Statistical Inference for complex surveys

May 30 - June 1, 2018

Program

 

Wednesday, May 30, 2018

08:15 - 08:45
Registration and Coffee & Croissants


Chair : Changbao Wu (University of Waterloo)

08:45 - 09:00
Introductory remarks
09:00 - 09:40
J. N. K. Rao
(Carleton University)
Some New Developments in Small Area Estimation: an Appraisal
Abstract
09:40 - 10:05
Emily Berg
(Iowa State University)
Small Area Estimation for an Informative Sample Design
Abstract
10:05 - 10:35
Coffee break
10:35 - 11:15
Mary E. Thompson
(University of Waterloo)
Spatial multilevel modeling and visualization in the Galveston Bay Recovery Study survey
Abstract
11:15 - 11:55
Qixuan Chen
(Columbia University)
Bayesian spatial growth mixture models for complex survey data
Abstract
11:55 - 12:20
Abdelnasser Saidi
(Statistics Canada)
Analysis of Binary Data Obtained by a Probabilistic Record Linkage
Abstract

12:30 - 14:00
Lunch


Chair : Pierre Duchesne (Université de Montréal)

14:00 - 14:40
Jean Opsomer
(Westat)
Domain estimation with qualitative constraints in complex surveys
Abstract
14:40 - 15:05
Puying Zhao
(University of Waterloo)
Bayesian Generalized Method of Moments Analysis for Complex Surveys
Abstract
15:05 - 15:35
Coffee break
15:35 - 16:15
F. Jay Breidt
(Colorado State University)
Model-Assisted Survey Estimation with Imperfectly Matched Auxiliary Data
Abstract
16:15 - 16:55
Daniell Toth
(Bureau of Labor Statistics)
A Regression Tree Based Model-Assisted Estimator
Abstract

 

Thursday, May 31, 2018

08:30 - 09:00
Coffee & Croissants


Chair : Christian Léger (Université de Montréal)

09:00 - 09:40
Camélia Goga
(Université de Bourgogne)
B-spline based imputation procedures for the treatment of item nonresponse in surveys
Abstract
09:40 - 10:05
Sixia Chen
(University of Oklahoma)
Recent development of multiple robust estimation with complex survey data
Abstract
10:05 - 10:35
Coffee break
10:35 - 11:15
Jae-Kwang Kim
(Iowa State University)
Semiparametric fractional imputation using Gaussian Mixture Models
Abstract
11:15 - 11:55
Jean-François Beaumont
(Statistique Canada)
Two experiments using nonprobability survey data at Statistics Canada
Abstract
11:55 - 12:20
Darren Gray
(Statistics Canada)
Anticipating edit & imputation needs in light of Statistics Canada’s modernization initiative
Abstract

12:30 - 14:00
Lunch


Chair : Mike Hidiroglou (Statistics Canada, retired)

14:00 - 14:40
Maria Giovanna Ranalli
(Universita degli Studi di Perugia)
Latent variable models in estimation from complex surveys
Abstract
14:40 - 15:05
Danhyang Lee
(Iowa State University)
Analysis of clustered data under informative cluster sizes
Abstract
15:05 - 15:35
Coffee break
15:35 - 16:15
Louis-Paul Rivest
(Université Laval)
Sampling in two dimensions
Abstract
16:15 - 16:55
Anne Ruiz-Gazen
(TSE-R)
Estimation and variance estimation under the cross-classified sampling design
Abstract

 

Friday, June 1, 2018

08:30 - 09:00
Coffee & Croissants


Chair : David Haziza (Université de Montréal)

09:00 - 09:40
Mahmoud Torabi
(University of Manitoba)
A Unified Approach to Second-order Unbiased Mean Squared Error Estimation of Small Area Predictors
Abstract
09:40 - 10:05
Song Cai
(Carleton University)
Empirical Bayes estimation of small area means under unmatched two-fold subarea models
Abstract
10:05 - 10:35
Coffee break
10:35 - 11:15
Li-Chun Zhang
(University of Southampton)
Sampling and design-based inference in finite networks
Abstract
11:15 - 11:55
Krista J. Gile
(University of Massachusetts)
Inference from Respondent-Driven Sampling Data: New Inferential Goals
Abstract
11:55 - 12:05
Final remarks
12:05 - 14:00
Lunch