Held Tuesday, March 16th to Thursday, March 18th, 2010 at the Bureau of Labor Statistics, Washington, D.C. Sponsored by The Bureau of Labor Statistics and the U.S. Census Bureau.

Opening Keynote Plenary - Surveying in a Wireless World.

• Surveying in a Wireless World (, 629kb)
  - Stephen Blumberg <sblumberg@cdc.gov>, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Health Statistics.

Recent Innovations and Lessons Learned at Participating Organizations.

• Mathematica Policy Research (, 356kb)
  - Linda Bandeh <lbandeh@mathematica-mpr.com>, Mathematica.


• Recent Innovations at RTI International (, 501kb)
  - Karen Davis <kdavis@rti.org>, David Uglow <duglow@rti.org>, RTI International.

Session 1. Using Paradata to Monitor Survey Quality.

• Using Paradata at the US Census Bureau:  Demographic Current Surveys’ History and Future (, 1.5mb)
  - Matt Jans <matthew.e.jans@census.gov>, Kathy Creighton <kathleen.p.creighton@census.gov>, and Chris Laskey <christopher.j.laskey@census.gov>, U.S. Census Bureau


• Implementation of Responsive Design for CATI Surveys at Statistics Canada (, 159kb)
  - François Laflamme and Milana Karaganis, Statistics Canada

Session 3. Audio Recording within Survey Instruments.

• Development of a CARI Monitoring System for Bureau of Census (, 690kb)
  - Carl Fisher, Christopher Siege, RTI International; Sherry Thorpe, Candice Barnes, U.S. Census Bureau.
• Example audio from slide 15 (531kb)


• Development and Implementation of QUEST: An Examination of Challenges and Results (, 779kb)
  - Kristin Fuller <kristinf@rti.org>, Sridevi Sattaluri, Courtney Gainey <courtneyg@rti.org>, Curry Spain, Susan Kinsey, Mary Allen, RTI International.


• Blaise CARI: Now everybody can do it (, 286kb)
  - Jim O’Reilly, Westat


• Statistics Canada CARI pilot with the Blaise CARI implementation (, 675kb)
  - Gilles Vautour <gilles.vautour@statcan.gc.ca>, StatCanada.

Session 5. Survey Uses of Metadata.

• Efficiently delivering (micro) data on the web using DDI-XML (, 1.6mb)
  - Pascal Heus, Open Data Foundation.


• Changing the Choreography: When the Microdata Repository Gets a Macrodata Partner (, 748kb)
  - Sandra Cannon <sandra.a.cannon@frb.gov>, Federal Reserve Board.


• Making the Case for Metadata at SRS-NSF (, 3.9mb)
  - Jeri Mulrow, Geetha Srinivasarao, and John Gawalt, NSF.

Session 6. New Technologies for Surveys.

• Exploring Texting or Short Message Service (SMS) as a Method of Data Collection (, 1.7mb)
  - Wendy Hicks <wendyhicks@westat.com>, Brett McBride, Krista Freedman, Max Lin, Westat.


• Recent Innovations in the General Survey System: A Mobile Technologies System for Collecting and Managing Study Data (, 1.9mb)
  - Donna Medeiros <djm@rti.org>, RTI International.


• The Use of Automated Telephone Reminders as an Alternative to Postcard Reminders in Survey Data Collection (, 1.1mb)
  - HoaiNam N. Tran <hoainam_tran@nass.usda.gov >, Jaki S. McCarthy <jaki_mccarthy@nass.usda.gov>, NASS.


• Investigating the Use of Text to Speech Software with a Blaise Instrument (, 565kb)
  - Patricia LeBaron <plebaron@rti.org>, Chuchun Chien, Marty Meyer, Gilbert Rodriguez and Mai Wickelgren, RTI International; Joel Kennet and Dicy Painter, SAMHSA.

Session 7. Address-Based Sampling.

• Merits of Address-Based Sampling (, 3.3mb)
  - Mansour Fahimi, Marketing Systems Group.


• Uses of and Experiences with Address-Based Sampling (, 537kb)
  - Jill M. Montaquila <jillmontaquila@westat.com>, Westat and the Joint Program in Survey Methodology.


• A Comparative Evaluation of Traditional Listing vs. Address-Based Sampling Frames (, 1.6mb)
  - Valerie Hsu <valeriehsu@westat.com>, Jill M. Montaquila, and J. Michael Brick, Westat.

Session 9. Multimode Data Collection.

• Managing a Mixed-Mode Survey: The American Community Survey’s Experience (, 448kb)
  - Todd R. Hughes <todd.r.hughes@census.gov> and Deborah H. Griffin <deborah.h.griffin@census.gov>, U.S. Census Bureau.


• Differences between mail and telephone interviewing modes for collection of Kessler’s scale for Nonspecific Psychological Distress (, 1.1mb)
  - David Cantor <davidcantor@westat.com>, Westat and JPSM, Brett McBride, Westat, Katharine Kaufmann, Westat and JPSM.


• Living "Single" in a "Multi" Data Collection World (, 1.5mb)
  - Steven Lehrfeld <slehrfeld@mathematica-mpr.com>, Mathematica Policy Research.


• CATI and Web and Paper, Oh My! (, 1.4mb)
  - Karen Denk <karen.c.denk@census.gov>, U.S. Census Bureau.


• Statistics Canada Missing Link to True Multimode (, 589kb)
  - Daniel Boucher, Statistics Canada.

Session 10. Security in Data Collection Organizations.

• Securing Disruptive Technologies (, 571kb)
  - Paul Blahusch, IT Security Officer, U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Session 11. Usability and Accessibility in CASIC Surveys.

• Incorporating Accessibility in the Development Process (, 999kb)
  - Karen Brenner and Elliot Grant, Westat


• Accessible Web Survey Tools (, 1mb)
  - Lawrence A. Malakhoff <lawrence.a.malakhoff@census.gov>, U.S. Census Bureau.


• Universal Accessibility in Web Survey Design: Practical Guidelines for Implementation (, 1.1mb)
  - Holly H. Matulewicz <hmatulewicz@mathematica-mpr.com>, Mathematica Policy Research; Jeff Coburn <jeff.coburn@umb.edu>, University of Massachusetts-Boston


• Establishing cutting-edge technology in a federal government usability lab: Eye tracking at the Census Bureau in 2010 (, 444kb)
  - Kathleen T. Ashenfelter <kathleen.t.ashenfelter@census.gov>, U.S. Census Bureau.