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UCLA Carnesale Commons

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CCPR Seminar Room 4240 Public Affairs Building, Los Angeles, CA, United States

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CCPR Seminar Room 4240 Public Affairs Building, Los Angeles, CA, United States

CCPR is hosting the annual NBER Cohort Studies meeting which brings together researchers from different fields interested in aging related issues or in methodologies applicable to aging and has set […]

NBER Cohort Studies Meeting

CCPR Seminar Room 4240 Public Affairs Building, Los Angeles, CA, United States

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Ilan H. Meyer & Mark S. Handcock, UCLA

CCPR Seminar Room 4240 Public Affairs Building, Los Angeles, CA, United States

"Innovative Sampling Approaches for Hard to Reach Populations: Design of a National Probability Study of Lesbians, Gay Men, Bisexuals, and Transgender Peoples and Network Sampling of Hard to Reach Populations"


Speakers:

Ilan H. Meyer, Williams Distinguished Senior Scholar for Public Policy at the Williams Institute

Mark S. Handcock, Professor of Statistics at UCLA and Director of the Center for Social Statistics


Description:


Come for the exciting seminar then stay for the free lunch and discussion. A seminar led by Ilan H. Meyer followed immediately by a Brown Bag Lunch led by Mark S. Handcock.

Dr. Meyer is Principal Investigator of the Generations and TransPop Surveys. Generations is a survey of a nationally representative sample of 3 generations of lesbians, gay men, and bisexuals. TransPop is the first national probability sample survey of transgender individuals in the United States. Both studies attempt to obtain large nationally representative samples of hard to reach populations. Dr. Meyer will review sampling issues with LGBT populations and speak on the importance of measuring population health of LGBTs and the underlying aspects in designing a national probability survey.

From a contrasting perspective, the field of Survey Methodology is facing many challenges. The general trend of declining response rates is making it harder for survey researchers to reach their intended population of interest using classical survey sampling methods.

In the followup Brown Bag Lunch, led by Mark S. Handcock, participants will discuss statistical challenges and approaches to sampling hard to reach populations. Transgenders, for example, are a rare and stigmatized population. If the transgender community exhibits networked social behavior, then network sampling methods may be useful approaches that compliment classical survey methods.
Participants are encouraged to speak on ideas of statistical methods for surveys.

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CCPR Seminar Room 4240 Public Affairs Building, Los Angeles, CA, United States

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CCPR Seminar Room 4240 Public Affairs Building, Los Angeles, CA, United States

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Covel Commons UCLA

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CCPR Seminar Room 4240 Public Affairs Building, Los Angeles, CA, United States

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UCLA Ziman Center for Real Estate 110 Westwood Plaza, Los Angeles, CA, United States

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4240 Public Affairs Bldg

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4240 Public Affairs Bldg

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