Program and proceedings

8:00 – 17:00
Registration – Third floor

8:45 – 9:00
Opening remarks

• Rosemary Bender, Assistant Chief Statistician, Statistics Canada

9:00 – 10:00
Session 1 – Keynote address

• ARCHIVED - Survey Sampling in Official Statistics - Some Thoughts on Directions (PDF, 492.68 KB)
  Ray Chambers, National Institute for Applied Statistics Research Australia (NIASRA), University of Wollongong, Australia

10:30 – 12:00
Session 2A – Web Surveys 1

• ARCHIVED - Explorations in Non-Probability Sampling Using the Web (PDF, 286.16 KB)
  J. Michael Brick, Westat, USA
• ARCHIVED - Web Panels for Official Statistics? (PDF, 223.63 KB)
  Jelke Bethlehem, Statistics Netherlands and Leiden University, Netherlands
• ARCHIVED - Measurement Properties of Web Surveys (PDF, 207.77 KB)
  Roger Tourangeau, Westat, USA

10:30 – 12:00
Session 2B – Data Collection 1

• ARCHIVED - The Challenges of Producing Statistics for the Web: Sampling and Automated Data Collection of Webpage Information in the Brazilian Web (PDF, 248.59 KB)
  Emerson Gomes dos Santos, Isabela Bertolini Coelho and Suzana Jaize Alves da Silva, Núcleo de Informação e Coordenação do Ponto, Brazil and Pedro Luis do Nascimento Silva, IBGE - Escola Nacional de Ciências Estatísticas, Brazil
• ARCHIVED - Effect of Using Mobile Devices to Complete the ACS on Data Quality and Respondent Burden (PDF, 130.36 KB)
  Rachel Horwitz, U.S. Census Bureau, USA
• ARCHIVED - The Canadian Vehicle Use Study: an Electronic Data Collection (PDF, 656.95 KB)
  Émile Allie, Transport Canada
• ARCHIVED - Challenges and Lessons Learned with the Implementation of Car Chips in the Fuel Consumption (PDF, 264.24 KB)
  Agnes Waye, Serge Godbout and Pierre Daoust, Statistics Canada
• ARCHIVED - Can we Produce Reliable Field Crop Statistics Using Remote Sensing Approaches? (PDF, 405.12 KB)
  Jim Brisbane and Chris Mohl, Statistics Canada

13:30 – 15:00
Session 3A – Data Collection Mode Effects

• Inference in Surveys with Mixed-mode Data Collection
  Jan van den Brakel, Statistics Netherlands and Maastricht University, Netherlands; Bart Buelens, Maastricht University, Netherlands
• ARCHIVED - Integration of the Electronic Questionnaire: Impact on the Collection Process and Results of the Survey of Employment, Payrolls and Hours (PDF, 444.79 KB)
  Danielle Léger and Leon Jang, Statistics Canada
• ARCHIVED - Multimode Surveys through the Lens of Total Survey Error (PDF, 268.52 KB)
  Gaël de Peretti and Tiaray Razafindranovona, Institut National de la Statistique et des Etudes Economiques, France

13:30 – 15:00
Session 3B – Nonsampling Errors

• Fieldwork Effort, Response Rate and the Distribution of Survey outcomes: a multi-level meta-analysis
  Patrick Sturgis, University of Southampton, United Kingdom; Franz Buschs, University of Westminster, United Kingdom; Joel Williams, TNS-BMRB, United Kingdom
• ARCHIVED - Measurement Error for Welfare Receipt and its Impact on Fixed-effects Models (PDF, 348.85 KB)
  Johannes Eggs, Institute for Employment Research (IAB), Germany
• ARCHIVED - Modeling Self-enumeration and Follow-up Response Indicators as Discrete-time Survival While Keeping Self-enumeration Late Responses (PDF, 469.98 KB)
  Abdellatif Demnati, Statistics Canada
• ARCHIVED - Dealing with Administrative, Survey and Big Data: An Assessment of the Quality of Canadian Wetland Databases (PDF, 191.16 KB)
  Herbert Nkwimi Tchahou, Claude Girard and Martin Hamel, Statistics Canada

15:30 – 17:00
Session 4A – Record Linkage 1

• Statistical Analyses of Regression Models with Linked Data
  Partha Lahiri, University of Maryland, USA
• Quality and Analysis of Sets of National Files
  William E. Winkler, U.S. Census Bureau, USA
• ARCHIVED - Design-based Estimation with Record-Linked Administrative Files (PDF, 336.48 KB)
  Abel Dasylva, Statistics Canada

15:30 – 17:00
Session 4B – Multiple Sources of Data

• Model-Assisted Domain Estimation When Combining Multiple Data Sources including Survey Data and Administrative Records
  Dan Liao and Phillip S. Kott, RTI International, USA
• Augmenting and Improving Survey Research through the Multi-Level, Multi-Source (ML-MS) Approach
  Tom W. Smith, NORC at the University of Chicago, USA
• The Future of Total Survey Design
  Kees Zeelenberg, Statistics Netherlands

8:00 – 17:00
Registration – Third floor

9:00 – 10:00
Session 5 – Waksberg Award Winner Address

• From Multiple Modes for Surveys to Multiple Data Sources for Estimates (paper available in Survey Methodology)
  Constance F. Citro, Committee on National Statistics of the U.S. National Research Council/National Academy of Sciences, USA

10:30 – 12:00
Session 6A – Total Survey Error

• ARCHIVED - Estimation of Variances for Instruments Used to Measure Physical Activity (PDF, 268.69 KB)
  Wayne A. Fuller and Dave Osthus, Iowa State University, USA
• Evaluation of Total Survey Error Components for Integration of Multiple Data Sources
  John L. Eltinge, U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, USA
• ARCHIVED - Managing Quality in a Statistical Agency – A Rocky Road (PDF, 392.83 KB)
  Lilli Japec, Statistics Sweden

10:30 – 12:00
Session 6B – Record Linkage 2

• Assessing and Improving the Quality, Analytic Potential and Accessibility of Data by Linking Administrative, Survey and Open Data
  Manfred Antoni and Alexandra Schmucker, Institute for Employment Research (IAB), Germany
• ARCHIVED - Chronic Disease Surveillance in Québec Using Administrative File Linkage (PDF, 194.05 KB)
  Louis Rochette and Valérie Émond, Institut national de santé publique du Québec, Canada
• ARCHIVED - Overcoverage in the 2011 Canadian Census (PDF, 257.27 KB)
  Abel Dasylva, Robert-Charles Titus and Christian Thibault, Statistics Canada
• ARCHIVED - Useful Functionalities for Record Linkage (PDF, 149.26 KB)
  Martin Lachance, Statistics Canada
• ARCHIVED - Administrative Records in the U.S. Census for Group Quarters: Potential Uses and Limitations (PDF, 362.65 KB)
  Asaph Young Chun, U.S. Census Bureau and Jessica Gan, Rice University, USA

13:30 – 15:00
Session 7A – Big Data

• ARCHIVED - What Big Data May Mean for Surveys (PDF, 212 KB)
  Mick P. Couper, Survey ResearchCenter, University of Michigan, USA
• ARCHIVED - Big Data as a Data Source for Official Statistics: Experiences at Statistics Netherlands (PDF, 916.36 KB)
  Piet J.H. Daas, Statistics Netherlands
• ARCHIVED - A Big Data Pilot Project, with Smart Meters (PDF, 362.63 KB)
  Lily Ma, Statistics Canada

13:30 – 15:00
Session 7B – Data Collection 2

• ARCHIVED - Mode Effects in the 2011 UK Census Data: Will a 2021 UK Census Need a Differential Imputation Strategy? (PDF, 265.79 KB)
  Steven Rogers, Office for National Statistics, United Kingdom
• ARCHIVED - One Requirement: Collect less. Our Mission: Do the best we can. (PDF, 400.06 KB)
  Olivier Haag, Pierre-Arnaud Pendoli and Sébastien Faivre, Institut National de la Statistique et des Études Économiques (INSEE), France
• ARCHIVED - Introducing Adaptive Design Elements in the Panel Study "Labour Market and Social Security" (PASS) (PDF, 276.18 KB)
  Mark Trappmann, Gerrit Müller, Frauke Kreuter, Institute for Employment Research (IAB), Germany
  Presenter: Arne Bethmann, Institute for Employment Research (IAB), Germany
• ARCHIVED - Testing Collection Strategies for Online Self-Reporting Surveys (PDF, 373.55 KB)
  Margaret Wu, Lecily Hunter and François Brisebois, Statistics Canada
• Innovative Collection and Analysis Management in the Integrated Business Statistics Program
  Fraser Mills, Serge Godbout, Frédéric Picard and Keven Bosa, Statistics Canada

15:30 – 17:00
Session 8A – Microsimulations 1

• ARCHIVED - Modelling Complex and Atypical Households: Example of Demo4, the Demographic Model of the European Project SustainCity (PDF, 383.8 KB)
  Sophie Pennec, Elisabeth Morand and Laurent Toulemon, Institut National d'Etudes Démographiques, France
• Modelling the Early Life-course (MEL-C): A Decision-Support Tool for Policy Makers
  Barry Milne, Roy Lay-Yee, Jessica Thomas, Martin von Randow and Peter Davis, Centre of Methods and Policy Application in the Social Sciences (COMPASS), University of Auckland, New Zealand
• Microsimulation at Statistics Canada: Past, Present, Future
  Chantal Hicks and Martin Spielauer, Statistics Canada

15:30 – 17:00
Session 8B – Web Surveys 2

• ARCHIVED - Web Panel Surveys – A Challenge for Official Statistics (PDF, 302.26 KB)
  Jörgen Svensson, Statistics Sweden
• ARCHIVED - On Bias Adjustments for Web Surveys (PDF, 468.82 KB)
  Lingling Fan, Wendy Lou and Victoria Landsman, University of Toronto, Canada
• Nonresponse Bias in a Probability-Based Internet Panel: The Effect of (Un)conditional Cash Incentives
  Ulrich Krieger, University of Mannheim, Germany
• Instant versus Delayed Interactive Feedback on Speeding and Nondifferentiation in Grid Questions
  Tanja Kunz and Marek Fuchs, Darmstadt University of Technology, Germany
• ARCHIVED - Are They Willing to Use the Web? First Results of a Possible Switch from PAPI to CAPI/CAWI in an Establishment Panel Survey (PDF, 208.95 KB)
  Peter Ellguth and Susanne Kohaut, Institute for Employment Research (IAB), Germany

8:00 – 12:00
Registration – Third floor

8:30 – 10:00
Session 9A – Quality Indicators for Administrative Data

• ARCHIVED - Different Informative Context for the Statistical Use of Administrative Data (PDF, 182.17 KB)
  Loredana Di Consiglio and Piero Demetrio Falorsi, Italian National Statistical Institute ISTAT, Italy
• ARCHIVED - A Framework to Evaluate Administrative Data (PDF, 506.46 KB)
  Mylène Lavigne, Martin Lessard and Christian Nadeau, Statistics Canada
• Developing Quality Indicators for Business Statistics Involving Administrative Data: Outcome of a Cross-European Collaboration
  Daniel Lewis and John-Mark Frost, Office for National Statistics, United Kingdom

8:30 – 10:00
Session 9B – Sampling and Estimation

• The New Generalized Sampling System, G-Sam
  Carlos Leon, Statistics Canada
• ARCHIVED - The 2011 National Household Survey Public Use Micro-data File Methodology – "How to balance the requirements for more information and the requirements for low risk of disclosure in the micro data?" (PDF, 147.93 KB)
  William Liu and François Verret, Statistics Canada
• ARCHIVED - Study of the "Product" Sampling Scheme as Illustrated by the ELFE Survey (PDF, 413.05 KB)
  Guillaume Chauvet, Ecole Nationale de la Statistique et de l'Analyse de l'Information (Crest/Ensai), France; Hélène Juillard and Anne Ruiz-Gazen, Université Toulouse, France
• Sample Size Optimization with Sample Frame Data
  Noriki Armando Ibarra Medina, Instituto Nacional de Estadistica y Geographia, Mexico
• ARCHIVED - Organization of Data Collection and Record Linkage for the Epidemiological Surveillance of Workers in France Who May Be Exposed to Nanomaterials (EpiNano) (PDF, 427.43 KB)
  Delphine Jezewski-Serra, Laurène Delabre, Stéphane Ducamp, Yuriko Iwatsubo and Irina Guseva Canu, Institut de Veille Sanitaire, France

10:30 – 12:00
Session 10A – Alternative Sampling Methods

• Inference and Diagnostics for Respondent-Driven Sampling Data
  Krista J. Gile, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, USA
• ARCHIVED - Estimation with Nonprobability Surveys and the Question of External Validity (PDF, 161.67 KB)
  Jill A. Dever, RTI International, USA
• Examining Some Aspects of Balanced Sampling in Surveys
  Guillaume Chauvet, CREST-ENSAI Ecole Nationale de la Statistique et de l'Analyse de l'Information, France; David Haziza, Université de Montréal, Canada and Éric Lesage, CREST-ENSAI Ecole Nationale de la Statistique et de l'Analyse de l'Information, France

10:30 – 12:00
Session 10B – Microsimulations 2

• Simario: an R Package for Dynamic Microsimulation
  Jessica McLay, Oliver Mannion, Janet Pearson and Barry Milne, University of Auckland, New Zealand
• ARCHIVED - Demosim Population Projection Model: Update and New Developments (PDF, 375.96 KB)
  Éric Caron-Malenfant, Statistics Canada
• The Relation Between Education and Labour Force Participation of Aboriginal Peoples: a Simulation Analysis Using the Demosim Population Projection Model
  Martin Spielauer, Statistics Canada
• ARCHIVED - Projections of Aboriginal and Non-Aboriginal Families and Households Using the Demosim Population Projection Model (PDF, 225.02 KB)
  Jean-Dominique Morency, Statistics Canada
• Labour Force Projections using Demosim: New developments
  Laurent Martel, Statistics Canada

13:30 – 15:00
Session 11 – Approaches to Inference in Survey Sampling

• On the Calibrated Bayesian in Design and Analysis
  Donald B. Rubin, Harvard University, USA
• Discussion
  J.N.K. Rao, Carleton University, Canada
• Discussion
  Ray Chambers, National Institute for Applied Statistics Research Australia (NIASRA), University of Wollongong, Australia

15:00 – 15:30
Session 12 – Closing remarks
Claude Julien, Director General of the Methodology Branch, Statistics Canada