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Activity Number: 326 - Will Administrative Data Save Government Surveys?
Type: Invited
Date/Time: Tuesday, July 31, 2018 : 10:30 AM to 12:20 PM
Sponsor: Social Statistics Section
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Title: Will Administrative Data Save Government Surveys?
Author(s): John Czajka* and George C Hough* and Eddie Hunsinger* and Quentin Brummet*
Companies: Mathematica Policy Research and WA State Office of Financial Management and AK Department of Labor and Workforce Development and NORC at the University of Chicago
Keywords: Combining data; Data quality; Response rates; Administrative records; Survey; Government statistics
Abstract:

Government-run surveys are at a crossroads. Biases from incomplete sampling fames and nonresponse have long concerned survey providers and users alike, but new pressure to slash budgets, assure privacy and reduce respondent burden threaten the sustainability of these massive undertakings. Many look to administrative records as the solution. But these records were accumulated as a byproduct of government operations and not collected for the purpose of analysis. Do statisticians have the tools to integrate these datasets properly? Will these records reduce or compound biases, alleviate or threaten the integrity of the results, and ultimately cause more good or harm? This session discusses successes and failures combining administrative data with surveys. It assesses what tools we have available and what challenges/research opportunities lie ahead. The discussion will be led by Panel Chair, Joseph Salvo, Director of the Population Division at New York City's Department of City Planning.


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