2011

JSM - August 2011

Adjusting an Area Frame Estimate for Misclassification Using a List Frame
(Andrea C. Lamas, Denise A. Abreu, Hailin Sang, Pam Arroway, Kenneth K. Lopiano, Linda J. Young)

An Empirical Best Linear Unbiased Prediction Approach to Small-Area Estimation of Crop Parameters
(Michael E. Bellow, Partha S. Lahiri)

Bridging Livestock Survey Results to Published Estimates through State-Space Models:
A Time Series Approach
(Stephen Busselberg)

Collaborations Between Business/Industry/Government: Lessons Learned
(Cynthia Z.F. Clark, James Mark Harris)

Is It Feasible to Use a Sampling List Frame to Evaluate Misclassification Errors on an Area-Frame-Survey?
(Denise A. Abreu, Andrea C. Lamas, Hailin Sang, Pam Arroway, Kenneth K. Lopiano, Linda J. Young)

Small Area Estimation for Cropland Cash Rental Rates
(Will Cecere, Emily Berg, Malay Ghosh)

Using Nonresponse Propensity Scores to Improve Data Collection Methods and Reduce Nonresponse Bias
(Morgan Earp, Jaki McCarthy)

Using the DAG Jackknife to Measure the Variance of an Estimator in the Presence of Item Nonresponse
(Darcy Miller, Phillip Kott)

Utilizing Automated Statistical Edit Changes in Significance Editing
(Wendy Barboza, Kay Turner)

2010

JSM - August 2010

Adjusting the June Area Survey for Non-response and Misclassification
(Kenneth K. Lopiano, Denise Abreu, Pam Arroway, Andrea C. Lamas, Linda J. Young)

An Alternate Approach to Assessing Misclassification in JAS
(Pam Arroway, Denise A. Abreu, Andrea C. Lamas, Kenneth K. Lopiano, Linda J. Young)

An Assessment of Imputation Methods for the USDA’s Agricultural Resource Management Survey
(Joshua D. Habiger, Michael Robbins, Sujit Ghosh)

And the Survey Data Says:
Top Facts about Our Online Respondents and How We Plan to Get More of Them
(Jaki McCarthy, Chris Gottschall)

Assessing an Administrative Data Source as a Sampling Frame
(Wendy J. Barboza, Bill Iwig)

Assessing the Effect of Calibration on Nonresponse Bias in the 2008 ARMS Phase III Sample Using Census 2007 Data
(Morgan Earp, Jaki McCarthy, Eric Porter, and Phillip Kott)

A Stochastic Search Approach to Solving the Cell Suppression Problem in 3-Dimensional Hierarchical Tables
(Matt Fetter)

Creating Synthetic Agricultural Data Sets Using Copula Techniques
(Tim Keller)

Empirical Bayes Estimation for the NASS County Estimation Program
(Michael E. Bellow and Partha Lahiri)

Establishing and Monitoring Statistical Standards in USDA-NASS
(William L. Arends)

Examining the Challenges of Missing Data Analysis in Phase Three of the Agricultural Resource Management Survey
(Darcy Miller, Michael Robbins, Josh Habiger)

Innovative Imputation Techniques Designed for the Agricultural Resource Management Survey
(Michael W. Robbins, Sujit K. Ghosh, Joshua D. Habiger)

A Method for Improving List Building: Cluster Profiling
(Will Cecere, Denise Abreu, Jaki McCarthy, Thomas Jacob)

Modeling Misclassification in the June Area Survey
(Andrea C. Lamas, Denise A. Abreu, Pam Arroway, Kenneth K. Lopiano, Linda J. Young)

Statistical Graphics of Pearson Residuals in Survey Logistic Regression Diagnosis
(Stanley Weng)

Using the Census of Agriculture List Frame to Assess Misclassification in the June Area Survey
(Denise A Abreu, Pam Arroway, Andrea C. Lamas, Kenneth K. Lopiano, 
Linda J. Young)

2009

FCSM - November 2009

Comparison of Methods for Updating Census Based Estimates of Number of Farms to Non-Census Years
(Michael E. Bellow and Phillip S. Kott)

Four-Digits or No-Digit Social Security Numbers -- Impact on the National Agricultural Statistics Service Record Linkage Maintenance Processes
(Denise A. Abreu, Kara Daniel, Bill Iwig and Stan Hoge)

Innovative Uses of Data Mining Techniques in the Production of Official Statistics
(Jaki McCarthy, Thomas Jacob, and Dale Atkinson)

Utilizing an Alternative Sampling Frame to Produce Agricultural Survey Indications
(Wendy J. Barboza and Mark Harris)

JSM - August 2009

2007 Census of Agriculture Non-Response Methodology
(Will Cecere)

A Fresh Approach to Agricultural Statistics:  Data Mining and Remote Sensing
(Darcy Miller, Jaki McCarthy and Audra Zakzeski)

An Overview of Coverage Adjustment for the 2007 Census of Agriculture
(Matthew J. Fetter)

Assessing the Effect of Calibration on Nonresponse Bias in the 2006 ARMS Phase III Sample Using Census 2002 Data
(Morgan Earp, Jaki McCarthy, Nick Schauer, and Phillip Kott)

Identifying Sources of Survey Errors:  the 2007 Classification Error Survey for the United States Census of Agriculture
(Denise A Abreu and Jaki S. McCarthy)

Searching for Donors: Refining an Imputation Strategy
(Michael Hogye and Peter Quan)