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Joint Statistical Meetings

Salt Palace Convention Center
Salt Lake City, UT—July 29-August 2, 2007

This page lists only Mathematica staff. For a full listing of all presenters, click here.

Date/Time Topic   Presenter/Author(s)
Sunday, July 29      
4:00-5:50 p.m. Advances and Applications in Causal Inference and Multi-Level Modeling   Donsig Jang, Chair
Monday, July 30      
8:30-10:20 a.m. Harnessing the Power of the ASA Archives: Preserving and Accessing the ASA's Institutional Documentary Heritage   Frank Potter, Panelist
  "Using Factor Analysis and Cronbach's Alpha to Ascertain Relationships Between Questions of a Dietary Behavior Questionnaire"
Abstract | PowerPoint | PDF of Slides
  Eric Grau
2:00-3:50 p.m. Rising from the Ashes of the SIPP: Opportunities and Challenges of the New Dynamics of Economic Well-Being System   Daniel Kasprzyk , Organizer and Chair
  "Re-Engineering SIPP: Some Thoughts from a Long Time User"
Paper
  John Czajka
Tuesday, July 31      
8:30-10:20 a.m. "Identifying the Population with Disabilities: A Comparison of Current Survey Estimates"
Abstract
  Robert Weathers
10:30 a.m.-12:20 p.m. "Assessing Bias in Estimates in a Two-Stage Design from an Early Close Out of the First Stage Data Collection: An Empirical Investigation Using NSRCG Sample Data"
Abstract | Paper | PowerPoint | PDF of Slides
  Donsig Jang and Xiaojing Lin
2:00-3:50 p.m. "Goodness-of-Fit Tests for Logistic Regression with Complex Survey Data"
Abstract | PDF of Slides
  Amang Sukasih, Donsig Jang, and Haixia Xu
Wednesday, August 1      
8:30-10:20 a.m. "Sampling with Uncertain Frame Counts: Challenges in Sampling Head Start Children for the FACES Study"
Abstract | PowerPoint | PDF of Slides
  Barbara Carlson
  Model Specification, Estimation, and Evaluation   Frank Potter, Chair
2:00-3:50 p.m. "Measuring Disclosure Risk and an Examination of the Possibilities of Using Synthetic Data in the Individual Income Tax Return Public Use File"
Abstract | Paper
  John Czajka and Sonya Vartivarian
Thursday, August 2      
8:30-10:20 a.m. "Survey Designs to Optimize Efficiency and Precision for Multiple Objectives: Methods and Applications"
Abstract
  Stephen Williams and Frank Potter
10:30 a.m.-12:20 p.m. Estimation, Forecasting, and Hypothesis Testing   Nancy Clusen, Chair

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