JSM Activity #178

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Activity ID:  178
Title
* ! Estimation Issues in Public Policy
Date / Time / Room Sponsor Type
08/13/2002
8:30 AM - 10:20 AM
Room: H-Morgan Suite 		Section on Government Statistics*, Section on Survey Research Methods*, Social Statistics Section* Contributed
Organizer: n/a
Chair: Julia L. Bienias, Rush Presbyterian-St. Luke's Medical Center
Discussant:  
Description

This session offers papers that examine methods of forecasting, small area estimation, and estimation of difficult-to-reach populations in a variety of settings dealing with social policy, including life tables, higher education systems, insured families, and the uninsured.
  301079  By:  Charles T. Nelson 8:35 AM 08/13/2002
The Characteristics of Persons Reporting State Children's Health Insurance Program (SCHIP) Coverage in the March 2001 Current Population Survey (CPS)

  301227  By:  Jennifer A. Campbell 8:50 AM 08/13/2002
Health Insurance Estimates for States

  301234  By:  Carole L. Popoff 9:05 AM 08/13/2002
Estimating the Proportion of Uninsured Persons at the County Level: Exploring the Use of Additional Covariates in a Synthetic Estimates System

  301560  By:  Heather   Koball 9:20 AM 08/13/2002
Counting Custodial Fathers: The Role of Imputation and Survey Probes in Identifying Custodial Fathers in the Child Support Supplement of the Current Population Survey

  301214  By:  Pen-Che  Ho 9:35 AM 08/13/2002
Modeling Age-Specific Mortality Rates and Forecasting Age Distributions

  301468  By:  Charles D. Palit 9:50 AM 08/13/2002
County Specific Life Tables

  301357  By:  Alan J. Izenman 10:05 AM 08/13/2002
Sentencing Illicit Drug Traffickers: How do the Courts Handle Statistical Issues After Apprendi v. New Jersey?

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