Some Examples of Integrating Models and Design-Based Inference at the Bureau of Labor Statistics

Stephen M. Miller

  Bureau of Labor Statistics

Abstract

We will present some past and current research illustrating the integration of models with traditional design-based methods.  We will examine how composite estimation is used in the Current Population Survey (a household survey), and how it has been incorporated into the sampling weights since 1998.  We will also present ongoing research on how to combine data from two establishment surveys, for the purposes of producing unified estimates.

Note:  Mr. Miller has a BS in Applied Mathematics from UVA (1982), and a MS (1984) and PhD (1986) in Statistics from Iowa State University.  He has been a research mathematical statistician with the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics since 1986.  He also is on the faculty of the Joint Program in Survey Methodology at the University of Maryland, and the Survey Research Center at the University of Michigan.