Special Topic sessions


STS001 Protection of Privacy in Randomized Response Techniques from the Participants' Point of View

Protection of Privacy in Randomized Response Techniques from the Participants' Point of View
Tasos C. Christofides      Abstract      

Unequal Probability Sampling: Analyzing Optional Randomized Response on Qualitative & Quantitative Variables Bearing Social Stigma
Arijit Chaudhuri      Abstract       Paper

A Magical Talk: Estimating at Least Seven Measures of Qualitative Variables from a Single Sample Using Randomized Response Technique
Cheon Sig Lee, Stephen A. Sedory, Sarjinder Singh      Abstract       Paper

A Family of Randomized Response Designs – Efficiency and Privacy Protection
Andreas Quatember      Abstract      

A Review of Regression Procedures for Randomized Response Data, Including Univariate and Multivariate Logistic Regression, the Proportional Odds Model and Item Response Models
Peter van der Heijden, Ardo van den Hout, Laurence Frank, Maarten Cruyff, Ulf Bockenholt      Abstract       Paper


STS002 Performances of Kriging on Several Industrial Case Studies: From Low to High Dimensional Hyperspaces

Performances of Kriging on Several Industrial Case Studies: From Low to High Dimensional Hyperspaces
Celine Helbert, Delphine Dupuy      Abstract      

Sensitivity Analysis Should Go Global
Stefano Tarantola      Abstract       Paper

Should Industrial Uncertainty Analysis Be Bayesian?
Merlin Keller, Eric Parent, Alberto Pasanisi      Abstract       Paper

A Bayesian Solution to Characterizing Uncertainty in Inverse Problems
Shuai Fu, Mathieu Couplet, Nicolas Bousquet      Abstract       Paper

Taming Uncertainty in Financial Forecasting
Michael Cox, Ciaran Browne, Lisa Brown      Abstract      


STS003 Use of Tax Data in Official Statistics – The Canadian Experience

Use of Tax Data in Official Statistics – The Canadian Experience
Gaetan St-Louis, Wesley Yung, Dave LeBlanc      Abstract       Paper

Tax Statistics in South Africa
Deon Breytenbach, Randall Carolissen, Mamiky Leolo, Cristina Da Silva      Abstract       Paper

eIncome Register in Denmark – Advantages and Constraints of Using a Unique New Tax Data Source in Official Statistics
Karin H. Duer      Abstract       Paper

Making Tax Data Count – Uses in Official Statistics and Microdata Research
Michael Slyuzberg, Neil Kelly      Abstract       Paper


STS004 Independent Component Analysis for Dimension Reduction Classification: Hough Transform and Mixture Modeling

Independent Component Analysis for Dimension Reduction Classification: Hough Transform and Mixture Modeling
Asis Kumar Chattopadhyay, Tanuka Chattopadhyay, Tuli Ghosh, Saptarshi Mondal      Abstract      

Subspace Methods for Anomaly Detection in High Dimensional Astronomical Databases
Marc Y.R. Henrion, David J. Hand, Axel Gandy, Daniel J. Mortlock      Abstract       Paper

Topographic Mapping and the visualization and classification of Astronomical Light Curves
Somak Raychaudhury, Nikolaos Gianniotis, Peter Tino      Abstract      

BEAMS: separating the wheat from the chaff in supernova analysis
Martin Kunz, Renee Hlozek, Bruce Bassett      Abstract      

Incorporating Bayesian approaches into modelling astrophysical data
Stefano Andreon, Merrilee Hurn      Abstract      


STS005 Adaptive Group Sequential Three-Arm Trials Including Placebo for Showing Noninferiority of a New Drug

Adaptive Group Sequential Three-Arm Trials Including Placebo for Showing Noninferiority of a New Drug
Guido Knapp, Joachim Hartung      Abstract       Paper

On Recovering Lost Information for Sequentially Estimating by the Sample Mean in a Population
Nitis Mukhopadhyay, Debanjan Bhattacharjee      Abstract       Paper

Functional Change-Point Asymptotics and Applications
Ansgar Steland      Abstract      

Estimation Following Adaptively Randomised Clinical Trials
Steve Coad      Abstract       Paper

Locally Most Powerful Sequential Tests for One-Sided Alternatives Based on Independent Observations
Andrey Novikov, Petr Novikov      Abstract      


STS006 Multivariate Sequential Surveillance

Multivariate Sequential Surveillance
Marianne E. Frisén      Abstract      

Calculating ARL and Other Control Chart Performance Measures – Numerics and Software
Sven Knoth      Abstract      

On Two-Stage Fixed-Width Confidence Interval Procedures for the Mean of a Normal Distribution
Nitis Mukhopadhyay, Bhargab Chattopadhyay      Abstract       Paper

Distributions of Stopping Times in Sequential Analysis
Shelemyahu Zacks      Abstract      

A Partially Sequential Test for Phase-II Monitoring of Location Parameter Based on Right Censored Data
Amitava Mukherjee      Abstract      


STS007 Tourism Statistics in Introductory and Advanced Tourism Courses

Tourism Statistics in Introductory and Advanced Tourism Courses
Joseph T. O'Leary      Abstract       Paper

Tourism Statistics for Users. From Different Educational Backgrounds to Job-Relevant Skills: Hints from the CISET – Ca' Foscari University Master's Experience
Simona Cappi, Silvia Conte, Mara Manente, Federica Montaguti      Abstract      

Exploratory Responses to Challenges in Teaching Tourism Statistics and Tourism Satellite Accounts
Tadayuki (Tad) Hara      Abstract       Paper

Statistics Austria's Experience in Providing Training in Tourism and Travel Statistics
Johanna Ostertag-Sydler, Peter Laimer      Abstract      

Tools for Harmonising Tourism Statistics and Educating Users and Producers in the European Union
Christophe Demunter      Abstract      


STS008 Making Sense of Statistical Studies

Making Sense of Statistical Studies
Roxy Peck      Abstract      

Statistics in the News
Jean-François Plante, Nancy Reid      Abstract      

Interpreting Economic and Social Data
Othmar W. Winkler      Abstract       Paper

Enhancing Statistical Literacy: Multivariate Thinking in Precollege Social Sciences
James R. Nicholson, Jim E. Ridgway, Sean McCusker      Abstract       Paper

Model-Based Rankings, Estimates, Predictions and Classifications in Everyday Life
Milo Schield      Abstract       Paper


STS009 Structured Additive Regression Modelling of Levels and Trends of Fertility in Nigeria: Guiding Tools towards Attaining MDGs

Structured Additive Regression Modelling of Levels and Trends of Fertility in Nigeria: Guiding Tools towards Attaining MDGs
Samson B. Adebayo, Ezra Gayawan      Abstract      

Geoadditive Latent Variable Models of Childhood Diseases: Case Study for Nigeria
Khaled Khatab, Ngianga-Bakwin Kandala      Abstract       Paper

Children Nutritional Status and Low Haemoglobin Level in the Democratic Republic of Congo
Ngianga (Shadrack) II Kandala      Abstract       Paper

A Joint Spatially Correlated Survival Model for Timing of Childbirth and Marriage in South Africa
Samuel O. Manda      Abstract      


STS010 The Tourism Satellite Account: What's the Use?

The Tourism Satellite Account: What's the Use?
Calvin Jones      Abstract       Paper

An Examination of Different Approaches to Measuring Same Day Visits (SDVs) within the Republic of Ireland
James Dalton      Abstract      

Comparison of Different Approaches in Compiling Regional Tourism Satellite Accounts for Austria
Johanna Ostertag-Sydler      Abstract      


STS011 Financial Intermediation Services Indirectly Measured (FISIM) in the CPI

Financial Intermediation Services Indirectly Measured (FISIM) in the CPI
Lewis Conn, Marko Barosevic, Derick Cullen      Abstract       Paper

Seasonal Adjustment of Harmonised Indices of Consumer Prices – Main Findings of an ECB Task Force
Martin Eiglsperger      Abstract       Paper

The Treatment of Owner Occupied Housing in the CPI
Paul J. Crowley      Abstract       Paper

Brazilian Consumer Price Index
Eduardo Pereira Nunes      Abstract      


STS012 Why Country House Price Indices May Differ

Why Country House Price Indices May Differ
Mick Silver      Abstract       Paper

On the Evolution of the House Price Distribution
Takaaki Ohnishi, Takayuki Mizuno, Chihiro Shimizu, Tsutomu Watanabe      Abstract       Paper

Hedonic Imputation with Geospatial Data: An Application of Splines to the Housing Market
Robert J. Hill, Daniel Melser, Bryan Reid      Abstract      

Dutot and Jevons Hedonic House Price Indexes: Functional Forms and Methods
Esmeralda A. Ramalho, Joaquim J.S. Ramalho      Abstract      


STS013 VSS – Tip of the Iceberg

VSS – Tip of the Iceberg
Willem F. de Vries      Abstract      

The Management of ICT and the VSS
Hermann Habermann      Abstract      

The Virtual Statistical System as Training and Communication Tool in Africa – It's Application in Africa
Oliver J.M. Chinganya      Abstract       Paper

The Virtual Statistical System as a Knowledge Organising Tool in a National Statistical Office
Grace Bediako      Abstract      


STS014 Dancing in the Dark: Non-Parameteric Dark Energy Degeneracies with Cosmological Parameters

Dancing in the Dark: Non-Parameteric Dark Energy Degeneracies with Cosmological Parameters
Renée Hlozek, Marina Cortes, Chris Clarkson, Bruce Bassett      Abstract      

Study of Stellar Initial Mass Function through Markov Chain Monte Carlo Simulation
Tanuka Chattopadhyay, Asis Kumar Chattopadhyay, Abisa Sinha      Abstract      

Non-parametirc reconstruction of expansion history of the Universe
Arman Shafieloo, Tim Clifton, Pedro Ferreira      Abstract       Paper

To Infinity and beyond: Dealing with Unknown Unknowns in Cosmological Data
Thomas D. Kitching, Andy N. Taylor      Abstract      


STS015 Developmental Sustainability:Meeting Georgian Millenium Development Goals

Developmental Sustainability:Meeting Georgian Millenium Development Goals
Fritz Scheuren, Miranda Berishvili      Abstract       Paper

Integrating Sectoral Statistics into the National System – The Agriculture Proposal
Frederic A. Vogel, Misha Belkindas      Abstract       Paper

Complementarity of Best Practices as the Stimulus of Capacity Building of NSI's
Jozef Olenski      Abstract       Paper


STS016 Price Levels and Economic Growth: Making Sense of Revisions to Data on Real Incomes

Price Levels and Economic Growth: Making Sense of Revisions to Data on Real Incomes
Martin Ravallion      Abstract       Paper

International Relative Price Levels: An Empirical Analysis
Charles P. Thomas, Jaime Marquez, James Coonan, Corinne Land      Abstract       Paper

Extrapolation of PPPs over Time Using CPIs: Methods and Interpretation
Luigi Biggeri, Tiziana Laureti      Abstract       Paper

Interim PPP Updates: Experience Gained from the 2009 Asian and African Comparisons
Yuri Dikhanov      Abstract      


STS017 Standardisation of Methods and Integration in the European Statistical System

Standardisation of Methods and Integration in the European Statistical System
Katalin Szép, Ildikό Szücs, Wim Kloek      Abstract       Paper

Standardised Approaches – A Driver of Efficiency
Stephen Penneck      Abstract       Paper

Laying the Foundation for Standardisation in the European Statistical System
Raoul Depoutot      Abstract       Paper

The Use of International Statistical Standards
Ricardo Rodriguez Lopez      Abstract       Paper


STS018 Immigration, Labour Market and Welfare State: Different Articulations in Europe and the Case of Southern Countries

Immigration, Labour Market and Welfare State: Different Articulations in Europe and the Case of Southern Countries
Miguel Laparra      Abstract       Paper

Mainstreaming Migration Statistics
Bettina Knauth      Abstract       Paper

Methodological Issues in Surveying Migration across EU Countries
Vijay Verma, Gianni Betti      Abstract       Paper

Use of Survey Rotation Patterns in the Estimation of Population Flows: An Application to International Migration to/from Mexico
Victor A. Bustos, Sara Mera      Abstract      

Statistical Modelling of International Migration Flows
Jakub Bijak, Nico Keilman, Solveig Christiansen, Rob van der Erf, Joop de Beer      Abstract       Paper


STS019 Geostatistics: The Global Perspective

Geostatistics: The Global Perspective
Lars H. Backer      Abstract       Paper

Opportunities and Challenges of Grid-Based Statistics
Marja Tammilehto-Luode      Abstract       Paper

Use of Commuting Data for Functional Urban Areas – Example of Local Data Integration
Sandra Di Biaggio, Marjan van Herwijnen, Didier Peeters      Abstract       Paper

Using Laplace Approximations To Estimate the Variogram Robustly by (Restricted) Maximum Likelihood
Hans R. Künsch, Andreas Papritz, Cornelia Schwierz, Werner A. Stahel      Abstract       Paper

Enhancing Use of Geographic Statistics through Visualisation – The Danish Experience
Lars Thygesen, Jarl Quitzau      Abstract       Paper

The Benefits of Visualization – How To Explore a Municipality
Marie Haldorson      Abstract       Paper


STS020 Rising Demands in the Era of Shrinking Budgets

Rising Demands in the Era of Shrinking Budgets
Misha V. Belkindas      Abstract       Paper

The European Statistical System's Experience in Dealing with Financial Crisis and Its Implications for Statistical Cooperation
Pieter Everaers, Roberto Barcellan, James Whitworth, M.J. Santos      Abstract      

Statistical Cooperation after the Financial Crisis: Rwanda's Perspective and Experience
Diane Karusisi      Abstract      

Funding Statistical Development: Obstacles, Challenges, and Solutions
Eric Bensel      Abstract       Paper


STS021 Tools for Communicating on New Challenges for Official Statistics Measuring Progress, Well Being and Quality of Life: Challenges for Communicating Official Statistics

Tools for Communicating on New Challenges for Official Statistics Measuring Progress, Well Being and Quality of Life: Challenges for Communicating Official Statistics
Pieter Everaers      Abstract      

Measuring Progress in the UK: From Round-Table to Forum to National Debate
Paul V. Allin      Abstract      

Tools for Communicating on New Challenges in Official Statistics: Examples from Bulgaria
Mariana Kotzeva      Abstract      

Measuring Well-Being in Germany – Communication Strategy To Raise the Awareness of Our Statistical Expertise
Sibylle von Oppeln-Bronikowski      Abstract       Paper


STS022 Derived Classifications for Industrial Performance Indicators

Derived Classifications for Industrial Performance Indicators
Shyam Upadhyaya      Abstract       Paper

Economic and Financial Indicators for Multilateral Surveillance
Werner Bier      Abstract       Paper

Statistical Indicators for Europe 2020: Development and Use
Ales Capek, Pieter Everaers      Abstract       Paper

Statistical Story Telling
Symon Algera      Abstract       Paper


STS023 The Role of EU Sustainable Development Indicators – Reflection before Rio+20

The Role of EU Sustainable Development Indicators – Reflection before Rio+20
Viktoria J. Bolla      Abstract      

Sustainable Development Indicators: The Austrian Approach
Ingeborg Fiala      Abstract       Paper

Indicators for Measuring and Fostering Sustainable Development: Fifth Belgian Federal Report on Sustainable Development-2009
Natacha Zuinen      Abstract      

Conceptualisation of the Global Dimension of Sustainable Development
Jana Wachtl, Anne Boesch      Abstract      


STS024 Romanian Official Statistical Approach and Practice to Quality Assurance Framework

Romanian Official Statistical Approach and Practice to Quality Assurance Framework
Vergil Voineagu, Ilie Dumitrescu, Daniela Stefanescu, Gabriela Popa      Abstract       Paper

Assuring Quality in the Statistics Production of Statistics Sweden
Eva Elvers      Abstract       Paper

Quality Management at the Office for National Statistics (UK)
Ceri Regan, John-Mark Frost, Jennet Woolford      Abstract       Paper

Quality Evaluation of Employment Status in Register-Based Census
Johan Fosen, Li-Chun Zhang      Abstract       Paper


STS025 Electronically Observed Data and Official Statistics

Electronically Observed Data and Official Statistics
Svein Nordbotten      Abstract       Paper

What You Need Is What You Know: Policy Drivers for the Use of Internet-Based Statistics
Joost van der Vleuten      Abstract      

Quality of Internet-Based Statistics: Comparative Study on Media Use Measurement
Yong Chan Jung      Abstract      

The Feasibility of Producing Relevant Indicators about the Information Society Using Internet Traffic Flows as a Data Source
Lucilla Sioli, Stefano Abruzzini      Abstract      


STS026 Implementing the Stiglitz Report's Recommendations: The Insee Eurostat Sponsorship Proposals – Following the Publication of the Stiglitz-Sen-Fitoussi (SSF) Report, One of the Task Forces Set up Was To Consider How These Recommendations Concerning Quality of Life (QoL) Could Be Implemented. The Stiglitz Commission Identified Its Key Conceptual Dimensions and Highlighted the Need To Improve Measures of QoL, Especially Those Relating to Social Connections, Polical Voice and Insecurity. Last September, the Sofia Memorandum Recognised That the European Survey on Income and Living Conditions (EU-SILC) Should Be Developed as a Core Instrument and Be Complemented by Other European Statistical System (ESS) Data Sources When Necessary

Implementing the Stiglitz Report's Recommendations: The Insee Eurostat Sponsorship Proposals – Following the Publication of the Stiglitz-Sen-Fitoussi (SSF) Report, One of the Task Forces Set up Was To Consider How These Recommendations Concerning Quality of Life (QoL) Could Be Implemented. The Stiglitz Commission Identified Its Key Conceptual Dimensions and Highlighted the Need To Improve Measures of QoL, Especially Those Relating to Social Connections, Polical Voice and Insecurity. Last September, the Sofia Memorandum Recognised That the European Survey on Income and Living Conditions (EU-SILC) Should Be Developed as a Core Instrument and Be Complemented by Other European Statistical System (ESS) Data Sources When Necessary
Claire Plateau      Abstract      

Making Happiness Count: Four Myths about Subjective Measures of Well-Being
Conal H.L. Smith      Abstract       Paper

“Good Life Time” (GLT): Health, Income, and the Time to Enjoy Them, New Indicators of Social Progress
Michael Wolfson, Geoff Rowe      Abstract      

Measurement of Quality of Life in the European Context: Approaches and Challenges
Aura Leulescu, Jean-Louis Mercy, Fabienne Montaigne, Pascal Wolff      Abstract       Paper


STS028 Sir Thomas Larcom – The Social Surveyor

Sir Thomas Larcom – The Social Surveyor
Thomas P. Linehan      Abstract       Paper

The Paradoxical Mr. Edgeworth
Stephen M. Stigler      Abstract       Paper

William Sealy Gosset – An Inspiring “Student”
Philip J. Boland      Abstract       Paper

Roy Geary: Innovator in Official Statistics and Econometrics
Colm Harmon, Denis Conniffe      Abstract      


STS029 The 2010 Brazilian Population Census: Innovations and Impacts in Data Collection

The 2010 Brazilian Population Census: Innovations and Impacts in Data Collection
Zélia M. Bianchini      Abstract       Paper

Thailand Experience in Multi-Modal Data Capturing for Population and Housing Census 2010
Malee Wongsaroje      Abstract       Paper

Census Data Capture in the 2010 Population and Housing Censuses: The Indonesian Case
Indra Cahyono, Michael J. Levin      Abstract       Paper

Challenges in Census Data Processing Using Contemporary Technologies: The Case of Malawi
Angela Msosa      Abstract       Paper

Data Capture Issues in the 2010 Round of Population Censuses: The Case of Kenya
Collins O. Opiyo, Samuel Kipruto      Abstract      


STS030 How To Monitor and Improve Seasonal Adjustment Quality – Statistics Canada's Practical Experience

How To Monitor and Improve Seasonal Adjustment Quality – Statistics Canada's Practical Experience
Susie Fortier, Benoit Quenneville, Claude Julien      Abstract      

Applying and Interpreting Model-Based Seasonal Adjustment. The Euro-Area Industrial Production Series
Agustin Maravall, Bernardi Cabrer, Jose M. Pavia      Abstract       Paper

The Role of Outlier Detection and Replacement in Practical Seasonal Adjustment
Robert Kirchner, Jens Mehrhoff      Abstract       Paper

Trading-Day Adjustment as a Practical Problem
Dominique Ladiray, Ketty Attal-Toubert      Abstract       Paper

Extension of X-12-ARIMA to Seasonally Adjust Mixed Frequency Stock and Flow Time Series
Tucker S. McElroy, Brian C. Monsell      Abstract       Paper


STS031 Statistical Multiscale Analysis and Biophotonic Imaging

Statistical Multiscale Analysis and Biophotonic Imaging
Axel Munk, Kaus Frick, Phillip Marnitz, Alexander Egner, Andreas Schoenle      Abstract      

A Gradient Field Approach to Modelling Fibre-Generated Spatial Point Processes
Bryony Hill, Wilfrid S. Kendall, Elke Thoennes      Abstract       Paper

An Analysis of Spatial Patterns of PET-FDG Uptake in Human Sarcoma
Finbarr O'Sullivan, Eric Wolsztynski, Janet N. O'Sullivan, Todd Richards, Ernest C. Conrad, Janet F. Eary      Abstract       Paper


STS032 Issues with Measures of Disclosure Risk

Issues with Measures of Disclosure Risk
Joe Fred Gonzalez      Abstract      

Disclosure Risk and Data Quality
Lawrence Cox      Abstract       Paper

Individual Disclosure Risk Measures Based on Log-Linear Model
Daniela Ichim      Abstract       Paper

Formalizing the Selection of Key Variables in Disclosure Risk Scenarios
Mark Elliot      Abstract       Paper


STS033 To Scobit or not to Scobit: the Potentials of Scobit Models in Marketing Research

To Scobit or not to Scobit: the Potentials of Scobit Models in Marketing Research
Christelle Garrouste      Abstract      

Modelling Individual Heterogeneity in Ordered Choice Models: The Anchoring Vignettes Approach
Omar Paccagnella      Abstract      

Profiling Financial Asset Holders across Europe
Roberta Varriale, Omar Paccagnella      Abstract      

Analyzing Experimental Market Research Data by Multilevel Latent Class Models
José G. Dias      Abstract      


STS034 Attitudes toward Statistics: The Effort of Learning

Attitudes toward Statistics: The Effort of Learning
Nel Verhoeven      Abstract       Paper

A Meta-Analysis on Students' Attitudes toward Statistics
Esma Emmioglu, Yesim Capa-Aydin      Abstract       Paper

Changes in U.S. Students' Attitudes toward Statistics across Introductory Statistics Courses
Candace Schau      Abstract       Paper

The Development of Students' Subject Attitudes When Taking a Statistics Course
Dirk Tempelaar, Sybrand Schim van der Loeff      Abstract       Paper


STS035 Do We Halo or Form? A Bayesian Mixture Model for Customer Satisfaction Data

Do We Halo or Form? A Bayesian Mixture Model for Customer Satisfaction Data
Joachim Bueschken, Thomas Otter, Greg M. Allenby      Abstract      

An Analysis of Multi-Category/Brand Purchase Behavior with Hierarchical Bayes Multivariate Poisson Autoregressive Models
Kei Miyazaki      Abstract       Paper

The Optimal Design of Choice Experiments That Incorporate Ties
Stephen Bush      Abstract       Paper

A Nonparametric Model of Attribute Based Inter-Product Competition
Sudhir Voleti, Pulak Ghosh, Praveen Kopalle      Abstract      

Dynamic Bayesian Models for Continuous Proportions
Helio S. Migon, Cibele Q. daSilva, Joao B. Pereira      Abstract      

Hierarchical Dynamic Models To Study the Role of Customer Attitudes in CRM Activities
Nalini Ravishanker, Rajkumar Venkatesan, Werner Reinertz      Abstract      


STS036 Statistics and Democracy: Friend and Foe

Statistics and Democracy: Friend and Foe
Robert C. Luskin      Abstract      

Statistics for the People? The Role of Official Statistics in the Democratic Debate
Rob Bumpstead, Layla Boulaich      Abstract       Paper

European Statistics: People Count
Walter Radermacher      Abstract       Paper

Deliberative Democracy and Random Sampling
James S. Fishkin      Abstract      


STS037 Innovations in the Post-Enumeration Survey in Australia

Innovations in the Post-Enumeration Survey in Australia
Jill Charker      Abstract       Paper

2010 Brazilian Census Post Enumeration Survey
Andrea Diniz Da Silva      Abstract       Paper

The Post Enumeration Survey of the 2010 Census, an Experience of Indonesia
Anna Triana Falentina      Abstract       Paper

Methods of Coverage Assessment and Adjustment in the UK 2011 Census of the Population
Alan Taylor, Owen Abbott, Christins Sexton, Mark Baillie, James Brown      Abstract       Paper


STS038 Measuring Societal Well-Being: The Value of Diary Data

Measuring Societal Well-Being: The Value of Diary Data
Kimberly Fisher      Abstract      

Money and Time Transfers within European Families
Elsa Fontainha      Abstract      

Empowerment among Women and Malnutrition among Children: Which Role for Time Use Data?
Cecilia Tinonin      Abstract      

Does Being Well-Off Make Us Happier? Problems of Measurement
Jiri Zuzanek      Abstract      

The Contribution of Co-Presence to 'Unhappy' Time
Roger Patulny, Kimberly Fisher      Abstract      

Water Quality Assessment in Nigeria: Statistical Perpective
     


STS039 Work Pattern of Jordanian Women, Women in Informal Work & Home Based Entrepreneurship

Work Pattern of Jordanian Women, Women in Informal Work & Home Based Entrepreneurship
Manal George Sweidan      Abstract       Paper

Women's Labor in Iraq: Facts & Figures
Mahdi M. Alalak      Abstract       Paper

Omani Women in the Labor Force: Facts and Challenges
Sawsan Dawood Al-Lawati      Abstract       Paper

Women labor Status in the Palestinian Territory
Jawad Al-Saleh      Abstract       Paper

Determinants of Women Labor Force Participation in Morocco
Mohamed Taamouti      Abstract       Paper


STS040 Nonparametric Estimation of a Heavy-Tailed Density

Nonparametric Estimation of a Heavy-Tailed Density
Natalia M. Markovich      Abstract       Paper

Spectral Density Ratio Models for Multivariate Extremes
Miguel de Carvalho, Anthony C. Davison      Abstract       Paper

Maximum Likelihood Estimators in a Statistical Model of Natural Catastrophe Claims with Trend
Alexander G. Kukush      Abstract       Paper

On a New Class of the Tail Index Estimators Adapted to the High Frequency Financial Data
Vygantas Paulauskas      Abstract       Paper

Small Sample Estimation and Testing for Heavy Tails
Milan Stehlík      Abstract       Paper

Right Endpoint of a Distribution in Gumbel Domain of Attraction – Statistical Inference
Isabel Fraga Alves, Laurens de Haan, Cláudia Neves      Abstract       Paper


STS041 Shewhart-Type Q Charts for the Exponential Distribution

Shewhart-Type Q Charts for the Exponential Distribution
Schalk Human, Subha Chakraborti      Abstract      

The Max-CUSUM Chart
Keoagile Thaga, Smily Cheng      Abstract       Paper

Monitoring Location: A Nonparametric Control Chart Based on the Signed-Rank Statistic
Marien A. Graham, Subhabrata Chakraborti, Schalk W. Human      Abstract       Paper


STS042 Spatial Association of Bovine TB in Wildlife Badgers (Meles Meles) and Cattle

Spatial Association of Bovine TB in Wildlife Badgers (Meles Meles) and Cattle
Gabrielle E. Kelly      Abstract       Paper

The Impacts of Badger Culling on Cattle TB Incidence: During Culling and after Culling Has Ceased
Christl A. Donnelly, Helen E. Jenkins, Rosie Woodroffe      Abstract      

Tuberculous Lesions and Bite Wounds in Badgers: Implications for the Transmission of Mycobacterium bovis
Helen E. Jenkins, W.I. Morrison, D.R. Cox, R.J. Delahay, C.A. Donnelly, W.T. Johnston, F.J. Bourne, C. Cheeseman, R.S. Clifton-Hadley, G. Gettinby, J.P. McInerney, G. Watkins, R. Woodroffe      Abstract      


STS043 Global Adult Tobacco Surveillance

Global Adult Tobacco Surveillance
Samira Asma, Krishna Palipudi      Abstract      

Global Adult Tobacco Survey (GATS) in Brazil
Eduardo Nuñes      Abstract      

Global Adult Tobacco Survey (GATS) in Russian Federation
Tatiana Konik      Abstract      

Global Adult Tobacco Survey (GATS) in India
Sulabha Parasuraman      Abstract      

Global Adult Tobacco Survey (GATS) China 2010 Country Report
Gonghuan Yang, Jason Hsia      Abstract       Paper


STS044 Implementing Standardised Systems, Processes, Tools and Methods with the ONS Design Charter

Implementing Standardised Systems, Processes, Tools and Methods with the ONS Design Charter
Hannah K. Finselbach      Abstract       Paper

The Integration of Statistical Processes through IT Support, Methodological Support and Standards Development
Marlize Pistorius, Jairo Arrow      Abstract       Paper

Methodological Infrastructure from the National and International Perspectives
Geoff Lee, Frank Yu      Abstract       Paper

Standard Process Steps Based on Standard Methods as Part of the Business Architecture
Astrea Camstra, Robbert H. Renssen      Abstract       Paper

Industrialisation of Statistical Processes, Methods, and Technologies
Lisa Apted, Philip Carruthers, Geoff Lee, Daniel Oehm, Frank Yu      Abstract       Paper


STS045 Statistical Properties of Equal-Weights Estimators of Composite Quality-of-Life Indices

Statistical Properties of Equal-Weights Estimators of Composite Quality-of-Life Indices
Kenneth C. Land, Michael R. Hagerty      Abstract      

Composite indicators of well-being: the relative importance of weights
Stefano Tarantola, Elena Giachin Ricca      Abstract       Paper

Constructing Composite Indicator of Wellbeing for Chinese People
Zhanjun Xing, Lei Chu      Abstract       Paper

Visual Aggregation of a Sustainable Development Indicators System (MONET)
Anne Boesch      Abstract       Paper

The Weighting Issues in Composite Indicators: The Experience of the Index of Economic Well-Being
Andrew Sharpe      Abstract      


STS046 On-Line Access of Micro Data at the Australian Bureau of Statistics – Challenges and Future Directions

On-Line Access of Micro Data at the Australian Bureau of Statistics – Challenges and Future Directions
Siu-Ming Tam      Abstract       Paper

The Current Stage of the Microdata Analysis System at the U.S. Census Bureau
Jason Lucero, Laura Zayatz, Lisa Singh, Jiashen You, Michael DePersio, Michael Freiman      Abstract       Paper

Real Time Remote Access at Statistics Canada: Development, Challenges and Issues
Michelle Simard      Abstract       Paper

A Real-Time Online System for Analyzing Restricted Data from the U.S. National Center for Health Statistics' National Health Interview Survey
Jane F. Gentleman      Abstract       Paper


STS047 Convergence of Posterior Distributions in Infinite Dimension – A Decade of Success Stories

Convergence of Posterior Distributions in Infinite Dimension – A Decade of Success Stories
Subhashis Ghosal      Abstract      

A General Bernstein - von Mises Theorem for Finite Dimensional Functionals of the Parameter
Judith N. Rousseau      Abstract      

Bayesian Asymptotics with Misspecified Models
Stephen G. Walker, Pierpaolo De Blasi      Abstract      

Density Regression with Gaussian Process Priors
Surya T. Tokdar      Abstract      

Consistency of Discrete Nonparametric Priors for Continuous Data
Pierpaolo De Blasi, Antonio Lijoi, Igor Pruenster      Abstract       Paper


STS048 Uses of Parametric Modelling of Income and Direct Estimates of Aggregate Income Indicators from EU-SILC Data and the Derived Synthetic Dataset AMELIA with Focus on the Generalized Beta Distribution of the Second Kind (GB2). Derivation of Design-Based Estimation

Uses of Parametric Modelling of Income and Direct Estimates of Aggregate Income Indicators from EU-SILC Data and the Derived Synthetic Dataset AMELIA with Focus on the Generalized Beta Distribution of the Second Kind (GB2). Derivation of Design-Based Estimation
Monique Graf, Desislava Nedyalkova      Abstract      

Robust Semi-Parametric Estimation of Social Cohesion and Poverty Indicators
Matthias Templ, Andreas Alfons, Peter Filzmoser      Abstract      

Variance Estimation for Indicators of Social Cohesion
Ralf T. Münnich, Stefan Zins      Abstract       Paper

Small Area Estimation for Poverty Indicators under Outlier Contamination
Risto Lehtonen, Ari Veijanen      Abstract      

Robust Multivariate Methods for Income Data
Beat Hulliger, Tobias Schoch      Abstract       Paper


STS050 Research on the Quality of Registers To Make Data Decisions in the Dutch Virtual Census

Research on the Quality of Registers To Make Data Decisions in the Dutch Virtual Census
Eric Schulte Nordholt, Saskia Ossen, Piet Daas      Abstract      

Quality Measurement of Administrative Data – Methods and Results for the Register-Based Census in Austria
Christopher Berka, Stefan Humer, Manuela Lenk, Mathias Moser, Henrik Rechta, Eliane Schwerer      Abstract       Paper

Building av Maintaining Quality in Register Populations
Coen Hendriks, Johan Amberg      Abstract       Paper

Administrative Data Use in a Traditional Census
David Dolson      Abstract       Paper


STS051 Quality Assurance Framework in the Hungarian Central Statistical Office

Quality Assurance Framework in the Hungarian Central Statistical Office
Kornélia Mag, Erika Földesi, Katalin Szép, Judit Vigh      Abstract       Paper

Implementing Standard Quality Indicators of MERCOSUR at the NSI of Uruguay
Lucía Pérez      Abstract       Paper

Quality Assessment of Statistical Processes and Products at SORS
Rudi Seljak      Abstract       Paper

Certifying the Quality and Information Security Management Systems of the NSO According to the International Standards ISO 9001, ISO 20252 and ISO 27001
Federico Segui      Abstract       Paper

Recent developments in Istat quality control activity
Giovanna Brancato      Abstract      


STS052 Confidence Sets Based on Penalized Maximum Likelihood Estimators

Confidence Sets Based on Penalized Maximum Likelihood Estimators
Ulrike Schneider, Benedikt M. Poetscher      Abstract      

Confidence Intervals in Regression That Utilize Uncertain Prior Information
Paul Kabaila      Abstract      

Inference after Variable Selection Using Restricted Permutation Methods
Rui Wang, Stephen W. Lagakos      Abstract       Paper

Shrinkage Estimation of a Univariate Normal Mean
Hannes Leeb, Adityanand Guntuboyina      Abstract      

Adaptive Estimation for High Dimensional Regression Based on Model Selection
Yuhong Yang      Abstract      


STS053 National and International Statistics: Differences and Similarites

National and International Statistics: Differences and Similarites
Hermann Habermann      Abstract      

Measuring the Progress of Societies: The Role of International Statistics and International Statisticians
Enrico Giovannini      Abstract      

Promoting the Development of International Statistics: Standards and Priorities
Angela Me      Abstract      

Aspirations, Opportunities and Challenges of Working in International Statistics: Views of a Younger Statistician
Elisa Benes      Abstract      


STS054 Space-Time Dynamic Factor Analysis for Speciated Particulate Matter

Space-Time Dynamic Factor Analysis for Speciated Particulate Matter
Esther Salazar, Montse Fuentes      Abstract      

The Predictive Spatial Dirichlet Process with Application to Downscaling
Veronica J. Berrocal, Sudipto Banerjee, Alan E. Gelfand      Abstract      

Computationally Feasible Hierarchical Modeling Strategies for Large Spatial Datasets
Sudipto Banerjee, Andrew O. Finley      Abstract      

Spatio-Temporal Models for a Satellite Derived Chlorophyll Index
Petrutza C. Caragea, Jeganathan Chockalingam, Peter Atkinson, Wendy Meiring, Jadu Dash      Abstract      


STS055 World Markets and Local Markets: Using Integrated Employer-Employee Data for the Unites States To Study the Effects of Globalization on Local Labor Markets

World Markets and Local Markets: Using Integrated Employer-Employee Data for the Unites States To Study the Effects of Globalization on Local Labor Markets
John M. Abowd, Kevin L. McKinney, Lars Vilhuber      Abstract      

International Trade and Employment: Analyzing the Socio-Economic Consequences of Globalization Using Linked Employer-Employee Data
Fabienne Fortanier, Sandra Genee, Marjolein Korvorst      Abstract      

Impacts of International Sourcing – Experiences from an European Project on Micro Data Linking
Peter B. Nielsen, Samuli Rikama, Johanna Sisto, Zuzanna Tilewska      Abstract       Paper

The Role of Administrative Data in New Zealand's Household Labour Force Survey
Chris M.H. Hansen      Abstract       Paper


STS057 Agreeing To Disagree: Graphics for Comparing Expert Classifications

Agreeing To Disagree: Graphics for Comparing Expert Classifications
Antony Unwin      Abstract       Paper

Improving Data Visualisation Using a New Flexible Dendrogram Seriation Algorithm
Denise Earle, Catherine Hurley      Abstract       Paper

Matrix Visualization: Approaching Statistics and Statistical Approach
Chun-houh Chen      Abstract      

Visual Clustering of High-Dimensional Data by Navigating Low-Dimensional Spaces
Wayne Oldford, Adrian Waddell      Abstract       Paper

tourr: An R Package for Exploring Multivariate Data with Projections
Hadley Wickham, Dianne Cook, Heike Hofmann, Andreas Buja      Abstract      


STS058 A General Algorithm for Univariate Stratification

A General Algorithm for Univariate Stratification
Sophie Baillargeon, Louis-Paul Rivest      Abstract      

Indirect Sampling Applied to Skewed Populations
Pierre Lavallée, Sébastien Labelle-Blanchet      Abstract      

Computational Methods for Optimum Stratification: A Review
Sebnem Er      Abstract       Paper

On Estimating Quantiles Using Auxiliary Information
Yves G. Berger, Juan F. Muñoz      Abstract       Paper

Geometric Stratification Revisited
Jane M. Horgan      Abstract       Paper


STS059 R Commander and Plugins

R Commander and Plugins
John D. Fox      Abstract       Paper

Applied Econometrics with R
Achim Zeileis, Christian Kleiber      Abstract      

Essential 3rd World Epidemiology with R
Virasakdi Chongsuvivatwong, Edward McNeil      Abstract      

Visualization in the Statistics Course
Deborah Nolan, Jamis Perrett, Duncan Temple Lang      Abstract      

R at the Introductory Level
Peter Dalgaard      Abstract      


STS060 Macro from Micro: New Horizons for Financial Statistics

Macro from Micro: New Horizons for Financial Statistics
Francis J. Gross      Abstract      

Securities Holdings Statistics in Germany: A Flexible Multi-Dimensional Approach for User-Targeted Data Provision
Matthias Schrape      Abstract       Paper

Promoting Enhanced Responsiveness to Users' Data Needs – Banco de Portugal's Experience in Exploring the Statistical Potential of Micro-Databases
Ana de Almeida, Luis d'Aguiar, Paula Casimiro      Abstract       Paper

Use of Credit Registers for Financial and External Statistics in Lithuania
Rimantas J. Vaicenavicius      Abstract       Paper

Guidelines for a Flexible and Resilient Statistical System: The Architecture of the New Portuguese bop/iip System
Carla Sofia Marques      Abstract       Paper

Collecting Micro Data from MFIs for Frequent User Demands
Kimmo Koskinen      Abstract       Paper

Measuring the Access To Finance of Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises across the Euro Area through a Flexible Survey
Sébastien Perez-Duarte      Abstract       Paper

Can We Employ Time Use Survey Data To Forecast Fluctuations in Macroeconomic Aggregates?
Adrian G. de la Garza      Abstract      

The Forward-Looking Nature of Relative-Price Changes
Cevriye Aysoy, Semih Tumen      Abstract      


STS061 Financial Investment and Financing in a From-Whom-to-Whom Framework

Financial Investment and Financing in a From-Whom-to-Whom Framework
Reimund Mink      Abstract       Paper

Measurement of Household Risk with the Survey of Household Finances
Rodrigo Cifuentes, Carlos Madeira, Felipe Martínez, Rubén Poblete      Abstract       Paper

Speculator Identification: A Microstructure Approach
Ben Z. Schreiber      Abstract       Paper

Insurance Companies and Pension Funds: Assessing the Dynamics of Their Assets and Liabilities
Filipa Lima, Paulo David      Abstract       Paper

Non-Bank Financial Institutional Investment Behaviour in the South African Market
Nombulelo Gumata, Nonhlanhla Nhlapo      Abstract       Paper

Investors' Attitude towards Risk in Periods of High Market Volatility
Lígia M. Nunes      Abstract       Paper


STS062 Lessons Drawn from Our Neighbor

Lessons Drawn from Our Neighbor
Qizheng Mao      Abstract       Paper

Expansion of Inter-Sectoral Flow of Funds and Compiling Inter-Sectoral Investment Risk Data
Satoru Hagino, Itofumi Takeuchi      Abstract       Paper

“Agile” Estimates of Private Capital Flows
Lydia Lydia Troshina      Abstract       Paper


STS063 Analysis, Modeling and Spatio-Temporal Prediction of Avalanches Using Support Vector Machines

Analysis, Modeling and Spatio-Temporal Prediction of Avalanches Using Support Vector Machines
Giona Matasci, Mikhail Kanevski, Alexei Pozdnoukhov      Abstract       Paper

Application of Hierachical Bayeasian Modelling to Long Term Avalanche Forecasting
Nicolas Eckert      Abstract       Paper

On Probabilities of Avalanches Triggered by Alpine Skiers. An Empirically Driven Decision Strategy for Backcountry Skiers Based on These Probabilities
Christian Pfeifer      Abstract       Paper

Assessing Snow Avalanche Risk in the Alpin zone
Orietta Nicolis, Renato Assunção      Abstract       Paper


STS064 Profiling the Elderly: Understanding Recent Trends in Acceleration of African Population Ageing

Profiling the Elderly: Understanding Recent Trends in Acceleration of African Population Ageing
Henry V. Doctor      Abstract       Paper

Religious variation in completed fertility in sub-Saharan Africa
Ivy A. Kodzi      Abstract      

Fertility Transition in Sub-Saharan Africa: The Role of Modernization and Family Planning
William Muhwava, Martin E. Palamuleni      Abstract      

Household and Family Structure in Africa: Trends and Patterns
Latifat Ibisomi, Clifford Odimegwu, Nicole de Wet      Abstract      

Child Mortality and Health in Africa
Collins O. Opiyo, Vincent Otieno, Michael J. Levin      Abstract      

Trends, Patterns and Implication of Living Arrangment in Africa
Esther W. Dungumaro, Maurice C.Y. Mbago      Abstract      

Orphaned Children in Africa: What Can We Learn from Census Data?
Abdramane B. Soura, Bruno Masquelier      Abstract      

Estimates and Correlates of Maternal Mortality in Africa: a focus on Kenya and Mozambique
Nelago I. Indongo, Kefiloe Matsiteng      Abstract      


STS065 The Future of Access to European Confidential Data for Scientific Purpose

The Future of Access to European Confidential Data for Scientific Purpose
Jean-Marc Museux      Abstract      

Towards a European Distributed Remote Access: Main Issues and Future Challenges
Paola Tubaro      Abstract      

IPUMS-International; Free, Worldwide Microdata Access Now for Censuses of 60 Countries, 80 by 2015
Robert McCaa, Steven Ruggles, Matthew Sobek      Abstract       Paper

Morpheus – An Innovative Approach to Remote Data Access
Julia Höninger      Abstract       Paper


STS066 When “Face to Face” Matters: Do Italian FDI in Business Services “Follow” FDI in Manufacturing?

When “Face to Face” Matters: Do Italian FDI in Business Services “Follow” FDI in Manufacturing?
Massimo Armenise, Ilaria Cingottini, Giorgia Giovannetti, Margherita Velucchi      Abstract       Paper

Business Demography – A Way To Measure Entrepreneurial Performance
Aleksandra Stawinska      Abstract       Paper

Total Factor Productivity Gap between Internationalized and Domestic Firms: Net Premium or Heterogeneity Effect?
Maria R. Ferrante, Maria Freo      Abstract       Paper

Industry Profiles and Economic Performance. A Firm-Data Based Study for Italian Industries
Leopoldo Nascia, Alessandro Zeli, Matilde Bini      Abstract       Paper

Official Firm Data – New Options for Analysing Firm Data on Micro Level
Anja Malchin, Julia Höninger      Abstract       Paper


STS067 Impact of Poverty on Women's Nutritional Status in India. Application of Finite Mixture Models

Impact of Poverty on Women's Nutritional Status in India. Application of Finite Mixture Models
Leandro P. Pontes, Sabu S. Padmadas, José G. Dias      Abstract       Paper

Modelling the Impact of Poverty on Contraceptive Choices in Indian States: A Multilevel Analysis
Isabel Tiago Oliveira, Sabu S. Padmadas, José G. Dias      Abstract       Paper

The Effect of Women's Work outside the Home on Palestinian Society
Faisal Awartani, Mary W. Gray      Abstract      

Discrimination of Salaries and Segregation Against Women in the Cameroon's Labor Market
Dongmo Nandong Gustave Guillaume      Abstract       Paper


STS068 Communicating Statistics: Making Sense of Statistics in a Dynamic World

Communicating Statistics: Making Sense of Statistics in a Dynamic World
Per Nymand-Andersen      Abstract       Paper

Adapting to Recent Change in It Environments in Communicating Statistics
Inho Park, Hyuk C. Kwon      Abstract       Paper

Modern Art in Communicating Statistics – The Case of the Bank of Russia
Ekaterina Prokunina      Abstract       Paper

The Banco de Portugal's Experience in Communicating Statistics
José Manuel Faustino      Abstract       Paper

Meeting the Challenges of Communicating Central Bank Statistics: The Philippine Experience
Rosabel B. Guerrero      Abstract       Paper


STS070 OECD Work on Measuring Trust in Official Statistics

OECD Work on Measuring Trust in Official Statistics
David Brackfield      Abstract       Paper

Why Measure Trust in Official Statistics?
Richard Alldritt, Jacob Wilcock      Abstract       Paper

Measuring Trust in Official Statistics – Conceptual Framework, Measurement and Results
Siu-Ming Tam      Abstract      

Statistics Finland – An Example of a 360° Assessment of Trust in Official Statistics
Heli Jeskanen-Sundström, Heli Mikkelä      Abstract       Paper

Trust in Official Statistics – New Zealand's Experience
Gary R. Dunnet, Geraldine Needham-Girven      Abstract       Paper

Trust in Statistics in the Netherlands
Peter N.J. Spannenburg, Gosse van der Veen, Carina M. Fransen      Abstract      


STS071 MCMC for Doubly Intractable Distributions

MCMC for Doubly Intractable Distributions
Nial Friel      Abstract      

Markov Chain Monte Carlo on Riemann Manifolds
Mark Girolami      Abstract      

Markov Chain Monte Carlo for Exact Inference for Diffusions
Giorgos Sermaidis, Omiros Papaspiliopoulos, Gareth O. Roberts, Alex Beskos, Paul Fearnhead      Abstract      


STS072 CIID Portfolio Default Models Based on Lévy Subordinators (and Some Extensions)

CIID Portfolio Default Models Based on Lévy Subordinators (and Some Extensions)
Jan-Frederik Mai, Matthias Scherer, Rudi Zagst      Abstract       Paper

Levy Processes and the Financial Crisis: Can We Design a More Effective Deposit Protection?
Jessica Cariboni, Sara Maccaferri, Wim Schoutens      Abstract       Paper

Multivariate Option Pricing Models: Some Extensions of the αVG Model
Florence M.Y. Guillaume      Abstract       Paper