JSM (the Joint Statistical Meetings) is the largest annual gathering of statisticians held in North America. It is held jointly with the American Statistical Association, the International Biometric Society (ENAR and WNAR), the Institute of Mathematical Statistics, the Statistical Society of Canada, the International Chinese Statistical Association, and the International Indian Statistical Association. Census Bureau staff were at JSM to exchange the latest research findings with colleagues from throughout the world. Census Bureau staff were at sessions throughout the 2012 JSM:

Joint Statistical Meetings

American Statistical Association

International Biometric Society

ENAR

WNAR

Institute of Mathematical Statistics

Statistical Society of Canada

International Chinese Statistical Association

International Indian Statistical Association

July 29

2:00pm - The Impact of Collaborations Between Academe and Business/Industry/Government on the Profession
- Robert M Groves, Nurturing Research and Recruitment Partnerships Between a Federal Statistical Agency and Academic Teams
2:00pm - Transdisciplinary Advances in the Hard-to-Count Group Quarter Population to Better Inform Public Policy
- Michael A Beaghen, Using 2010 Census Data to Evaluate Imputation Methods to Improve the American Community Survey Estimates of the Group Quarters Population for Small Geographies
- Asaph Young Chun, What Counts as Group Quarters? A Glimpse of Total Coverage Errors and Costs Model in Census
2:00pm - Recent Developments in Addressing Missing Data Issues in Clinical Trials
- Roderick Little, Discussion
4:00pm - International Census Coverage
- Vincent T Mule, United States Census Coverage Survey Results
- Howard Hogan, Discussion
4:00pm - Topics on Small-Area Estimation
- Eric Slud, Small-Area Confidence Bounds on Small Cell Proportions in Survey Populations
4:00pm - Developments in Survey Design and Implementation
- Stephen Ash, Allocation of Sample for the 2010 Redesign of the Consumer Expenditure Survey
4:00pm - Measuring Nonresponse and Other Nonsampling Errors in Surveys
- Betty Jackson, A Study Comparing CHAID Analysis to Traditional Weighting

July 30

8:30am - Analyzing and Adjusting for Nonresponse
- Jeongsoo Kim, Comparing Item Nonresponse Rate in SIPP and SIPP-EHC: Case of Snap Eligibility Measurement
- Sharon I O'Donnell, Combining Model-Based and Hot-Deck Imputation to Fill Gaps in Longitudinal Surveys
8:30am - Topics in Variance Estimation for Complex Surveys
- Matthew Thompson, Anomalies Under Jackknife Variance Estimation Incorporating Rao-Shao Adjustment in the Medical Expenditure Panel Survey Insurance Component
- Michael White, Replicate Variance Estimation in a Two-Phase Sample Design Setting: Simulation Study with National Survey of College Graduates Data
- Benjamin M. Reist, Post-Imputation Calibration Under Rubin's Multiple Imputation Variance Estimator
8:30am - Tree-Based Methods for Missing Data and Evaluation of Missingness Mechanisms
- Mary Mulry, Several Scenarios for Influential Observations and Methods for Their Treatment
8:30am - Statistical Analysis with Missing Data -- Continuing Education Course
- Roderick Little, Instructor
10:30am - A Showcase of Statistical Activities at Federal Statistical Agencies
- Robert M Groves, Chair
- Matthew Graham, Panelist
10:30am - Area-Based Statistics
- Wesley Basel, Use of Labor Market Indicators in Small-Area Poverty Models
- Martin Klein, Tests for Homogeneity of Multinomial Proportions for Sparse Data
- Glen Reisch, Analysis of Regional Variation in Poverty Profiles by Age
12:30pm - Social Statistics Section P.M. Roundtable Discussion (fee event)
- Nancy Bates, Update on the Census Bureau's Survey Planning Database
2:00pm - Poverty Mapping with Complex Survey Data
- Sam Hawala, A Hierarchical Bayes Estimation of Poverty Rates
- William Bell, Discussion
2:00pm - Retention, Attrition, and Respondent Burden
- Aref Dajani, Measuring Attrition in Long-Term Longitudinal Surveys

July 31

8:30am - Evaluating CPS ASEC Data Quality
- Bruce Webster, Methods of Modeling Tax Units to Estimate Tax Credits
- Jessica Semega, Evaluating the Construct of a Canberra Household Income Definition Using CPS ASEC
- Charles Hokayem, CPS Nonresponse and the Measurement of Poverty
- Charles Adam Bee, An Evaluation of Retirement Income in the CPS Using Form 1099-R Microdata
8:30am - Census Coverage Measurement
- Patricia Sanchez, Results of the 2010 Census Coverage Measurement Field and Matching Operations
- Graciela Contreras, Household Contact and Probing to Collect a Complete Address List and Household Roster in the Census Coverage Measurement Program
- Aaron Cantu, Once and Only Once: Searching Near and Far for Person Duplications in the 2010 Census
- Travis Pape, Recall Bias on Reporting a Move and Move Date
8:30am - Resampling and Related Methods in Time Series and Econometrics
- Tucker McElroy, Subsampling Inference for the Autocovariances of Heavy-Tailed Long-Memory Time Series
8:30am - Small-Area Estimation: Benchmarking and Hierarchical Models
- William Bell, Benchmarking Small-Area Estimates
- Jerzy Wieczorek, A Bayesian Zero-One Inflated Beta Model for Small-Area Shrinkage Estimation
10:30am - American Community Survey (ACS) Sample Design and Statistical Issues
- Richard Griffin, Pilot Study on Combining Direct Estimates of Income and Poverty from the American Community Survey with Predictions from a Model
- Patrick Joyce, Application of a Small-Area Model for a Voting Rights Act Tabulation
- Mark E Asiala, Developing Replicate Weight-Based Methods to Account for Imputation Variance in a Mass Imputation Application
- Steven Hefter, Understanding the Causes of the Differences Between the 2010 American Community Survey and the 2010 Decennial Census Vacancy Rates
- Jessica Schwan, Results of Monitoring the American Community Survey Using Statistical Process Control Methodologies
10:30am - Administrative Data, Record Linkage, and Latent Class Models
- William Winkler, Estimating Record Linkage Error Rates Without Training Data
10:30am - Missing Data and Causal Inference
- Roderick Little, Treatment Discontinuation and Missing Data in Clinical Trials: Identifiability and Ignorability Issues
2:00pm - Results from the 2010 Census Experimental Program
- Samantha Barron, 2010 Census Deadline Messaging and Compressed Mailing Schedule Experiment
- Elizabeth Compton, 2010 Alternative Questionnaire Experiment Race and Hispanic Origin
- Nancy Bates, Paid Media and the 2010 Census Communications Campaign: An Experiment to Assess Increased Spending
- Courtney Reiser, The 2010 Census Alternative Questionnaire Experiment: Replication of the 2000 Census Questionnaire
- Gianna Dusch, 2010 Census Nonresponse Follow-Up Contact Strategy
2:00pm - Time Series, Longitudinal, and Index Data
- Jasen Taciak, Cross-Section, Time-Series Approach for Small-Area Poverty Models
2:00pm - Surveys of Children, Students, and Schools
- Ciara Nugent, Research and Development Into Methods of Estimating Poverty in School-Age Children at the School District Level Using the American Community Survey
- Jennifer Childs, Using Cognitive Interviewing to Detect Privacy and Confidentiality Concerns
2:00pm - Small-Area Estimation: Applications and Enhanced Methods
- Jerry Maples, Estimating the Relative Variance of Replicate Weight Sampling Error Variance Estimators for Rates
2:00pm - Contributed Oral Poster Presentations: Section on Survey Research Methods
- Bac Tran, Application of Small-Area Estimation in Surveys of Governments

August 1

8:30am - Topics in Seasonal Adjustment
- Chris Blakely, Coupling X-12-Arima-Seats with a Multidimensional Direct Filter Approach for Signal Extraction in Nonstationary Seasonal Time Series
- Brian Monsell, Evaluating AICC Tests in X-13Arima-Seats
- David Findley, Complementary Properties of an F-Test and an Empirical Spectral Test for Identifying Seasonality in Unadjusted or Seasonally Adjusted Series
10:30am - Inference from Combined Data Sets
- Rachel Bray, Estimates of Correct and Erroneous Enumeration with Duplicates in the 2010 U.S. Census
12:30pm - Survey Sampling and Missing Data Problems
- Joseph Schafer, Discussion
12:30pm - Social Statistics Section P.M. Roundtable Discussion (fee event)
- Jennifer Tancreto, Testing and Implementing an Internet Survey Response Option
- Alfredo Navarro, Using the American Community Survey to Improve Sample Design and Survey Weighting
2:00pm - Evaluation and Research on the Current Population Survey
- Yang Cheng, Overview of Current Population Survey Methodology
- Khandaker Mansur, The Impact of Different Rotation Patterns on the Composite Estimator
- Reid Rottach, Modeling Variances to Determine Sample Allocation for the Current Population Survey
2:00pm - Stratification and Other Survey Sampling Theory
- Tommy Wright, The Equivalence of Neyman Optimum Allocation for Sampling and Equal Proportions for Apportioning the U. S. House of Representatives
- Carolina Franco, Interval Estimation for Small-Area Proportions with Small True Proportions from Surveys with Stratified Random Sampling Designs
4:00pm - COPSS Awards and Fisher Lecture
- Roderick Little, In Praise of Simplicity, Not Mathematistry! Ten Simple, Powerful Ideas for the Statistical Scientist

August 2

8:30am - Uses of Administrative Record Benchmarking in Modern Census-Taking
- Amy B O'Hara, Discussion
8:30am - Small Population, Big Impact: Improving the Measurement of the Group Quarters Population in the American Community Survey
- Alfredo Navarro, Panelist
10:30pm - Managing Nonresponse Bias in Sample Surveys
- Katherine Jenny Thompson, Challenges in the Treatment of Nonresponse for Selected Business Surveys
10:30pm - Recent Developments in Benchmarking and Reconciliation of Large Systems of Time Series Data: Theory and Practice
- Irene Brown, Diagnostics for Benchmarking Economic Time Series at the U.S. Census Bureau
10:30pm - Evaluations of American Community Survey and 2010 Census Data
- William O'Hare, What Demographic Analysis Tells Us About the Undercount of Children in the 2010 Census
- Deborah H Griffin, Discussion
10:30pm - Disclosure Limitation and Other Missing Data Issues
- Joanna Fane Lineback, A Model-Based Approach to Assessing and Mitigating Nonresponse Bias for the Monthly Wholesale Trade Survey
10:30pm - Hypothesis Testing, Matching, and Coding
- Michael Kornbau, Creating an Automated Industry- and Occupation-Coding Process for the American Community Survey