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Associate Commissioner

 

Areas of Research

 

John Eltinge (202) 691-7404 Eltinge.John@bls.gov Estimation and inference with complex sample survey data, nonresponse, measurement error, variance estimation, disclosure limitation, distribution functions and quantiles.

 

Senior Mathematical Statistician

 

Larry Ernst (202) 691-6337 Ernst.Lawrence@bls.gov Sample design, Estimation, variance estimation, application of Operations Research techniques to sampling problems.

 

Senior Survey Methodologist

 

Clyde Tucker (202) 691-7371 Tucker.Clyde@bls.gov Measurement error, nonresponse, telephone survey design.

 

Research Mathematical Statistician

 

Alan Dorfman (202) 691-7378 Dorfman.Alan@bls.gov Sampling design and inference, price indices, smoothing techniques, likelihood-based inference, nonparametric regression, prediction theory, quantile estimation.

 

Research Statistician

 

Polly Phipps (202) 691-7513 Phipps.Polly@bls.gov Survey measurement error, data quality measures, questionnaire design, nonresponse.

 

General Information

 

Daphne Van Buren (202) 691-7377 VanBuren.Daphne@bls.gov

 


 

Pamela Douglas (202) 691-7375 Douglas.Pamela@bls.gov

 

 

Mathematical Statistics Research Center

Behavioral Science Research Center


Mathematical Statistics Research Center

 

Director

 

Areas of Research

 

Steve Cohen (202) 691-7400 Cohen.Steve@bls.gov Response bias analysis, disclosure avoidance techniques, establishment sample design research.
Mathematical Statisticians

 

Moon Jung Cho (202) 691-7384 Cho.Moon@bls.gov Resampling variance estimation method, bootstrap variance estimation method, Balanced Repeated Replicate (BRR) method, missing or fragmented data, modeling of survey response rates.

 

Dan Gillman (202) 691-7523 Gillman.Daniel@bls.gov Statistical metadata, metadata standards, automated coding, terminology.

 

Timothy Li (202) 691-7415 Li.Timothy@bls.gov Linear mixed-effects models, robust prediction, survey sampling, disclosure limitation methods, statistical applications in quality improvement.

 

Randall Powers (202) 691-7381 Powers.Randall@bls.gov Disclosure limitation.

 

Stuart Scott (202) 691-7383 Scott.Stuart@bls.gov Seasonal adjustment and time series analysis, nonsampling error analysis.

 

Michael Sverchkov (202) 691-7374 Sverchkov.Michael@bls.gov Estimation and inference with complex sample survey data, variance estimation, small area estimation, calibration, time series analysis.

 

Daniell Toth (202) 691-7380 Toth.Daniell@bls.gov Time series analysis, multivariate statistics, Martingale theory.


Behavioral Science Research Center

 

Director

 

Areas of Research

 

William Mockovak (202) 691-7414 Mockovak.William@bls.gov Questionnaire design, cognitive interviewing, Web surveys, usability testing, information architecture, CASIC applications, interviewer training.

 

Cognitive Psychologists

 

John Bosley (202) 691-7514 Bosley.John@bls.gov Usability testing, training, data presentation techniques, understanding technological change.

 

Monica Dashen (202) 691-7530 Dashen.Monica@bls.gov Cognitive aspects of under-reporting.

 

John Dixon (202) 691-7516 Dixon.John@bls.gov Nonresponse, nonsampling error, item nonresponse, measurement error, structural equation models, missing data problems, categorical data, psychometrics, multivariate methods, classification and clustering.

 

Kathy Downey (202) 691-7382 Downey-Sargent.Kathryn@bls.gov Establishment surveys, cognitive testing, nonresponse bias analyses, interviewer training.

 

Jean Fox (202) 691-7370 Fox.Jean@bls.gov Usability, computer-assisted collection systems.

 

Scott Fricker (202) 691-7390 Fricker.Scott@bls.gov Nonresponse and measurement errors in surveys, interviewer-respondent interaction, interviewer training, time use management, web data collection, usability.

 

Brian Meekins (202) 691-7594 Meekins.Brian@bls.gov Measurement error, latent variable modeling, telephone survey methodology.

 

Christine Rho (202) 691-7399 Rho.Christine@bls.gov Cognitive approach to survey design and testing, usability testing.

 

Robie Sangster (202) 691-7517 Sangster.Robie@bls.gov Survey design, survey management and operations, measurement error, nonresponse.

 

Jennifer Edgar (202) 691-7528 Edgar.Jennifer@bls.gov Context effects, qualitative research methods, cognitive sources of measurement error, questionnaire design, interviewer training and evaluation.

 

Margaret Vernon (202) 691-7386 Vernon.Margaret@bls.gov Time use, data quality, interviewer training.


 

Last Modified Date: January 06, 2006

 

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