SUNDAY, May 16, 2010 |
Sessions |
Session 1 (6:00pm-7:30pm) Sunday |
1A |
LOCATION: Huron
Roundtable Discussion: Small Shop
Facilitator: Kelleigh Trepainer, Kennesaw State, and Martha Belanger, University of New Hampshire
Session focus: Are you from a small shop? This kick-off session is a great place to share experiences and meet others for an open discussion about the opportunities and challenges of the small shop environment.
Target audience: All staff from small shops. |
1B |
LOCATION: State Room
Roundtable Discussion: Client Management
Facilitator: John Stevenson, University of Wisconsin
Session focus: We all have client management experiences to share, the good, the bad and the ugly. Are you from a medium or large shop and do you have stories to share which could assist others in the do’s and don'ts of working with clients. If so come along and share your stories and learn from others.
Target audience: Those in medium and large shops who deal with clients/investigators. |
MONDAY, May 17, 2010 |
Sessions |
Session 2 (9:00am-10:15am) Monday |
2A |
LOCATION: LaSalle l
Invited Address: Jim Lepkowski, University of Michigan
Facilitator: Frost Hubbard, University of Michigan
Session focus: IFD&TC is delighted to have Dr. Jim Lepkowski as our opening speaker. Dr. Lepkowski is a sought after speaker, an expert in the field of survey research and will be the perfect way to start off the conference. Dr. Lepkowski is broadly interested in new survey sampling methods and applications across a range of disciplines. Methodological research activities include telephone sampling, compensating for missing survey data, and analyzing survey data while accounting for the complexity of the survey sample design. Program research interests include survey and sample design, responsive design, interviewer behavior, respondent and coding errors, and estimation procedures. You'll remember this talk long after the conference is over. |
Sessions |
Session 3 (10:45am-12:00pm) Monday |
3A |
LOCATION: State Room l
Panel Discussion: Interviewer Recruitment and Retention
Facilitator: Sharon Parker, University of Michigan
Session focus: This panel includes large and small shop staff with expertise in recruitment and retention of quality interviewers under a variety of conditions. This includes continuous interviewing over multiple years, recruiting from narrow target populations, the advantages and disadvantages of using different student groups and recruitment strategies. Bring your questions and ideas for this panel to discuss and get new ideas for your staffing needs.
Target audience: Anyone with an interest in or responsibility for staffing, recruitment and retention of interviewing staff in any size shops.
Panelists:
Colleen Barry-Goodman, Texas Tech University
Jennifer Titus, NORC
Tiffany King, RTI International
Kevin Ulrich, University of Chicago
John Sokolowski, NORC |
3B |
LOCATION: State Room ll
Roundtable Discussion: Budgeting
Facilitator: Rolfe Carlson, University of Michigan
Session focus: This session will discuss all issues of budgets and costing. Bring your questions and ideas to build budgets, track costs and operate efficiently.
Target audience: Anyone responsible for budgeting, project management and tracking costs. |
3C |
LOCATION: Huron
Presentations and Discussion: Response Rate Issues
Facilitator: Bill Mockovak, BLS
Session focus: The presenters will share data from their shops on factors that impact response rates and what might be done to improve outcomes. Come along to hear about response rates across modes, within modes across regions and how design impacts response rates.
Target audience: Anyone concerned with response rates in all types of studies, across modes.
Analyzing and Improving Response Rates at USDA/NASS: Michael Gerling, USDA/NASS
Regional Difference in Cell Phone Response Rates: Marion Schultz, Washington State University
Best Practices for Unplanned Panels: Methodology and Nonresponse in the 2009 Panel of Survey of Consumer Finances: Peter Fugiel, NORC |
3D |
LOCATION: Superior l
Presentations and Discussion: Interviewer Performance Issues
Facilitator: Steve Coombs, University of Wisconsin
Session focus: All shops need to ensure they have skilled interviewers that work as efficiently and effectively as possible for both data quality and cost considerations. The presenters will share their ideas in measuring performance and data on interviewer performance under different working conditions.
Target audience: Supervisors, project managers, team leaders and anyone interested in interviewer training and performance.
Managing a Remote Interviewing Team - Canadian Health Measures Survey: Maureen Charron, Statistics Canada
Indicators of Interviewer Performance: Different Measures for Different Modes: Helen Moore, Office for National Statistics
Rethinking Interviewer Motivation: Betsy Blunsdon, Academic Surveys Australia and Deakin University |
3E |
LOCATION: Superior ll
Presentations and Discussion: Technical Issues in Web Development
Facilitator: Kevin Tharp, Indiana University
Session focus: This session covers various technical aspects encountered in web survey development. This hard core tech session will provide you with detailed understanding of web-development problems and how they were technically resolved.
Target audience: Software developers, especially Web-application developers.
Implementing User Mode Linux: Drew Vogel, University of Wisconsin
On-path Validation of Non-linear Survey Engine (Data Abstraction Engine): Ramasu Suresh, RTI International
Section 508 Standards – An Overview: Sandhya Bikmal, RTI International
SaferTextBox Custom ASP.NET TextBox Control: Roger Osborn, RTI International |
3F |
LOCATION: Superior lll
Presentations and Discussion: Systems for Large Scale Data Collection
Facilitator: Nathan Sikes, RTI International
Session focus: Learn how large shops are using the latest technologies to automate and streamline their survey processes to be more efficient and effective.
Target Audience: Developers, database managers and system designers.
Normalized Database Structure to Support Survey Fulfillment Operations: Nathan Sikes, RTI International
Survey Master Control System – An Overarching Multi-mode Multi-site Collection Management System: Annie Côté Steski, Statistics Canada
Innovative Ways to Automate a Short-term Study: Delivering Sample, Providing Information, and Finalizing Cases: Joseph Matuzak, University of Michigan |
Sessions |
Session 4 (1:30pm-2:45pm) Monday |
4A |
LOCATION: State Room l
Panel Discussion: Remote Training
Facilitator: Hubert Hamer, USDA/NASS
Session focus: These training experts will share their experiences with the development and implementation of remote, virtual or distance training programs. Bring your experiences and questions for an informative exchange of ideas.
Target audience: Anyone interested in or with responsibility for developing training for interviewing staff, and in particular distance and remote modules.
Panelists:
Linda Raudenbush, USDA/NASS
Curry Spain, RTI International
Vicki Wilmer, NORC
Matthew Rufe, Bureau of Labor Statistics |
4B |
LOCATION: State Room ll
Roundtable Discussion: Qualitative Interviewing
Facilitator: Betsy Payn, Battelle Centers for Public Health and Evaluation
Session focus: Qualitative interviewing strategies are an important component to many aspects of our work, including the conducting of focus groups, cognitive interviewing, ethnographies, and case studies. Bring your examples and experiences to this session on challenges, rewards, and strategies in qualitative approaches. This session is applicable to all shops conducting or considering conducting qualitative interviewing.
Target audience: Project Managers and staff involved with implementing qualitative research. |
4C |
LOCATION: Huron
Presentations and Discussion: Advance Survey Activities
Facilitator: Cheryl Wiese, University of Michigan
Session focus: These presentations include ideas and data about advance and 'pre' activities in the survey process such as: enhancing community awareness, advance or 'pre' notification and reminder processes.
Target audience: Supervisors, project managers, team leaders and anyone involved with planning and implementing field data collection efforts.
Incorporating Community Awareness in Field Research: Michelle Cheng, Natasha Van Leeuwen, Battelle Centers for Public Health Research & Evaluation
Advance Notice Impact on Response Rates: Louis Harrell, Bureau of Labor Statistics
E-mail Experiments in Web Surveys: Andrew Hupp, University of Michigan |
4D |
LOCATION: Superior l
Panel Discussion: Security Compliance
Facilitator: Tim Gabel, RTI International
Session focus: Most IFD&TC organizations are facing increased data security compliance requirements, in large part in response to the Federal Information Security Management Act (FISMA). NIST publication 800-53 recommends appropriate security controls for federal information systems, but implementing these recommendations is adding schedule and budgetary pressures on organizations. This session is intended to serve as a venue for decision makers and system architects to learn from each other on how they are implementing the NIST recommendations in ways that are acceptable to project sponsors and IT auditors.
Target audience: Decision makers and system architects who are implementing or looking for approaches for implementing security control.
Panelists:
Billie York, Battelle Centers for Public Health Research & Evaluation
Diana Salazar, NORC |
4E |
LOCATION: Superior ll
Presentations and Discussion: Implementation Strategies for Responsive Design
Facilitator: Cheryl Landman, U.S. Census Bureau
Session focus: Learn about Responsive Design and how it can help your small/large shop with data collection costs, reduce respondent burden, and improve survey progress monitoring. Learn about how dashboards can make your shop run more effectively. Also see how dashboards facilitate the "what-if" analysis for varying survey parameters such as sample size, mode, of interview, interview rates, etc.
Target audience: Those interested in data collection, presentation tools or use of paradata for responsive design.
Implementing Responsive Design at StatCan: Eric Joyal, Statistics Canada
Managing Telephone Call Attempts for the American Community Survey: Todd Hughes, U. S. Census Bureau
Creating Paradata Dashboards: Developing a Tool to Help Monitor and Reduce Survey Costs and Errors: Frost Hubbard, University of Michigan |
4F |
LOCATION: Superior lll
Presentations and Discussion: Mobile Broadband and Wireless Technologies
Facilitator: Michael Gerling, USDA/NASS
Session focus: Mobile broadband – What is it? How are shops using this technology? Does wireless broadband speed and connectivity match the carriers’ advertised coverage maps? Find out how this technology will shape future data collection methods.
Target audience: Those able to say "packet loss", "3G", "WiMax" and "digital telecommunication" without flinching (or who want to be initiated into such lingo).
Mobile Broadband: Batina Nolan, Sprint
Pros and Cons of Getting Instant Data: Michael Rauch, Pennsylvania State University
Comparing Cell Services for CAPI: Joe Nofziger, RTI International |
Sessions |
Session 5 (3:15pm-4:30pm) Monday |
5A |
LOCATION: State Room l
Panel Discussion: Cash Incentives
Facilitator: Julie Brown, RAND
Session focus: This panel will discuss different types of incentives, their effectiveness in encouraging participation for various studies, and accounting issues related to different types of financial incentives. Incentives to be discussed include cash in RDD studies, provision of medical reports in health studies and other types of incentives. Come along to ask questions and share your experiences in using incentives to encourage participation.
Target audience: Anyone in data collection who uses or has used incentives and those who want to learn more about their effectiveness as well as learning some tips about the administration of incentives.
Panelists:
Vanessa Thornburg, RTI International
Yasamin Miller, Cornell University, Survey Research Institute
Amanda Richardson, University of Nebraska
Rita Koontz, Washington State University |
5B |
LOCATION: State Room ll
Presentations and Discussion: Multi-Language Studies
Facilitator: Zeina Mneimneh, University of Michigan
Session focus: The presenters will share their experiences of conducting multi-language surveys. In particular they will discuss language tools available, recruitment of bilingual interviewers and scheduling and costing issues associated with multi-language studies.
Target audience: Those who conduct or need to undertake studies in more than one language.
Bilingual Recruitment Networking: Karen Blessett, and Evelyn Chandler, U. S. Census Bureau
Developing a Language Program for the American Community Survey: Donna Daily, U. S. Census Bureau
One Survey, Two Devices, 120 Time Blocks and Seven Languages: Carol Place, RTI International |
5C |
LOCATION: Huron
Presentations and Discussion: Sampling: Cell Phones
Facilitator: Marion Schultz, Washington State University
Session focus: The presenters in this session will focus on issues of cell versus household sampling. Come along to share your ideas, questions and experiences with this issue.
Target audience: Anyone who needs to better understand various types of sampling and sampling frames.
Determining the Meaning of Pre-recorded Cell Phone Carrier Messages: Joe Matuzak, University of Michigan
Telephone Number Turnover Rates over a Short Window of Time: Isabel Farrar, University of Illinois
Estimating Household Type (Landline Only, Cell Phone Only, or Both) in Idaho: Stephanie Kane, University of Idaho |
5D |
LOCATION: Superior l
Panel Discussion: Technical Aspects of Data Security
Facilitator: Joe Nofziger, RTI International
Session focus: In the field, on the web, at headquarters and in call centers, almost every system is being adapted to comply with regulations and best practices in data security. How has it affected small shops and large shops? How do you overcome the challenges without disrupting operations? Share your experiences and approaches for vulnerability scanning, lockouts, encryption methods, data isolation, secure transport and other topics.
Target audience: People with an interest in practical applications for managing security, including system developers, security managers and field managers.
Panelists:
Tiffany King, RTI International
James Hu, U. S. Census Bureau
Orin Day, RTI International |
5E |
LOCATION: Superior ll & lll
Presentations and Discussion: Paradata - Collecting, Storing and Mining
Facilitator: Chris Corey, RAND
Session focus: Session Focus: Managing survey operations in an electronic environment provides opportunities and challenges. This session focuses on how the uses of paradata continue to evolve. Find out how shops are using paradata to further their data collection efforts and improve data quality.
Target audience: Metrics-oriented survey managers.
Managing Collection Paradata at Statistics Canada: Christopher Kit, Statistics Canada
The Benefits and Challenges of Using the Same Contact History Instrument (CHI) Across Various Demographic Surveys: Adriana Gonzalez, U. S. Census Bureau
Using Paradata to Evaluate Interviewer Quality: Shonda Kruger-Ndiaye, University of Michigan
Using Paradata at the U.S. Census Bureau: Demographic Surveys History and Future: Matt Jans, U. S. Census Bureau |
TUESDAY, May 18, 2010 |
Sessions |
Session 7 (9:00am-10:15am) Tuesday |
7A |
LOCATION: LaSalle l
Invited Address, Michael T. Jones, Google
Facilitator: Josh Seeger, NORC
Session focus: Michael T. Jones is Google's Chief Technology Advocate, and IFD&TC is extremely pleased that he is available to speak to us. At Google, Michael is charged with advancing technology to organize the world's information and make it universally accessible and useful. Google Maps, Google Earth, Local Search, GMail -- tools once unimaginable but now familiar -- can any field survey do without them anymore? A prolific inventor, Michael has developed scientific and interactive computer graphics software, held engineering and business executive roles, and is an avid reader, traveler and amateur photographer. Welcome, Michael, tell us what wonders are in store for us in the future! |
Sessions |
Session 8 (10:45am-12:00pm) Tuesday |
8A |
LOCATION: Huron
Panel Discussion: Managing Research Projects
Facilitator: Jim Wolf, Indiana University
Session focus: This panel will focus on how to manage the survey process for success, and will consider key steps including: communication with investigators (including negotiating expectations), preparing survey deliverables (quality control and standardization), protocol documentation, data collection (planning and monitoring), estimating the costs and time required for instrument programming (all modes), planning for the IRB processes, questionnaire development (“in-house fine-tuning”), and coding open-ended responses.
Target audience: Anyone responsible for any aspect of the survey process, planning and monitoring.
Panelists:
John Kennedy, Indiana University (Bloomington)
Kurt Johnson, Penn State University
Patty Maher, University of Michigan
Jim Wolf, Indiana University (Indianapolis) |
8B |
LOCATION: Ohio
Presentations and Discussion: Advanced Training Techniques
Facilitator: Diane Burkom, Battelle Centers for Public Health Research and Evaluation
Session focus: The presenters in this session will discuss advanced training for interviewers and field staff. This includes follow-up or 'refresher' training, feedback from interviewers about the environment they face and using respondent concerns in interviewer training.
Target audience: Supervisors, team leaders, trainers and those responsible for interviewer training and performance.
Advanced Training Techniques: Rebecca Jessoe, NORC
Developing a Comprehensive and Multi-Mode Approach to In-Person New Field Interviewer Training: Scott Payne, RTI International
Exploring Respondent Concerns to Inform Interviewer Training: Shonda Kruger Ndiaye, University of Michigan
How Do Field Interviewers View the Current Interviewing Environment?: Bill Mockovak, Bureau of Labor Statistics |
8C |
LOCATION: State Room ll
Presentations and Discussion: Household Sampling Issues
Facilitator: Lisa Klein, University of Wisconsin
Session focus: This session focuses on issues in sampling households and those with no fixed household. Presenters will deal with a range of issues including address based sampling, collecting data on household composition and sampling those who are homeless.
Target audience: Those interested in or responsible for the sampling aspect of the survey process.
Mechanisms of Error in Housing Unit Listing: Stephanie Eckman, University of Maryland
Lessons Learned Using Address Based Sampling to Conduct Mail Surveys of Populations Randomly Sampled From Among the General Population: Kelly Elver, University of Wisconsin
Street Sampling of Homeless Youth in Los Angeles: Rick Garvey, RAND
Everybody But the Cat: Challenges to Accurately Rostering Members of a Household: Jacquelyn George, NORC |
8D |
LOCATION: Superior l
Presentations and Discussion: Commercial Software for Web Questionnaires
Facilitator: Tim Triplett, Urban Institute
Session focus: Learn about the latest commercial data collection software available for Web data collection, from programming of the questionnaire to, data security, data retrieval, and more. You wanted technical discussion, so here are four great presenters providing you an in-depth look at each software package.
Target audience: Anyone interested in implementing Web surveys.
Web Based Paper Form Verification Using QueXF: Adam Zammit, Academic Surveys Australia
Providing a Customized Data Collection Solution Using an Off-the Shelf Survey Software Package: Mike Rauch, Penn State University
CASES Web Surveys: Vince Parker, University of Illinois
Off-the-shelf Web Software: Qualtrics: Naomi Warren, University of Arkansas at Little Rock |
8E |
LOCATION: Superior ll
Presentations and Discussion: Use of Audio and Video in Survey Research – Playing, Recording, Reviewing, and Analyzing
Facilitator: Josh Seeger, NORC
Session focus: A growing number of surveys employ digital audio, and now video as well, either for recording interviews or for presenting information to respondents. Speech processing, including recognition, transcription, analytics and audio indexing, is proving beneficial in call center applications. Meanwhile, as the use of recorded media grows, so too grows the need for managing the resultant files, facilitating and controlling access to them, and providing a convenient user interface for doing quality evaluation and other kinds of metadata entry.
Target audience: Anyone using or interested in using digital audio, video, or automated processing of multi-media content; also those involved in developing systems supporting such use.
Why We Chose The Devices, (Pros and Cons): Julie Bressler, Pennsylvania State University
Speech Recognition Applications for Survey Research: Marie Meteer, Consultant, Speech Recognition and Data Analysis
Technical Challenges in the Development and Implementation of QUEST (CARI Monitoring System): Sridevi Sattaluri, RTI International |
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Sessions |
Session 9 (1:30pm-2:45pm) Tuesday |
9A |
LOCATION: Superior l
Panel Discussion: Issues in Informed Consent
Facilitator: Bob Lee, University of California, Berkeley
Session focus: This panel includes those that have experiences to share around issues of communicating the important concepts underlying informed consent and respondent cooperation. This includes experiences with IRB's and/or ethics committees. Come with your questions and ideas to ensure compliance while enhancing cooperation.
Target audience: Those responsible for ensuring informed consent and dealing with IRB's and ethics committees.
Panelists:
Betsy Blunsdon, Academic Surveys Australia and Deakin University
Rachel Orlowski, University of Michigan
Kim Williams, NORC
Howard Hogan, U. S. Census Bureau
Chris Corey, RAND |
9B |
LOCATION: Superior ll
Presentations and Discussion: Studying Unique Populations
Facilitator: Rick Garvey, RAND
Session focus: These presenters will share their experiences in studying unique populations such as hard to count populations, hard to reach groups and specialized or narrow population groups.
Target audience: All those who study unique or specialized populations or who anticipate doing so in the future.
Improving Response Rates and Reducing Bias – Targeting “Hard to Reach” Populations: Paul Coates, Office for National Statistics
Methods, Challenges, and Lessons Learned: Surveying Individuals with Multiple Sclerosis to Evaluate the Impact of Adult Day Programs: Kristin Fuller, RTI International
Reaching Hard to Count Populations: Wayne Hatcher and Tim Olson, U. S. Census Bureau
Challenges and Successes in Recruiting Pregnant Women through their Prenatal Physicians: Betsy Payn, Battelle Centers for Public Health Research and Evaluation |
9C |
LOCATION: Ohio (Lobby Level)
Demonstration and Discussion: Topics for the Future of Survey Methods: Use of Web 2.0 Technology and Collecting Social Network Data in Surveys
Facilitator: John Stevenson, University of Wisconsin
Session focus: Do you use LinkedIn, Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, Second Life, or other social networking sites in your work? How can surveys or survey shops take advantage of these new techniques? Has your organization conducted tracing, marketing or other activity with any of these websites? Come and share your experiences, ideas and questions at this roundtable.
Target audience: Soft Tech
Collecting Social Network Data: an Overview, Challenges and Recommendations: Suzanne Perry, Evelyn Bogdon, RAND
Towards usage of Web 2.0 Technology and Avatars for Web Surveys: Larry Malakhoff, U. S. Census Bureau
Uses of YouTube, and Other Web 2.0 Applications, in Data Collection: Jeff Franklin, RTI International |
9D |
LOCATION: Huron
Demonstrations and Discussion: Mobile Hardware for Data Collection - Part 1
Facilitator: Eric White, University of Wisconsin
Session focus: Technology advances all of the time and continues to influence mobile hardware used in data collection. This session will be an in-depth discussion of why the devices were selected, problems encountered and how they were overcome.
Target Audience: Anyone interested in the nuts and bolts of mobile hardware.
Laptops: Geof Pejsa, U. S. Census Bureau
Digital Pen and Paper: Lew Berman, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Netbooks, Smart Phones: Patricia Wamboldt, Pennsylvania State University |
Sessions |
Session 10 (3:15pm-4:30pm) Tuesday |
10A |
LOCATION: State Room l
Panel Discussion: State-Wide and Omnibus Polls
Facilitator: Ryan Tacher, Bureau of Labor Statistics
Session focus: This panel will discuss issues around marketing polls, managing budgets, and considerations around uses and changes to survey methodology.
Target audience: Shops administering or planning to administer state-wide polls and omnibus surveys.
Panelists:
Darren Hearn, Cornell
Chad Kniss, University of Wisconsin
Stacia Jorgensen, University of Nebraska |
10B |
LOCATION: State Room ll
Presentations and Discussion: Measuring Field Costs
Facilitator: Christy Storey, Kennesaw State University
Session focus: The level of data about interviewer behavior and field interviewing costs is reaching unprecedented levels. What are we finding from these data? Where can we potentially cut costs? This session has broad applicability to any shop using decentralized field interviewers.
Target audience: Shops with a decentralized interviewing staff, the concepts discussed in this session are broadly applicable.
Improving Efficiency: Implementing a Field Tracking System on a Large National Field Study: Amber Rumsey, RTI International
Analysis of Traveling Field Interviewer Use on the National Survey on Drug Use and Health: Tammie Woerner, RTI International
CPI Housing: Did Shifting from Personal Visit to Telephone Collection Actually Lower our Costs?: Charlene Peiffer, Bureau of Labor Statistics |
10C |
LOCATION: Ohio (Lobby Level)
Presentations and Discussion: Data Quality Issues
Facilitator: Lekha Venkataraman, NORC
Session focus: Challenges to data quality pervade all stages of data collection. These presentations will focus on interviewer and respondent compliance with data collection protocols, tracking and measuring interviewer quality, and potential threats to respondent participation resulting from quality assurance efforts.
Target audience: This session is applicable both to field and technical managers, and shops of all sizes.
Maintaining Quality Control Standards Using Telephone Interviewing and Data Analysis: Tiffiny Fambro, RTI International
This Call May be Monitored or Recorded for Quality Assurance Purposes: Vanessa Thornburg, RTI International
Encouraging Compliance with Project Protocols among Participants: Janice Larson, Iowa State University |
10D |
LOCATION: Superior l & ll
Demonstrations and Discussion: Mobile Hardware for Data Collection - Part 2
Facilitator: Eric White, University of Wisconsin
Session focus: In Part I focused on the technical aspects of these data collection mobile hardware devices. Now in Part II, you will see these devices live and in action. There will also be time for the audience to partake in this hands-on demonstration session.
Target audience: Anyone interested seeing mobile hardware in action.
Laptops: Geof Pejsa, U. S. Census Bureau
Netbooks, Smart Phones: Patricia Wamboldt, Pennsylvania State University
Digital Pen and Paper: Lew Berman, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention |
10E |
LOCATION: Superior lll
Presentations and Discussion: GIS, GPS, and Mapping Products
Facilitator: Rita Thissen, RTI International
Session focus: Learn how GIS, GPS, and mapping products are being utilized by shops to bring efficiencies and other value to data collection.
Target audience: Anyone interested in collecting, managing or analyzing geo-coded data.
Using Geographic Information Systems (GIS) and Global Positioning Systems (GPS) in the Survey Research Process: Andrew Hupp, University of Michigan
Pathfinder: Routing Interviewers Efficiently for Field Studies: Steve Coombs, Nick Schultz, University of Wisconsin
Geocoding Error: Stephanie Eckman, University of Maryland
GIS Mapping: Hugh Gladwin, Florida International University |
Sessions |
Session 11 (4:45pm-6:00pm) Tuesday |
11A |
LOCATION: Ohio (Lobby Level)
Informal Conversation: Tech Talk
Facilitator: Larry Malakhoff, U.S. Census Bureau and Tim Triplett, Urban Institute
Session focus: This is time of relaxed conversation for programmers, statisticians, hardware/software managers and network administrators as a means to share dialogue and to network with those who share your profession. |
11B |
LOCATION: Huron
Informal Conversation: Project Management Professional (PMP) Certification, How to Earn and Maintain Certification
Facilitator: Betsy Payn, Battelle Centers for Public Health Research and Evaluation
Session focus: Would you like to know more about PMP certification, how it can benefit your career and what you have to do to achieve certification? Please bring your questions to this informal session where Lisa John, PMP Certified, will be on hand to help answer your questions. |
WEDNESDAY, May 19, 2010 |
Sessions |
Session 12 (9:00am-10:15am) Wednesday |
12A |
LOCATION: Huron
Panel Discussion: Fielding a Quality Workforce: The Census Story
Facilitator: Wayne Hatcher, and Cathy Lacy, U.S. Census Bureau
Session focus: Survey managers from several Census regional offices will come together to participate in a panel discussion highlighting how they ensure that the Bureau has a competent, well trained, experienced staff to collect the quality data that it provides to the nation. Panel participants will discuss the challenges they faced as they began this year to implement new interviewer selection procedures which assess applicants' performance in situations similar to what they might encounter as field interviewers. Panel members also will discuss recent innovations in interviewer training. Any agency needing to hire, train and manage a disbursed field interviewing staff will find this session helpful.
Target audience: While the session focuses on issues associated with recruitment and training, anyone with an interest in this year’s Census will enjoy this session.
Panelists:
David Ratliff-Atlanta, U.S. Census Bureau
Kevin Gibson-Kansas, U.S. Census Bureau
Marilyn Sanders-Chicago, U.S. Census Bureau
Sherry Dowell-Denver, U.S. Census Bureau |
12B |
LOCATION: State Room
Presentations and Discussion: Multi-Mode Studies
Facilitator: Betsy Blunsdon, Academic Surveys Australia and Deakin University
Session focus: Presenters will discuss challenges and rewards of multi-mode data collection, including recruitment strategies, effort required, innovations, and design considerations. This session is sure to make you think about multi-mode studies from a different perspective regardless of shop size or data administration mode.
Target audience: Supervisors, technical staff, and team leaders responsible for managing and implementing multi-mode studies.
Operational Aspects of Recruiting High Internet Users via a CATI Screening on an RDD Frame: Peter Batra, University of Michigan
The Value of Interviewing Hard-to-reach Participants using Mixed-mode Data Collection: Lessons from the Raising Healthy Children Project: Gina Marchesini, University of Washington
Early Stage Scoping: Building High Quality Survey Instruments Without High Costs: Kristin Stettler, U. S. Census Bureau
Recruiting Online Panel Members from a Mail survey in the General Populations: Results from an Exploratory German Study: Karl-Heinz Reuband, University of Dusseldorf |
12C |
LOCATION: Superior l
Presentations and Discussion: Respondent Locating
Facilitator: Deb Stempowski, U.S. Census Bureau
Session focus: Locating respondents is critical to data quality, but different populations pose different challenges and solutions. Presenters will discuss the challenges and effective locating strategies for disaster victims, older adults, and college students. Any field manager needing to locate respondents will find useful tips in this session.
Target audience: Supervisors, managers, and team leaders with responsibility for locating panel respondents.
Hurricane Katrina Survivors on the Move: Renea Machuga, Battelle Centers for Public Health Research & Evaluation
Natural Disasters and Longitudinal Surveys: The Effect of Hurricane Katrina on Respondent Attrition and Recovery in the NLSY 79 and NLSY 97: Jennifer Brown, NORC
Using Facebook as a Locating Tool on a Longitudinal Study of College Students: Lisa Klein, University of Wisconsin |
12D |
LOCATION: Superior ll
Presentations and Discussion: Process Improvement and Automation
Facilitator: Darcy Miller, USDA/NASS
Session focus: Automating processes, integrating processes, and good communications between management, developers and field people create real challenges. Learn how these shops were able to succeed, as they discuss what was done, problems encountered and overcome and finally the benefits realized.
Target audience: Anyone responsible for managing workflow, particularly survey processes that combine some computerized steps and some manual steps.
Statistics Canada's Process Automation of On-line Survey Development and CATI Data Integration: Marc-Andre Dubois, Statistics Canada
Bridging the Gap: Using Workflows in Developing New Technical Systems: Andrew Hupp, University of Michigan
Software Development: Experience with Process Improvement Strategies: Rita Thissen, RTI International |
12E |
LOCATION: Superior lll
Panel Discussion: Experience with VOIP for CATI Surveys
Facilitator: Kyle Fennel, NORC
Session focus: VOIP for CATI Surveys and call centers continues to grow. Learn how this technology can be used to dramatically cut costs while obtaining high quality data.
Target audience: Call center managers and system administrators.
Panelists:
Chuck Armstrong, NORC
Joe Broniszewski, Penn State University
Kate Hobson, NORC
Marge Lowden, Ohio State University
Rob Schofield, Penn State University |
Sessions |
Session 13 (10:30am-11:30am) Wednesday |
13A |
LOCATION: LaSalle l
Invited Address: Colm O'Muircheartaigh, NORC
Facilitator: Tim Gabel, RTI International
Session focus: IFD&TC couldn't be more excited to have Dr. Colm O'Muircheartaigh as our invited speaker to wrap up the conference. He is one of the world's most forward-thinking statisticians, with wide-ranging interests in survey research methodology, sampling, questionnaire design, analysis, response and nonresponse error, and data quality. His extensive knowledge of the field of survey research combined with his lively and engaging style will keep you in your seat as we close our conference, never mind the impending plane ride home. Do your packing in advance -- you won't want to miss this session. |
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