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NORC Staff Present at the Joint Statistical Meetings

Eighteen NORC staff members will present papers, chair sessions, and serve as discussants at the Joint Statistical Meetings in Salt Lake City, Utah from July 29 - August 1, 2007. Congratulations to all NORC JSM participants!


Hee-Choon Shin -- Adjustment Methods for Survey Nonresponse and Noncoverage


Steven Pedlow, Mike Kwanisai -- Sampling Design – Methods, Adaptation, Redesign


Edward (Ned) English, Colm O’Muircheartaigh, Stephanie Eckman -- A Sampling Revolution? List vs. Area Frames for Probability Sampling


Edward (Ned) English, -- Improved Methods for Survey Contact and Incentives


Steven Pedlow -- Section on Survey Research Methods


John Thompson -- ACS Multi-year Estimates Methodology and Results


Susan Hinkins -- The Special Interest Group on Volunteerism: Two Years Out


Suzanne Bard, Judith Petty, Thomas Hoffer, Karen Grigorian, Julia Lane -- Measuring and Improving Data Quality: A prerequisite to Harnessing the power of Information


Tim Mulcahy, Julia Lane -- Reducing Disclosure Risk through Statistical Methods and Administrative Procedures


Julia Lane -- Analysis and Disclosure of Survey Data


Julia Lane -- Section on Government Statistics


Sadeq Chowdhury, Kirk Wolter -- Survey Weighting and Calibration Methods Martin Barron -- Nonresponse and Attrition Bias in Survey Data


Fritz Scheuren -- Keepers of the Fire