The IASS Survey Statistician Newsletter

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The January 2014 issue of the International Association of Survey
Statisticians'  newsletter  'The  Survey Statistician'   is now available at:
http://isi.cbs.nl/iass/allUK.htm
Besides our regular features of  country reports on activities related to
survey methodology, Table of Contents of related journals and announcements
for upcoming conferences, we also have three special articles in each issue
under:   'New and Emerging Methods', 'Ask the Expert 'and 'Book/Software Review'.
The current issue contains   articles by P. Daas and M. Puts on 'Big Data as a
Source of Statistical Information', a response to the question 'When should a
multiple frame survey be used?' by S. Lohr and a review of the Committee on
National Statistics Report on 'Nonresponse in Social Science Surveys: A
Research Agenda' by P. Lynn.
In previous issues of 'The Survey Statistician' , the 'New and Emerging
Methods' section  contained articles on:  'Small Area Estimation' by D.
Pfeffermann,  'Emerging Methodology of Web Surveys' by M.P. Couper, 'Proxy
Pattern-Mixture Analysis for Survey Nonresponse' by R.R. Andridge and R.J.A.
Little, 'Evaluating, Comparing, Monitoring and Improving Representativeness of
Survey Response  Through R-indicators and partial R-indicators' by B.
Schouten, et al.,  'Split Questionnaire Designs' by J.O. Chipperfield and D.G.
Steel,  'The Smartphone in Survey Research: Experiments for Time Use Data' by
H. Fernee and A.C. Scherpenzeel, and 'Non-respondent Surveys:  Pertinence and
Feasibility' by M.E. Stahli and D. Joye.
The 'Ask the Experts' section contained articles on:  'How to combine survey
results?' by D.G. Steel and R.G. Clark, 'Can web surveys provide an adequate
alternative to phone and face-to-face surveys?' by J. Bethlehem,  'How should
samples be designed for difficult to reach populations?' by R. G. Clark,  'If
information on dead units is obtained in a survey, should it be fed back to
the sampling frame?' by R.G. Clark and D. Hedlin,  'How should one find out
the contributions to the design effect (variance) made by each of the design
components of a complex survey design?' by H. Lee, 'Is it acceptable not to
cover the smallest businesses in a business survey? How should a cut-off be
chosen?' by M. Bee, R. Benedetti, G. Espa and F. Piersimoni  and  'How can
survey estimates of small areas be improved by leveraing social-media data?'
by N. Cressie, S.H. Holan and C.K. Wikle.
The 'Book/Software Review' section contained software review articles: 'Study
of Record Linkage Software for the 2010 Brazilian Census Post Enumeration
Survey' by A.D. da Silva and 'Official Statistics and Survey Methodology Meets
R: An Overview of Corresponding Packages' by M. Templ and V. Todorov, and the
book review articles:   'Statistical Disclosure Control' (A. Hundepool, et
al.) by Natalie Shlomo  and  'Practical Tools for Designing and Weighting
Survey Samples' (R. Valliant, J.A. Dever and F. Kreuter) by G. Griffiths.

To become a member of the International Association of Survey Statisticians
(IASS), you can fill out an application form at:

http://isi.cbs.nl/iass-form.asp

or contact Margaret de Ruiter-Molloy at the International Statistical
Institute at:

m.deruitermolloy<mailto:%20m.deruitermolloy@cbs.nl?subject=IASS%20membership>@cbs.nl


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