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Behind the Numbers: U.S. Trade in the World Economy

Panel on Foreign Trade Statistics,Committee on National Statistics,National Research Council,National Academy of Sciences

Deals with how the systems for collecting and analyzing trade data have fallen behind the times - and presents recommendations for approaches to accuracy and usefulness of these economic data…

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Measuring International Trade on U.S. Highways

National Research Council,Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education,Committee on National Statistics,Panel on Bureau of Transportation Statistics International Trade Traffic

International trade plays a substantial role in the economy of the United States. More than 1.6 billion tons of international merchandise was conveyed using the U.S. transportation system in 2001…

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Immigration Statistics: A Story of Neglect

Panel on Immigration Statistics,Committee on National Statistics,Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education,Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education,National Research Council

Examines the needs for and availability of statistics concerning immigrants and immigration. This book concentrates on the needs for statistics on immigrants, refugees, illegal aliens for policy and program purposes…

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Expanding Access to Research Data: Reconciling Risks and Opportunities

Panel on Data Access for Research Purposes,National Research Council

Policy makers need information about the nation which comes from research based on data. The risk of expanded access to potentially sensitive data is the increased probability of breaching the…

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State and Local Government Statistics at a Crossroads

Panel on Research and Development Priorities for the U.S. Census Bureau's State and Local Government Statistics Program,National Research Council

Gives in-depth consideration of the efficiency of the surveys; the user base; and the timeliness, relevance, and quality of the data series. This work also provides valuable background information and…

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The Aging Population in the Twenty-First Century: Statistics for Health Policy

Panel on Statistics for an Aging Population,Committee on National Statistics,Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education,Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education,National Research Council

Examines social, economic, and demographic changes among the aged, as well as many health-related topics: health promotion and disease prevention; quality of life; health care system financing and use; and…

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Preparing for an Aging World: The Case for Cross-National Research

National Research Council,Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education,Committee on National Statistics,Committee on Population,Panel on a Research Agenda and New Data for an Aging World

Aging is a process that encompasses virtually all aspects of life. This work looks at the behavioral and socio-economic aspects of aging; and focuses on work, retirement, and pensions; wealth…

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Designing the 2010 Census: First Interim Report

Michael L. Cohen,Benjamin F. King,Panel on Research on Future Census Methods,Committee on National Statistics,Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education

The Panel on Research on Future Census Methods was formed to examine alternative designs for the 2010 census. This title examines whether the auxiliary information that is planned to be…

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Measuring Research and Development Expenditures in the U.S. Economy

Panel on Research and Development Statistics at the National Science Foundation,National Research Council

This report examines the portfolio of research and development (R&D) expenditure surveys at the National Science Foundation (NSF), identifying gaps and weaknesses and areas of missing coverage. The report takes…

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The Prevention and Treatment of Missing Data in Clinical Trials

Panel on Handling Missing Data in Clinical Trials,National Research Council

Randomized clinical trials are the primary tool for evaluating new medical interventions. Randomization provides for a fair comparison between treatment and control groups, balancing out, on average, distributions of known…

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Reliability Growth: Enhancing Defense System Reliability

National Research Council,Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education,Committee on National Statistics,Panel on Reliability Growth Methods for Defense Systems

A high percentage of defense systems fail to meet their reliability requirements. This is a serious problem for the U.S. Department of Defense (DOD), as well as the nation. Those…

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Measuring Racial Discrimination

Panel on Methods for Assessing Discrimination,National Research Council

Many racial and ethnic groups in the United States, including blacks, Hispanics, Asians, American Indians, and others, have historically faced severe discrimination. This book considers the definition of race and…

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Measuring Racial Discrimination

National Research Council,Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education,Committee on National Statistics,Panel on Methods for Assessing Discrimination

Many racial and ethnic groups in the United States, including blacks, Hispanics, Asians, American Indians, and others, have historically faced severe discrimination. This book considers the definition of race and…

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Ensuring the Quality, Credibility, and Relevance of U.S. Justice Statistics

Panel to Review the Programs of the Bureau of Justice Statistics,Committee on National Statistics,Committee on Law and Justice,Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education,National Research Council

The Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) of the U.S. Department of Justice is one of the smallest of the U.S. principal statistical agencies but shoulders one of the most expansive…

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Data on Federal Research and Development Investments: A Pathway to Modernization

Panel on Modernizing the Infrastructure of the National Science Foundation Federal Funds Survey,National Research Council

Two surveys of the National Science Foundation’s Division of Science Resources Statistics (SRS) provide some of the most significant data available to understand research and development spending and policy in…

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Surveying Victims: Options for Conducting the National Crime Victimization Survey

Panel to Review the Programs of the Bureau of Justice Statistics,National Research Council

It is easy to underestimate how little was known about crimes and victims before the findings of the National Crime Victimization Survey (NCVS) became common wisdom. In the late 1960s…

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Planning the 2010 Census: Second Interim Report

National Research Council,Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education,Committee on National Statistics,Panel on Research on Future Census Methods

The Panel on Research on Future Census Methods has a broad charge to review the early planning process for the 2010 census. Its work includes observing the operation of the…

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Reengineering the 2010 Census: Risks and Challenges

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Documents the support of the Panel on Research on Future Census Methods for the major aims of the Census Bureau’s plan for 2010.

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Statistical Issues in Allocating Funds by Formula

Panel on Formula Allocations,National Research Council

Formula programs promote a wide spectrum of economic and social objectives, such as improving educational outcomes and increasing accessibility to medical care. This book identifies the issues concerning the design…

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Understanding American Agriculture: Challenges for the Agricultural Resource Management Survey

Panel to Review USDA's Agricultural Resource Management Survey,National Research Council

The Agricultural Resource Management Survey is the federal government’s primary source of information on the financial condition, production practices, and resource use on farms. This title addresses relevant concepts, applying…

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Using the American Community Survey for the National Science Foundation’s Science and Engineering Workforce Statistics Programs

Panel to Assess the Benefits of the American Community Survey for the NSF Division of Science Resources Statistics,Committee on National Statistics,National Research Council

The Committee on National Statistics of the National Research Council formed a panel to conduct a workshop and study the issues involved in replacing the decennial census long-form sample with…

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Collecting Compensation Data from Employers

Panel on Measuring and Collecting Pay Information from U.S. Employers by Gender, Race, and National Origin,Committee on National Statistics,Division on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education,National Research Council

U.S. agencies with responsibilities for enforcing equal employment opportunity laws have long relied on detailed information that is obtained from employers on employment in job groups by gender and race/ethnicity…

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Estimating the Incidence of Rape and Sexual Assault

National Research Council,Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education,Committee on National Statistics,Panel on Measuring Rape and Sexual Assault in Bureau of Justice Statistics Household Surveys

The Bureau of Justice Statistics’ (BJS) National Crime Victimization Survey (NCVS) measures the rates at which Americans are victims of crimes, including rape and sexual assault, but there is concern…

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Pre-College Science and Mathematics Teachers: Monitoring Supply, Demand and Quality

Panel on Statistics on Supply and Demand for Precollege Science and Mathematics Teachers,Committee on National Statistics,National Research Council,Dorothy M. Gilford,Ellen Tenenbaum

The report of a panel assembled by the National Research Council to evaluate the statistics on the supply and demand for science and mathematics teachers concludes that the available data…

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The National Children’s Study Research Plan: A Review

Panel to Review the National Children's Study Research Plan,National Research Council,Institute of Medicine

The National Children’s Study (NCS) is planned to be the largest long-term study of environmental and genetic effects on children’s health ever conducted in the United States. This book evaluates…

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Nonresponse in Social Science Surveys: A Research Agenda

National Research Council,Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education,Committee on National Statistics,Panel on a Research Agenda for the Future of Social Science Data Collection

For many household surveys in the United States, responses rates have been steadily declining for at least the past two decades. A similar decline in survey response can be observed…

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Accounting for Health and Health Care: Approaches to Measuring the Sources and Costs of Their Improvement

Panel to Advance a Research Program on the Design of National Health Accounts,National Research Council

It has become trite to observe that increases in health care costs have become unsustainable. How best for policy to address these increases, however, depends in part on the degree…

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Small-Area Income and Poverty Estimates: Priorities for 2000 and Beyond

Panel on Estimates of Poverty for Small Geographic Areas,Committee on National Statistics,National Research Council

Trends in federal policies for social and economic programs have increased the demand for accurate estimates of income and poverty for states, counties, and even smaller areas. This book from…

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Improving Racial and Ethnic Data on Health: Report of a Workshop

Panel on DHHS Collection of Race and Ethnicity Data,Committee on National Statistics,Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education,National Research Council,National Academy of Sciences

The panel convened the Workshop on Improving Racial and Ethnic Data in Health to review information about current private-sector and state data collection practices in light of existing federal, state…

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Reengineering the Survey of Income and Program Participation

Panel on the Census Bureau's Reengineered Survey of Income and Program Participation,National Research Council

Beginning in 2006, the Census Bureau embarked on a program to reengineer the Survey of Income and Program Participation (SIPP) to reduce its costs and improve data quality and timeliness…

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Measuring What We Spend: Toward a New Consumer Expenditure Survey

National Research Council,Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education,Committee on National Statistics,Panel on Redesigning the BLS Consumer Expenditure Surveys

The Consumer Expenditure (CE) surveys are the only source of information on the complete range of consumers’ expenditures and incomes in the United States, as well as the characteristics of…

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Improving Data to Analyze Food and Nutrition Policies

Panel on Enhancing the Data Infrastructure in Support of Food and Nutrition Programs, Research, and Decision Making,Committee on National Statistics,Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education,National Research Council,National Academy of Sciences

Improving Data to Analyze Food and Nutrition Policies (2005)

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Protecting Participants and Facilitating Social and Behavioral Sciences Research

Panel on Institutional Review Boards, Surveys, and Social Science Research,National Research Council

Examines three key issues related to human participation in social, behavioral, and economic sciences research. This report is suitable for policy makers, research administrators, research sponsors, IRB members, and investigators.

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Data Needs for the State Children’s Health Insurance Program

Panel for the Workshop on the State Children's Health Insurance Program,National Research Council,National Academy of Sciences

The State Children’s Health Insurance Program (SCHIP) was established by Congress to provide health insurance to uninsured children whose family income was too high for Medicaid coverage but too low…

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Eliminating Health Disparities: Measurement and Data Needs

Panel on DHHS Collection of Race and Ethnic Data,National Research Council,National Academy of Sciences

Although disparity in health care in America is well documented, data is severely limited on some issues, such as race, ethnicity, socio- economic position, acculturation and language.

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The 2000 Census: Counting Under Adversity

Panel to Review the 2000 Census,National Research Council

The decennial census was the federal government’s largest and most complex peacetime operation. Reviewing the conduct of the 2000 census, this report addresses the success and problems of major innovations…

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Measuring Food Insecurity and Hunger: Phase 1 Report

National Research Council,Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education,Committee on National Statistics,Panel to Review U.S Department of Agriculture's Measurement of Food Insecurity and Hunger

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Subjective Well-Being: Measuring Happiness, Suffering, and Other Dimensions of Experience

Panel on Measuring Subjective Well-Being in a Policy-Relevant Framework,Committee on National Statistics,Division on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education

Subjective well-being refers to how people experience and evaluate their lives and specific domains and activities in their lives. This book explores the use of this measure in population surveys…

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Realizing the Potential of the American Community Survey: Challenges, Tradeoffs, and Opportunities

National Research Council,Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education,Committee on National Statistics,Panel on Addressing Priority Technical Issues for the Next Decade of the American Community Survey

The American Community Survey (ACS) was conceptualized as a replacement to the census long form, which collected detailed population and housing data from a sample of the U.S. population, once…

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Understanding Business Dynamics: An Integrated Data System for America’s Future

Panel on Measuring Business Formation, Dynamics, and Performance,National Research Council

Presents strategies for improving the accuracy, timeliness, coverage, and integration of data that are used in constructing aggregate economic statistics. This book also presents analysis of topics ranging from job…

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Coverage Measurement in the 2010 Census

Panel on Coverage Evaluation and Correlation Bias in the 2010 Census,National Research Council

For the 2010 census coverage measurement program, the Census Bureau is planning to focus on the goal of improving census processes. This book details the findings of the National Research…

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Using the American Community Survey: Benefits and Challenges

Panel on the Functionality and Usability of Data from the American Community Survey,National Research Council,National Academy of Sciences

The American Community Survey (ACS) is a major new initiative from the US Census Bureau designed to provide continuously updated information on the numbers and characteristics of the nation’s people…

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Communicating Science and Engineering Data in the Information Age

Panel on Communicating National Science Foundation Science and Engineering Information to Data Users,National Research Council

The National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics (NCSES) of the National Science Foundation (NSF) communicates its science and engineering (S&E) information to data users in a very fluid environment…

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Discriminant Analysis and Clustering

National Research Council,Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences,Commission on Physical Sciences, Mathematics, and Applications,Board on Mathematical Sciences,Committee on Applied and Theoretical Statistics

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The Competitive Status of the U.S. Steel Industry

Steel Panel Committee on Technology and International Economic and Trade Issues of the Office of the Foreign Secretary,Commission on Engineering and Technical Systems,Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences,National Academy of Engineering,National Research Council

Does leadership in technology guarantee competitive advantage in industrial markets? Or do the costs of production and the lack of investment capital offset technological gains for the domestic steel industry…

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Once, Only Once, and in the Right Place: Residence Rules in the Decennial Census

Panel on Residence Rules in the Decennial Census,National Research Council

The usefulness of US decennial census depends critically on the accuracy with which individual people are counted in specific housing units, at precise geographic locations. This book reviews the evolution…

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Beyond the Market: Designing Nonmarket Accounts for the United States

National Research Council,Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education,Committee on National Statistics,Panel to Study the Design of Nonmarket Accounts

The national income and product accounts that underlie gross domestic product (GDP), together with other key economic data?price and employment statistics? are widely used as indicators of how well the…

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Change and the 2020 Census: Not Whether But How

Panel to Review the 2010 Census,National Research Council

Sponsored by the Census Bureau and charged to evaluate the 2010 U.S. census with an eye toward suggesting research and development for the 2020 census, the Panel to Review the…

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Behind the Numbers: U.S. Trade in the World Economy

Measuring International Trade on U.S. Highways

Immigration Statistics: A Story of Neglect

Expanding Access to Research Data: Reconciling Risks and Opportunities

State and Local Government Statistics at a Crossroads

The Aging Population in the Twenty-First Century: Statistics for Health Policy

Preparing for an Aging World: The Case for Cross-National Research

Designing the 2010 Census: First Interim Report

Measuring Research and Development Expenditures in the U.S. Economy

The Prevention and Treatment of Missing Data in Clinical Trials

Reliability Growth: Enhancing Defense System Reliability

Measuring Racial Discrimination

Measuring Racial Discrimination

Ensuring the Quality, Credibility, and Relevance of U.S. Justice Statistics

Data on Federal Research and Development Investments: A Pathway to Modernization

Surveying Victims: Options for Conducting the National Crime Victimization Survey

Planning the 2010 Census: Second Interim Report

Reengineering the 2010 Census: Risks and Challenges

Statistical Issues in Allocating Funds by Formula

Understanding American Agriculture: Challenges for the Agricultural Resource Management Survey

Using the American Community Survey for the National Science Foundation’s Science and Engineering Workforce Statistics Programs

Collecting Compensation Data from Employers

Estimating the Incidence of Rape and Sexual Assault

Pre-College Science and Mathematics Teachers: Monitoring Supply, Demand and Quality

The National Children’s Study Research Plan: A Review

Nonresponse in Social Science Surveys: A Research Agenda

Accounting for Health and Health Care: Approaches to Measuring the Sources and Costs of Their Improvement

Small-Area Income and Poverty Estimates: Priorities for 2000 and Beyond

Improving Racial and Ethnic Data on Health: Report of a Workshop

Reengineering the Survey of Income and Program Participation

Measuring What We Spend: Toward a New Consumer Expenditure Survey

Improving Data to Analyze Food and Nutrition Policies

Protecting Participants and Facilitating Social and Behavioral Sciences Research

Data Needs for the State Children’s Health Insurance Program

Eliminating Health Disparities: Measurement and Data Needs

The 2000 Census: Counting Under Adversity

Measuring Food Insecurity and Hunger: Phase 1 Report

Subjective Well-Being: Measuring Happiness, Suffering, and Other Dimensions of Experience

Realizing the Potential of the American Community Survey: Challenges, Tradeoffs, and Opportunities

Understanding Business Dynamics: An Integrated Data System for America’s Future

Coverage Measurement in the 2010 Census

Using the American Community Survey: Benefits and Challenges

Communicating Science and Engineering Data in the Information Age

Discriminant Analysis and Clustering

The Competitive Status of the U.S. Steel Industry

Once, Only Once, and in the Right Place: Residence Rules in the Decennial Census

Beyond the Market: Designing Nonmarket Accounts for the United States

Change and the 2020 Census: Not Whether But How

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