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The Federal Committee on Statistical Methodology (FCSM) was founded in 1975 by the Statistical and Science Policy Branch in the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs in the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to assist in carrying out SSP/OMB's role in setting and coordinating statistical policy. Statistical Policy Working Papers are prepared by FCSM members or FCSM subcommittees. These papers convey the insights and best practices garnered from FCSM members, their agencies across the federal statistical system. To learn more about the Statistical Policy Working Papers, visit the FCSM website: https://www.fcsm.gov/resources/statistical-policy-working-papers/. Bookmark this collection: https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/collection_fcsm or https://doi.org/10.21949/1530832.

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  • AIReady Federal Statistical Data An Extension of Communicating Data Quality
    AI-Ready Federal Statistical Data: An Extension of Communicating Data Quality
    Hoppe, Travis ;
    Gonzalez, Jeffrey
    2025-05-01 | PDF
    Generative Artificial Intelligence (AI) is redefining how people interact with public information and shaping how public data are consumed. Recent advances in large language models (LLMs) mean that more Americans are getting answers from AI chatbots and other AI systems, which increasingly draw on public datasets. The federal statistical community ...
  • Analyzing Persistent Poverty Areas Using Federal Data FCSM 2502
    Analyzing Persistent Poverty Areas Using Federal Data, FCSM 25-02
    Farrigan, Tracey ;
    Crowe, Jessica
    2025-03-01 | PDF
    Though well established in federal program design, persistent poverty area measurement in the federal government is not uniform in its methodology or application. The purpose of this reportis to provide federal agencies with information on existing persistent poverty area indicators and on the underlying constructs of persistent poverty area measur ...
  • Rural Definitions and Measurement FCSM 2501
    Rural Definitions and Measurement, FCSM 25-01
    Cromartie, John ;
    Ratcliffe, Michael
    2025-03-01 | PDF
    This report is designed as a brief guide to rural definitions and measures, and supplements information available from the Economic Research Service and the Census Bureau. It begins with an explanation of why different definitions exist and a synthesis of key similarities and differences among them. This is followed by a detailed description of the ...
  • A Framework for Data Quality Case Studies
    A Framework for Data Quality: Case Studies
    Mirel, Lisa B ;
    Singpurwalla, Darius
    2023-10-01 | PDF
    The Federal Committee on Statistical Methodology (FCSM) released A Framework for Data Quality in September 2020 to provide a common foundation upon which federal agencies can make informed decisions about the quality of data products and their management throughout their life cycle. The framework introduces data program managers and analysts—includ ...
  • Data Quality Assessment Tool for Administrative Data
    Data Quality Assessment Tool for Administrative Data
    Iwig, William ;
    Berning, Michael
    2023-02-01 | PDF
    Government agencies maintain data for the administration of government programs. Unlike survey data, which are collected for statistical purposes, administrative data are collected as part of a program agency’s routine operations. Through a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) a program agency may share its administrative records, or a data file extra ...
  • A Framework for Data Quality
    A Framework for Data Quality
    Dworak-Fisher, Keenan ;
    Mirel, Lisa B
    2020-09-01 | PDF
    Efective understanding of data quality is essential for public officials, private businesses, and the public to make data-driven decisions. New sources of data, uses of existing data, analysis methods, and increasing reliance on integrating data from multiple sources bring new opportunities and challenges to federal agencies that provide informatio ...
  • Transparent Reporting for Integrated Data Quality Practices of Seven Federal Statistical Agencies
    Transparent Reporting for Integrated Data Quality: Practices of Seven Federal Statistical Agencies
    Prell, Mark ;
    Chapman, Chris
    2020-09-01 | PDF
    This report provides results from the Transparent Reporting Project, which examined how seven agencies in the federal statistical system assess the quality of integrated data used in one of the agency’s statistical products and how they report data quality to users of the product. The project was designed to serve the information needs of the proje ...
  • Updates on Terminology of Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity Survey Measures
    Updates on Terminology of Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity Survey Measures
    Morgan, Rachel E ;
    Dragon, Christina
    2020-08-01 | PDF
    One of these working papers, Toward a Research Agenda for Measuring Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity in Federal Surveys, addresses the knowledge gaps by proposing research priorities and strategies to make the greatest impact on improving SOGI measurement in federal surveys (IWG, 2016c). A primary research priority is the need for further res ...
  • A Systematic Review of Nonresponse Bias Studies in Federally Sponsored Surveys
    A Systematic Review of Nonresponse Bias Studies in Federally Sponsored Surveys
    Miller, Peter ;
    Fakhouri, Tala H
    2020-03-01 | PDF
    In 2006, the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) published Standards and Guidelines for Statistical Surveys mandating that all federal surveys with a unit response rate of less than 80% conduct an analysis of nonresponse bias (NRB). Since 2006, federal surveys have increased activities involving NRB analyses; however, it is unclear what methods h ...
  • Statistical Policy Working Paper 47 Evaluating Survey Questions An Inventory of Methods
    Statistical Policy Working Paper 47. Evaluating Survey Questions: An Inventory of Methods
    United States. Federal Committee on Statistical Methodology. Subcommittee on Questionnaire Evaluation Methods
    2016-01-01 | PDF
    This document was developed by the Federal Committee on Statistical Methodology (FCSM) Subcommittee on Question Evaluation Methodology to provide an inventory of methods used by federal statistical agencies to evaluate survey questions. Since question development methods play a crucial role in assuring the quality of survey questions and the data t ...
  • Profiles in Success of Statistical Uses of Administrative Data
    Profiles in Success of Statistical Uses of Administrative Data
    Prell, Mark ;
    Bradsher-Fredrick, Howard
    2009-04-01 | PDF
    Administrative data have a variety of statistical uses which often are met only if federal, state or academic partners succeed in developing a data-sharing agreement. In 2008, a cross-agency team of researchers under the sponsorship of the Federal Committee on Statistical Methodology conducted the project “Profiles in Success of Statistical Uses of ...
  • Report on Statistical Disclosure Limitation Methodology
    Report on Statistical Disclosure Limitation Methodology
    United States. Federal Committee on Statistical Methodology
    2005-12-01 | PDF
    The Federal Committee on Statistical Methodology (FCSM) was organized by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) in 1975 to investigate issues of data quality affecting Federal statistics. Members of the committee, selected by OMB on the basis of their individual expertise and interest in statistical methods, serve in a personal capacity rather t ...
  • Response Rate Summit National Health Interview Consumer Expenditure Quarterly Surveys
    Response Rate Summit— National Health Interview & Consumer Expenditure Quarterly Surveys
    Salvucci, Sameena ;
    Wenck, Stephen
    2002-02-01 | PDF
    The Response Rate Summit convened on February 21st and 22nd, 2002, at the Crystal City Marriott in Arlington, Virginia. The U.S. Census Bureau and the Interagency Household Survey Nonresponse Group (IHSNG) sponsored the summit. The IHSNG is a subcommittee of the Federal Committee on Statistical Methodology (FCSM). The purpose of the summit was to p ...
  • Statistical Policy Working Paper 31 Measuring and Reporting Sources of Error in Surveys
    Statistical Policy Working Paper 31. Measuring and Reporting Sources of Error in Surveys
    United States. Federal Committee on Statistical Methodology. Subcommittee on Measuring and Reporting the Quality of Survey Data
    2001-07-01 | PDF
    In 1996, the FCSM established a subcommittee to review the measurement and reporting of data quality in federal data collection programs. Many issues revolve around these two broad topics, not the least of which is what is meant by “quality.” Different data users have different goals and, consequently, different ideas of what constitutes “quality.” ...
  • Statistical Policy Working Paper 27 Training for the Future Addressing Tomorrows Survey Tasks
    Statistical Policy Working Paper 27. Training for the Future: Addressing Tomorrow’s Survey Tasks
    United States. Federal Committee on Statistical Methodology. Subcommittee on Survey and Statistical Training
    1998-09-01 | PDF
    The subcommittee reviewed training and development at its six member agencies — Bureau of the Census, Bureau of Labor Statistics, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Energy Information Administration, National Agricultural Statistics Service, NationalCenter for Education Statistics, and the National Center for Health Statistics. The informa ...
  • Seminar on Statistical Methodology in the Public Service
    Seminar on Statistical Methodology in the Public Service
    United States. Federal Committee on Statistical Methodology
    1997-08-01 | PDF
    Statistical Policy Working Paper 26, published in 2 parts, presents the proceedings of the "Seminar on Statistical Methodology in the Public Service." ln addition to providing the papers and formal discussions from each of the twelve sessions, this working paper includes Victor Cohn's keynote address, "What We the Public Need to Know", and comments ...
  • Data Editing Workshop and Exposition
    Data Editing Workshop and Exposition
    United States. Federal Committee on Statistical Methodology
    1996-12-01 | PDF
    Statistical Policy Working Paper 25 is the written record of the Data Editing Workshop and Exposition held March 22, 1996, at the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) Conference and Training Center. The program consisted of 44 oral presentations and 19 software demonstrations on data editing. Subject areas included Fellegi-Holt systems, On-site data ca ...
  • Electronic Dissemination of Statistical Data
    Electronic Dissemination of Statistical Data
    United States, Federal Committee on Statistical Methodology. Subcommittee on Electronic Dissemination of Statistical Data
    1995-11-01 | PDF
    The Subcommittee on Electronic Dissemination of Statistical Data was formed in January 1994 to document the use in Federal statistical agencies of electronic means of disseminating data. The report, Statistical Policy Working Paper 24, Electronic Dissemination of Statistical Data, includes several topics, such as Options and Best Uses for Different ...
  • Seminar on New Directions in Statistical Methodology
    Seminar on New Directions in Statistical Methodology
    United States. Federal Committee on Statistical Methodology
    1995-06-01 | PDF
    Statistical Policy Working Paper 23, published in three parts, presents the proceedings of the seminar on New Directions in Statistical Methodology. In addition to providing the papers and formal discussions from each of the twelve sessions, the working paper includes Graham Kalton's keynote address, "Improving the Quality of Federal Statistics", a ...
  • Indirect Estimators in Federal Programs
    Indirect Estimators in Federal Programs
    United States. Federal Committee on Statistical Methodology. Subcommittee on Small Area Estimation
    1993-07-01 | PDF
    The Subcommittee on Small Area Estimation was formed in 1991 to document the uses of indirect estimators by Federal statistical agencies to prepare and publish estimates. An indirect estimator uses values of the variable of interest from a domain and/or time period other than the domain and time period of the estimate being produced. Users of indir ...
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