Government Statistics
GSS Highlights JSM Invited Sessions
Venue paves way for strong program
sunghee Lee, 2009 section Program Chair, and sonya Vartivarian, section Publications Officer
G
iven that JSM 2009 is in the Groves of the University Survey, featuring Aaron Maitland
nation’s capital this year, you of Michigan of the National Center for Health
may expect a strong program Statistics, CDC
by the Government Statistics Section Using the Fraction of Missing
(GSS). There will be 18 paper sessions Information to Monitor the Quality Subunit Nonresponse in the
this year, including three invited, 12 of Survey Data, featuring James National Health Interview Survey:
topic-contributed, and three contribut- Wagner of the University An Exploration Using Paradata,
ed. We also have six roundtables explor- of Michigan featuring James M. Dahlhamer of
ing substantive and methodological top- the National Center for Health
ics that are central to our work. For the Modeling the Difference in Statistics, CDC
first time, the GSS will sponsor a “best Interview Characteristics for
poster” contest to encourage both quan- Different Respondents, featuring Many government survey operations
tity and quality of poster submissions. John Dixon of the Bureau of have begun collecting paradata—informa-
The winner of the best poster will receive Labor Statistics tion about the data-collection process—
$500 plus two years of free membership to better understand contact and coop-
in GSS. Honorable mentions will receive An Evaluation of Nonresponse eration propensities, track interviewer
$250. Winning posters will be re- Bias Using Paradata from a Health performance and survey costs, and guide
displayed at the GSS business meeting
and social. Details about roundtables
and other section activities will appear
in our July Amstat News article.
GSS Invited Sessions
The three invited GSS sessions touch
on critical issues for government statisti-
cians. Topics include the usage of survey
paradata, innovations in federal govern-
ment surveys, and the future of random-
digit-dial telephone surveys.
we thank invited session organizers
James M. Dahlhamer of the National
Center for Health Statistics, CDC;
Lynda T. Carlson of the National Science
Foundation; and Meena Khare of the
National Center for Health Statistics,
CDC. We also extend our appreciation
to all those who made an effort to be
part of GSS sessions this year.
Sunday, August 2
The Use of Paradata in Federal
Government Surveys
Chair: Nancy Bates of the
U.S. Census Bureau
Use of Paradata to Manage a Field
Data Collection, featuring Robert
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