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Activity Number: 510
Type: Contributed
Date/Time: Thursday, August 7, 2008 : 10:30 AM to 12:20 PM
Sponsor: Section on Survey Research Methods
Abstract - #301191
Title: The Two Sample Problem
Author(s): Alan H. Dorfman*+
Companies: Bureau of Labor Statistics
Address: , Washington, DC, 20212,
Keywords: Missing Information Principle ; Post-stratification ; Pseudo-likelihood
Abstract:

It sometimes happens that two separate samples from a population, having perhaps quite distinct designs and mode of sampling, contribute information on the same variable of interest, and it becomes an important question how to combine the data from the two samples. An example is the Occupational Employment Statistics survey (OES) and the National Compensation Survey (NCS), carried out by the Bureau of Labor Statistics, both contributing information on occupational wages. We discuss some new options for combining data from two samples and achieving unified estimation.

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