WITHDRAWN - The Contributions of Don Dillman to Advancing Statistics for the Public Good

Music City Center 

Don Dillman was remarkably generous of his time for service on oversight and study committees of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine, which recognized his service by making him a lifetime national associate in 2016. He served the maximum allowed two terms from 2014 to 2020 as a member of the Committee on National Statistics (CNSTAT)—its mission fit Don to a T: "to provide advice to the federal government and the nation grounded in the current best scientific knowledge and practice that will lead to improved statistical methods and information upon which to base public policy." As just one example, he chaired the CNSTAT consensus panel that produced "Measuring What We Spend: Toward a New Consumer Expenditure Survey" (2013). For the study, Don and other panel members took the lengthy CE interview, commissioned two redesign proposals, and came up with innovative recommendations for the Bureau of Labor Statistics. This memorial session presentation will review Don's service on CNSTAT study and workshop committees, highlighting his evidence-based contributions, which stressed the need to meet respondents where they are to obtain more accurate and complete survey responses.

Memorial

CNSTAT service

Survey methods