Program
2 September 2014
9:00 Registration
9:30 Official opening by Statistics Iceland
9:45 Studying Nonresponse with Call Record Data
Facilitator: Lugtig
Hanly: Improving Nonresponse Bias Adjustments with Call Record Data
Correa: When to Stop Calling? Using Call Record Data to Assess Nonresponse Bias in a Longitudinal Study
10:35 Break
10:50 Characteristics of Nonresponse
Facilitator: Vandenplas
B. Mueller: Nonresponse in a Longitudinal Study: The Effect of Relationship- and Family-Related Events on Attrition in a Relationship and Family Panel
Blom: Correlates of Attrition in the German Internet Panel: "Online" Paradata
Mohay: Census Non-response Link Study: Improving Weighting Techniques
12:05 Lunch
1:15 Keynote Speech by Dr. J. Michael Brick
with discussion
2:00 How Effective is Nonresponse Weighting?
Facilitator: Brick
Time Keeper: G. Mueller
Special Session, Part I
Lillegård: The Response Model’s Effect on the Estimated Proportion of Daily Smokers in Norway
Beullens: Trimming Nonresponse Adjustment Weights: A Blessing or a Deontological Twilight Zone?
2:20 Discussion on Part I
2:50 Break
3:05 Special Session, Part II
Post: Evaluating Nonresponse Bias in the National Household Survey
James: The UK Census Non-response Link Study
3:25 Discussion on Part II
3:55 Special Session, Part III
Schouten: Nonresponse Adjustment for Adaptive Survey Design
Lundquist: Managed Data Collection and Accuracy of Estimates: The Effect of Degree of Imbalance and Degree of Explanation
4:15 Discussion on Part III
4:45 Day 1 ends
3 September 2014
9:30 Day 2 opens
Response Rates
Facilitator: Joye
Beullens: Response rates in the European Social Survey: In- or decreasing? Or a matter of fieldwork efforts?
Stoop: Nonresponse on Cross-National Surveys: Differential Effects of Sampling Frames, Exclusion and Noncoverage
Jablonski: Investigating Nonresponse Bias in Telephone Surveys: Focus on Sampling Procedures Used in Polish CATI Research
Laflamme: Experiences in Improving Response Rates for Household Surveys
11:10 Break
11:25 Responsive Survey Design
Facilitator: Beullens
G. Mueller: Case Prioritization of Low-Propensity Sample Members in PASS: Is it Effective in Reducing NR Bias?
Peytchev: Optimization of Two-Phase Sampling for Nonresponse
12:15 Lunch
1:20 Presentations by Statistics Iceland
2:40 Introduce the Poster Session
2:45 Poster Session (with break)
Bates: Testing Mode of Prenotification and Email Subject Lines to Increase Self-Response in a Web Survey
Blake (Cummins): Addressing Household Non-Response on the British Labour Force Survey
Blohm: Nonresponse Bias, Response Rates and the Type of Sample: Evidence from National and Cross-National Surveys
Han: An Examination of Current Nonresponse Adjustment Methods in the Household Income and Expenditure Survey
Laflamme: Initiatives and Working Plan to Improve Response Rates
Revold: What Matters More: The Respondent or How They are Contacted?
3:30 Special Nonresponse Techniques
Facilitator: Erdman
Langsrud: Handling Nonresponse in the Norwegian Labour Force Survey: Calibration Weights Based on Register Variables and Answer Last Time
Lugtig: A Common Metric for Nonresponse and Measurement Error
Sinibaldi: Using Nonresponse Models to CategorizeResponse Options
4:45 Day 2 ends
5:00 Social event followed by dinner
4 September 2014
9:30 Day 3 opens
Mixed Modes, Part I
Facilitator: Bates
Joye: Mixed Mode Design and Selection of Respondents, Swiss Experiments
Vandenplas: Using Survey Attitude and Mode Preference to Disentangle Nonresponse and Measurement Effect in a Sequential Mode Survey
10:20 Special Topic Discussion Groups
1. Peytchev: Two phase sampling for nonresponse
2. Stoop: Cross-national surveys
3. Hanly: Applications of paradata
10:50 Discussion Group Reports
11:05 Break
11:20 Mixed Modes, Part II
Facilitator: Blom
Nares: Non-response in Surveys Leads to Biased Estimates
Phipps: In-Person or Telephone Collection: Mode Selection and Outcomes in the Current Population Survey
Erdman: Developing a Dynamic Model for Mode Switching in the 2015 National Survey of College Graduates
12:35 Closing Discussion
Facilitator: Sinibaldi
Mark your calendar for the 2015 Workshop in Leuven, Belgium!
First week of September, as usual
1:00 Workshop ends
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