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JSM Activity #338This is the preliminary program for the 2005 Joint Statistical Meetings in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Currently included in this program is the "technical" program, schedule of invited, topic contributed, regular contributed and poster sessions; Continuing Education courses (August 7-10, 2005); and Committee and Business Meetings. This on-line program will be updated frequently to reflect the most current revisions. To View the Program: You may choose to view all activities of the program or just parts of it at any one time. All activities are arranged by date and time. |
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338 | Wed, 8/10/05, 8:30 AM - 10:20 AM | MCC-103 B |
Measuring Child Well-Being: The Pros and Cons of Composite Indices - Invited - Papers | ||
Social Statistics Section, Business and Economics Statistics Section | ||
Organizer(s): Kenneth C. Land, Duke University | ||
Chair(s): Susan Schechter, U.S. Office of Management and Budget | ||
8:35 AM | Constructing Summary Indices of Social Well-being: A Model for the Effect of Heterogeneous Importance Weights — Michael R. Hagerty, University of California, Davis; Kenneth C. Land, Duke University | |
8:55 AM | An Evidence-based Approach to the Construction of Composite Child Well-being Indices — Kenneth C. Land, Duke University | |
9:15 AM | Ranking States Based on Improvements in Child Well-being during the 1990s — William P. O'Hare, Annie E. Casey Foundation; Vicki L. Lamb, Duke University | |
9:35 AM | An Index of the Condition of Children: The Ideal and a Less-Than-Ideal Example — Kristin A. Moore, Child Trends, Inc. | |
9:55 AM | Disc: Matthew W. Stagner, The Urban Institute | |
10:15 AM | Floor Discussion | |
JSM 2005
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