|
Activity Number:
|
456
|
|
Type:
|
Invited
|
|
Date/Time:
|
Thursday, August 7, 2008 : 8:30 AM to 10:20 AM
|
|
Sponsor:
|
Section on Survey Research Methods
|
| Abstract - #300132 |
|
Title:
|
Web-Based Data Query Tools: Meeting User Needs
|
|
Author(s):
|
J. Neil Russell*+
|
|
Companies:
|
National Center for Education Statistics
|
|
Address:
|
1990 K. St., NW, Rm. 9050, Washington, DC, 20006,
|
|
Keywords:
|
Confidentiality ; Disclosure ; Web Based Tools ; Data User Needs
|
|
Abstract:
|
Some National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) data are only released as restricted-use files and/or through NCES' web-based Data Analysis System (DAS). The DAS allows the user to create programming files, tables of estimates, regression models, and view output. Because of this, there has been a recent policy shift away from PUMFs and towards the DAS as the main means for releasing public-use data. This policy shift has implications for the DAS: 1) meeting data user needs for increased access to data, 2) maintaining the confidentiality of the data, and 3) increasing the number and type of statistical methods provided for the user. A NCES task force was recently charged with examining the DAS data protection methods versus users' statistical and data needs. Some of the task force findings will be presented with a description of how the DAS currently protects data.
|
- The address information is for the authors that have a + after their name.
- Authors who are presenting talks have a * after their name.
Back to the full JSM 2008 program |
