NASS Research Reports

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322798: Estimating the Model Variance of a Randomization-Consistent Regression Estimator

Phillip S. Kott and K. R. W. Brewer

322797: Evaluation of Score Functions to Aid in the 2002 Census of Agriculture Review Process

Denise Abreu

322796: ARMS Panel Plus Pilot Study: Results from the 1999-2000 ARMS Panel Plus Pilot Study

Kathleen E. Ott

322795: Overview and Evaluation of AGGIES, an Automated Edit and Imputation System

Kara R Perritt and Todd A. Todaro

322794: Analyzing Questionnaire Editing to Improve Data Quality: Results from the 1996 Agricultural Resource Management Study

Charles Day, Mark Apodaca and Jaki Stanley McCarthy

235091: Women’s Contributions to the Workforce: Are New Measures Needed?

Martha S. Farrar and Fred A. Vogel

235090: Building a Better Delete-a-Group Jackknife for a Calibration Estimator (Like That Based on Data from the ARMS III)

Phillip S. Kott

235089: Using the Delete-a-Group Jackknife Variance Estimator in NASS Surveys

Phillip S. Kott

235088: Using Respondent Requests for Help to Develop Quality Data Collection Instruments: The 2000 Census of Agriculture Content Test

Jaki Stanley McCarthy

235087: Using Respondent Prediction Models to Improve Efficiency of Incentive Allocation

Morgan S. Earp and Jaki S. McCarthy

235086: Technology Advancing Data Collection: Thin Client Computer Assisted Personal Interviewing in the National Agricultural Statistics Service’s 2010 Field Data Collection Program

Michael W. Gerling and Harris

235084: Evaluation of the Aggies Automated Edit and Imputation System

Todd A. Todaro

235078: The Road to Understanding Nonresponse in the June Area Survey

Michael W. Gerling, HoaiNam N. Tran Tran and Terry P. O'Connor

235077: Survey Burden and its Impact on Attitudes Toward the Survey Sponsor

Jaki McCarthy and Daniel G. Beckler

235076: Statistical Aspects of a Census

Carol C. House

235075: Using Multi-Phase Sampling to Limit Respondent Burden Across Agriculture Surveys

Phillip S. Kott and Matthew J. Fetter

235074: Comparison of the Speed of the 2007 Census of Agriculture Donor Search Method Against Five Alternative Techniques

Matthew E. Gregg and Michael Hogye

235073: General Overview of the NASS Objective Yield and Objective Measurement Programs

Denise A. Abreu and Zulma T. Riberas

235072: Comparison of Methods for Updating Census Based Estimates of Number of Farms to Non-Census Years

Michael E. Bellow and Phillip S. Kott

235071: 2007 Classification Error Survey for the United States Census of Agriculture

Denise A. Abreu, Nancy J. Dickey and Jaki S. McCarthy

235069: Methods of Selecting Samples in Multiple Surveys to Reduce Respondent Burden

Charles R. Perry, Jameson C. Burt and William C. Iwig

235056: Redrawing the 1993 Farm Costs and Returns Survey List Frame Sample to Reduce its Overlap with the 1992 FCRS and Three Other Major 1993 Surveys

Charles R. Perry and Jameson C. Burt

235053: Redrawing the 1994 Far, Costs and Returns Survey List Frame Sample to Reduce its Overlap with the 1993 FCRS and Three other Major 1994 Surveys

Charles R. Perry, Jameson C. Burt and William C. Iwig

235046: Pre-Recorded Telephone Messages As An Alternative To Follow-Up Survey Reminder Postcards: The Effectiveness Of Autodialer Software Used During The Pennsylvania County Estimates Survey

Jaki S. McCarthy

235038: Using Nonresponse Propensity Scores to Set Data Collection Procedures for the Quarterly Agricultural Survey

Melissa Mitchell, Kathy Ott and Jaki McCarthy

235035: Item Response Rates for the Agricultural Resource Management Survey III in 2006 and 2007

Darcy Miller and Terry P. O'Connor

235034: National Agricultural Statistics Service: Research and Perspective on the Use of Previously Reported Data During Data Collection

Michael W. Gerling and HoaiNam N. Tran

235033: Adjusting the June Area Survey Estimate of the Number of U.S. Farms for Misclassification and Non-response

Kenneth K. Lopiano, Andrea C. Lamas, Denise A. Abreu, Pam Arroway and Linda J. Young

235032: A Method for Improving List Building: Cluster Profiling

Will Cecere, Denise A. Abreu, Jaki McCarthy and Thomas Jacob

235031: Annual Land Utilization Survey (ALUS): Design and Methodology

Hailin Sang, Pam Arroway, Kenneth K. Lopiano, Denise A. Abreu, Andrea C. Lamas and Linda J. Young

235030: On the Feasibility of Using NASS’s Sampling List Frame to Evaluate Misclassification Errors of the June Area Survey

Denise A. Abreu, Andrea C. Lamas, Hailin Sang, Kenneth K. Lopiano, Pam Arroway and Linda J. Young

235029: Modeling Non-response in National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) Surveys Using Classification Trees

Jaki S. McCarthy, Thomas Jacob and Amanda McCraken

235028: Categorizing Nonresponse Occurring in the 2007 June Area Survey (California, Kansas, New York, Virginia, and Washington)

Michael W. Gerling, HoaiNam N. Tran, Morgan S. Earp and Terry P. O'Connor

235027: Pre-Recorded Telephone Messages As An Alternative To Follow-Up Survey Reminder Postcards II: The Effectiveness Of Automated Telephone Reminder Messages Used During The 2007 Pennsylvania County Estimates Survey

Jaki S. McCarthy

235026: Using Handheld Global Positioning System Receivers for Phase II of the Agricultural Resource Management Survey

Michael W. Gerling

235024: Price Reactions After the Official Release of the NASS Honey Publication

Christopher W. Taylor

234933: Using Previously Reported Cropland Acreage in Data Collection

HoaiNam Tran and Michael W. Gerling

234932: Poisson Sampling, Regression Estimation, and the Delete-a-Group Jackknife

Phillip S. Kott

234931: Supplemental Samples for the 2007 Area Frame: A Design for Estimating Numbers of NML Farms for the 2007 Census of Agriculture

Raj S. Chhikara, Floyd M. Spears, Charles R. Perry and Phillip S. Kott

234930: A New Look into Portable Electronic Devices for Field Data Collection in the National Agricultural Statistics Service

Michael W. Gerling

234929: Revising the Estimation Strategy for the Pesticide Data Program

Phillip S. Kott

234928: Using Personal Digital Assistants for the 2004 Cotton Objective Yield Survey

Kathy Neas, Jubal Molina, Jason Hardegree and Michael W. Gerling

234927: Modeling NML Using the Area Frame Survey

Theodore Chang and Phillip S. Kott

234925: A Comparison of the Long and Short Forms Used in the 2005 Census Content Test

Jaki S. McCarthy

234923: Does Using a Personalized Pre-Survey Letter Improve the Response Rate for the June Agricultural Survey in Louisiana?

Michael W. Gerling, HoaiNam N. Tran, Sammye Crawford, Darcy Miller and Terry P. O'Connor

234919: Combining Correlated Unbiased Estimators of the Mean of a Normal Distribution

T. Keller and Ingram Olkin

234388: “No” Is the Easiest Answer: Using Calibration to Assess Nonignorable Nonresponse in the 2002 Census of Agriculture

Phillip S. Kott

234387: Can Calibration Be Used to Adjust for “Nonignorable” Nonresponse?

Phillip S. Kott and Ted Chang

234386: Field Data Collection Using Geographic Information Systems Technologies and iPads on the USDA’s June Area Frame Survey

Michael Gerling, Linda Lawson, Jillayne Weaber, Alan Dotts, Andrew Vardeman and Eric Wilson

234385: January 2007 Labor Estimates Methodology

Stephen Busselberg