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9 Additional Comments and Recommendations
Pages 175-182

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... STRENGTHS, WEAKNESSES, AND CHANGES The chapter begins by drawing from the most recent National Research Council report on SIPP (National Research Council, 2009) and looks at the redesigned SIPP in comparison to the strengths and weaknesses that report identified for the previous design (see Box 2-2 of this publication)
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... • The 2009 report found that inadequate documentation to assist users was a serious weakness for SIPP (National Research Council, 2009, p.
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... The 2009 report recommended that the "Census Bureau should release Survey of Income and Program Participation data within 1 year of data collection" (National Research Council, 2009, p.
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... Timetables should be met. The study panel performed its analyses by developing its own programming routines and applying them to internal datasets, with only the internal SPIDER system and, later, the SIPP 2014 Users' Guide for documentation of variables on the new system.
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... Until further work is done to improve understanding of these issues, the Census Bureau should alert data users that estimates of transitions derived from the 2014 SIPP panel might not compare with estimates from earlier panels. SUPPORTING RESPONDENTS AND FIELD REPRESENTATIVES Reducing burden on respondents sampled for SIPP was an important goal of the SIPP redesign, but the panel was unable to tell whether that goal was achieved.
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... This creates a need for a more intensive retraining of returning field representatives and will likely mean a higher turnover of field representatives, with an entire cohort of new hires having to be brought on board and trained at the start of each data collection period. The study panel used the computer audio-recorded interviewing system to listen to selected interviews.
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... The study panel appreciates the work that the Census Bureau has done to redesign SIPP to meet changing budgets and data needs. The panel members strongly encourage a continuous-improvement approach that will make the new SIPP even better able to fulfill its objectives.
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