Nonresponse in Social Science Surveys: A Research Agenda (2013)

Chapter: Acronyms and Abbreviations

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Suggested Citation: "Acronyms and Abbreviations." National Research Council. 2013. Nonresponse in Social Science Surveys: A Research Agenda. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/18293.

Acronyms and Abbreviations

AAPOR American Association for Public Opinion Research
ABS address-based sampling
ACASI audio computer-assisted self-interviewing
ACS American Community Survey
AHEAD Asset and Health Dynamics Among the Oldest Old Survey
AHS American Housing Survey
ATUS American Time Use Survey
   
BLS Bureau of Labor Statistics
BRFSS Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System
   
CAPI computer-assisted personal interviewing
CARI computer-assisted recorded interviewing
CASI computer-assisted self-interviewing
CASRO Council of American Survey Research Organizations
CDC Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
CE Consumer Expenditure Survey
CED Consumer Expenditure Diary
CEQ Consumer Expenditure Quarterly Interview Survey
CHI contact history instrument
CNSTAT Committee on National Statistics
CODA Children of the Depression Age cohort
CPS Current Population Survey
   
DSF U.S. Postal Service Delivery Sequence File
Suggested Citation: "Acronyms and Abbreviations." National Research Council. 2013. Nonresponse in Social Science Surveys: A Research Agenda. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/18293.
EBB Early Baby Boomer Survey
   
FCSM Federal Committee on Statistical Methodology
FMI fraction of missing information
   
GSS General Social Survey
   
HINTS Health Information National Trends Survey
HRS Health and Retirement Study
   
IRS Internal Revenue Service
IVR interactive voice response
   
LST leverage–saliency theory
   
MAR missing at random
MCAR missing completely at random
MSA metropolitan statistical area
   
NCVS National Crime Victimization Survey
NHES National Household Education Survey
NHIS National Health Interview Survey
NIS National Immunization Survey
NLS National Longitudinal Survey
NLSY National Longitudinal Survey of Youth
NMCES National Medical Care Expenditure Survey
NRC National Research Council
   
OMB Office of Management and Budget
   
PAPI paper-and-pencil interviewing
PSID Panel Study of Income Dynamics
PSU primary sampling unit
   
RCD responsive collection design
RDD random digit dialing
RDS respondent-driven sampling
   
SAQ self-administered questionnaire
SCA Survey of Consumer Attitudes
SCF Survey of Consumer Finances
SIPP Survey of Income and Program Participation
SLID Survey of Labour and Income Dynamics
Suggested Citation: "Acronyms and Abbreviations." National Research Council. 2013. Nonresponse in Social Science Surveys: A Research Agenda. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/18293.
SSN Social Security number
StARS Statistical Administrative Records System
   
T-ACASI telephone audio computer-assisted self-interviewing
TDM total design method
TPOPS Telephone Point of Purchase Survey
   
WB War Baby cohort
   
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