Workshop Information
AGENDA
Workshop on Survey Automation
The Melrose Hotel, Washington, DC
Day One: April 15, 2002
9:00 |
Introductions and Opening Remarks Chester E. Bowie, U.S. Census Bureau |
9:15 |
Overview: Problems in Current CAPI Implementations |
9:15 |
CAPI Implementation of the Survey on Income and Program Participation Pat Doyle, U.S. Census Bureau |
10:30 |
Break |
10:40 |
Idealized CAPI Implementation from Computer Science Perspective Jesse Poore, University of Tennessee-Knoxville |
11:20 |
Automation and Federal Statistical Surveys: Need for a Bridge Robert Groves, University of Michigan |
11:30 |
Lunch |
12:30 |
Documentation of Complex CAPI Questionnaires |
12:30 |
Understanding the “Documentation Problem” in Survey Automation Tom Piazza, University of California at Berkeley |
1:15 |
The TADEQ Project Jelke Bethlehem, Statistics Netherlands |
2:00 |
Computer Science Approaches: Visualization Tools & Software Metrics Thomas McCabe, McCabe Technologies |
2:45 |
Break |
3:00 |
Tutorial on Software Engineering and Model-Based Testing Harry Robinson, Microsoft |
3:40 |
Testing of Computerized Instruments |
3:40 |
Case Example of Software Testing Robert L. Smith, (Formerly) Computer Curriculum Corp. |
4:10 |
An Integrated View of Survey Automation Larry Markosian, Independent Consultant |
4:35 |
Practitioner Needs, and Reactions to Computer Science Approaches Mark Pierzchala, Westat |
5:15 |
Reactions and Floor Discussion |
Day Two: April 16, 2002
9:00 |
Emerging Technologies in Survey Automation |
9:00 |
Web-Based Data Collection Roger Tourangeau, Joint Program on Survey Methodology |
9:40 |
Interface of Survey Methods with Geographic Information Systems Sarah Nusser, Iowa State University |
10:20 |
Prospects for Survey Collection Using Pen-Based Computers Martin Meyer & Jay Levinsohn, Research Triangle Institute |
11:00 |
Break |
11:15 |
Panel Discussion: How Can Computer Science and Survey Methodology Best Interact in the Future? Mick Couper (moderator), University of Michigan Reg Baker, MS Interactive Bill Kalsbeek, University of North Carolina Tony Manners, Office for National Statistics, United Kingdom Susan Schechter, U.S. Office of Management and Budget |
12:15 |
Lunch, Final Comments, and Adjourn |
LIST OF WORKSHOP PARTICIPANTS AND ATTENDEES
In the following list, the names of workshop participants—those with a planned speaking role—are preceded by •. Those invited guests and attendees who asked questions or made comments at the workshop— and for whom voices or surrounding speech made identification in the proceedings text possible—are preceded by †. Our apologies to those audience members whose contributions to the workshop could not be positively identified from the workshop tapes and whose contributions are unfortunately cloaked by the label PARTICIPANT in the text.
Tammy Anderson, U.S. Census Bureau
Karen Bagwell, U.S. Census Bureau
•Reg Baker, MS Interactive
†David Banks, Food and Drug Administration
Patrick Benton, U.S. Census Bureau
Lew Berman, National Center for Health Statistics
•Jelke Bethlehem, Statistics Netherlands
Chester E. Bowie, U.S. Census Bureau
Janis Lea Brown, U.S. Census Bureau
Lynda Carlson, National Science Foundation
Constance Citro, National Research Council
Cynthia Clark, U.S. Census Bureau
•Michael Cohen, National Research Council
Quentin Coleman, National Agricultural Statistics Service
•Daniel Cork, National Research Council
Joe Cortez, U.S. Census Bureau
•Mick Couper, University of Michigan
Kathy Creighton, U.S. Census Bureau
†Cathryn Dippo, Bureau of Labor Statistics
•Pat Doyle, U.S. Census Bureau
†Ed Dyer, U.S. Census Bureau
Jimmie Givens, National Center for Health Statistics
Nancy Gordon, U.S. Census Bureau
Ann Green, Social Science Statistical Laboratory, Yale University
•Robert Groves, University of Michigan
Doug Guan, U.S. Census Bureau
Susan Hauan, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Heather Holbert, U.S. Census Bureau
Bernie Greene, National Center for Education Statistics
Tim Hart, Bureau of Justice Statistics
•William Kalsbeek, University of North Carolina
Howard Kanarek, U.S. Census Bureau
Patsy Klaus, Bureau of Justice Statistics
Cheryl Landman, U.S. Census Bureau
•Jay Levinsohn, Research Triangle Institute
Jennifer Madans, National Center for Health Statistics
•Tony Manners, Office for National Statistics, United Kingdom
Tim Marshall, U.S. Census Bureau
•Lawrence Markosian, independent consultant
•Thomas McCabe, McCabe Technologies
•Martin Meyer, Research Triangle Institute
Bill Mockovak, Bureau of Labor Statistics
Steve Newman, Westat
•Sarah Nusser, Iowa State University
Jim O’Reilly, Westat
†Adrienne Oneto, U.S. Census Bureau
Andrea Piani, U.S. Census Bureau
•Tom Piazza, University of California at Berkeley
•Mark Pierzchala, Westat (at time of workshop) and Mathematica Policy Research
•Jesse Poore, University of Tennessee-Knoxville
•Daryl Pregibon, AT&T Labs–Research
Ray Ravaglia, Education Program for Gifted Youth, Stanford University
Callie Rennison, Bureau of Justice Statistics
•Harry Robinson,Microsoft
Johanna Rupp, U.S. Census Bureau
•Susan Schechter, Office of Management and Budget
•Michael Siri, National Research Council
•Robert L. Smith, Computer Curriculum Corporation
†Miron Straf, National Research Council
Libbie Stephenson, Institute for Social Science Research, University of California at Los Angeles
Anne Stratton, National Center for Health Statistics
Wendy Thomas, Minnesota Population Center, University of Minnesota
•Roger Tourangeau, University of Maryland
†Clyde Tucker, Bureau of Labor Statistics
David Uglow, Mathematica Policy Research
Laarni Verdolin, U.S. Census Bureau
Andrew White, National Research Council
Arnie Wilcox, National Agricultural Statistics Service