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| Workshop on Cell Phone Numbers and Telephone Surveying in the U.S. Thursday, September 4th, 2008, 9:00am-4:30pm Kaiser Family Foundation, 1330 G Street, NW |
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Speaker(s): List of speakers available on Cell Phone Workshop Agenda This workshop will feature the most up-to-date theory and research relevant to survey research issues involving cellular telephone numbers and usage. The principal goal of the workshop is to address questions such as what are the coverage implications of cellular-only substitution in the United States, what population subgroups are most affected, and what issues should be considered when designing and conducting telephone surveys with cell phone respondents? The workshop is based on the special issue of Public Opinion Quarterly, published in January 2008. The regisration fee for the workshop is $65 for chapter members and $75 for the general public. Workshop registration consists of two steps: 1. Click http://www.dc-aapor.org/rsvpform.php to register. 2. Go to http://www.dc-aapor.org/cpworkshop.php for instructions on submitting payment by check or credit card. |
| Metadata from the Data Collection Point of View Wednesday, September 10th, 2008, 12:30 to 2:00 p.m. Bureau of Labor Statistics Conference Center Room 2 |
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Speaker(s): Daniel Gillman, Information Scientist, U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics The term metadata was first used to name the data generated to describe other data - data about data. The success with that approach led to expanding the term to mean data that describes any object. Surveys produce many kinds of objects (e.g., questionnaires, case contacts, edit specifications, etc.), and each can be described. Those descriptions are statistical metadata. The survey life-cycle is unusual in that metadata from one part of the cycle has an effect on actions in later steps. For example, sampling has an impact on the cost of data collection. Paradata, which is metadata obtained from the data collection process, is included. Unfortunately, using the term paradata rather than metadata has the side-effect of isolating this metadata from other parts of the survey life-cycle in the minds of survey methodologists and analysts. Now, there are many reasons to use paradata to enhance data collection activities only, but paradata may affect other processing, too. Using a fabricated survey, we trace the origin and uses of metadata throughout the survey life-cycle with emphasis and perspective on data collection. The objective is to demonstrate how the data collection process both uses and produces metadata, how metadata produced by one life-cycle step is used in later steps, and how metadata management techniques can greatly increase the usefulness of metadata. This is true for survey processing, survey planning and redesign, and data dissemination. The ultimate goal of the talk is to show how metadata may be used to tie the pieces of a survey together into a coherent whole. The advantages are numerous.
Please RSVP no later than Noon Monday, September 8, so we can get your name added to the BLS Seminar attendance list.
Also you will need to bring a photo ID to the seminar. BLS is located at 2 Massachusetts Avenue, NE. Take the Red Line to Union Station.
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