This is the report of the Panel on Survey Options for Estimating the Flow of Unauthorized Crossings at the U.S.-Mexico Border, including myself as a panel member. The summary is below: The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is responsible for …
In close elections, the losing side has an incentive to obtain evidence that the election result is incorrect. Sometimes this evidence comes in the form of court testimony from a sample of invalid voters, and this testimony is used to adjust vote …
We illustrate that combining ecological data with subsample data in situations in which a linear model is appropriate provides two main benefits. First, by including the individ- ual level subsample data, the biases that are associated with linear …
Objectives: We measured and compared the concentration of primary and secondary syphilis, gonorrhea, chlamydial infection, and genital herpes in a large county with urban, suburban, and rural settings. Methods: We geocoded sexually transmitted …
Objectives: We estimated HIV prevalence rates among young adults in the United States. Methods: We used survey data from the third wave of the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health, a random sample of nearly 19000 young adults initiated in …
This is a entry in the 'The SAGE encyclopedia of social science research methods', edited by M. S. Lewis-Beck, A. Bryman, and T. Futing Liao on relative distribution methods, which I was creator of. Differences among groups or changes in the …
Relative distribution methods are a nonparametric statistical approach to the comparison of distributions. These methods combine the graphical tools of exploratory data analysis with statistical summaries, decomposition, and inference. This report …
The promise of upward mobility—the notion that everyone has the chance to get ahead—is one of this country's most cherished ideals, a hallmark of the American Dream. But in today's volatile labor market, the tradition of upward mobility for all may …
Some previous research suggests that discrepancies exist between the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth and the Current Population Survey in terms of earnings trends; when the sample is limited to full-time, year-round workers, however, the …