JSM 2005 - Toronto

JSM Activity #338

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338 Applied Session Theme Session 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 WeightsMichael 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 IndicesKenneth C. Land, Duke University
     9:15 AM   Ranking States Based on Improvements in Child Well-being during the 1990sWilliam 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 ExampleKristin A. Moore, Child Trends, Inc.
     9:55 AM   Disc: Matthew W. Stagner, The Urban Institute
     10:15 AM   Floor Discussion
 

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Revised March 2005