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Mon, Jun 11

Short Course 1 - Use of auxiliary information at the sampling and estimation stages in surveys

9:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Drummond West

Use of auxiliary information at the sampling and estimation stages in surveys

 

Short Course 2 - Data Collection in Establishment Surveys

9:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Drummond Centre

Data Collection in Establishment Surveys

 

Short Course 3 - Protecting Confidentiality While Preserving Quality of Establishment Data

9:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Drummond East

Protecting Confidentiality While Preserving Quality of Establishment Data

 

Keynote Address: Norbert Rainer

5:00 PM - 6:15 PM
Ballroom Centre

Current developments and challenges in business statistics: Some European experience

 

Tue, Jun 12

C2 Disclosure Avoidance

8:30 AM - 10:10 AM
Drummond Centre

Chair(s): Scott Austin Ginder, RTI International

8:35 AM

Modeling Aggregates for Reliability and Confidentiality of Output with Application to the QCEW

9:00 AM

Rethinking Sensitivity and Disclosure Risk: QCEW Establishment Data

9:25 AM

Technology Advancing Data Collection: Implementing Thin Client Computer Assisted Personal Interviewing Into National Agricultural Statistics Services’ Field Data Collection Program

 

C31 Time series and measuring recessions

8:30 AM - 10:10 AM
Drummond West

Chair(s): Bonnie E Shook-Sa, RTI International

8:35 AM

An Empirical Comparison of Benchmarking Methods for Economic Stock Time Series

8:55 AM

Investigating Residual Seasonality in Final Real Dollar Foreign Trade Series

9:15 AM

Examining Labor Market Fluctuations Using the Business Employment Dynamics Time Series

9:35 AM

Cyclical Analysis of Business Employment Dynamics Firm and Establishment Size Data

 

C7 Quality Measures

8:30 AM - 10:10 AM
Drummond East

Chair(s): Stephanie Fry, Westat (U.S.)

8:35 AM

Identifying and resolving reporting errors in an annual establishment survey; Lessons from the NSF-NIH Survey of Graduate Students and Postdoctorates in Science and Engineering

8:55 AM

Metrics for Measuring Data Quality at NASS’s National Operations Center

9:15 AM

Evaluation of Using CVs as a Publication Standard

9:35 AM

Can the distribution of long term care resident characteristics be estimated with establishment-level information?

 

INV1 Large-scale Harmonisation of Survey Programs

8:30 AM - 10:10 AM
Ballroom West

Organizer(s): François Brisebois, Statistics Canada
Chair(s): Anne Sigda Russell, U.S. Census Bureau

8:35 AM

The new French System of Production of Structural Business Statistics

9:00 AM

Methodological Challenges in the Development of Statistics Canada New Integrated Business Statistics Program

9:25 AM

Harmonisation of practices for infra-annual macroeconomic statistics at Eurostat: a rationalised approach based on tools, guidelines and handbooks

Discussant(s): Eden Brinkley, Australian Bureau of Statistics

 

INV2 Insights into the response process model and measurement error for establishment surveys

8:30 AM - 10:10 AM
Ballroom East

Organizer(s): Danna Lee Moore, Associate Director, SESRC WSU
Chair(s): Danna Lee Moore, Associate Director, SESRC WSU

8:35 AM

Establishment Survey Response Process and Measurement Error: How and Why Are They Connected?

9:00 AM

Social Network Analysis as a Tool for Assessing Respondent Burden and Measurement Error in Establishment Surveys

9:25 AM

Not Willing, Not Able: Causes of Measurement Error in Business Surveys

Discussant(s): Joseph Parsons, National Agricultural Statistics Service, US Department of Agriculture

 

TC1 The Synthetic Longitudinal Business Database:Construction, Validation, Applications and Access

8:30 AM - 10:10 AM
Salon 6/7

Organizer(s): Javier Miranda, US Census Bureau
Chair(s): Jerry P Reiter, Duke University

8:35 AM

Towards Unrestricted Public Use Business Microdata: Construction of The Synthetic Longitudinal Business Database

9:00 AM

The contribution of labor reallocation to aggregate productivity growth: a synthetic data approach for the United States

9:25 AM

Towards Unrestricted Public Use Business Microdata: The Synthetic Longitudinal Business Database. Access Protocols.

Discussant(s): Jorg Drechsler, Institute for Employment Research (IAB)

 

C14 Integration and Redesign of Health Care Surveys

10:40 AM - 12:20 PM
Drummond Centre

Chair(s): Clarice Brown, National Center for Health Statistics (U.S.)

10:45 AM

The Integrated Survey Design of the MEPS Insurance Component (MEPS-IC) Establishment Survey

11:05 AM

Designing the National Hospital Care Survey

11:25 AM

Redesigning National Surveys of Long-Term Care Providers

11:45 AM

The development of methodologies to better get information from health services in Brazil

 

C21 Editing and Imputation

10:40 AM - 12:20 PM
Drummond East

Chair(s): Elizabeth Copello, RTI International

10:45 AM

Automatic editing of tick-box data in business collections

11:05 AM

Survey Process Control with Significance Editing: Foundations, Perspectives, and Plans for Development

11:25 AM

Assessing the Validity of an Imputation Method Using Data from Comparable External Sources

11:45 AM

Improving the Quality of the DAWN Data through Imputation

 

C4 Weighting and Variance Estimation

10:40 AM - 12:20 PM
Drummond West

Chair(s): Fritz Scheuren, NORC at the University of Chicago

10:45 AM

Innovative Estimation Strategies for the U. S. Green Goods and Services Survey

11:05 AM

Investigating estimation methods under a reduced sample size – Application to the survey of capital expenditure

11:25 AM

Evaluation of Changes in Generalized Variance Function Estimators Following Revision of Publication Structure

11:45 AM

Sample Design and Multi-Method Sample Allocation

 

INV3 Managing the Balance Among Cost, Quality and Risk in the Design and Implementation of Establishment Surveys

10:40 AM - 12:20 PM
Ballroom West

Organizer(s): John Eltinge, Bureau of Labor Statistics
Chair(s): Ron S Jarmin, US Census Bureau

10:45 AM

Collection and Evaluation of Information on Cost, Quality and Risk Factors in Establishment Surveys

11:05 AM

Data Quality Assurance - Quality Gates Framework for Statistical Risk Management

11:25 AM

Embedded Experiment for Non-Response Follow-Up Methods of Electronic Questionnaire Collection

11:45 AM

Microsimulation of a Government Survey

Discussant(s): Steven Klement, U.S. Census Bureau

 

INV4 Melting Pot of Solutions: Using Collaborative Work to Improve Establishment Surveys

10:40 AM - 12:20 PM
Salon 6/7

Organizer(s): Darcy Miller, USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service
Chair(s): Denise Abreu, National Agricultural Statistics Service

10:45 AM

A model-based approach to forecasting corn and soybean yields

11:10 AM

Investigating Adjustment Methodologies for the Census of Agriculture

11:35 AM

Imputation in High Dimensional Economic Data as Applied to the Agricultural Resource Management Survey (ARMS)

Discussant(s): Partha S. Lahiri, University of Maryland

 

IOL2/3 IOL2/3: GREG Calibration and Nonresponse Adjustment

10:40 AM - 12:20 PM
Ballroom East

Chair(s): Frank Potter, Mathematica Policy Research, Inc.

10:45 AM

An Introduction to Calibration Weighting for Establishment Surveys

11:35 AM

Balanced Response and Nonresponse Weighting Adjustments

 

C18 Questionnaire Design and Testing

1:40 PM - 3:20 PM
Drummond West

Chair(s): Paul Beatty, National Center for Health Statistics (U.S.)

WITHDRAWN - Continuous Improvement of the Commodity Flow Survey

1:45 PM

Early Stage Scoping in Establishment Surveys: Bridging the Gap between Survey Concepts and Survey Questions

2:10 PM

Usability testing and evaluation of questionnaire re-design work

2:35 PM

Using an Action-Research Model to Develop a Grid on a Self-Administered Questionnaire

 

C24 Uses of Administrative Data

1:40 PM - 3:20 PM
Drummond East

Chair(s): Kenneth Pick, U.S. Energy Information Administration

1:45 PM

Efficient use of administrative data in the production of economic statistics in Finland

2:05 PM

A risk of using administrative data for statistical purposes – a case study in the Swedish survey Newly Started Enterprises

2:25 PM

Integration of a State specific sampling database with the NASS List Sampling Frame: a Case Study of the California Fruit Acreage Database

2:45 PM

Three Pillars for a New Statistical System on Enterprises:Business Register, Thematic Surveys and Business Census 2011

 

INV5 Making Economic Indicator Statistics More Useful With Data Dissemination and Visualization Software

1:40 PM - 3:20 PM
Salon 6/7

Organizer(s): Mark Edward Wallace, United States Census Bureau
Chair(s): Wendy Martinez, U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics

1:45 PM

Improved Access to U.S. Economic Indicators: Implementation, Outreach, and Future Development

2:10 PM

Wikiprogress by OECD

2:35 PM

Using Data Visualizations to Improve Presentation and Marketing of the North American Transportation Statistics Online Database

Discussant(s): Patrick Hinderdael, International Monetary Fund

 

INV6 Use of nonparametric regression analysis methods with establishment survey data

1:40 PM - 3:20 PM
Ballroom East

Organizer(s): Michail Sverchkov, Bureau of Labor Statistics
Chair(s): John Eltinge, Bureau of Labor Statistics

1:45 PM

Identifying Factors Affecting Nonresponse Rates of Complex Surveys

2:10 PM

Small Area Estimation using Generalized Kernel Regression

2:35 PM

On X-11 Seasonal Adjustment and Estimation of its MSE: Application to Current Employment Statistics (CES) Employment Series

Discussant(s): Alan H. Dorfman, U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics

 

IOL5 IOL5: Response Burden

1:40 PM - 3:20 PM
Ballroom West

Chair(s): Lauren Harris-Kojetin, CDC

1:45 PM

Non-response Reduction Techniques in Establishment Surveys: Introductory Overview Lecture

2:25 PM

Response Burden: Introductory Overview Lecture

 

TC2 Introduction to Deaths in Custody Reporting Program

1:40 PM - 3:20 PM
Drummond Centre

Organizer(s): Christopher S. Ellis, RTI International
Chair(s): Christopher S. Ellis, RTI International

1:45 PM

Are You In or Out? Managing a Dynamic Frame of Jails and Contacts

2:05 PM

Sorry to Bother You Again: Ensuring High Response Rates while Minimizing Respondent Burden

2:25 PM

Have It Your Way: Managing Data and Business Preferences in a Multimode Collection

2:45 PM

The Price of Perfection: Analyzing the Cost & Benefits of Extensive Data Quality Follow-up

 

C1 Business Registers

3:50 PM - 5:30 PM
Salon 6/7

Chair(s): Kristin Stettler, U.S. Census Bureau

3:55 PM

Evaluating a Sampling Frame of Private Security Firms

4:15 PM

Evaluating frame coverage for an establishment survey

4:35 PM

WITHDRAWN - Private Schools in America: An Overview of the Private School Universe Survey Frame Creation and Processing

4:55 PM

Eligibility status in Business Surveys – How to get the information and how to use it

 

C23 Macro-editing and Detecting Outliers

3:50 PM - 5:30 PM
Drummond Centre

Chair(s): Dhuly Chowdhury, RTI

3:55 PM

Model Based Macro-Editing Approach to State and Area Estimates from the Current Employment Statistics Survey

4:15 PM

A Comparison of Hierarchical and Hidiroglou-Berthelot Macro-edits

4:35 PM

Investigation of Macro Editing Techniques in a Production Setting

4:55 PM

Study of Treatment of Influential Values in a Monthly Retail Trade Survey

 

INV7 Integrated systems and architectures for production of economic statistics

3:50 PM - 5:30 PM
Ballroom West

Organizer(s): Boris Lorenc, Statistics Sweden
Chair(s): Boris Lorenc, Statistics Sweden

3:55 PM

Implementing an integrated program of economic statistics - An ABS perspective

4:20 PM

The Integrated Business Statistics Program: An Overview

4:45 PM

Redesign of the Chain of Economic Statistics in the Netherlands

Discussant(s): Anders Holmberg, Statistics Sweden

 

INV8 Disclosure Limitation Methods for Tabular Data

3:50 PM - 5:30 PM
Drummond West

Organizer(s): Daniell Toth, Bureau of Labor Statistics
Chair(s): Steven Cohen, National Science Foundation

3:55 PM

Public use business establishment microdata: Protecting confidentiality and providing utility with synthetic data

4:20 PM

Trend and BED Statistics Using Synthetic and Multiplicative Noise Models for Disclosure Limitation

4:45 PM

Disclosure Limitation for the Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages

Discussant(s): Lawrence Cox, National Institute of Statistical Sciences (NISS)

 

IOL7 IOL7: Price Indices

3:50 PM - 5:30 PM
Drummond East

Chair(s): Anne Sigda Russell, U.S. Census Bureau

3:55 PM

Price Indices

4:35 PM

Price Indices

 

TC3 Challenges and Innovations in Job Vacancy surveys: An International Perspective

3:50 PM - 5:30 PM
Ballroom East

Organizer(s): Hans Kiesl, Regensburg University of Applied Sciences
Chair(s): Hans Kiesl, Regensburg University of Applied Sciences

3:55 PM

Modifications to the Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey

4:15 PM

Job vacancy statistics in Switzerland : a 20-year perspective

4:35 PM

The Integral Link between JVS (Job Vacancy Survey) and BTS (Business Tendency survey) – Israel’s Experience

4:55 PM

Job vacancy statistics in France: a new approach since the end of 2010. Analysis of the response behaviour of surveyed firms after change in questionnaire

 

Wed, Jun 13

IOL1: Small Area Estimation

8:30 AM - 10:10 AM
Drummond East

Chair(s): Scot Rumburg, USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service

8:35 AM

A Primer on Model-Based Small Area Estimation with Applications To Establishment Surveys

9:15 AM

Small Area Estimation in Practice

 

C15 Issues in Longitudinal Surveys

8:30 AM - 10:10 AM
Drummond West

Chair(s): Brad Edwards, Westat

8:35 AM

Creating a longitudinal panel of new businesses using multiple modes

8:55 AM

CHARACTERISTICS OF RESPONDENTS TO A LONGITUDINAL SURVEY OF NEW FIRMS

9:15 AM

How Stable are Responses Over Time

9:35 AM

Meta-Analytic Approaches for Analyzing Survey Data

 

C16 Improving Response Rates: Results from Experiments

8:30 AM - 10:10 AM
Ballroom East

Chair(s): Jacqui Yvette Jones, UK Office for National Statistics

8:35 AM

Trying to improve response rates by lowering the perceived response burden of a survey

8:55 AM

Evaluating the Effectiveness of Two Strategies to Improve Telephone Survey Response Rates of Employers

9:15 AM

Using alternative correspondence messages and modes to increase response rates

9:35 AM

Do Different Correspondence Methods Improve Response Rates for Out of Scope Cases?

 

C29 Non-Response Adjustment Methods

8:30 AM - 10:10 AM
Salon 5

 

C32 Producer Price Indices and other Economic Indicators

8:30 AM - 10:10 AM
Drummond Centre

 

C9 Sampling Methods and Frame Development

8:30 AM - 10:10 AM
Salon 6/7

 

INV9 Using Administrative Data as an Alternative to Survey Data for Establishment Collections – a European Perspective

8:30 AM - 10:10 AM
Ballroom West

 

C17 Gaining Survey Participation: Theoretical and Empirical Insights

10:40 AM - 12:20 PM
Drummond West

 

C25 Issues in Surveys of Employees and Employers

10:40 AM - 12:20 PM
Drummond Centre

 

INV10 Integrating Perspectives on Business Surveys: A Preview of the Book Designing and Conducting Business Surveys

10:40 AM - 12:20 PM
Ballroom West

 

INV11 Coordination of samples selected from overlapping populations

10:40 AM - 12:20 PM
Drummond East

 

INV12 The Potential Use of R in Establishment Surveys

10:40 AM - 12:20 PM
Ballroom East

 

IOL6 IOL6: Nonresponse Bias Analysis

10:40 AM - 12:20 PM
Salon 6/7

 

C11 Sampling Strategies

1:40 PM - 3:20 PM
Salon 5

 

C26 New Technologies and Generalized systems

1:40 PM - 3:20 PM
Salon 6/7

 

INV13 Managing Metadata for Establishment Surveys

1:40 PM - 3:20 PM
Drummond Centre

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INV14 Surveying Employees within and across Establishments: Challenges and Issues

1:40 PM - 3:20 PM
Drummond West

 

IOL4 IOL4: Web Questionnaires

1:40 PM - 3:20 PM
Ballroom West

 

TC4 Consumer Price Indices Survey Design Challenges

1:40 PM - 3:20 PM
Drummond East

 

TC5 Relationship Management of Very Large Establishments

1:40 PM - 3:20 PM
Ballroom East

 

C19 Issues and Innovations in Electronic Data Collection

3:50 PM - 5:30 PM
Salon 6/7

 

C28 Designing and Redesigning Survey Processes

3:50 PM - 5:30 PM
Salon 5

 

C5 Estimation Stratigies

3:50 PM - 5:30 PM
Drummond Centre

 

C6 Job Vacancies

3:50 PM - 5:30 PM
Drummond West

 

INV15 Recent Developments in Assessing and Mitigating Nonresponse Bias

3:50 PM - 5:30 PM
Ballroom West

 

INV16 Frame Challenges for Complex Populations

3:50 PM - 5:30 PM
Ballroom East

 

TC6 Evaluation of Statistical Disclosure (SDC) Methods for Application of New Methods

3:50 PM - 5:30 PM
Drummond East

 

Thu, Jun 14

Waksberg Address

8:30 AM - 9:50 AM
Ballroom Centre

 

C10 Sampling Methods - Design and Allocation

10:20 AM - 12:00 PM
Salon 6/7

 

C30 Metadata and Survey Management

10:20 AM - 12:00 PM
Drummond Centre

 

C8 Small Area Estimation

10:20 AM - 12:00 PM
Drummond West

 

INV17 Meeting the challenge to combine different survey data: the case of multinationals and foreign affiliates and the link between trade data and business registers

10:20 AM - 12:00 PM
Ballroom West

 

INV18 Measuring the Green Economy

10:20 AM - 12:00 PM
Drummond East

 

TC7 Using Auxiliary Data to Predict and Manage Survey Nonresponse

10:20 AM - 12:00 PM
Ballroom East

 

C13 DELETE - Survey Redesign of Business and Education Surveys

1:20 PM - 3:00 PM
Drummond Centre

 

C20 Approaches to Improving Data Quality

1:20 PM - 3:00 PM
Drummond East

 

C22 Selective Editing and Detecting Outliers

1:20 PM - 3:00 PM
Salon 6/7

 

C3 Variance Estimation

1:20 PM - 3:00 PM
Drummond West

 

INV19 Using Administrative Data as an Alternative to Survey Data for Establishment Collections

1:20 PM - 3:00 PM
Ballroom East

 

INV20 Response burden and motivation in official business surveys. Can we improve businesses response behavior by increasing the perceived benefits of official statistics?

1:20 PM - 3:00 PM
Ballroom West

 

Closing Panel Session: Doing More With Less

3:30 PM - 5:00 PM
Ballroom West