This report contains selected papers given at the 2004 annual meetings of the American Statistical Association and other professional conferences.

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Recent developments in statistics of income research

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Quality assessment of administrative records data

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Research in income and wealth

  • Consider the Source: Differences in Estimates of Income and Wealth From Survey and Tax Data PDF - Barry Johnson, Statistics of Income, IRS, and Kevin Moore, Board of Govenors of the Federal Reserve System

    One implication of the decentralized nature of the statistical system in the United States of America, composed of over 70 Federal Government organizations, is that the data used by lawmakers and researchers to develop and evaluate Government policies come from a variety of sources.

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Disclosure protection techniques

  • Developing Adoptable Disclosure Protection Techniques: Lessons Learned From a U.S. Experience PDF - Nicholas H. Greenia, Statistics of Income, IRS

    The development of new disclosure protection techniques is useful only insofar as those techniques are adopted by statistical agencies. For technical experts in disclosure limitation to be successful, they are likely to need to interact with the appropriate statistical offices. This paper discusses just such a successful interaction in the United States.

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Multivariate analysis

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Index Of IRS Methodology Reports On Statistical Uses Of Administrative Records PDF

Index of years