Between August 4 and August 7, more than 20 NORC staff members will present a paper, participate in a panel, or chair a session of the Joint Statistical Meetings in Denver, Colorado.

A list of all presenters and publications can be found at the JSM 2008 Conference site.  NORC presenters, authors, and topics follow:

• Helping Data Users Better Understand the American Community Survey - John Thompson and Kennon Copeland (panelists).
• Mode Effects on In-Person and Internet Surveys: A Comparison of the General Social Survey and Knowledge Networks Surveys - Tom W. Smith and J. Michael Dennis (Knowledge Networks).
• The 'Compleat' Statistician: Paul Minton - Fritz Scheuren.
• Adjustment for Noncoverage of Nonlandline Telephone Households in an RDD Survey - Sadeq Chowdhury, Robert Montgomery, and Philip J. Smith (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention). 
• Differential Bias Between the Cell Telephone--Only Population and the Landline Population in an Immunization Survey - Martin Barron, Kirk Wolter and Cindy Howes with Karen Wooten (National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases) and Meena Khare (National Center for health Statistics). 
• Statistics and National Defense Until 1960 - Fritz Scheuren. 
• Providing Remote Access to Business Micro Data: Lessons Learned - Timothy M. Mulcahy, Pascal Heus (Open Data Foundation), and Chet Bowie.
• ASA Committee Websites - Chet Bowie and Alan R. Tupek (Arbitron Inc).
• Achieving Analytic Potential While Protecting Data Confidentiality - Fritz Scheuren and James Sears (US Social Security Administration).
• Confidentiality Training for the National Opinion Research Center's Data Enclave - Julia Lane (National Science Foundation). Timothy M. Mulcahy, and Pascal Heus (Open Data Foundation).
• Statistical Documentation Practices for Business Consulting - Susan Hinkins and Edward Mulrow.
• Committee on Scientific Freedom and Human Rights - Susan Hinkins (Chair).
• National Election Scorecard - Fritz Scheuren and Edward Mulrow.
• Changing the Weighting Approach of a Longitudinal Survey - Michael Yang (ICF International) and Yongyi Wang. 
• Success Using and Age-Targeted List Sample for the National Immunization Survey Adult - Steven Pedlow, Hee-Choon Shin, Ashley Amaya, Gary Euler (National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases), and Meena Khare (National Center for Health Statistics).
• Preventing Falsified Survey Data (Roundtable with Coffee) - Steven Pedlow.
• Iraq Data on Mortality: What Can We Believe? - Safaa R. Amer.
• Weight Development for Outliers in a Panel Sample - Yan K. Liu (Statistics of Income, IRS), Fritz Scheuren, and Victoria Bryant (Statistics of Income, IRS).
• Estimation for A Multipurpose and Multiframe Survey: The National Immunization Survey - Adult - Hee-Choon Shin, Noelle-Angelique Mollinari (National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases), Meena Khare (National Center for Health Statistics), and Kirk Wolter.
• Small Area Estimates, Section on Survey Research Methods - Rachel Harter (Chair).
• Spatial Modeling and Prediction of County-Level Employment Growth Rate Data - Nada Ganesh.
• Developing Statistical 'Twins' Methodology for Selecting Sites for Qualitative Case Studies - Zhiwei Zhang and Fritz Scheuren.
• Intraclass Correlation Patterns of Cognitive and Behavioral Measures of Illicit Drug Use Within Six Major Metropolitan Areas - Zhiwei Zhang, Michael P. Cohen (Statistical Consultant), and Douglas Wright. 
• Efficiency and Bias in Differential Contact Strategies - Stephanie Eckman and Colm O'Muircheartaigh.