Total Survey Error Workshop
March 17-18, 2005
Bureau of Labor Statistics Conference Center, Rooms
1 & 2
2 Massachusetts Ave., NW
Washington D.C.
Sponsored by the National Institute of Statistical
Sciences
in conjunction with the SAMSI program on Latent
Variable Models in the Social Sciences
7:30 AM Continental Breakfast
8:20 AM Introductions and Welcome
Paul Biemer, RTI International and UNC, Conference, Co-Chair
Jerome Reiter, Duke University, Co-Chair
8:30 AM Total Survey Error: Past, Present, Future, Robert Groves, University of Michigan
Discussion Leader: Martin Frankel, Abt Associates and Baruch College
9:20 AM The Relevance of Total Survey
Error Estimation for Federal Programs,
Clyde Tucker, Bureau of Labor Statistics
Discussion Leader: Lars Lyberg, Statistics Sweden
10:10 AM Break
10:40 AM Nonsampling Error Research in Practice, Michael Brick and Graham Kalton, Westat
Discussion Leader: Colm O'Muircheartaigh, NORC
11:30 PM Lunch — On Your Own
1:00 PM Total Survey Error Models, William Kalsbeek, University of North Carolina
Discussion Leader: Judith Lessler, RTI International
1:50 PM Modeling Approaches, Bruce Spencer, Northwestern University
Discussion Leader: Mary Mulry, Bureau of the Census
2:40 PM Break
3:10 PM Some Model Approaches to More Interpretable Measures of Nonresponse Rates, Fritz Scheuren, NORC
Discussion Leader: Roger Tourangeau, Joint Program in Survey Methodology
4:00 PM Structural Equation Modeling
Approaches for Estimating Reliability and Validity,
Willem Saris, University of Amsterdam
Discussion Leader: Robert Fay, Bureau of the Census
4:50 PM Adjourn
Friday, March 18, 2005
7:30 AM Continental Breakfast
8:30 AM Bayesian Methods for Estimating Survey Error, Alan Zaslavsky, Harvard University
Discussion Leader: Elaine Zanutto, University of Pennsylvania
9:20 AM Use of Multilevel Models in Survey Error Estimation, Joop Hox, Utrecht University
Discussion Leader: Michael Elliott, University of Pennsylvania
10:10 AM Break
10:40 PM Latent Class Analysis Approaches for Estimating Measurement Bias, Paul Biemer, RTI and UNC
Discussion Leader: Michael Larsen, Iowa State University
11:30 PM Lunch — On Your Own
1:00 PM Breakout Session to Discuss an Agenda for Future Research on Total Survey Error
2:00 PM Break
2:30 PM Reports from the Breakout Sessions and Discussion
3:30 PM Closing Remarks
3:40 PM Adjourn
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