Held Tuesday, March 22nd to Thursday, March 24th, 2011 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 - Remaining Relevant Through Rethinking Survey Design.

Recent Innovations: Cloud Computing.

Session 1. Web-Based Surveys.

• Developing an Internet Response Mode for the American Community Survey (ACS) (, 1.8mb)
  - Mary C. Davis, US Census Bureau.


• Top Facts about Our Online Respondents and How We Plan to Use That Knowledge (, 506kb)
  - Chris Gottschall, USDA-National Agricultural Statistics Service.


• A Comparison of Visual Analog and Graphic Rating Scales in Web-based Surveys (, 983kb)
  - Randall K. Thomas, ICF International.


• Common Usability Issues with Web Surveys: Results from Usability Testing of the American Community Survey and Census Quality Survey Online Instruments (, 6.9mb)
  - Kathleen T. Ashenfelter, US Census Bureau.


• Web Survey Software: Choosing the Appropriate Product (, 80kb)
  - Mark A. Brinkley and Kirsten Barrett, Mathematica Policy Research, Inc.

Session 3. Audio Recording within Survey Instruments.

• Using CARI as a Coaching Tool across Survey Modes (, 277kb)
  - Carl Fisher, RTI.


• CARI: The Places We Can Go... (, 226kb)
  - Wendy Hicks, Brad Edwards, Rick Dulaney, Westat, Inc.


• Using CARI for Behavior Coding to Evaluate Questionnaires (, 136kb)
  - Joanne Pascale, US Census Bureau.


• Evaluating Skype for Telephone Interviewing and Recording (, 348kb)
  - Charles Loftis, Hilary Zelko, RTI.

Session 4. Testing CAI Systems.

• Blaise NG Testing (, 1.8mb)
  - Mark M Pierzchala, MMP Survey Services, LLC.


• Testing Current Population Survey Instruments (, 584kb)
  - Pam Noble, US Census Bureau.


• Computer Assisted Interview Testing Tool (CTT) - How the Tool has Improved the Testing Process (, 348kb)
  - Rebecca Gatward, Survey Research Center, University of Michigan.


• Testing Strategies for CAI and CAI Related Applications (, 357kb)
  - Sandhya Bikmal, Anwar Mohammed and Sridevi Sattaluri, RTI.


• Collection Application Testing at Statistics Canada (, 363kb)
  - Janet Lefebvre, Statistics Canada.


• Stress Testing Prior to Production Deployment (, 742kb)
  - Bryan Davis, Westat.

Session 5. Multimode Data Collection.

• Using Blaise IS to Reduce Survey Costs on a Panel Study of New Businesses (, 126kb)
  - David DesRoches, Mathematica Policy Research, Inc.


• Measuring the Sexual Identity of Survey Respondents in the CAPI and CATI Modes (, 154kb)
  - Tom Anderson, UK Office for National Statistics.


• Statistics Canada Experiences with Business Surveys in E-Questionnaire / Paper Collection (, 357kb)
  - Milana Karanganis, Statistics Canada.


• Piggyback Surveys with Mixed Mode Designs (, 292kb)
  - Brad Edwards and Laura Branden, Westat.


• Modal Unit-Response Rates and Strategy: A Study of Historical Response Rate Trends by Mode of Collection for Multiple Surveys (, 4.7mb)
  - Michael T. Zabelsky, US Census Bureau.


• Response Behaviour in Mixed-Mode Surveys (, 253kb)
  - Fannie Cobben, Statistics Netherlands.

Session 6. Survey Uses of Metadata.

• A Wiki Platform for Metadata: Statipedia (, 2.9mb)
  - Peter Meyer, BLS.


• Statistical Community of Practice and Engagement (SCOPE) (, 159kb)
  - Marilyn Seastrom, NCES.


• Edit Metadata Structures (, 401kb)
  - Mohammed Rahman, BLS.

Session 8. Walking the Tightrope: Balancing Security Requirements with Operational Efficiency Mandates.

• Walking the Tightrope: Balancing Security Requirements with Operational Efficiency Mandates (, 516kb)
  - Paul Blahusch, Bureau of Labor Statistics and Bill Connet, University of Michigan.


• Working in a FIPS Moderate Environment at RTI International (, 478kb)
  - Dave Foster, RTI International.


• Securing a Large Project with Private Cloud Computing (, 925kb)
  - Taylor Cooper, Westat.


• How to maintain security control of data outside of organizational boundaries, including across international boundaries (, 537kb)
  - Diana Salazar, NORC.

Session 9. New Technologies for Surveys.

• Current Trends in Mobile Technology for Survey Research (, 419kb)
  - Nathan Sikes, RTI.


• A Mobile, GPS-enabled Listing Application (, 147kb)
  - Josh Seeger, NORC.


• The National Survey of Fishing, Hunting, and Wildlife-Associated Recreation Cell Phone and Debit Card Test (, 70kb)
  - Aniekan Okon, US Census Bureau.


• The Telephone Point of Purchase Survey Inclusion of Cell Phone Frame (, 134kb)
  - James Arthur and Kathlene Garland, US Census Bureau.


• Leveraging Cloud-Based Solutions to Address High Demand, Large Scale Surveys (, 2.4mb)
  - Mark Adams, Booz Allen Hamilton.

Session 11. Multi-Instrument and Multi-Entity Studies.

• Nirvana: Attaining Case Management Bliss (, 395kb)
  - Joe Nofziger, RTI International.


• Facing the Multimode Challenge Head On: Best Practices for Tracking and Linking Dynamically Changing Relationships (, 596kb)
  - Annalee Kelly and Jennifer McNulty, Mathematica Policy Research.


• The Challenges of Developing Multiple Instruments for Differing but Related Respondents (, 277kb)
  - Steven Ingels and Dan Pratt, RTI International.

Session 12. Usability and Accessibility in CASIC Surveys.

• Web-Based Survey Design Considerations in Developing 508-Compliant Instruments (, 229kb)
  - Tim Flanigan, RTI.


• Benefits of Usability Testing with JAWS users (, 5mb)
  - Larry Malakhoff, US Census Bureau.


• Potential Role for Technology in the Consumer Expenditure Survey (, 75kb)
  - Sid J. Schneider and Abie Reifer, Westat
  Nhien To and Jeanette Davis, Bureau of Labor Statistics.