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Hierarchical Bayesian Model with Inequality Constraints for US County Estimates 美国县估计的不等式约束层次贝叶斯模型
IF 1.1 4区 数学 Q4 SOCIAL SCIENCES, MATHEMATICAL METHODS Pub Date : 2022-09-01 DOI: 10.2478/jos-2022-0032
Lu Chen, B. Nandram, Nathan B. Cruze
Abstract In the production of US agricultural official statistics, certain inequality and benchmarking constraints must be satisfied. For example, available administrative data provide an accurate lower bound for the county-level estimates of planted acres, produced by the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) National Agricultural statistics Services (NASS). In addition, the county-level estimates within a state need to add to the state-level estimates. A sub-area hierarchical Bayesian model with inequality constraints to produce county-level estimates that satisfy these important relationships is discussed, along with associated measures of uncertainty. This model combines the County Agricultural Production Survey (CAPS) data with administrative data. Inequality constraints add complexity to fitting the model and present a computational challenge to a full Bayesian approach. To evaluate the inclusion of these constraints, the models with and without inequality constraints were compared using 2014 corn planted acres estimates for three states. The performance of the model with inequality constraints illustrates the improvement of county-level estimates in accuracy and precision while preserving required relationships.
摘要在编制美国农业官方统计数据时,必须满足某些不平等和基准约束。例如,现有的行政数据为美国农业部(USDA)国家农业统计服务局(NASS)编制的县级种植面积估计提供了准确的下限。此外,一个州内的县级估计数需要添加到州级估计数中。讨论了一个具有不等式约束的子区域分层贝叶斯模型,以产生满足这些重要关系的县级估计,以及相关的不确定性度量。该模型将县农业生产调查(CAPS)数据与行政数据相结合。不等式约束增加了拟合模型的复杂性,并对完全贝叶斯方法提出了计算挑战。为了评估这些约束的包含性,使用2014年三个州的玉米种植面积估计值对有和没有不平等约束的模型进行了比较。具有不等式约束的模型的性能表明,在保持所需关系的同时,县级估计的准确性和精度有所提高。
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引用次数: 4
In Memory of Dr. Lars Lyberg Remembering a Giant in Survey Research 1944–2021 纪念拉尔斯·利伯格博士,纪念1944-2021年调查研究中的巨人
IF 1.1 4区 数学 Q4 SOCIAL SCIENCES, MATHEMATICAL METHODS Pub Date : 2022-06-01 DOI: 10.2478/jos-2022-0018
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引用次数: 0
Spatial Sampling Design to Improve the Efficiency of the Estimation of the Critical Parameters of the SARS-CoV-2 Epidemic 提高SARS-CoV-2疫情关键参数估计效率的空间抽样设计
IF 1.1 4区 数学 Q4 SOCIAL SCIENCES, MATHEMATICAL METHODS Pub Date : 2022-06-01 DOI: 10.2478/jos-2022-0019
G. Alleva, G. Arbia, P. D. Falorsi, V. Nardelli, A. Zuliani
Abstract Given the urgent informational needs connected with the diffusion of infection with regard to the COVID-19 pandemic, in this article, we propose a sampling design for building a continuous-time surveillance system. Compared with other observational strategies, the proposed method has three important elements of strength and originality: (1) it aims to provide a snapshot of the phenomenon at a single moment in time, and it is designed to be a continuous survey that is repeated in several waves over time, taking different target variables during different stages of the development of the epidemic into account; (2) the statistical optimality properties of the proposed estimators are formally derived and tested with a Monte Carlo experiment; and (3) it is rapidly operational as this property is required by the emergency connected with the diffusion of the virus. The sampling design is thought to be designed with the diffusion of SAR-CoV-2 in Italy during the spring of 2020 in mind. However, it is very general, and we are confident that it can be easily extended to other geographical areas and to possible future epidemic outbreaks. Formal proofs and a Monte Carlo exercise highlight that the estimators are unbiased and have higher efficiency than the simple random sampling scheme.
针对COVID-19大流行对感染扩散的迫切信息需求,本文提出了一种构建连续时间监测系统的抽样设计。与其他观测策略相比,所提出的方法具有三个重要的优势和独创性:(1)其目的是提供某一时刻现象的快照,并设计为连续调查,在一段时间内多次重复,考虑到疫情发展不同阶段的不同目标变量;(2)正式推导了所提估计量的统计最优性,并用蒙特卡罗实验进行了检验;(3)由于与病毒扩散有关的紧急情况需要这种特性,它可以迅速运行。采样设计被认为是考虑到2020年春季sars - cov -2在意大利的扩散而设计的。然而,它是非常笼统的,我们相信,它可以很容易地扩展到其他地理区域和未来可能爆发的流行病。正式证明和蒙特卡罗实验表明,该估计量是无偏的,并且比简单的随机抽样方案具有更高的效率。
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引用次数: 2
Rejoinder: Measuring Inflation under Pandemic Conditions 反驳:在流行病条件下衡量通货膨胀
IF 1.1 4区 数学 Q4 SOCIAL SCIENCES, MATHEMATICAL METHODS Pub Date : 2022-06-01 DOI: 10.2478/jos-2022-0029
W. Diewert, Kevin J. Fox
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引用次数: 0
Book Review 书评
IF 1.1 4区 数学 Q4 SOCIAL SCIENCES, MATHEMATICAL METHODS Pub Date : 2022-06-01 DOI: 10.2478/jos-2022-0030
Ann-Marie Flygare, Ingegerd Jansson
ISCUSI may be the most prominent academic critic of current public health approaches to smoking, often serving as an expert witness for cigarette companies. He is perhaps best known for his conclusion that smokers provide governments with net economic benefits because they pay more in taxes than do nonsmokers and, thanks to their smoking-shortened lives, consume fewer government benefits. Viscusi’s new book, Smoke-Filled Rooms, presents itself as a critical analysis of the states’ settlements of their lawsuits against the cigarette companies. This framework serves Viscusi well, because it supports the narrow, dollars-and-cents approach he favors and excludes important public health considerations. As he writes, “the focus of the litigation is solely on whether the government incurred financial costs as a result of the cigarettes.” Not only are private costs ignored, but so are the suffering and loss caused by smoking and other undesirable effects that are not reflected in government expenditures. “Framing the question in this manner may seem narrow, which it is,” he writes, and he blames the “anti-smoking forces and the governmental lawsuits” for creating such a framework. But Viscusi does not go beyond this kind of sterile and limited economic view. This narrow approach might make sense if Viscusi’s book discussed only the state tobacco settlements, but it clearly does much more. Besides criticizing all other litigation against the tobacco companies (and similar litigation against other businesses), Viscusi evaluates current government and public health initiatives for reducing tobacco use, finds them lacking, and offers a controversial alternative approach. Viscusi’s analysis is often superficial and incomplete, even within the narrow framework he has chosen. In his accounting of smoking-related costs and savings, for example, Viscusi states that “this comprehensive review reflects all cost components that have been recognized in the professional economics literature.” But he later, without explanation, indicates that he “will omit influences such as costs associated with low-birthweight babies” — despite estimates that the costs resulting from smoking-affected pregnancies are as high as $2 billion per year. Other overlooked costs include Social Security survivors’ insurance payments to spouses and children of adults who die early because of smoking, cleaning and maintenance costs related to smoking, and costs related to secondhand smoke. Although Viscusi considers the costs of secondhand smoke in a separate chapter, he does not provide any estimate or substantial discussion of the costs of treating ailments caused or exacerbated by secondhand smoke, nor does he cite the published research that does so. It is also impossible to evaluate the subtotals of costs and savings that Viscusi does present, because he reveals very little about his underlying calculations, data, and assumptions. V Viscusi’s conclusion that smoking has a net positive effec
ISCUSI可能是当前公共卫生吸烟方法的最著名的学术批评者,经常作为烟草公司的专家证人。他最为人所知的可能是他的结论,即吸烟者为政府提供了净经济利益,因为他们比不吸烟者缴纳更多的税款,而且由于吸烟缩短了寿命,他们消耗的政府福利更少。维斯库西的新书《烟雾弥漫的房间》对各州对烟草公司诉讼的和解进行了批判性分析。这个框架很好地服务于维斯库西,因为它支持他所支持的狭隘的、美元和美分的方法,并排除了重要的公共卫生考虑因素。正如他所写,“诉讼的焦点完全在于政府是否因吸烟而产生财务成本。”不仅私人成本被忽视,吸烟和其他未反映在政府支出中的不良影响所造成的痛苦和损失也被忽视。他写道:“以这种方式界定这个问题可能看起来很狭隘,事实确实如此。”他指责“反吸烟势力和政府诉讼”创建了这样一个框架。但维斯库西并没有超越这种贫瘠而有限的经济观点。如果维斯库西的书只讨论了国家烟草解决方案,这种狭隘的方法可能是有道理的,但它显然做得更多。除了批评针对烟草公司的所有其他诉讼(以及针对其他企业的类似诉讼)外,Viscusi还评估了当前政府和公共卫生部门减少烟草使用的举措,发现这些举措缺乏,并提出了一种有争议的替代方法。维斯库西的分析往往是肤浅和不完整的,即使在他选择的狭窄框架内也是如此。例如,维斯库西在对吸烟相关成本和节约的核算中表示,“这篇全面的综述反映了专业经济学文献中公认的所有成本组成部分。”但他后来没有解释,表明他“将忽略与低出生体重婴儿相关的成本等影响”——尽管据估计,受吸烟影响的怀孕每年的成本高达20亿美元。其他被忽视的费用包括社会保障幸存者向因吸烟而早逝的成年人的配偶和子女支付的保险费、与吸烟有关的清洁和维护费用,以及与二手烟有关的费用。尽管维斯库西在单独的一章中考虑了二手烟的成本,但他没有对治疗二手烟引起或加剧的疾病的成本进行任何估计或实质性讨论,也没有引用已经发表的研究。也不可能评估维斯库西提出的成本和节省的小计,因为他很少透露自己的基本计算、数据和假设。V Viscusi关于吸烟对政府预算有净积极影响的结论可能仍然有效,但他没有说明为什么这一发现与最大限度地减少烟草危害的公共卫生目标有关。事实上,维斯库西似乎拒绝接受这一目标,他表示,政府政策应该尊重个人选择,促进消费者在知情的情况下承担风险。但他也认为,通过利用竞争市场的力量来促进更安全香烟的开发和使用,采用这一新目标将比目前的公共卫生方法更有效地减少吸烟造成的危害。为了支持这一论点,Viscusi声称,自20世纪50年代以来,美国香烟中过滤器的使用越来越多,焦油含量也越来越低,这降低了吸烟的健康风险及其造成的总体危害。他承认,一些吸烟者“可能”会忽视过滤器的好处,并补偿较低的焦油和尼古丁水平(例如,堵住过滤器的通风口,深吸气,或抽更多的烟)。但他得出的结论是——几乎没有提供支持性的研究、数据或分析——这种行为并没有实质性地减少向“更安全”香烟的转变对健康的益处。相比之下,美国国家癌症研究所最近出版的关于低焦油香烟的专著指出,“没有令人信服的证据表明,1950年至1980年代中期香烟设计的变化导致整个群体或整个人口因吸烟而造成的疾病负担显著减少。”更重要的是,Viscusi没有解释这样一个事实,即提供“安全”的香烟实际上通过为吸烟者提供一种受欢迎的替代方案来提高吸烟率,而不是减少吸烟或完全戒烟。 尽管他承认这种可能性,但他没有试图估计“安全”香烟在多大程度上增加了吸烟的成本和危害,也没有试图预测这些香烟更积极的营销可能会增加吸烟及其相关成本和危害。这本书的其他部分也对卷烟公司提出了一些天真的看法。例如,Viscusi指出,烟草行业不支持18岁以下的人吸烟,他忽视了这些公司在阻碍有效的禁烟法律法规方面发挥的重要作用。尽管存在这些问题,但对于那些希望了解反对吸烟的主要理论攻击的细心读者来说,这本书仍然是一个有用的资源。该书还揭示了维斯库西与公共卫生界之间的许多共识,例如支持消除年轻人吸烟,食品和药物管理局对“更安全”的烟草产品进行全面监督,以及向消费者提供关于吸烟危害的准确和更精细的信息。但在这里,就像本书的其余部分一样,魔鬼在于细节——或者说它们的缺失。
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引用次数: 0
Iterative Kernel Density Estimation Applied to Grouped Data: Estimating Poverty and Inequality Indicators from the German Microcensus 应用于分组数据的迭代核密度估计:从德国微观经济学中估计贫困和不平等指标
IF 1.1 4区 数学 Q4 SOCIAL SCIENCES, MATHEMATICAL METHODS Pub Date : 2022-06-01 DOI: 10.2478/jos-2022-0027
Paul Walter, Marcus Gross, T. Schmid, K. Weimer
Abstract The estimation of poverty and inequality indicators based on survey data is trivial as long as the variable of interest (e.g., income or consumption) is measured on a metric scale. However, estimation is not directly possible, using standard formulas, when the income variable is grouped due to confidentiality constraints or in order to decrease item nonresponse. We propose an iterative kernel density algorithm that generates metric pseudo samples from the grouped variable for the estimation of indicators. The corresponding standard errors are estimated by a non-parametric bootstrap that accounts for the additional uncertainty due to the grouping. The algorithm enables the use of survey weights and household equivalence scales. The proposed method is applied to the German Microcensus for estimating the regional distribution of poverty and inequality in Germany.
摘要只要利益变量(如收入或消费)是以度量尺度衡量的,基于调查数据对贫困和不平等指标的估计就微不足道。然而,当由于保密限制或为了减少项目无响应而对收入变量进行分组时,使用标准公式进行估计是不可能的。我们提出了一种迭代核密度算法,该算法从分组变量中生成度量伪样本,用于估计指标。相应的标准误差是通过非参数引导估计的,该非参数引导解释了由于分组而产生的额外不确定性。该算法能够使用调查权重和家庭等效量表。将所提出的方法应用于德国微观经济学,以估计德国贫困和不平等的区域分布。
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Some Thoughts on Official Statistics and its Future (with discussion) 关于官方统计及其未来的几点思考(附讨论)
IF 1.1 4区 数学 Q4 SOCIAL SCIENCES, MATHEMATICAL METHODS Pub Date : 2022-06-01 DOI: 10.2478/jos-2022-0026
Yves Tillé, M. Debusschere, Henri Luomaranta, Martin Axelson, E. Elvers, A. Holmberg, R. Valliant
Abstract In this article, we share some reflections on the state of statistical science and its evolution in the production systems of official statistics. We first try to make a synthesis of the evolution of statistical thinking. We then examine the evolution of practices in official statistics, which had to face very early on a diversification of sou rces: first with the use of censuses, then sample surveys and finally administrative files. At each stage, a profound revision of methods was necessary. We show that since the middle of the 20th century, one of the major challenges of statistics has been to produce estimates from a variety of sources. To do this, a large number of methods have been proposed which are based on very different f oundations. The term “big data” encompasses a set of sources and new statistical methods. We first examine the potential of valorization of big data in official statistics. Some applications such as image analysis for agricultural prediction are very old and will be further developed. However, we report our skepticism towards web-scrapping methods. Then we examine the use of new deep learning methods. With access to more and more sources, the great challenge will remain the valorization and harmonization of these sources.
在这篇文章中,我们分享了一些关于统计科学的现状及其在官方统计生产系统中的演变的思考。我们首先尝试对统计思维的演变做一个综合。然后,我们研究了官方统计实践的演变,官方统计很早就不得不面对来源多样化的问题:首先是使用人口普查,然后是抽样调查,最后是行政档案。在每个阶段,都需要对方法进行深刻的修改。我们表明,自20世纪中叶以来,统计的主要挑战之一是从各种来源产生估计。为了做到这一点,已经提出了基于非常不同的基础的大量方法。“大数据”一词包含了一系列来源和新的统计方法。我们首先考察了官方统计中大数据价值增值的潜力。一些应用,如农业预测的图像分析是非常古老的,将进一步发展。然而,我们报告我们对网页抓取方法的怀疑。然后我们研究了新的深度学习方法的使用。随着获得越来越多的来源,巨大的挑战将仍然是这些来源的价值和协调。
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Data Collection Expert Prior Elicitation in Survey Design: Two Case Studies 调查设计中的数据收集专家先验启发:两个案例研究
IF 1.1 4区 数学 Q4 SOCIAL SCIENCES, MATHEMATICAL METHODS Pub Date : 2022-06-01 DOI: 10.2478/jos-2022-0028
Shiya Wu, B. Schouten, R. Meijers, M. Moerbeek
Abstract Data collection staff involved in sampling designs, monitoring and analysis of surveys often have a good sense of the response rate that can be expected in a survey, even when this survey is new or done at a relatively low frequency. They make expectations of response rates, and, subsequently, costs on an almost continuous basis. Rarely, however, are these expectations formally structured. Furthermore, the expectations usually are point estimates without any assessment of precision or uncertainty. In recent years, the interest in adaptive survey designs has increased. These designs lean heavily on accurate estimates of response rates and costs. In order to account for inaccurate estimates, a Bayesian analysis of survey design parameters is very sensible. The combination of strong intrinsic knowledge of data collection staff and a Bayesian analysis is a natural next step. In this article, prior elicitation is developed for design parameters with the help of data collection staff. The elicitation is applied to two case studies in which surveys underwent a major redesign and direct historic survey data was unavailable.
摘要参与抽样设计、监测和分析调查的数据收集人员通常对调查的预期响应率有很好的了解,即使这项调查是新的或频率相对较低。他们对响应率以及随后的成本做出了几乎连续的预期。然而,这些期望很少有正式的结构。此外,预期通常是点估计,没有任何精度或不确定性评估。近年来,人们对适应性调查设计的兴趣有所增加。这些设计在很大程度上依赖于对响应率和成本的准确估计。为了解释不准确的估计,对勘测设计参数进行贝叶斯分析是非常明智的。数据收集人员的强大内在知识和贝叶斯分析相结合是下一步的自然选择。在本文中,在数据收集人员的帮助下,对设计参数进行了先验启发。该启发应用于两个案例研究,在这两个案例中,调查进行了重大的重新设计,并且没有直接的历史调查数据。
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If They Don’t Understand the Question, They Don’t answer. Language Mismatch in Face-to-Face Interviews 如果他们不理解问题,他们就不会回答。面对面面试中的语言不匹配
IF 1.1 4区 数学 Q4 SOCIAL SCIENCES, MATHEMATICAL METHODS Pub Date : 2022-06-01 DOI: 10.2478/jos-2022-0022
Jannes Jacobsen
Abstract The provision of translated field instruments is a crucial aspect to reduce response burden and subsequently increase data quality in surveys with a multi-linguistic target population such as surveys on recent immigrants. Failure to address this can result in a mismatch between the survey language and the respondent’s mother tongue. By using a survey on refugees in Germany, this article explores the correlation of the absence of the respondents’ mother tongue on item nonresponse – a crucial aspect of data quality. Further, this article investigates whether supplementary audio recordings in the same language as the written questions can reduce item nonresponse when the mother tongue is not available. To answer the research questions, all missing answers per individual are counted and analyzed by means of poisson regression analyses. In a second step, the likelihood of item-nonresponse for single items is estimated as well. Results show that a language mismatch as well as the usage of audio recordings increase item nonresponse.
摘要在针对多语言目标人群的调查(如对新移民的调查)中,提供翻译的实地文书是减少回应负担并随后提高数据质量的一个关键方面。如果不解决这一问题,可能会导致调查语言与受访者的母语不匹配。通过对德国难民的调查,本文探讨了受访者母语缺失与项目无应答之间的相关性,这是数据质量的一个关键方面。此外,本文还调查了当母语不可用时,与书面问题使用相同语言的补充录音是否可以减少项目无回答。为了回答研究问题,对每个人的所有遗漏答案进行统计,并通过泊松回归分析进行分析。在第二步中,还估计了单个项目没有响应的可能性。结果显示,语言不匹配以及录音的使用会增加项目的无回应。
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Assessing Residual Seasonality in the U.S. National Income and Product Accounts Aggregates 评估美国国民收入和产品账户总量的剩余季节性
IF 1.1 4区 数学 Q4 SOCIAL SCIENCES, MATHEMATICAL METHODS Pub Date : 2022-06-01 DOI: 10.2478/jos-2022-0020
Baoline Chen, T. McElroy, Osbert Pang
Abstract There is an ongoing debate on whether residual seasonality is present in the estimates of real Gross Domestic Product (GDP) in U.S. national accounts and whether it explains the slower quarter-one GDP growth rate in the recent years. This article aims to bring clarity to this topic by (1) summarizing the techniques and methodologies used in these studies; (2) arguing for a sound methodological framework for evaluating claims of residual seasonality; and (3) proposing three diagnostic tests for detecting residual seasonality, applying them to different vintages and different sample spans of data on real GDP and its major components from the U.S. national accounts and making comparisons with results from the previous studies.
关于美国国民账户中实际国内生产总值(GDP)的估计是否存在剩余季节性,以及它是否解释了近年来较慢的第一季度GDP增长率,一直存在争论。本文旨在通过(1)总结这些研究中使用的技术和方法来澄清这一主题;(2)为剩余季节性索赔的评估提出合理的方法框架;(3)提出了三种检测剩余季节性的诊断方法,并将其应用于不同年份和不同样本跨度的美国国民账户实际GDP及其主要成分数据,并与前人的研究结果进行了比较。
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