The 2012 Joint Statistical Meetings

This year’s Joint Statistical Meetings (JSM) will be held from July 28 to August 2 at the San Diego Convention Center and is conducted jointly with the American Statistical Association, the International Biometric Society (ENAR and WNAR), the Institute of Mathematical Statistics, the Statistical Society of Canada, and the International Chinese Statistical Association. The largest gathering of Statisticians in North America, the JSM will feature countless papers, posters, presentations and idea sharing on statistics.

More than 40 NORC experts have prepared work that will be presented at the meeting or are attending and participating JSM, including chairing several sessions and committee work. Find out more about NORC’s work by clicking on the dates below to view highlights of the JSM schedule. 

For more information, or to register, visit the American Statistical Association’s site

UPDATE: Kanru Xia, Whitney Murphy and Ashley Amaya's presentation "Cell Phone Coverage in an ABS Multi-Mode Design" received second place in the Survey Research Methods Section JSM Poster Awards. The presentation can be viewed and downloaded here.

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Sunday, July 29
Transdisciplinary Advances in the Hard-to-Count Group Quarter Population to Better Inform Public Policy — Topic Contributed Papers 
Design Effect Anomalies in the American Community Survey, Michael Boudreau, Michael Davern, Peter Graven, organized by Anna Y. Chan
Discussant: Fritz Scheuren

Address Based, RDD and Cell Phone, and Respondent-Driven Sampling — Contributed Papers

Quasi Address-Based Sampling: A New Cost-Efficient Rejective Sampling Design for Reducing Undercoverage, Nonresponse Rate, and Nonrespondent Substitution Bias, Avinash Singh, Kyle Fennell, Ned English, Jizhou Fu
Unpacking the DSF and NoStat Files in an Attempt to Better Reach the Drop Point Population, Katherine Dekker, Ned English, Ashley Amaya
Geographical Screening in Cell Phone Surveys: Sampling Variability and Bias in the March 2011 National Flu Survey, Nicholas Davis, Tammy Santibanez (CDC), Lin Liu, Ken Copeland

Bayesian Analysis of Complex Survey Data — Topic Contributed Papers
Design-Based Evaluation of Bayesian Methods for Complex Survey Data, Santanu Pramanik, Partha Lahiri (University of MD)

Measuring Nonresponse and Other Nonsampling Errors in Surveys — Contributed Papers
Using Soft Refusal Status in the Cell Phone Sample Nonresponse Adjustment, Wei Zeng, David Yankey, N. Ganesh, Philip J. Smith
Assessment of Total Survey Error for the National Immunization Survey (NIS) 2009—2010, Vicki Pineau, Kirk Wolter, Zhen Zhao
Monday, July 30
International Census Coverage — Invited Papers
John Thompson, Chair

Address-Based Telephone RDD and Cell Phone Sampling — Contributed Papers
Coverage and Nonresponse Relationship in Mixed-Mode Surveys That Use Enhanced ABS Frames, Ipek Bilgen, Ned English
Optimizing Call Patterns for Landline and Cell Phone Surveys, Rebecca Reimer, Robert Montgomery, Karen Wooten (National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases)
A Cost-Benefit Analysis for Reducing Call Attempts for the National Immunization Survey, Robert Montgomery, Benjamin Skalland, James A. Singleton, Meena Khare (National Center for Health Statistics), Abera Wouhib (National Center for Health Statistics)

How to Share Research Data: Views from Practitioners — Invited Panel
Timothy M. Mulcahy, panelist

Incentives, Response Rates, and Response Options in Surveys — Contributed Papers
Household Early Bird Incentives: Leveraging Family Influence to Improve Household Response Rates, Felicia LeClere, Shelly Plummer, Jennifer Vanicek, Amaya Ashley, Kari Carris
Modeling Response Rates for Telephone Surveys, Nada Ganesh, Santanu Pramanik

The Human Side of Statistical Engineering — Topic Contributed Panel
Erin Tanenbaum, panelist
Tuesday, July 31
Evaluating CPS ASEC Data Quality — Topic Contributed Papers
What About the Survey Non-Matches? Joan Lee Turek (U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services), Kendell Swenson (U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services), Fritz Scheuren, Daniel Lee,

Health, Hospital, and Patient Surveys — Contributed Papers
Coverage Implications of Targeted Lists for Rare Populations, Ned English, Ipek Bilgen
Aggregate-Level PUF as a New Alternative to the Traditional Unit-Level PUF for Improving Analytic Utility and Data Confidentiality, Avinash Singh, Josh Borton

Multi-Level Data Methods to Detect and Adjust for Nonresponse Bias in Sample Surveys
Tom W. Smith, organizer and panelist

Contributed Oral Poster Presentations: Section on Survey Research Methods — Contributed Poster Presentations
Cell Phone Coverage in the REACH U.S., Kanru Xia, Whitney Murphy

Council of Chapters Officer Appreciation Reception and Workshop
Dan Kasprzyk, Chair
Wednesday, August 1
Cell Phone-Landline Dual Frame (RDD) Surveys: Weighting Issues — Topic Contributed Papers
An Approach for Incorporating an Undersampled Cell Phone Frame in a Dual-Frame Telephone Survey Through Weight Attenuation, Elizabeth Ormson, Kennon R. Copeland, Kirk Wolter, Nada Ganesh, Wei Zeng, Stephen J. Blumberg (National Center for Health Statistics)
Thursday, August 2
Small Population, Big Impact: Improving the Measurement of the Group Quarters Population in the American Community Survey
Kennon R. Copeland, Chair

Improving Coverage of U.S.-Trained Doctorate Recipients
Dan Kasprzyk, organizer
Development of the Sample Design for the International Survey of Doctorate Recipients (SDR), Karen Grigorian, Brenda Cox (SRA International), Lynn Milan (National Science Foundation)
Integration of the National and International SDR Data Sets: Bridging Effects and Expected Improvements to the Time Series Data, Y. Michael Yang (National Science Foundation), Wan-Ying Chang(National Science Foundation), Stephen Cohen(National Science Foundation), Rachel Harter (RTI International)
Utilizing a Logistic Regression Approach for Weighting Adjustment in a Longitudinal Data Set, Michael Sinclair, Wan-Ying Chang(National Science Foundation), Julia Batishev, Michael Yang
Migration Patterns of U.S.-Trained Doctorate-Holders, Wan-Ying Chang(National Science Foundation), Lance Selfa, Michael Sinclair, Lynn Milan (National Science Foundation)

Imputation Methods for Sample Surveys — Contributed Papers
Using Administrative Records to Augment Unit Nonresponse to Facilitate Hot-Deck Imputation, Vince Welch Fang Wang
NORCSuite_Impute: Two-Way Search Hot-Deck Imputation Macro Using SAS IML, Fang Wang, Steven Pedlow, Yongyi Wang

Managing Nonresponse Bias in Sample Surveys — Topic Contributed Papers
Fritz Scheuren, Chair

Dual-Frame RDD vs. Address-Based Sampling: Conducting Scientific Surveys in the 21st Century — Invited Papers
Dual-Frame Sample Weighting for a Telephone Survey of Children’s Vaccination Status, Kennon R. Copeland, Kirk M. Wolter, Nada Ganesh, Meena Kahre (National Center for Health Statistics), Stacie M. Gerby (National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases)

Event Details

Date and Time

Jul 28 to Aug 2, 2012

Location

The San Diego Convention Center
111 West Harbor Drive
San Diego, CA
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