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125 Years of Agricultural Estimates 1043 KB
A Comparison of CATI and NONCATI on a Nebraska Hog Survey 912 KB
A Comparison of Four Alternative Weighted Estimators to the Open Estimator for Use in the Agricultural Labor Survey 993 KB
A Comparison of Three Rules for Associating Farms and Farmland with Sample Area Segments in Agricultural Surveys 855 KB
A Comparison of the Part A and Part C Procedures for Estimating Cattle Inventories on Public Lands 1763 KB
A General Overview of the Missing Data Problem (SRS Working Paper) 368 KB
A Guide to Area Sampling Frame Construction Utilizing Satellite Imagery 2096 KB
A Multiple Frame Design to Estimate Economic Distributional Effects 561 KB
A Preliminary Look at a National Area Sampling Allocation 291 KB
A Review and Evaluation of Unusual Outlier Component Detection and Robust Estimation Procedures Used by the 1989 Hog Board 1322 KB
A Review of the Nonoverlap Component of the June 1990 Multiple Frame Indications 638 KB
A Review of the State of the Art in Automated Data Editing and Imputation 2639 KB
A Rotation Sampling Plan for ESCS Quarterly Hog Surveys 864 KB
A Simulation Study to Compare Procedures which Impute for Missing Items on an ESS Hog Survey 888 KB
A Statistical Edit for Livestock Slaughter Data 1421 KB
A Study Using the ASCS Farm Serial Number as the Sampling Unit and Reporting Unit for Crop and Livestock Reports 426 KB
A Study of Hog Questionnaire Modifications 2020 KB
A Theory of Minimum Mean Square Estimation in Surveys with Nonresponse 1494 KB
A Training Course in Sampling Concepts for Agricultural Surveys 3311 KB
Adjusting for Nonresponse in the December Enumerative Survey 1236 KB
Agricultural Surveys and Technology 803 KB
Allocations Requiring 100% Sampling in Some Strata 288 KB
Alternate Sampling Frame Construction for the Prices Paid by Framers Survey -- An Overview 927 KB
An Alternative Method to Produce Prices Received Estimates 852 KB
An Analysis of 1979 Nebraska Rotation Plan for the Quarterly Hog Survey 418 KB
An Analysis of the Cognitive Aspects of the January 1993 Cattle on Feed Survey Quality Assessment 2479 KB
An Analysis of the Sampling Frame for the Chemical Use and Farm Finance Survey 944 KB
An Assessment of the Frozen Weights Procedure March and September Multiple Frame Hog Survey 878 KB
An Empirical Study of Multivariate Stratification 1172 KB
An Empirical Study of the Area Frame Stratification 3403 KB
An Evaluation of Alternative Weights for a Weighted Estimator 1704 KB
An Evaluation of Categorical Data Analysis Methodology for County Estimates in North Carolina 1088 KB
An Evaluation of Enumeration Techniques and Associated Response Errors and Biases 916 KB
An Evaluation of Four Potential Problems with the Agricultural Survey Substitution Procedures 3062 KB
An Evaluation of List-only, Reweighted, and Other Estimators for U.S. Agricultural Labor Surveys 3235 KB
An Evaluation of Truncation Estimators for Improving State Estimates of Total Hogs 1412 KB
An Image Analysis System to Develop Area Sampling Frames for Agricultural Surveys 873 KB
An Operator Dominant List Frame 1118 KB
An Optimum Allocation Algorithm for Multivariate Surveys 466 KB
Analysis of 1973 Nebraska June Enumerative Survey and Multiple Frame Survey Livestock Estimates Reduced List Sample Concept 1190 KB
Analysis of Generalized Post-Stratification Approach for the Agricultural Labor Survey 2273 KB
Analysis of Item Nonresponse, Imputation and Editing in the 1989 Farm Costs and Returns Survey for Iowa and North Carolina 3146 KB
Analysis of List Coverage Problems and the NOL Domain 1031 KB
Analysis of Response Errors in the December 1988 and December 1989 Quarterly Agricultural Survey Data 1566 KB
Analysis of Response Bias in the January 1992 Cattle on Feed Reinterview Pilot Study and the July 1992 Cattle on Feed Reinterview Study 2804 KB
Analysis of Response Bias in the January 1993 Cattle on Feed Survey Quality Assessment 2983 KB
Analysis of Two Area Frame Based Sampling Designs 623 KB
Annotated Glossary of Selected Sampling Terms 720 KB
Application of the Multiple Frame Design in an Economic Distributional Effects Study 2013 KB
Area Frame Design for Agricultural Surveys 3861 KB
Area Frame Estimators in Agricultural Surveys Sampling Versus Nonsampling Errors 685 KB
Area Frame Sampling in Agriculture 5776 KB
Associating a Reporting Unit with a List Frame Sampling Unit in Multiple Frame Sampling - Ohio and Wisconsin 2428 KB
Collection and Use of Social Security Numbers in the Area Frame 1389 KB
Comparison of 1993 Fruit Pesticide Use Survey Data and CALEPA Data 1358 KB
Comparison of the Operational and Cropland Weighted Estimators 1318 KB
Comparative Efficiency of Sampling Plans (Pages 101-46) 1426 KB
Comparative Efficiency of Sampling Plans (Pages 1-100) 3011 KB
Composite Estimation of Totals for Livestock Surveys 2544 KB
Composite Estimation 755 KB
Composite Estimators in the June Hog Series 3009 KB
Composite Estimators in the June Hog Series2 2996 KB
Computer Assisted Telephone Interviewing on the Cattle Multiple Frame Survey 980 KB
Computer-Aided Stratification and Sampling 384 KB
Computing Design Efficiency of Area Sampling Frames 311 KB
Computing Inclusion Probabilities 225 KB
Construction of a Remotely Sensed Area Sampling Frame for Southern Brazil 1527 KB
Data Imputation Study on Oklahoma DES 301 KB
Detecting a Rotational Bias on Multiple Frame Surveys 364 KB
Effects of Selected Procedures on Mail Questionnaire Response by Farm Operators 237 KB
Effects of a Design Deviant Allocation 344 KB
Effects of a New Area Sampling Frame on Levels of Estimates 248 KB
Error Profile for Multiple-Frame Surveys 1466 KB
Estimating Dry Bean Acreage in Michigan Second Year Results 731 KB
Estimating Dry Bean Acreage in Michigan 1060 KB
Estimating List Frame Duplication 1593 KB
Estimating Variances for the June Enumerative Surveys 425 KB
Estimating the Coverage of Farm Service Agency Crop Acreage Totals 2451 KB
Estimating the Non-overlap Variance Component for Multiple Frame Agricultural Surveys 949 KB
Estimation of Agricultural Surveys by Sample Surveys, The US Experience 935 KB
Estimation of Characteristics from Restricted or Censored Sample Data 255 KB
Estimation of QAS List Frame Hog Totals Using a Revised Estimator - An Empirical Investigation 1777 KB
Estimation of Totals Using Multiyear June Agricultural Survey Data 1684 KB
Estimation of Totals for Skewed Populations in Repeated Agricultural Surveys Hogs and Pigs (Pages 1-100) 3371 KB
Estimation of Totals for Skewed Populations in Repeated Agricultural Surveys Hogs and Pigs (Pages 101-10) 258 KB
Evaluating the Quality of Iowa Inshipment Data 1161 KB
Evaluating the Use of the ASCS List of Farm Operators as a Survey Sampling Frame 1897 KB
Evaluation for Crop Imputation Procedures for the Quarterly Agricultural Survey 1010 KB
Evaluation of Estimation Options for the Monthly Farm Labor Survey 1150 KB
Evaluation of Historical Data Use in the 1992 August Yield Survey 1104 KB
Evaluation of Multiyear Method for Estimation of Crop and Livestock Totals 1453 KB
Evaluation of Procedures for One-Month-Ahead Forecasts of Prices Received by Farmers 804 KB
Evaluation of Time Series Model Forecasts for Minnesota-Wisconsin Milk Price 966 KB
Evaluation of Using Previously Reported Data in the 1993 Agricultural Yield Surveys 1418 KB
Evaluation of a Menu Approach to CATI and the Use of Historical Data 1987 December Agricultural Survey 747 KB
Evaluation of a Redesigned On-farm Grain Stocks Questionnaire 2090 KB
Evaluation of an Alternative Sample Design for the FCRS Area Frame Sample 560 KB
Evaluation of the SPEER Automatic Edit and Imputation System 2679 KB
Examination of the Effect of the Respondent and the Collection Method on Survey Results 1151 KB
Examining the Use of Dairy Herd Improvement Association Data to Estimate Monthly Milk Production 888 KB
Expected Value of a Sample Estimate (Pages 1-100) 3079 KB
Expected Value of a Sample Estimate (Pages 101-45) 1327 KB
Farmers' Attitudes Towards Crop and Livestock Surveys 1567 KB
Fiddling with Area Frame Information in List Development and Maintenance 308 KB
Frame for Sampling Farms by Use of Postal Rural Routes 719 KB
Generalized Post-Stratified Estimators in the Agricultural Labor Survey 1553 KB
Generalized Post-Stratified Estimators in the Agricultural Labor Surveys 1798 KB
History of Reinterview Studies at NASS 647 KB
How Questionnaire Design May Affect Survey Data Wyoming Study 952 KB
Identifying and Classifying Reasons for Nonresponse on the 1990 Farm Costs and Returns Survey 788 KB
Identifying and Classifying Reasons for Nonresponse on the 1991 Farm Costs and Returns Survey 1722 KB
Impact of Nonsampling Errors on Weighted Tract Survey Indications 1034 KB
Improving Grain Stock Estimates from the June Enumerative Survey 887 KB
Improving Response to Mail Surveys of Farmers and Ranchers 727 KB
Improving Variance Estimates for Livestock Surveys 401 KB
Improving the Editing and Imputation in Live Weights in the Weekly Slaughter Survey 995 KB
Integrated Agricultural Surveys 1077 KB
Introductory Theory for Sample Surveys (Pages 1-100) 3049 KB
Introductory Theory for Sample Surveys (Pages 101-36) 1238 KB
Investigating the Development of a Peak Worker Index Based on Selected Control Data 1616 KB
June 1990 Reinterview Survey Part I, Effect of Alternative Acreage Operated Questions on Reported Acreages and Number of Hogs on Farms 2065 KB
June 1990 Reinterview Survey Part II, Effect of Parcel and Field Level Acreage Questions 1412 KB
Management Practices and Reforestation Decisions for Harvested Southern Pinelands 2765 KB
Mathematical Formulae for the 1989 Survey Processing System (SPS) Summary 2241 KB
Missing Data Procedures A Comparative Study 837 KB
Missing Data Procedures A Comparative Study, Part 2 1405 KB
Mobile Computerized Data Entry and Edit for the Livestock Prices Received Survey 1111 KB
Modification of FCRS Nonresponse Adjustment Procedures 1957 KB
Modified Agricultural Weighted Estimators 1035 KB
Modifying the Weighted Estimator to Eliminate Screening Interviews in Residential Areas 740 KB
Multiple Frame Estimation with Stratified Overlap Domain 668 KB
Multiple Frame Livestock Surveys A Comparison of Area and List Sampling 1172 KB
Multiple Frame Livestock Surveys An Evaluation of Alternative Methods of Overlap Determination 1747 KB
National Area Sample Allocation Analysis 382 KB
Nonresponse Adjustments in NASS Agricultural Surveys 1408 KB
Optimizing the Use of List and Area Samples in Livestock Multiple Frame Surveys 1696 KB
Paper Stratification in SRS Area Sampling Frame 664 KB
Pilot Study of the Potential Contributions of Landsat Data in the Construction of Area Sampling Frames 2309 KB
Problems with Telephone Surveys 1404 KB
Procedures to Adjust for Nonresponse to the June Enumerative Survey 1678 KB
Prospects for Conducting Household Surveys with an Agricultural Area Frame 784 KB
Ranking States for Area Frame Development 639 KB
Ratings of Organizational Quality and Productivity in the National Agricultural Statistics Service 1788 KB
Record Linkage I Evaluation of Commercially Available Record Linkage Software for Use in NASS 2672 KB
Record Linkage II Experience Using AUTOMATCH for Record Linkage in NASS 3146 KB
Record Linkage III Experience Using AUTOMATCH in State Office Setting 1355 KB
Redrawing the 1993 Farm Costs and Returns Survey List Frame Sample to Reduce Its Overlap with the 1992 FCRS and Three Other Major 1993 Surveys 3873 KB
Reliability and Adequacy of Farm-Price Data 3888 KB
Replicated Sampling and an Application to List Frame Surveys 593 KB
Reporting Consistency for Winter Wheat Planted Acreage A Comparison of QAS and FSA Data for Kansas 2807 KB
Response Bias in the Quarterly Agricultural Survey Crop Acreage Data December 1988 and 1989 2183 KB
Response Bias in the Quarterly Agricultural Survey Hog Data December 1987 and March 1988 954 KB
Response Comparisons between Husbands and Wives for Farm Characteristics 636 KB
Response Errors in the Weighted Estimator 758 KB
Results of the December 1993 Farm Reconciliation Study 1195 KB
Review of the Multiple and Area Frame Estimators 2452 KB
SRS List vs. Area Overlap Determination List Dominant and Frozen Domain Procedures 1575 KB
Sample Design for the 1985 ISP JES 1149 KB
Sample Designs for Panel Surveys of Agricultural Production 1777 KB
Sampling Methods in Agriculture 650 KB
Screening Residential Tracts for Agricultural Activity 1235 KB
Statistical Investigation of a Sample Survey for Obtaining Farm Facts (Pages 1-100) 4309 KB
Statistical Investigation of a Sample Survey for Obtaining Farm Facts (Pages 101-04) 132 KB
Study of Hog Balance Sheet and Alternative Ways to Ask Farrowing Questions (SRD Working Paper) 1005 KB
Summary of Results from Nebraska Survey Concept Study 493 KB
Survey Design and Estimation for Agricultural Sample Surveys 2209 KB
Survey Methods for Businesses, Farms, and Institutions Part I (Pages 1-100) 7081 KB
Survey Methods for Businesses, Farms, and Institutions Part I (Pages 101-12) 771 KB
Survey Methods for Businesses, Farms, and Institutions Part II (Pages 1-100) 6759 KB
Survey Methods for Businesses, Farms, and Institutions Part II (Pages 101-27) 2126 KB
Surveys with Overlapping Frames - Problems in Applications 400 KB
The Application of Multiple Frame Methodology 665 KB
The Commodity Weighted Estimator - An Analysis of 1987 June Agricultural Survey Data 1708 KB
The Construction of a Dry Bean Area Sampling Frame 690 KB
The Development of County Estimates in North Carolina 1732 KB
The Effect of Land Questions on the Multiple Frame Hog Survey 627 KB
The Effect of Refusals and Inaccessibles on List Frame Estimates 689 KB
The Effect of Response Rates of Various Control Data Mail Questionnaire Designs - Colorado 1264 KB
The Effect of Sampling Errors Resulting from Using a Livestock List with an Area Frame Sample 665 KB
The Effect of Telephone Enumerators and Evaluating a New Operation Description 1063 KB
The Effect of Using Historical Data in CATI Grain Stocks Enumeration in the March 1988 Agricultural Survey 1116 KB
The Effects of Brochures and Letters on Improving Mail Response Rates 903 KB
The Effects of Editing and a Review of Warning Errors from a CAPI IE Perspective 715 KB
The Effects of Male vs. Female Telephone Interviewers 1117 KB
The Effects of Omitting Acreage Questions and Modifying the Operation Description Section in Cattle Surveys (SRD Working Paper) 719 KB
The Effects of Omitting Acreage Questions and Modifying the Operation Description Section in Hog Surveys 1183 KB
The Effects on Data Collection Methods 1173 KB
The Feasibility of Obtaining the Social Security Number from Farm Operators and Its Use in Identifying the Overlap Domain in Multiple Frame Sampling 620 KB
The Influence of Using Previous Survey Data in the 1986 April ISP Grain Stocks Survey 2706 KB
The Master Sample of Agriculture 1380 KB
The Measurement of Response Bias in March 1988 Quarterly On-Farm Grain Stocks Data 1433 KB
The New California Area Frame A Statistical Study 2986 KB
The Ohio Turfgrass Survey 1671 KB
The Quarterly Agricultural Surveys 494 KB
The Results of Testing Three Imputation Procedures on Agricultural Land Value Data from the 1994 June Agricultural Survey 2680 KB
The Scope and Effect of Imputation in Quarterly Ag Surveys 2859 KB
The Statistical Reporting Service System 776 KB
The Use of California Environmental Protection Agency Pesticide Use Data by NASS 1001 KB
The Use of Interpenetrating Sampling in Area Frames 934 KB
The Use of Unequal Probability Sampling to Reduce Respondent Burden 887 KB
Theoretical Aspects of the Crop Meter 1481 KB
Time Related Coverage Errors and the Data Adjustment Factor (DAF) 1181 KB
Use of FSA Tracts as a Sampling Frame for an Acreage Survey in Kansas 1967 KB
Use of Reinterview Techniques for Quality Assurance The Measurement of Response Bias in the Collection of December 1987 Quarterly Grain Stocks Data Using CATI 1390 KB
Weighting Class Adjustments for Nonresponse in Integrated Surveys 1684 KB

Last Modified: 11/13/2023