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231 * Mon, 7/30/2018, 2:00 PM - 3:50 PM CC-West 114
Uses of Alternative Data Sources for Federal Statistics — Topic Contributed Papers
Government Statistics Section, Social Statistics Section
Organizer(s): Zachary H Seeskin, NORC at the University of Chicago
Chair(s): Felicia LeClere, NORC at the University of Chicago
2:05 PM Current Challenges in Linking Federal and State Data for Evidence-Building

Robert Goerge, Chapin Hall at the University of Chicago; Leah Gjertson, Chapin Hall at the University of Chicago
2:25 PM Uses of Alternative Data Sources for Public Health Statistics and Policymaking: Challenges and Opportunities
Zachary H Seeskin, NORC at the University of Chicago; Felicia LeClere, NORC at the University of Chicago; Jaehoon Ahn, NORC at the University of Chicago; Joshua Williams, Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation
2:45 PM Things Fall Apart: Creating Robust Nowcasters for Shifting Ground Truth

Margaret Levenstein, Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research
3:05 PM Discussant: Yoonsang Kim, NORC at the University of Chicago
3:25 PM Discussant: Mike L. Cohen, Committee on National Statistics
3:45 PM Floor Discussion