Palloni, Alberto Working paper no. 1998-11
methodology
Comparing Data Quality of Fertility and First Sexual Intercourse Histories
Wu, Lawrence, Steven P. Martin, and Daniel A. Long Working paper no. 1999-08 Abstract This paper evaluates the data quality of two demographic variables in light of hypotheses on respondent recall from the literature on …
When Census Geography Doesn’t Work: Using Ancillary Information to Improve the Spatial Interpolation of Demographic Data
Voss, Paul, David D. Long, and Roger B. Hammer Working paper no. 1999-26 Abstract This paper introduces two new spatial interpolation techniques that utilize the network of road segments and the resulting nodes to allocate …
Development of a Personal Event Schema
Dykema, Jennifer, and Nora Cate Schaeffer Working paper no. 1999-27 Abstract A substantial proportion of the research conducted by social scientists involves measuring, describing, and analyzing phenomena that can be broadly classified as events or …
Demographic Analysis: New Theories, New Models and New Data
Palloni, Alberto Working paper no. 2000-01
Convergent Trends in Black-White Test-Score Differentials in the U.S.: A Correction of Richard Lynn
Huang, Min-Hsiung, and Robert Hauser Working paper no. 2000-07 Abstract Using aggregate data from the General Social Survey (GSS), 1974-1996, Lynn (1998) claims that the Black-White intelligence difference in the United States has not been …
Proactive Social Science Defends Confidentiality and Data Access
David, Martin H. Working paper no. 2001-03
Surveys of the Life Course and Aging: Some Comparisons
Kuo, Hsiang-Hui Daphne, Hyunjoon Park, Taissa S. Hauser, Robert M. Hauser, and Nadine F. Marks Working paper no. 2001-06 Abstract In this paper, we introduce, compare, and evaluate the design and content of five major …
Event History Models for Life Course Analysis
Wu, Lawrence Working paper no. 2001-17
Abridged Life Tables by Sex, Race, and Hispanic Ethnicity, U.S. Population, 1989-1991
Guend, Abdelhani, and Karen Swallen Working paper no. 2002-03