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Office of Survey Methods Research
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Survey Methods Research
The Office of Survey Methods Research (OSMR) evaluates the effectiveness of the survey methods currently used by BLS programs, investigates alternative methods to determine their appropriateness for BLS programs, and develops new methods for improving the efficiency and quality of BLS programs.
The program is organized into two parts: the Behavioral Science Research Center and the Mathematical Statistics Research Center.
Behavioral Science Research Center
Areas of Study:
- Questionnaire design
- Cognitive interviewing
- Usability testing
- Focus Groups
- Nonresponse bias analysis
- Measurement Error analysis
- Respondent-interviewer interactions
Study Types:
- Questionnaire design studies
- Usability tests of computer systems
- Human-computer interaction
- Knowledge management
- Respondent-interviewer interactions
- Development of response-level data quality measures
- Information seeking and retrieval
- Metadata methods and practice
Mathematical Statistics Research Center
Areas of Study:
- Sample design
- Disclosure limitation
- Bayesian methods
- Variance estimation
- Imputation
- Time Series for seasonal adjustment
- Non-parametric modeling
- Visualization
- Machine learning
- Metadata methods & standards
Study Types:
- Developing more efficient sample designs
- Time series for seasonal adjustment
- Missing data techniques
- Evaluations of alternative estimators
- Model-based estimation
Last Modified Date: June 13, 2019