Themes

Demography [6, 8]

Disclosure Avoidance [3]

Funds Allocation [5]

Health Sample Surveys [7]

Sampling and Estimation [1]

Small Area Estimation [4]

Social Media Analysis [11, 12, 13]

Survey Methodology [2, 9, 10]

*All visits during 2021 were virtual

May

[1] Jerzy Wieczorek/Colby College (May 24-26)
“K-Fold Cross-Validation for Complex Sample Surveys”
Hosts: Center for Statistical Research and Methodology (Wright, Hall, Yau)

[2] Zeina Mneimneh/University of Michigan (May 26-27)
“Comprehensive Evaluation of Consent to Link Twitter Data to Survey Data”
Hosts: Center For Behavioral Science Methods (Goerman, Beatty, Garcia Trejo, Meyers); Decennial Statistical Studies Division (Misra); Economic Statistical Methods Division (Willimack); Communications Directorate (Velez)

June

[3] Aleksandra (Sesa) Slavkovic/The Pennsylvania State University (June 1-2)
“Differentially Private Heavy-Tailed Synthetic Data”
Hosts: Center for Economic Studies (White); Center for Enterprise Dissemination (Schmutte)

[4] Partha Lahiri/University of Maryland, College Park (June 2-4)
“Estimation of COVID-19 Vaccine Hesitancy Indicators for Small Areas using Statistical Linkage of Multiple Disparate Data Sources”
Hosts: Economic Statistical Methods Division (Tran)

[5] Andrew Reamer/The George Washington University (June 17)
“Understanding the Role of the Decennial Census in the Geographic Allocation of Federal Funding: An Overview of Methods”
Hosts: Center for Statistical Research and Methodology (Wright; Engmark)

[6] Jan Vink/Cornell University (June 23-25)
“Dimensions of Estimation Errors and Error Evaluation Metrics”
Hosts: Population Division (Jensen, Spence)

July

[7] Karen Bogen/ Mathematica Policy Research (July 1)
“Surveys as an Essential Tool in the Health Program Evaluation Toolbox”
Hosts: Center For Behavioral Science Methods (Beatty); Research & Methodology Directorate (Eltinge, Abowd)

August

[8] Kenneth Johnson/University of New Hampshire (August 2-4)
“Population Redistribution Trends along the Rural-Urban Continuum, 2000 to 2019”
Hosts: Population Division (Jensen, Johnson, Armstrong, Miller)

[9] Emma Dickinson/Office for National Statistics (United Kingdom) (August 4-5)
“Respondent Centered Surveys: In-Practice Case Studies”
Hosts: Center For Behavioral Science Methods (Beatty, Wang, Nelson, Childs)

[10] Laura Wilson/Office for National Statistics (United Kingdom) (August 4-5)
“Respondent Centered Surveys: Theory”
Hosts: Center For Behavioral Science Methods (Beatty, Wang, Nelson, Childs)

[11] Frederick Conrad/University of Michigan (August 11-12)
“Better Understanding of When and How Social Media Posts Can Augment Public Opinion Surveys”
Hosts: Center For Behavioral Science Methods (Beatty); Communications Directorate (Velez); Economic Management Division (Brady); Center for Enterprise Dissemination (Bragdon)

[12] Michael Schober/The New School (August 11-12)
“Better Understanding of When and How Social Media Posts Can Augment Public Opinion Surveys”
Hosts: Center For Behavioral Science Methods (Beatty); Communications Directorate (Velez); Economic Management Division (Brady); Center for Enterprise Dissemination (Bragdon)

[13] Johann Gagnon-Bartsch/University of Michigan (August 11-12)
“Qualitative Insights from Social Media Data”
Hosts: Center For Behavioral Science Methods (Beatty); Communications Directorate (Velez); Economic Management Division (Brady); Center for Enterprise Dissemination (Bragdon)