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Preliminary program

Wednesday, November 3, 2004
9:00 to 17:00 Workshop: Data Mining and Text Mining
Jean-Hugues Chauchat, Université de Lyon and Annie Morin, Université de Rennes, France
(French presentation with English and French materials)

Workshop: Indirect Sampling - A Practical Solution for "Hard-to-reach Populations"
Pierre Lavallée, Statistics Canada
(French presentation with English and French materials)

Workshop: The Use of Probabilistic Networks for Imputation
Marco Di Zio and Mauro Scanu, Istat , Italy
(English presentation with English and French materials)

Thursday, November 4, 2004
8:45 to 9:00 Opening remarks
9:00 to 10:00 Keynote Address
Monroe Sirken, Center for Disease Control and Prevention, USA
10:30 to 12:00

Data Collection: 1
Chairperson: Tony Labillois, Statistics Canada

Survey of Daycare in Quebec
Lucie Dumas and Johanne Théroux, Institut de la statistique du Québec, Canada

Data Collection Challenges in Community Based Research: Recruitment and Tracking of Driving Under the Influence Offenders in an Alternative Sentencing Program
Suzanne Perry and Barbara Raymond, RAND Corporation, USA

A Tailored Approach Strategy for Young Moroccans and Turks for the Dutch Family and Fertility Survey
Rachel Vis, Jan van den Brakel and Hans Schmeets, Statistics Netherlands

Surveys on Aboriginal Peoples: 1
Chairperson: Johanne Denis, Statistics Canada

A Journey into Theoretical Waste Land
Thomas Andersen, Statistics Greenland

Aboriginal Data Initiative ? Survey Component
Johanne Denis, Statistics Canada

Recent Australian Initiatives in Engaging with and Surveying Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples
Andrew Webster, Alistair Rogers and Dan Black, Australian Bureau of Statistics, Australia

13:30 to 15:00

Estimation: 1
Chairperson: Pierre Lavallée, Statistics Canada

Extensions of the Indirect Sampling Method and its Application for the Tourism Surveys
Myriam Maumy and Jean-Claude Deville, ENSAI, France

Active Set Adaptive Sampling
Steven K. Thompson, Pennsylvania State University, USA

Estimation With Link-tracing Sampling Design: A Bayesian Approach
Mosuk Chow, Oregon State University, and Steven K. Thompson, Pennsylvania State University, USA

Social Surveys: 1
Chairperson: Susan Stobert, Statistics Canada

Experiments with Sensitive Surveys in France
Benoît Riandey, INED and Marie-Ange Schiltz, CNRS, France

Challenges for a Survey on Ethnic and Cultural Diversity in the Canadian Population
Valérie Bizier, Jennifer Chard and Danielle Laroche, Statistics Canada

Disability Survey Research ? Building Evidenced-based Disability Policy on a Slippery Foundation
John Rietschlin, Social Development Canada, and Andrew MacKenzie, Statistics Canada

15:30 to 16:30

Data Collection: 2
Chairperson: Geoff Hole, Statistics Canada

Using Hand-Held Technologies to Gather Data from Difficult Populations: Lessons from Research with Sex-Trade Workers and Men Who Buy Sex
Chris Atchison and Ted Palys, SQi-Vancouver, Canada

A Menu-Driven System Used to Collect, Track, Monitor and Summarize Youth Smoking Cessation Programs across the United States
Annette M. Green, H. E. Wells, P. D. Mowery, S. Emery and A. Sporer, RTI International, USA

Research and Development in the Service Areas that are Looking for Measurements
Dominique Francoz, Ministère de l?éducation nationale, France

Social Surveys: 2
Chairperson: Gustave Goldmann, Statistics Canada

Creating Common Ground to Participate in Surveys
Sharon Durant, Department of Transportation, USA

Innovative Approaches to Interviewing People with Disabilities
Gerry Hendershot, Consultant, C. Kirchner, AFB, J. Cyril, NCBDDD, P. Placek , NCHS and D. Keere, NIDRR, USA

A Survey among Homeless who Never or Seldom use the Services Provided by Assistance Programs
Martine Quaglia and Nicolas Razafindratsima, INED, France

16:30 to 17:30

Estimation: 2
Chairperson: Don Royce, Statistics Canada

Hard-to-count Populations in the 2001 and 2011 UK Censuses
Owen Abbott and Jennet Woolford, Office for National Statistics, UK

Multiple Response Adaptive Estimators
Paul Mosquin, RTI International, USA

Optimal Adaptive Selection of Sampling Units and Estimation of the Injecting Drug User Population
Shenghai Zhang, Health Canada

Social Surveys: 3
Chairperson: M.P. Singh, Statistics Canada

An Innovative Approach to Listing, Screening and Finding Eligible Participants in Sparsely Populated Target Communities
Judy Perlman, Grant Marshall and Marc Elliott, RAND Corporation, USA

Center Sampling: a Strategy for Surveying Difficult-to-sample Populations
Fulvia Mecatti, University of Milan-Bicocca, Italy

A Multivariate Analysis of Nonresponse among Ethnic Minorities
Remco Feskens, Joop Hox, Gerty Lensvelt-Mulders and Hans Schmeets, Utrecht University, The Netherlands

18:00 to 20:00 Evening reception
Friday, November 5, 2004
9:00 to 10:00

Waksberg Address

Understanding the Question-Answer Process
Norman Bradburn, University of Chicago, USA

10:30 to 12:00

Questionnaire Design
Chairperson: Benoit Allard, Statistics Canada

Experiences in Testing Questionnaires with Specialized Populations
Benoit Allard, Allen Gower, Paul Kelly and Charlene Walker, Statistics Canada

Assessing Comprehension of Translated Questionnaires with Qualitative Methods
Alisù Schoua-Glusberg, Research Support Services, and Kristen Miller, NCHS, USA

Developing Questionnaire Formatting Guidelines for Complex Establishment Surveys
Rebecca Morrison and Alfred D. Tuttle, United States Census Bureau, USA

Surveys on Aboriginal Peoples: 2
Chairperson: To be determined

Surveys on Canadian Aboriginal Peoples
Dolores Kershaw, University of Calgary, and Collette Manuel, Royal Roads University, Canada

Strategies for Surveying Indigenous Populations
Jacelyn Macedo, CDCP, L. Reano, CDCP, J. Weber, JCW, and A. Easton, CDCP, USA

The Challenge of Collecting Information on the Involvement of Aboriginal People in the Canadian Criminal Justice System
Michael Martin, Statistics Canada

13:30 to 15:30

Frame and Sampling Issues
Chairperson: Michel Latouche, Statistics Canada

Improvement of the Quality of Estimates for a Population with Low Income: Use of a Dual-frame in the Survey on Household Spending
Bruno Lapierre, Christian Nadeau, José Gaudet and Johanne Tremblay, Statistics Canada

Applications of Adaptive Sampling Procedures to Problems in Public Health
Myron Katzoff, National Center for Health Statistics, USA

Link-tracing Sampling with an Initial Sample of Sites Selected Sequentially
Martín H. Félix-Medina and Pedro E. Monjardin, University of Sinaloa, Mexico

An Access Panel as a Sampling Frame for Difficult-to-reach Populations?
Thomas Körner and Anja Nimmergut, Federal Statistical Office, Germany

Business Surveys
Chairperson: Wesley Yung, Statistics Canada

Challenges Related to the Electronic Commerce and Technology Survey
Marie-Claude Duval, Statistics Canada

Influential Observations from Rare Subpopulations in Establishment Surveys
John Eltinge, Bureau of Labor Statistics, USA

Construction Frames to Target Difficult-to-reach Business Survey Populations
Mary March, Statistics Canada

A Review of Strategies for Surveying Rare and Difficult-to-reach Populations in ONS's Establishment Surveys
Paul Smith and John Perry, Office for National Statistics, UK

15:30 to 15:45 Closing remarks
Don Royce, Statistics Canada