Federal
Committee on Statistical Methodology Workshop
Hosted by COPAFS
How To Do Survey Nonresponse Bias Analyses
in Household and Establishment Surveys
June 10, 2009
Bureau of Labor Statistics Conference Center, Rooms 1-3
2 Massachusetts
Avenue, NE, Washington, DC
If you are taking
Metro, use the Red Line to Union Station.
If you are driving, parking is available in the Union Station
garage. The main entrance to the Bureau
of Labor Statistics is just across from Union Station on First Street, NE. Security measures at BLS require that we
provide a list of all registered participants and that you bring a photo id.
PRELIMINARY PROGRAM
7:30 Registration
and Coffee
8:30 I. Introduction
Chair: Clyde Tucker, Bureau of Labor Statistics
Welcome
Keith Hall, Commissioner, Bureau of Labor Statistics
When Should Agencies Conduct Nonresponse Bias Analyses?
Brian Harris-Kojetin, Office of Management and Budget
Conducting Nonresponse Bias Analyses
Robert M. Groves, University of Michigan and Joint Program in Survey Methodology
9:15 II. Using Frame Information.
Chair: Flora Lan, National Science Foundation
Assessing the Nonresponse Bias of Survey Estimates from an Early Close Out of the First Stage of Data Collection in the National Survey of Recent College Graduates (NSRCG): A Survey with Two Stage Sample Design
Donsig Jang and Xiaojing Lin, Mathematica Policy Research
Usage of Frame Date for Nonresponse Bias Analysis for Two Business Surveys at the U.S. Census Bureau
Katherine J. Thompson,
Census Bureau
Examining Nonresponse Bias in a Household Validity Study of Self-Reported Drug Use
Arthur Hughes, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, Kevin
Wang, and David Heller, and Patrick Chen, RTI International
10:15-10:30 Break
10:30 III. Using Response History Information
Chair: Renee Miller, Energy Information Administration
Evaluating High Effort Measures for Studying Nonresponse Bias in the National Health Interview Survey
Catherine Simile and James Dahlhamer, National Center for Health Statistics
Extra Effort, Extra Results? The Impact of Doubling Interviewing Effort on Nonresponse in a National Survey
Evans Witt and Jonathan Best, Princeton Survey Research Associates International
Effects of the Exclusion of High Nonresponse Propensity Respondents on Estimates from the Current Population Survey and the American Time Use Survey
Scott Fricker, Bureau of Labor Statistics
11:30 IV. Using Administrative Records
Chair: Morgan Earp, National Agricultural Statistics Service
Integrated Health Care Survey Designs: Analytical Enhancements Achieved Through Linkage of Surveys and Administrative Data
Steven B. Cohen, Agency for Healthcare
Research and Quality
Nonresponse Bias in a GAO Survey of School Districts
James D. Ashley, Government Accountability
Office
Using Census Match Data to Evaluate Models of Survey Nonresponse in the Current Population Survey
John Dixon, Bureau of Labor Statistics
12:30-1:30 Box Lunch
1:30 V. Implementing
Survey Designs That Address Nonresponse
Chair: Andrew Zukerberg, National Center for Education Statistics
An Illustration of Two-Phase Sampling for Nonresponse Rate and Bias Control
Robert M. Groves, University of Michigan and Joint Program in Survey Methodology; William Mosher, National Center for Health Statistics; James M. Lepkowski, University of Michigan and Joint Program in Survey Methodology
An In-Field Follow-Up Study of Nonresponse and Coverage Bias in the 2007 National Household Education Surveys Program
Jill Montaquila, Wendy Van de Kerckhove, J. Michael Brick, and Mary Hagedorn,
Westat
Using American Community Survey Data by Mode to Understand Nonresponse Bias
Megha Joshipura, Census Bureau
2:30 VI. Adjusting for Nonresponse
Chair: David Kashihara, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
Callback Models for Detecting and Adjusting for Nonignorable Nonresponse Bias
Paul Biemer, RTI International
An Assessment of the Effect of Calibration on Nonresponse Bias in the 2006 Agricultural Resource Management Survey
Phil Kott, RTI International
Assessment of the Impact of Health Variables on Nonresponse Adjustment
in the Medical Expenditure Panel Survey
Lap-Ming Wun, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
3:30-3:45 Break
3:45 VII. Comparing Different Approaches
Chair: Marilyn Seastrom, National Center for Education Statistics
Assessing Nonresponse Bias in the Consumer Expenditure Interview Survey: A Summary of Four Studies
Susan King, Bureau of Labor Statistics
National Center for Education Statistics/National Institute of Statistical Sciences Task Force on Nonresponse Bias Analysis: FINAL REPORT
Alan Karr, National Institute of Statistical Sciences
Using Proxy
Measures and Other Correlates of Survey Outcomes to Adjust for Nonresponse:
Examples from Multiple Surveys
Frauke Kreuter, Joint Program in Survey Methodology
4:45 VIII.
Lessons Learned
Chair: Nancy Kirkendall, National Academy of Sciences
Key Lessons for Doing Nonresponse Bias Analyses
J. Michael Brick, Westat
5:15 Adjourn