Held Tuesday, March 17th to Thursday, March 19th, 2009 at the Bureau of Labor Statistics, Washington, D.C. Sponsored by The Bureau of Labor Statistics and the U.S. Census Bureau.
FedCASIC Workshops Presentations By Year:
Opening Keynote Plenary: Envisioning the Survey Interview of the Future.
Plenary Panel: The Impact of the Economy on Statistical Agencies.
Recent Innovations and Lessons Learned at Participating Organizations.
Session 1. Accessibility in CASIC Surveys.
Session 2. Web-Based Surveys.
- The Joy of Developing a Web-based Survey System! (, 943kb)
- Stuart Allen, Brandon Peele, Chris Rasmussen, Sridevi Sattaluri, R. Suresh <suresh@rti.org>, and Emily Warmoth, RTI International.
- Gauging User Preference for the Display of Sampling Error in the American Community Survey: Methodology and Findings from a Web-based User Survey (, 325kb)
- Kathleen T. Ashenfelter <kathleen.t.ashenfelter@census.gov> and Lynn Weidman, U.S. Census Bureau.
- Exploring Web Survey Design Features with Eye Tracking (, 2.1mb)
- Jennifer Edgar <edgar.jennifer@bls.gov>, Bureau of Labor Statistics.
- Web Survey Pilot (, 162kb)
- Jo Edwards, ONS.
- From Web Surveys to Online Platforms (, 4mb)
- Renee Petrie <renee@datstat.com>, DatStat.
Session 3. Using Paradata to Monitor and Control Survey Quality.
Session 4. Field Defect Detection, Classification, and Management.
- Characterizing Cyclical Software Error Patterns in the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (, 2.1mb)
- Allan Fisher <alf4@cdc.gov>, Harris Corporation.
- Developing Standards for Defect Detection: Establishing a Top Ten List (, 361kb)
- Lizza Miller, Ph.D. <lizza@datstat.com>, DatStat.
- Learning from Our Mistakes: Analysis of Defects Discovered in Client Side Paradata, and Its Effects on Future Iterations of Software Design (, 617kb)
- Alex Miroff and Kareem Brown, Booz-Allen Hamilton.
- Lessons Learned from Process Data Defects (, 257kb)
- Rick Rogers <rick@fenestra.com>, Fenestra Technologies Corporation.
Session 6. Managing Generalized Systems for Establishment Surveys: Approaches and Best Practices.
- Implementing and Managing EIA’s Enterprise-Wide Data Collection System (, 185kb)
- Stan Freedman <stanley.freedman@eia.doe.gov>, Betty Barlow, and Paula Mason, Energy Information Administration.
- The Agricultural Census Is Not Just A Big Survey (, 2.3mb)
- David McDonell, National Agricultural Statistics Service.
- Use of Generalized Ssystem for Processing Annual Business Surveys at Statistics Canada (, 848kb)
- Daniela Ravindra, Statistics Canada.
- Standard Economic Processing System (StEPS) (, 1.4mb)
- Anne S. Russell, U.S. Census Bureau.
Session 7. New Technologies for Surveys.
- Technology Innovation for the 2010 Decennial Census (, 1.8mb)
- Brenda Damario, Jerome Garrett, and Arunkumar Iyer, U.S. Census Bureau.
- Virtual Survey Research: Collecting Data in Second Life (, 1.2mb)
- Elizabeth Dean and Craig Hill, RTI International.
- International Passenger Survey and New Technology (, 110kb)
- Jo Edwards, ONS.
- Technological Innovations in Data Collection for the American National Election Study (, 1.1mb)
- Nathan Sikes, RTI International.
- Incorporating Dynamically-Generated Calendars in a Blaise Questionnaire (, 998kb)
- Vorapranee (Mai) Wickelgren <mvp@rti.org>, Gilbert Rodriguez, Patricia LeBaron, Tennyson Chen, and Chuchun Chien, RTI International.
Session 10. Audio Recording within Survey Instruments.
Session 12. Multimode Data Collection.