Saturday, October 28, 2000

 

Agenda

International Workshop for Panel Study Principal Investigators

9:00 AM – 5:30 PM

Michigan Room

The Michigan League

University of Michigan

Ann Arbor, MI

 

9:00Continental Breakfast

 

9:30Welcome and Introductions

 

10:00Governance

 

-                     Funding sources

-                     Host organization

-                     Governing body and role of external research advisors

 

11:30Sample Design

 

-Sample selection

-Follow rules

-                     Oversampling

-                     Weights and attrition bias

-                     Sample “refreshing”

 

1:00Lunch

 

2:00Content

 

-                     Driving policy needs

-                     Research objectives (maintaining coherence of content domains)

-                     Benefits of international comparability

-                     Content decisions (income, wealth, health, employment, family history, data linking)

-                     Tradeoffs between continuity and the incentives for new directions

 

3:30Break

 

4:00Collection

 

-                     Mode

-                     Instrument design (paper and pencil, CATI, EHC)

-                     Dependent interviewing

-                     Calendar year, survey year and point of survey measures

 

5:30Adjournment

 

7:00Reconvene for Dinner Hosted by Robert J. Willis, HRS/AHEAD


Sunday, October 29, 2000

 

Agenda

International Workshop for Panel Study Principal Investigators

9:00 AM – 3:30 PM

Michigan Room

The Michigan League

University of Michigan

Ann Arbor, MI

 

9:00Continental Breakfast

 

9:30Day One Summary Remarks

 

10:00Processing

 

-                     Family composition editing

-                     Production of specialized files

-Data and documentation standards

 

12:00Lunch

 

1:00Dissemination

 

-                     Dissemination techniques (CD, web)

-                     Virtual data centers and functionalities

-                     Improving contractual use of data (confidentiality and encryption)

-                     Comparability of formats (evolution of data standards)

-Value of joint multinational analysis projects

 

3:00Wrap up

 

3:30Adjournment