JSM Activity #267

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Activity ID:  267
Title
* ! Mobile Computing for Survey Data Collection
Date / Time / Room Sponsor Type
08/14/2002
8:30 AM - 10:20 AM
Room: H-Sutton Parlor South 		Section on Statistical Computing*, Section on Survey Research Methods*, Social Statistics Section* Invited
Organizer: Sarah Nusser, Iowa State University
Chair: Mark Pierzchala, Mathematica Policy Research, Inc.
Discussant: 9:50 AM - Cheryl Landman, U.S. Census Bureau    
Floor Discussion 10:10 AM
Description

Technologies for mobile computer-assisted field data collection are evolving rapidly. Presenters discuss alternative mobile devices for household survey applications, pen-based screening and interviewing software developed for a household survey, cognitive aspects of using digital maps and GPS for planning and navigation in an establishment survey, and the impact of these developments on the survey process.
  300280  By:  Sarah   Nusser 8:35 AM 08/14/2002
Using Digital Maps and GPS for Planning and Navigation in Field Surveys

  300278  By:  Greg  Binzer 9:00 AM 08/14/2002
The NHANES Mobile Pentop Interviewing Environment

  300279  By:  Jay  Levinsohn 9:25 AM 08/14/2002
An Analysis of State of the Art Mobile and Hand-Held Computing Devices for Survey Data Collection

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