Abstracts and proceedings
- Opening remarks
- Keynote Address
- Session 1: Technical Session on Confidentiality
- Session 2: Metadata Development in Support of Data Dissemination
- Session 3: Respondent Relations
- Session 4: Panel Discussion on Ethical Issues for Statistical Agencies
- Waksberg Address
- Session 5: Identifying and Understanding Bias
- Session 6: Estimation and Analysis Issues
- Session 7: Business Register Redesign
- Session 8: Data Documentation Initiative (DDI) – Current Initiatives, Future Directions
- Session 9: Charts of accounts and tax data
- Session 10: Explaining or Conveying Variance/Sampling Errors to Users
- Session 11: Data Integration
- Session 12: Challenges in Using Data from Longitudinal Surveys
- Session 13: Collection Challenges, Problems and Strategies
- Session 14: Challenges and Accomplishments in Analysis of Data from Complex Surveys
- Session 15: Combining Data from Different Sources
- Session 16: Disclosure Control and Confidentiality
- Session 17: Panel Discussion on Access to Data for Academic and Policy Research
- Session 18: Data Quality Indicators
- Closing remarks
- Poster Session
Opening Remarks:
François Maranda, Statistics Canada
Keynote Address:
The Role of Paradata at all Stages of Survey-Going from Concept to Completion
Fritz Scheuren, NORC University of Chicago, USA
Session 1: Technical Session on Confidentiality
Organizer and Chair: Jean-Louis Tambay, Statistics CanadaProviding Spatial Data for Secondary Analysis: Issues and Current Practices Relating to Confidentiality
Myron Gutmann, Kristine Witkowski, Corey Colyer, JoAnne McFarland O’Rourke, and James McNally, Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research, Institute for Social Research, University of Michigan, USA
Quality-Preserving Controlled Tabular Adjustment: A Method for Resolving Confidentiality and Data Quality Issues for Tabular Data
Lawrence H. Cox, National Center for Health Statistics, USA
Data Swapping is not the Panacea
Jean-René Boudreau, Statistics Canada
Session 2: Metadata Development in Support of Data Dissemination
Organizer: Paul Johanis, Statistics CanadaChair: Alice Born, Statistics Canada
Common Metadata Constructs for Statistical Data
Dan Gillman, Bureau of Labor Statistics, USA
Documenting Statistical Data Using ISO/IEC 11179 – Experience in Statistics Canada
Paul Johanis, Statistics Canada
Alice Born, Statistics Canada
Discovering Microdata Variables Comparing DDI compliant documentation to an ISO/IEC 11179 metadata registry
Tim Dunstan, Statistics Canada
Chuck Humphrey, University of Alberta, Canada
Session 3: Respondent Relations
Organizer and Chair: Claude Poirier, Statistics CanadaRespondent Relations Challenges for Obtaining Agricultural Data
Ken Korporal, Statistics Canada
Response Management of Business Surveys
Monique Gaudreau and Wayne Baxter, Statistics Canada
Challenges Linked to the Quality of the Data Obtained for the Survey of Principals
Martin Renaud, Statistics Canada
Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) Recent Innovation in Collecting Business Statistics
Peter Damcevski, Australian Bureau of Statistics, Australia
Session 4: Panel Discussion on Ethical Issues for Statistical Agencies
Organizers: M.P. Singh and Philip Giles, Statistics CanadaModerator: Lawrence H. Cox, National Center for Health Statistics, USA
Panelists:
Lars Osberg, Dalhousie University, Canada
Pamela White, Statistics Canada
Gerald Gates, U.S. Bureau of the Census
Waksberg Address
Organizer: M.P. Singh, Statistics CanadaChair: Gordon Brackstone, Ottawa
Interplay Between Sample Survey Theory and Practice: an Appraisal
J.N.K. Rao, Carleton University, Canada
Session 5: Identifying and Understanding Bias
Chair: John Kovar, Statistics CanadaIndirect Two Phase Sampling: An Application to Questionnaire Field-testing
Mike Hidiroglou, Office for National Statistics, U.K.
Pierre Lavallée, Statistics Canada
Interviewer Falsification Detection using Data Mining
Joe Eyerman, Joe Murphy, Colleen McCue and Christy Hottinger, RTI International, USA
Joel Kennet , Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, USA
Evaluating High Effort Measures for Studying Nonresponse Bias
Catherine M. Simile, James M. Dahlhamer and Beth Taylor, National Center for Health Statistics, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, USA
Attrition and Non-response in the Survey of Labour and Income Dynamics
Brahim Boudarbat, Université de Montréal, Canada
Lee Grenon, Statistics Canada
Session 6: Estimation and Analysis Issues
Chair: Jack Gambino, Statistics CanadaEstimating Mediated Effects in Health and Epidemiological Research
Cameron N. McIntosh, Statistics Canada
Single Frame Estimation in Multiple Frame Survey
Fulvia Mecatti, Department of Statistics, University of Milan-Bicocca, Italy
Linearization Variance Estimators for Model Parameters from Complex Survey Data
Abdellatif Demnati, Statistics Canada
J. N.K. Rao, School of Mathematics and Statistics, Carleton University, Canada
Responding to New Data Demands for Comparative Research and Multilevel Analysis: The Contextual Database of the Generations and Gender Program
Martin Spielauer, Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research, Germany
Session 7: Business Register Redesign
Organizer: Stuart Pursey, Statistics CanadaChair: Mario Ménard, Statistics Canada
The Redesign of the Dutch Business Register
Kees Vennix, Statistics Netherlands
Redesigning the UK's Business Register and Business Surveys to Enable Production of Better Economic Statistics
Mark Pont, Mike Hidiroglou, John Perry, Paul Smith and Pam Tate, Office for National Statistics, U.K.
The Redesign of Statistics Canada’s Business Register
Yanick Beaucage, Paul Hunsberger, and Stuart Pursey, Statistics Canada
Session 8: Data Documentation Initiative (DDI) – Current Initiatives, Future Directions
Organizer: Jeffrey Smith, Statistics CanadaChair/Facilitator: Ernie Boyko, Nesstar Americas
Data Documentation Initiative (DDI) in the Real World
Michelle Edwards, University of Guelph, Canada
Marie-Josée Bourgeois, Statistics Canada
Delivering the Metadata: An RDC Experience
Irene Wong, Statistics Canada
Session 9: Charts of accounts and tax data
Organizer and Chair: Guylaine Dubreuil, Statistics CanadaProgress in business data collection
Lucie Vinette, Statistics Canada
Imputation of distributions in administrative tax data
Rong Haung, Statistics Canada
Dominique Ladiray, Institut National de la Statistique et des Études Économiques, France
Use of Administrative Data for Structural Business Statistics
Koert van Bemmel, Statistics Netherlands
Session 10: Explaining or Conveying Variance/Sampling Errors to Users
Organizer and Chair: Paul Smith, Office for National Statistics, U.K.Discussant: Ed Swires-Hennessy
Communicating Variances for Interpretation of Changes and Turning Points in Repeated Surveys
David Steel, University of Wollongong, Australia
Paul Smith, Office for National Statistics, U.K.
Discrimination Coefficient of Variation: An Improved Measure of Quality of Estimates
Avi Singh, Statistics Canada
Matt Westlake and Moshe Feder, RTI International, USA
Variance Information for Data Users
John Wood, Office for National Statistics, U.K.
Explaining or Conveying Variance/Sampling Errors to Users - Discussant
Ed Swires-Hennessy, Data Unit Wales, U.K.
Session 11: Data Integration
Organizer and Chair: Wesley Yung, Statistics CanadaQuarterly Services Survey Analysis of Response
David M. Lassman and Kristy Mills, U.S. Bureau of the Census
Combining Administrative and Respondent Data by the Monthly Survey of Manufacturing
Steven Thomas and Krista Cook, Statistics Canada
Model Assisted Approaches to Complex Survey Sampling from Finite Populations Using Bayesian Networks: a Tool for Integration of Different Sources
Marco Ballin and Mauro Scanu, Istat, Italy
Paola Vicard, Università di Roma, Italy
Session 12: Challenges in Using Data from Longitudinal Surveys
Organizer and Chair: Normand Laniel, Statistics CanadaDealing with Missing Survey Data in Longitudinal Analysis
Robert Baskin, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, USA
Incorporating Time-in-sample in Longitudinal Survey Models
Mary Thompson, Christian Boudreau and Pete Driezen, University of Waterloo, Canada
Taking Stock: The Future of Longitudinal Surveys
Garnett Picot and Maryanne Webber, Statistics Canada
Session 13: Collection Challenges, Problems and Strategies
Organizer and Chair: Jackey Mayda, Statistics CanadaNew Data Collection Challenges at Statistics Netherlands
Jelke Bethlehem, Statistics Netherlands
An active management approach to survey collection
Lecily Hunter and Jean-Francois Carbonneau, Statistics Canada
Solutions for Data Collection Challenges: Using Process Data for Responsive Design
Sue Ellen Hansen and Patricia Maher, Survey Research Center, Institute for Social Research, University of Michigan, USA
Session 14: Challenges and Accomplishments in Analysis of Data from Complex Surveys
Organizer and Chair: Georgia Roberts, Statistics CanadaRegression with Latent Variables
Roland Thomas, Carleton University, Canada
Irene Lu, York University, Canada
Methods for Longitudinal Binary Data With Missing Observations
Grace Yi, University of Waterloo, Canada
Impact of Informativeness of the Sample Design on Statistical Inference
David Binder, Milorad Kovacevic and Georgia Roberts, Statistics Canada
Session 15: Combining Data from Different Sources
Chair: Julie Trépanier, Statistics CanadaNational databases, student outcomes and school performance: Hybridization of census data and student outcomes files – a springboard to a proxy index of school performance
Soundiata Diene Mansa and Jean-Guy Blais, Université de Montréal, Canada
Estimating Undercounting of Vehicle-related Injury Cases in New Zealand: A Probabilistic Data Integration and Capture-recapture Approach
Ricardo Namay, Statistics New Zealand
Getting Around a Conceptual Difference Between Two Data Sources when Producing Estimates
Serge Godbout and Chantal Grondin, Statistics Canada
Health Studies Using Linked Administrative Hospital Data
Helen Johansen, Senior Analyst, Health Division, Statistics Canada
Session 16: Disclosure Control and Confidentiality
Chair: David Dolson, Statistics CanadaStatistical Disclosure Control: Legal Framework and Methodological Aspects
M.J. Santos and S. Ribaille, Eurostat
Anonymisation and Release of the EU-SILC Database: Confidentiality Issues in an International Environment
Jean-Marc Museux, Eurostat
ISQ’s approach for statistical control of disclosure of tables prepared from demographic events
L. Des Groseilliers, P. Berthiaume, J. Baulne and É. Gagnon, Institut de la statistique du Québec, Canada
Statistical Disclosure Control of Sensitive Tabular Data By Complementary Cell Suppression – Myth & Reality
Ramesh A. Dandekar, U. S. Department of Energy
Session 17: Panel Discussion on Access to Data for Academic and Policy Research
Organizer: Michelle Simard, Statistics CanadaFacilitator: Doug Norris, Statistics Canada
Panelists:
John Anderson, Canada
Lorna Bailie, Statistics Canada
Cliff Halliwell, Human Resources and Skills Development Canada
Dan Hiebert, University of British Columbia, Canada
Session 18: Data Quality Indicators
Organizer: Pierre Lavallée, Statistics CanadaChair: Claude Julien, Statistics Canada
Quality measures related to the Telephone First Contact Collection Process in the Labour Force Survey
Danielle Lebrasseur, Statistics Canada
Quality Measures for Enhanced Quality of Statistics in the European Statistical System
Martina Hahn and Håkan Linden, Eurostat
Measuring Quality in a National Statistical Organization
Eugene M. Burns, Bureau of Transportation Statistics, U.S. Dept. of Transportation, USA
Quality Indicators when Combining Survey Data and Administrative Data
Pierre Lavallée, Statistics Canada
Closing remarks:
Jack Gambino, Statistics Canada
Poster Session:
Modeling Survey Contact in the National Health Interview Survey (NHIS)
James M. Dahlhamer, Barbara J. Stussman, Catherine M. Simile and Beth Taylor, National Center for Health Statistics, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, USA
Growth models: an interesting approach to study the evolution of the health status of the elderly
Marie-France Dubois, Réjean Hébert and Michel Raîche, Université de Sherbrooke and Centre de recherche sur le vieillissement de l’IUGS, Canada
Longitudinal Surveys, Retrospective Information and Population Health Measures
Michael T. Molla and James Lubitz, National Center for Health Statistics, USA
An Overview of Socio-economic Surveys in Vietnam: Methods, Achievements and Challenges
Nguyen Phong, General Statistics Office, Hanoi, Vietnam
Dominique Haughton, Bentley College, USA
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