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Suggested Citation:"Appendix F: Redesign Options Workshop Agenda." National Research Council. 2013. Measuring What We Spend: Toward a New Consumer Expenditure Survey. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/13520.
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Appendix F

Redesign Options Workshop Agenda

Consumer Expenditure Survey Redesign Options Workshop
October 26, 2011
20 F Street NW Conference Center
Washington, DC 20001

AGENDA

October 26, 2011
8:00–8:30 a.m.

Networking and Continental Breakfast

8:30–9:00

Welcome, Introductions and Purpose of Workshop

Don Dillman, Panel Chair, Washington State University

9:00–10:15

Presentation of Redesign Recommendations—Westat

• David Cantor, Team Leader

• Sid Schneider

• Brad Edwards

• Abie Reifer

10:15–10:45 Break
Suggested Citation:"Appendix F: Redesign Options Workshop Agenda." National Research Council. 2013. Measuring What We Spend: Toward a New Consumer Expenditure Survey. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/13520.
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10:45 a.m.–12:00 p.m.

Presentation of Redesign Recommendations—University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee, University of Nebraska, Abt-SRBI

• Nancy Mathiowetz, Team Leader, University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee

• Kristen Olson, University of Nebraska

• Courtney Kennedy, Abt-SRBI

12:00–1:00

Working Lunch for Informal Discussion of Redesign Ideas

1:00–1:30

Discussant: Methodological/Cognitive Issues and the Proposed Redesigns

• Richard Kulka, Consultant

1:30–2:00

Discussant: Implementing Change in a Large Ongoing Survey and the Proposed Redesigns

• Chet Bowie, NORC (retired from U.S. Census Bureau) 2:00–2:40 Discussant Panel: Data Users of the Consumer Expenditure Survey

• Clinton McCully, Bureau of Economic Analysis. Macrodata use by a Federal program

• Mark Lino, Center for Nutrition Policy and Promotion, USDA. Microdata use by a Federal program

• Melvin Stephens, University of Michigan. Microdata use by a university researcher

2:40–3:00 Break
3:00–4:45

Open Discussion with Panel and Workshop Participants

• Michael Horrigan, Associate Commissioner, BLS

     Discussion Leader

4:45–5:00

Ending Remarks and Wrap-up

• Don Dillman, Panel Chair, Washington State University

5:00

Planned Adjournment

Suggested Citation:"Appendix F: Redesign Options Workshop Agenda." National Research Council. 2013. Measuring What We Spend: Toward a New Consumer Expenditure Survey. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/13520.
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Suggested Citation:"Appendix F: Redesign Options Workshop Agenda." National Research Council. 2013. Measuring What We Spend: Toward a New Consumer Expenditure Survey. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/13520.
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The Consumer Expenditure (CE) surveys are the only source of information on the complete range of consumers' expenditures and incomes in the United States, as well as the characteristics of those consumers. The CE consists of two separate surveys: (1) a national sample of households interviewed five times at three-month intervals; and (2) a separate national sample of households that complete two consecutive one-week expenditure diaries. For more than 40 years, these surveys, the responsibility of the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), have been the principal source of knowledge about changing patterns of consumer spending in the U.S. population.

In February 2009, BLS initiated the Gemini Project, the aim of which is to redesign the CE surveys to improve data quality through a verifiable reduction in measurement error with a particular focus on underreporting. The Gemini Project initiated a series of information-gathering meetings, conference sessions, forums, and workshops to identify appropriate strategies for improving CE data quality. As part of this effort, BLS requested the National Research Council's Committee on National Statistics (CNSTAT) to convene an expert panel to build on the Gemini Project by conducting further investigations and proposing redesign options for the CE surveys.

The charge to the Panel on Redesigning the BLS Consumer Expenditure Surveys includes reviewing the output of a Gemini-convened data user needs forum and methods workshop and convening its own household survey producers workshop to obtain further input. In addition, the panel was tasked to commission options from contractors for consideration in recommending possible redesigns. The panel was further asked by BLS to create potential redesigns that would put a greater emphasis on proactive data collection to improve the measurement of consumer expenditures. Measuring What We Spend summarizes the deliberations and activities of the panel, discusses the conclusions about the uses of the CE surveys and why a redesign is needed, as well as recommendations for the future.

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