“Computational Methods for Survey and Census Data in the Social Sciences” A workshop for statisticians and social scientists

June 20-21, 2014

Program
 

Friday, June 20, 2014
08:00 - 08:30
Registration (Room 5345) and Coffee & Croissants (Room 6245)


Meeting room(s) : 6214

08:30 - 08:45
Welcoming addresses

Session - Analytical uses of survey data
Meeting room(s) : 6214

08:45 - 09:45
Chris Skinner
(London School of Economics)
Using binary paradata to correct for measurement error in survey data analysis
Abstract

09:45 - 10:15
Coffee break
Room(s) 6245

Session - Combining data from multiple source
Meeting room(s) : 6214

10:15 - 10:45
Claire Durand
(Université de Montréal)
Combining data: Why not dream big?
Abstract
10:45 - 11:15
France Labrèche
(IRSST)
Consideration of multiple sources of data: an epidemiological study of cancer in the workplace
Abstract
11:15 - 11:45
Hélène Vézina
(Université du Québec à Chicoutimi)
The linkage of micro census data to vital records: new perspectives for population reconstruction
Abstract

11:45 - 12:15
Discussant: Louis-Paul Rivest (Université Laval)

12:15 - 13:45
Lunch break
Room(s) 6245

Session - Overview of record linkage
Meeting room(s) : 6214

13:45 - 14:35
Mauricio Sadinle
(Carnegie Mellon University)
An overview of record linkage
Abstract

Session - Applications of record linkage
Meeting room(s) : 6214

14:35 - 15:05
Jimmy Baulne
(Institut de la statistique du Québec)
Access to linked data; the ISQ approach
Abstract
15:05 - 15:35
Abdelnasser Saidi
(Statistics Canada)
Overview of record linkage at Statistics Canada
Abstract

15:35 - 16:05
Coffee break
Room(s) 6245

Session - Recent developments in record linkage
Meeting room(s) : 6214

16:05 - 16:35
Roee Gutman
(Brown University)
Full Bayesian procedure for file linking to analyze end-of-life medical costs
Abstract
16:35 - 17:05
Rebecca Steorts
(Carnegie Mellon University)
Entity resolution by Bayesian unsupervised clustering: Applications to human rights violations in El Salvador and Syria
Abstract

17:05 - 17:40
Discussant: Jae-Kwang Kim (Iowa State University)

17:40 - 18:45
Poster Session and Reception
Room(s) 6245


Meeting room(s) : 6214

19:00 - 20:00
Lisa Y. Dillon
(Université de Montréal)
Footprints in the manuscript: Reflections on the linkage of Canadian historical census data
Abstract

 

Saturday, June 21, 2014
08:00 - 08:30
Coffee & Croissants
Room(s) 6245

Session - Beyond traditional weighting
Meeting room(s) : 6214

08:30 - 09:00
Roderick J. Little
(University of Michigan)
Weighting for sample selection and nonresponse: a calibrated Bayesian perspective
Abstract
09:00 - 09:30
Jean-Francois Beaumont
(Statistique Canada)
A weight smoothing approach to improve the efficiency of design-based survey estimators
Abstract
09:30 - 10:00
Changbao Wu
(University of Waterloo)
Calibration weighting methods for complex surveys
Abstract

10:00 - 10:30
Discussants: Jean Opsomer (Colorado State University) & Michael Elliott (University of Michigan)

10:30 - 11:00
Coffee break
Room(s) 6245

Session - Weights and analysis of survey data
Meeting room(s) : 6214

11:00 - 11:30
Qixuan Chen
(Columbia University)
Bayesian post-stratification models using multilevel penalized spline regression
Abstract
11:30 - 12:00
Suojin Wang
(Texas A&M University)
Maximum likelihood logistic regression with auxiliary information for probabilistically linked data
Abstract

12:00 - 13:40
Lunch break
Room(s) 6245

Session - Networks in sampling and estimation
Meeting room(s) : 6214

13:40 - 14:10
Raymond Chambers
(University of Wollongong)
Using social network information for survey estimation
Abstract
14:10 - 14:40
Pierre Lavallée
(Statistique Canada)
Indirect sampling for hard-to-reach populations
Abstract

14:40 - 15:10
Discussant: Phil Kott (Research Triangle Institute)

15:10 - 15:35
Coffee break
Room(s) 6245

Session - Survey data exploration and visualization
Meeting room(s) : 6214

15:35 - 16:15
Thomas Lumley
(University of Auckland)
Scatterplots for complex survey data
Abstract
16:15 - 16:45
R. Wayne Oldford
(University of Waterloo)
Here be dragons: the challenges of visualizing data on maps
Abstract
16:45 - 17:15
Yan Kestens
(Université de Montréal)
Leveraging survey data using geographic information systems, or putting statistical analyses into context
Abstract

17:15 - 17:45
Discussant and closing remarks: Joe Sedransk (University of Maryland)

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