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JSM 2002 Abstract #300525
Activity Number: 282
Type: Contributed
Date/Time: Wednesday, August 14, 2002 : 8:30 AM to 10:20 AM
Sponsor: Section on Government Statistics*
Abstract - #300525
Title: Redesigning the Consumer Price Index Area Sample
Author(s): William Johnson*+ and Owen Shoemaker and Yeon Rhee
Affiliation(s): U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics and U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics and U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
Address: 2 Mass Ave NE, Room 3655, Washington, District of Columbia, 20212, USA
Keywords: controlled selection ; overlap ; stratified ; multistage
Abstract:

This paper describes the PSU selection process for the next CPI Revision. The U. S. Consumer Price Index (CPI) employs a multistage sample design that has been revised every ten years. The first stage consists of selecting primary sampling units (PSUs), which are formed from Metropolitan or Micropolitan Core Based Statistical Areas (CBSAs) based on preliminary definitions by the Office of Management and Budget. The selected PSUs are also used in the Consumer Expenditure Survey (CE) and the Telephone Point of Purchase Survey (TPOPS). The process to select PSUs includes using variance models to compare various PSU sample designs, stratifying the PSUs, Keyfitzing, and controlled selection.

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