Summer at Census

Recognized scholars in the following and related fields applicable to censuses and large-scale sample surveys are invited for short-term visits (one to three days) primarily between May and September:

  • Statistics
  • Survey methodology
  • Data Science
  • Demography
  • Economics
  • Geography
  • Social and behavioral sciences
  • Computer science

Scholars engage in collaborative research with Census Bureau researchers and present a seminar based on their research.

Scholars are identified through an annual Census Bureau-wide solicitation by the Center for Statistical Research and Methodology.

Summer at Census Seminars

2009
  • January 2025
  • January 2024
  • January 2023
  • January 2022
  • January 2021
  • January 2020
  • 2019
  • 2018
  • 2017
  • 2016
  • 2015
  • 2014
  • 2013
  • 2012
  • 2011
  • 2010
  • 2009

2009

 

Themes

2010 Census Evaluation / Experiments [13]

Disclosure Avoidance [7]

Language and Sociolinguistics [15]

Measuring Race and Ethnicity [2,3,4,5,6,8,9,10]

Sampling/Small Area Estimation [12]

Small Area Estimation [16]

Survey Sampling Software [14]

Time Series/Seasonal Adjustment [1,11]

May

[1] Scott Holan / University of Missouri (May 18-22, 2009)
"Bayesian Multiscale Multiple Imputation to Data Confidentiality"
Hosts: Statistical Research Division (McElroy); Economic Directorate (McDonald-Johnson)

June

[2] Elijah Anderson / Yale University (June 16-18, 2009)
"The Cosmopolitan Canopy: Race Relations in Everyday Life"
Hosts: Statistical Research Division (Fernandez, Terry); Population Division (Jones, Ramirez, Rastogi)

[3] Art Sakamoto, Jr. / University of Texas, Austin (June 16-17, 2009)
"Sociological Aspects of Racial and Ethnic Identification among Asian Americans"
Hosts: Statistical Research Division (Fernandez, Terry); Population Division (Jones, Ramirez, Rastogi)

[4] Eva Marie Garroutte / Boston College (June 18, 2009)
"Who Is an American Indian? Competing Identity Definitions and Challenges to Population Enumeration"
Hosts: Statistical Research Division (Fernandez, Terry); Population Division (Jones, Ramirez, Rastogi)

[5] Matthew Snipp / Stanford University (June 17-18, 2009)
"Defining Race and Ethnicity in America: American Indians and Others"
Hosts: Statistical Research Division (Fernandez, Terry); Population Division (Jones, Ramirez, Rastogi)

Measuring Race & Ethnicity Discussion Panel - 1 (June 17, 2009)
Elijah Anderson (Yale University); Eva Marie Garroutte (Boston College); Art Sakamoto, Jr. (University of Texas, Austin); Matthew Snipp (Stanford University)

[6] Gabrielle Tayac / National Museum of the American Indian (June 18, 2009)
"Native Lives on the Edge: Identity, Diversity, and Complexity"
Hosts: Statistical Research Division (Fernandez, Terry); Population Division (Jones, Ramirez, Rastogi)

[7] Trivellore Raghunathan / University of Michigan (June 22-26, 2009)
"Diagnostic Tools for Assessing Validity of Synthetic Data Inferences"
Hosts: Statistical Research Division (Zayatz); Decennial Statistical Studies Division (Asiala); Center for Economic Studies (Jarmin)

July

[8] Kerry Ann Rockquemore / University of Illinois at Chicago (July 7-9, 2009)
"Life on the Color Line: Exploring the Struggle to Conceptualize and Measure Racial Identity in the Mixed-Race Population"
Hosts: Statistical Research Division (Fernandez, Terry); Population Division (Jones, Ramirez, Rastogi)

[9] Eduardo Bonilla-Silva / Duke University (July 7-9, 2009)
"We Are All Americans: The Future of Racial Stratification in Obamamerica"
Hosts: Statistical Research Division (Fernandez, Terry); Population Division (Jones, Ramirez, Rastogi)

[10] Matthew Frye Jacobson / Yale University (July 7-9, 2009)
"Race, Citizenship, and U.S. Political Culture, 1790-2009"
Hosts: Statistical Research Division (Fernandez, Terry); Population Division (Jones, Ramirez, Rastogi)

Measuring Race & Ethnicity Discussion Panel - 2 (July 9, 2009)
Eduardo Bonilla-Silva (Duke University); Matthew Frye Jacobson (Yale University); Kerry Ann Rockquemore (University of Illinois at Chicago)

[11] Donald K. Martin / North Carolina State University (July 20-24, 27, 28, 2009)
"Modeling Time-varying Trading Day Effects in Monthly Time Series"
Hosts: Statistical Research Division (Monsell); Office of the Director (Bell)

[12] Sharon L. Lohr / Arizona State University (July 27-31 & October 14-16, 2009)
"Small Area Estimation When the Auxilliary Information Has Error"
Hosts: Statistical Research Division (Weidman, Wright); Demographic Statistical Methods Division (Flannagan)

August

[13] Keri Stephens / University of Texas, Austin (August 5-7, 17-18, 2009)
"Conceptualizing Individuals as Part of Organizations: Opportunities and Challenges to Reach Difficult Populations"
Hosts: Statistical Research Division (Pan, Chan); Decennial Statistical Studies Division (Reichert, Adams)

[14] Thomas Lumley / University of Washington (August 7-13, 2009)
"Survey Analysis in R"
"Design-based vs. Model-based Inference: Robustness of Efficiency"

Hosts: Statistical Research Division (Creecy)

[15] Jennifer Leeman / George Mason University (August 10-14, 2009)
"Changing Views Towards Language and the History of the Language Questions"
"Sociolinguistic Perspectives on Language and Identity: The Role of Spanish in the U.S."

Hosts: Statistical Research Division (Pan); American Community Survey Office (Griffin)

[16] Balgobin Nandram / Worcester Polytechnic Institute (August 17-21, 2009)
"Bayesian Analyses of BMI Data from Small Domain Under Non-ignorable Non-response and Selection"
Hosts: Statistical Research Division (Malec, Weidman, Thibaudeau); Decennial Statistical Studies Division (Mule, Asiala)

 

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