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JSM Activity #197This 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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197 | Mon, 8/8/05, 2:00 PM - 3:50 PM | MCC-103 A |
Questionnaires and Cognitive Issues I - Contributed - Papers | ||
Section on Survey Research Methods, Social Statistics Section | ||
Chair(s): Kara Norman, Energy Information Administration | ||
2:05 PM | Modeling Context Effects in the National Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH) — Kevin Wang, RTI International; Rodney Baxter, RTI International; Dicy Painter, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration | |
2:20 PM | An Overview of the Respondent-Generated Intervals (RGI) Approach to Sample Surveys — S. James Press, University of California, Riverside; Judith Tanur, SUNY, Stony Brook | |
2:35 PM | Conceptual vs. Visual Midpoints of Response Scales — Mirta Galesic, Joint Program in Survey Methodology; Roger Tourangeau, Joint Program in Survey Methodology; Mick Couper, University of Michigan; Fred Conrad, Institute for Social Research | |
2:50 PM | Negatively Worded Questions Cause Respondent Confusion — Robert Colosi, U.S. Census Bureau | |
3:05 PM | When More Is Less: A Study on the Effects of Providing Definitions to Everyday Terms on Data Quality — Ting Yan, University of Maryland | |
3:20 PM | Using Professionally Designed Questionnaires: Do They Collect Better Data? — Kathleen Ott, National Agricultural Statistics Service; Chadd Crouse, National Agricultural Statistics Service | |
3:35 PM | Floor Discussion | |
JSM 2005
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please contact the Education Department. |