The International Conference on Establishment Surveys (ICES) series of conferences serve an important role in the world of survey methodology, with a focus on establishment surveys. Census Bureau staff were at the ICES IV to exchange the latest research findings with colleagues from throughout the world.

International Conference on Establishment Surveys (ICES)

8:35 AM Irene Brown (Office of Statistical Methods and Research for Economic Programs)

An Empirical Comparison of Benchmarking Methods for Economic Stock Time Series

8:55 AM Kevin Tolliver (Office of Statistical Methods and Research for Economic Programs)

Investigating Residual Seasonality in Final Real Dollar Foreign Trade Series

9:00 AM Alfred D. Tuttle (Office of Economic Planning and Innovation)

Social Network Analysis as a Tool for Assessing Respondent Burden and Measurement Error in Establishment Surveys

9:25 AM Ron S Jarmin (Research and Methodology Directorate)

Towards Unrestricted Public Use Business Microdata: The Synthetic Longitudinal Business Database. Access Protocols. Link to a non-federal Web site

1:45 PM Kristin Stettler (Office of Economic Planning and Innovation)

Early Stage Scoping in Establishment Surveys: Bridging the Gap between Survey Concepts and Survey Questions

1:45 PM Mark Edward Wallace (Service Sector Statistics Division)

Improved Access to U.S. Economic Indicators: Implementation, Outreach, and Future Development

2:35 PM Steven Matthew Roman (Service Sector Statistics Division)

Using Data Visualizations to Improve Presentation and Marketing of the North American Transportation Statistics Online Database

4:35 PM Roberta Gibson (Company Statistics Division)

Investigation of Macro Editing Techniques in a Production Setting

4:55 PM Broderick E Oliver (Office of Statistical Methods and Research for Economic Programs)

Study of Treatment of Influential Values in a Monthly Retail Trade Survey

11:05 AM Diane K. Willimack (Office of Economic Planning and Innovation)

Thinking Inside the Box: Business Behavior and Its Implications for the Survey Response Process

11:25 AM Katherine (Jenny) Thompson (Office of Statistical Methods and Research for Economic Programs)

Nonresponse Bias Analysis for Business Surveys - Perspective from the US Census Bureau Link to a non-federal Web site

2:25 PM Anne Sigda Russell (Economic Planning and Coordination Division)

Developing a Generalized Processing System Across Organizational Silos

4:35 PM Michael Thomas Zabelsky (Economic Planning and Coordination Division)

Modal Unit-Response Rates and Strategy

4:55 PM Nancy A. Piesto (Economic Planning and Coordination Division)

Use of Electronic Reporting and Other Electronic Tools for Data Providers

3:55 PM Joanna Fane Lineback (Office of Statistical Methods and Research for Economic Programs)

Recent Developments in Assessing and Mitigating Nonresponse Bias Link to a non-federal Web site

4:15 PM Paul B. Massell (Center for Disclosure Avoidance Research)

Protecting both Establishment and Company Level Contributions in Statistical Tables

2:25 PM Matthew C Nelson (Service Sector Statistics Division)

An Adaptive Approach to Hidiroglou-Berthelot Outlier Detection