Joint Program in Survey Methodology

University of Maryland  -  University of Michigan  -  Westat
Richard Valliant
1218 LeFrak Hall, College Park, MD 20742
(301) 314-7911 Voice (301) 314-7912 Fax
rvalliant at survey dot umd dot edu
  Position/Title: Research Professor

Department Affiliation: JPSM

Research Interests: model-based survey sampling; regression diagnostics; price index estimation

Curriculum Vitae

PhD Year and University: PhD 1983, Johns Hopkins

Appointments:

Fellow American Statistical Association

Elected member International Statistical Institute


Selected Publications:

Lee, S. and Valliant, R. (2009). "Estimation for volunteer panel web surveys using propensity score adjustment and calibration adjustment." Sociological Methods & Research. 37(3): 319-343.

Li, J. and Valliant, R. (2009), "Survey Weighted Hat Matrix and Leverages," accepted by Survey Methodology.

Dever, J., Rafferty, A., and Valliant, R. (2008), "Internet Surveys: Can Statistical Adjustments Eliminate Coverage Bias?" Survey Research Methods, 2, 47-60.

"The Effect of Multiple Weight Adjustments on Variance Estimation" (2004), Journal of Official Statistics, 20, 1-18.

 "Variance Estimation for the General Regression Estimator" (2002), Survey Methodology, 28, 103-114.

Finite Population Sampling and Inference: A Prediction Approach (2000), with Alan H. Dorfman and Richard M. Royall, New York: John Wiley.

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Example populations (File.layouts - populations.zip)

Errata


"Post-Stratification and Conditional Variance Estimation," (1993), Journal of the American Statistical Association, 88, 89-96.

"Generalized Variance Functions in Stratified Two-Stage Sampling, "  (1987), Journal of the American Statistical Association, 82, 499-508.