Record Linkage Workshop Agenda

Thursday, March 20, 1997

8:30-11:30 AM

Tutorial on Record Linkage, by Martha Fair and Patricia
Whitridge, Statistics Canada
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1:00-2:00 PM

Keynote Address: Record Linkage and Public Policy -- A Dynamic
Evolution
Chair:  Martha Riche, Bureau of the Census
Speaker:  Ivan Fellegi, Statistics Canada
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2:15-3:45 PM
Invited Session on Record Linkage Applications for
Epidemiological Research 

Chair: John Armstrong, Elections Canada

OX-LINK: The Oxford Medical Record Linkage System, by Leicester
Gill, University of Oxford

Complex Linkages Made Easy, by John Charlton, Office of National  
Statistics, UK

Tips and Techniques for Linking Multiple Data Systems: The
Illinois  Department of Human Services Consolidation Project, by
John Van Voorhis, David Koepke, and David Yu, University of
Chicago
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Contributed Session on Applications of Record Linkage

Chair: Martin David, University of Wisconsin  

Linking Administrative Records Over Time: Lessons from the Panels
of Tax Returns, by John Czajka, Mathematica Policy Research

Record Linkage of Census and Routinely Collected Vital Events
Data in the ONS Longitudinal Study, by Lin Hattersley, ONS, UK

Use of Probabilistic Linkage for the Analysis of the
Effectiveness of Safety Belts and Helmets, by Dennis Utter,
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration

Multiple Cause of Death Files for the National Health Interview
Survey, John Horm, National Center for Health Statistics
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4:15-5:45 PM

Invited Session on Record Linkage Methodology

Chair: Nancy Kirkendall, Office of Management and Budget

Calibration of False-Match Rates in Record Linkage Using Mixture
Models Fitted with Both Current Data and a Training Sample, by
Thomas Belin and Donald Rubin, Harvard University

Modeling Issues and the Use of Experience in Record Linkage, by   
Michael Larsen, Stanford University

Analysis Issues in the Presence of Linkage Errors, by Fritz
Scheuren, Ernst and Young, and William Winkler, Bureau of the
Census
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Contributed Session on Confidentiality and Strategies for Record
Linkage

Chair: Virginia DeWolf, Bureau of Labor Statistics

Using Record Linkage to Thwart the Data Terrorist, by Robert
Burton, National Center for Education Statistics

Multiple Imputation and Disclosure Protection:  The Case of the
1995 SCF, by Arthur Kennickell, Federal Reserve Board

Mu and Tau-ARGUS: Software for Statistical Disclosure
Control, A.J. Hundepool, L.C.R.J. Willenborg, Statistics 
Netherlands

4th paper - To be announced 
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Friday, March 21, 1997

8:30-10:00 AM

Invited Session on Business and Miscellaneous Record Linkage
Applications

Chair: Richard Allen, National Agricultural Statistics Service

Matching Federal Estate Tax Records, by Jenny Wahl, St. Olaf
College

Post-Matching Administrative Record Linkage Between
Sole-Proprietorship Tax Returns and the Standard Statistical   
Establishment List, Philip Steel, Bureau of the Census

Approximate String Comparison and its Effect in an Advanced
Record Linkage System, Edward Porter, Bureau of the Census
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Contributed Session on More Applications of Probabilistic Record
Linkage

Chair: Jennifer Madans, National Center for Health Statistics

Comparison of Direct Match and Probabilistic Linkage in
the Death Clearance of the Canadian Cancer Registry, by T.
LaBillois, M. Wysocki, and F. Grabowiecki

Improvements in Record Linkage Processes for the Bureau of Labor  
Statistics' Universe Database, by Kenneth Robertson, Larry Huff,
and Gordon Mikkelson, Bureau of Labor Statistics

Technical Issues Related to the Probabilistic Linkage of
Population-Based Crash and Injury Data, by Sandra Johnson

Record Linkage  Progress Towards Meeting the New Jersey High
School Proficiency Testing Requirements, by Eva Miller, New
Jersey Department of Education

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Software Demonstrations
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10:30 AM-12:00 Noon

Invited Session on Confidentiality

Chair: Laura Zayatz, Bureau of the Census

Public Attitudes Toward Data Sharing by Federal Agencies, by
Eleanor Singer, University of Michigan

How to Learn Things You Were Not Supposed to Know, by Michael  
Meyer, Carnegie Mellon University

Sharing of Statistical Information, by Katherine K. Wallman,
Office of Management and Budget
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Contributed Session on Methods and Plans for Record Linkage

Chair: Martha Fair, Statistics Canada

Generating Name Standardization Files Automatically, by David
Koepke and John Van Voorhis, University of Chicago

Linking Records on Federal Housing Administration Single-Family  
Mortgages, by Thomas Herzog and William Eilerman, Housing and   
Urban Development

Using Microsoft Access to Perform Exact Record Linkages, by Scott 
Meyer, Statistics Canada

Analysis of Immigration Data: 1980-1994, by Adam Probert, Health  
Canada, and Jane Gentleman, Statistics Canada
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Software Demonstrations
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1:30-3:00 PM

Invited Session on More Record Linkage Applications in
Epidemiology 

Chair:  Patricia Nechodorn, University of Utah

Linking Records for Health Care Research -- Findings and   
Recommendations, by Selma Kunitz, Kunitz and Associates, Inc.

Matching Census Database and Manitoba Health Care Files, by
Christian Houle, Jean-Marie Berthelot, Pierre David, Cam Mustard,
and Michael Wolfson, Statistics Canada

The Development of Medical Record Linkage in Scotland: The
Responsive Application of Probability Matching, by Steve
Kendrick, National Health Service, Scotland
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Software Demonstrations