): Zhenyi Xue, Becton, Dickinson, and Company
2:05 PM Variance Estimation for the Occupational Requirements Survey Brad Rhein, Bureau of Labor Statistics ; Chester Ponikowski, Bureau of Labor Statistics
2:20 PM Email Solicitation for a Business Establishment Survey: Results from the 2015 Annual Refiling Survey (ARS) Sharon Stang, Bureau of Labor Statistics ; Emily Thomas, Bureau of Labor Statistics
2:35 PM Evaluation of Race Edit Improvements in the Consumer Expenditure Survey Brian Nix, Bureau of Labor Statistics ; Sharon Krieger, Bureau of Labor Statistics ; Barry Steinberg, Bureau of Labor Statistics
2:50 PM The Performance of the Empirical Best Linear Unbiased Predictor in Annual Survey of Local Government Finances Peter Schilling, U.S. Census Bureau ; Redouane Betrouni, George Mason University ; Bac Tran, U.S. Census Bureau
3:05 PM Outliers in the Annual Survey of Public Employment and Payroll - Small Area Estimation Approach Giang Trinh, U.S. Census Bureau ; Bac Tran, U.S. Census Bureau
3:20 PM Initial Research on Computing Estimated Measures of Sampling Variability for the Weekly Natural Gas Storage Report David Kinyon, Energy Information Administration ; Samson Adeshiyan, Energy Information Administration ; Joseph Conklin, Energy Information Administration ; Jose Villar, Energy Information Administration
3:35 PM A Pilot Study to Quantify Urban Agricultural Operations Michael Hyman, USDA/NASS
 
 

647 * !
Thu, 8/4/2016, 8:30 AM - 10:20 PM CC-W195
Americans on the Move: Challenges and Solutions in Modeling Transportation Data — Topic Contributed Papers
Government Statistics Section , Survey Research Methods Section , Transportation Statistics Interest Group
Organizer(s): Jiashen You, Department of Transportation
Chair(s): Feng Guo, Virginia Tech
8:35 AM Identifying Risk Factors for Interstate Crashes Using Spatial Statistics Kaitlin Gibson, Brigham Young University ; Matthew J. Heaton, Brigham Young University
8:55 AM Modeling Transportation Characteristics: Small-Area Estimation Using the National Household Travel Survey — Theresa Firestine, U.S. Department of Transportation ; Stephen Brumbaugh, U.S. Department of Transportation
9:15 AM Geographical Predictors of GPS-Based Transportation Survey Response Rates Timothy Michalowski, Abt SRBI ; Dara Seidl, Abt SRBI
9:35 AM Direct and Indirect Effects of Alcohol Impairment and Safety Belt Use on Head Injuries and Their Associated Charges in Illinois Mehdi Nassirpour, Illinois Department of Transportation
9:55 AM Discussant: Patricia Hu, Bureau of Transportation Statistics
10:15 AM Floor Discussion
 
 

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Thu, 8/4/2016, 8:30 AM - 10:20 AM CC-W194a
Sampling and Survey Methods — Contributed Papers
Government Statistics Section
Chair(s): Samantha Tyner, Iowa State University
8:35 AM National Versus Combined State and Large Urban School District Youth Risk Behavior Surveys for Assessing Health Risk Behaviors Among Sexual Minority High-School Students Emily Olsen, CDC ; Laura Kann, CDC ; Tim McManus, CDC
8:50 AM Modeling the Optimal Contact Mode in the Current Population Survey John Dixon, Bureau of Labor Statistics ; Brian Meekins, Bureau of Labor Statistics ; Polly Phipps, Bureau of Labor Statistics
9:05 AM The Sample Design of the U.S. Census Bureau's 2015 National Content Test Sarah Konya, U.S. Census Bureau ; Michael Bentley, U.S. Census Bureau ; Kelly Mathews, U.S. Census Bureau
9:35 AM The Efficacy of Using Economic Census Data as a Frame Source for PPI Collin Witt, Bureau of Labor Statistics
9:50 AM Evaluation of Estimation Methods for Section 203 of the Voting Rights Act Patrick M. Joyce, U.S. Census Bureau
10:05 AM Floor Discussion
 
 

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Thu, 8/4/2016, 10:30 AM - 12:20 PM CC-W176c
Testing for Data Quality: Challenges in Practice — Topic Contributed Papers
Government Statistics Section
Organizer(s): Daniel Yang, Bureau of Labor Statistics
Chair(s): Randall Powers, Bureau of Labor Statistics
10:35 AM Recent Advances in Post-Randomization: An Extensive Study Comparing PRAM and Data Swapping on ACS Jiashen You, Department of Transportation ; Tapan Nayak, U.S. Census Bureau
10:55 AM Evaluating the Effects of Using Top-Coded Consumer Expenditure Data on Economic Models Daniel Yang, Bureau of Labor Statistics ; Daniell Toth, Bureau of Labor Statistics
11:15 AM Identifying Patterns in Employer Reporting Errors in the BLS Survey of Occupational Injuries and Illnesses Sara Wuellner, Washington State Department of Labor and Industries ; Polly Phipps, Bureau of Labor Statistics
11:35 AM Using Power Laws to Validate Survey and Universe Estimates Brett Baden, Nielsen
11:55 AM Discussant: Donsig Jang, Mathematica Policy Research
12:15 PM Floor Discussion
 
 

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Thu, 8/4/2016, 10:30 AM - 12:20 PM CC-W177
Nonresponse and Propensity Scores — Contributed Papers
Government Statistics Section , Survey Research Methods Section
Chair(s): Wei Zhuang, Creighton University
10:35 AM A New Approach for Collecting Data from Long-Term Nonrespondents in the Multiple Worksite Report Kelly Quinn, Bureau of Labor Statistics ; Emily Thomas, Bureau of Labor Statistics
10:50 AM Data Fusion for Accurate State-Level Diabetes and Prediabetes Prevalence Estimation David A. Marker, Westat ; Jianzhu Li, Westat ; Russ Mardon, Westat ; Luke B. Smith, Westat ; Deborah Rolka, CDC ; Sharon H. Saydah, CDC ; Frank Jenkins, Westat ; Elizabeth Petraglia, Westat
11:05 AM Response Rates for the Pre-Production Test of the Occupational Requirements Survey Alice Yu, Bureau of Labor Statistics ; Chester Ponikowski, Bureau of Labor Statistics ; Erin McNulty, Bureau of Labor Statistics
11:20 AM Nonresponse Bias Analysis for the U.S. Census Bureau's Quarterly Financial Report Jeremy Knutson, U.S. Census Bureau ; Greg Cepluch, U.S. Census Bureau
11:35 AM A Case Study on the Use of Propensity Score Adjustments with Web Survey Data Van Parsons, CDC/NCHS
11:50 AM Sending Pre-Notice Postcards to Increase Reponse and Decrease Cost for the Current Population Survey Allison Zotti, U.S. Census Bureau ; Louis Avenilla, U.S. Census Bureau ; Gina Walejko, U.S. Census Bureau
12:05 PM Nonresponse Bias Analysis and Sample Selection Evaluation in the Survey of Business Owners Justin Nguyen
 
 
 
 
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