This report presents estimates that, for each state, measure the need for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) and the program’s effectiveness in fiscal years 2009 through 2011. The estimated number of people eligible for SNAP measure the need for the program. The...

This discussion provides insight on how to maintain a healthy pipeline of survey statisticians.

This article on survey methodology addresses the problem of estimating degrees of freedom values from stratified multistage designs when a small number of primary sampling units (PSUs) are selected per stratum. Due to the small number of PSUs selected, the traditional Satterthwaite-based degrees...

This article on survey methodology addresses the problem of estimating degrees of freedom values from stratified multistage designs when a small number of primary sampling units (PSUs) are selected per stratum. Due to the small number of PSUs selected, the traditional Satterthwaite-based degrees...

The precision of point estimators is often characterized through approximation. Practical evaluation of the adequacy of an approximation depends on whether one is interested in (1) summary descriptions of a fixed set of variance estimates or confidence interval widths, or (2) formal inference...