Presented By: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research
Topic Data Quality Challenges for Census 2020: How will we know and what can we do?
John H. Thompson, D'Vera Cohn, Dr. Joseph Hotz, and Mark Hanson ( Moderator)
What are the challenges around data quality of the census in 2020? Join us for a conversation with:
John H. Thompson, former Director of the U.S. Census Bureau
D'Vera Cohn, senior writer, and editor at Pew Research Center
Dr. Joseph Hotz, Distinguished Professor of Economics at Duke University
Moderated by Dr. Mark Hansen, Director of the Brown Institute of Media Innovation at Columbia University
Presented by:
D’Vera Cohn
Senior Writer and Editor at Pew Research Center
D’Vera Cohn is a senior writer and editor at Pew Research Center. She studies and writes about demographics in the United States, especially the census. Cohn was a Washington Post reporter for 21 years, mainly writing about demographics, and was the newspaper’s lead reporter for the 2000 census. Before joining Pew Research Center, she served as a consultant and freelance writer for the Brookings Institution and Population Reference Bureau. Cohn is a graduate of Bryn Mawr College and is a former Nieman Fellow. She is an author of studies on the marriage and birth rates in the United States, migration between the U.S. and Mexico, and U.S. population projections. Cohn manages Pew Research Center’s @allthingscensus Twitter account. She has spoken at national journalism conferences about how reporters can make use of demographic data in stories and often talks about the Center’s findings in print and broadcast media.
Dr. Joseph Hotz
Distinguished Professor of Economics at Duke University
Professor Hotz specializes in the subjects of applied econometrics, labor economics, economic demography, and economics of the family. His studies have investigated the impacts of social programs, such as welfare-to-work training; the relationship between childbearing patterns and labor force participation of U.S. women; the effects of teenage pregnancy; the child care market; the Earned Income Tax Credit; and other such subjects. He began conducting his studies in 1977 and has since published his work extensively in books and leading academic journals. Many of his projects have been funded by grants awarded by the National Institute of Health and the National Science Foundation. He is currently completing a project with Duncan Thomas on, “Preference and Economic Decision-Making” under a grant from the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development. His recent works also include, “Tax Policy and Low-Wage Labor Markets: New Work on Employment, Effectiveness, and Administration” with John Karl Scholz and Charles Mullin; and “Designing New Models to Explain Family Change and Variation” with S. Philip Morgan. Along with his duties as an independent researcher, Professor Hotz has also held positions as a research associate of the National Bureau of Economic Research, the National Poverty Center, the Institute for the Study of Labor, and the Institute for Research on Poverty. He is presently a member of the Committee on National Statistics for the National Academy of Sciences’ Research Council.
John H. Thompson
Distinguished Institute Fellow at the University of Virginia and former Director of the U.S. Census Bureau
John H. Thompson is a Distinguished Institute Fellow with the Biocomplexity Institute and Initiative at the University of Virginia. He also is currently an independent consultant with a focus on survey methodology, executive leadership, the Federal Statistical System, and decennial census. Thompson was director of the U.S. Census Bureau, and most recently, the Executive Director of the Council of Professional Associations on Federal Statistics, an organization whose focus is to advocate for the production and use of high-quality statistics to support good governance and economic growth. Thompson is nationally recognized for his innovative leadership, significant impact on government and academic research, and vision to advance excellence in federal statistics and modernize the federal statistical system.
Thompson spent close to 10 years in two separate, distinctive executive leadership positions with the U.S. Census Bureau. From 1997 to 2002, he was the senior career executive responsible for all aspects of the 2000 Decennial Census and spearheaded the transformation of large-scale complex surveys through innovation. As the executive leader of the 2000 Decennial Census, the U.S. government’s largest peacetime mobilization, he managed a budget of $6.5 billion and a workforce of more than 500,000 people. He received accolades for his outstanding work from the National Academy of Sciences Panel evaluating the census, among others. From 2013 to 2017, Thompson was the director of the Census Bureau where he successfully worked with the executive and legislative branches of the federal government, including the White House and Congress, to transform the Bureau into a forward-looking 21st century statistical agency. His accomplishments include a redesign of the 2020 Decennial Census to achieve great efficiencies through the use of modern geospatial tools, the Internet, and mobile technology; and implementation of a research program to support mission critical activities – both of which have had a profound impact on the federal statistical system.
Thompson was President and Executive Vice President of the (National Opinion Research Center) NORC at the University of Chicago, a national nonprofit organization that conducts high-quality social science research in the public interest. Between 2002 and 2012, he led the organization to nearly 50 percent growth in revenue, implemented new initiatives to improve and advance federal statistics, and oversaw major research projects, including the National Immunization Survey conducted on behalf of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Thompson is a fellow of the American Statistical Association, a member of the 2013 Virginia Tech College of Science Hall of Distinction inaugural class, and received the Presidential Rank Award for Meritorious Executive in 2001. The Department of Commerce recognized his cumulative impact on federal statistics with the bronze medal in 1988, silver medal in 1998, and gold medal in 2000.
Mark Hanson (Moderator)
Director of the David and Helen Gurley Brown Institute for Media Innovation @Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism
Mark Hansen is a professor at the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism and Director of the David and Helen Gurley Brown Institute for Media Innovation. His special interest is the intersection of data, art, and technology. He adopts an interdisciplinary approach to data science, drawing on various branches of applied mathematics, information theory, and new media arts. Hansen is also a current member of the ICPSR Council. Within the field of journalism, Hansen has promoted coding literacy for journalists.
This webinar is part of the 2020 ICPSR Data Fair, "Data in Real Life." More information about the Data Fair can be found at http://myumi.ch/ICPSRdatafair2020. Please note that all attendees for this session must be registered for the ICPSR Data Fair.
John H. Thompson, former Director of the U.S. Census Bureau
D'Vera Cohn, senior writer, and editor at Pew Research Center
Dr. Joseph Hotz, Distinguished Professor of Economics at Duke University
Moderated by Dr. Mark Hansen, Director of the Brown Institute of Media Innovation at Columbia University
Presented by:
D’Vera Cohn
Senior Writer and Editor at Pew Research Center
D’Vera Cohn is a senior writer and editor at Pew Research Center. She studies and writes about demographics in the United States, especially the census. Cohn was a Washington Post reporter for 21 years, mainly writing about demographics, and was the newspaper’s lead reporter for the 2000 census. Before joining Pew Research Center, she served as a consultant and freelance writer for the Brookings Institution and Population Reference Bureau. Cohn is a graduate of Bryn Mawr College and is a former Nieman Fellow. She is an author of studies on the marriage and birth rates in the United States, migration between the U.S. and Mexico, and U.S. population projections. Cohn manages Pew Research Center’s @allthingscensus Twitter account. She has spoken at national journalism conferences about how reporters can make use of demographic data in stories and often talks about the Center’s findings in print and broadcast media.
Dr. Joseph Hotz
Distinguished Professor of Economics at Duke University
Professor Hotz specializes in the subjects of applied econometrics, labor economics, economic demography, and economics of the family. His studies have investigated the impacts of social programs, such as welfare-to-work training; the relationship between childbearing patterns and labor force participation of U.S. women; the effects of teenage pregnancy; the child care market; the Earned Income Tax Credit; and other such subjects. He began conducting his studies in 1977 and has since published his work extensively in books and leading academic journals. Many of his projects have been funded by grants awarded by the National Institute of Health and the National Science Foundation. He is currently completing a project with Duncan Thomas on, “Preference and Economic Decision-Making” under a grant from the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development. His recent works also include, “Tax Policy and Low-Wage Labor Markets: New Work on Employment, Effectiveness, and Administration” with John Karl Scholz and Charles Mullin; and “Designing New Models to Explain Family Change and Variation” with S. Philip Morgan. Along with his duties as an independent researcher, Professor Hotz has also held positions as a research associate of the National Bureau of Economic Research, the National Poverty Center, the Institute for the Study of Labor, and the Institute for Research on Poverty. He is presently a member of the Committee on National Statistics for the National Academy of Sciences’ Research Council.
John H. Thompson
Distinguished Institute Fellow at the University of Virginia and former Director of the U.S. Census Bureau
John H. Thompson is a Distinguished Institute Fellow with the Biocomplexity Institute and Initiative at the University of Virginia. He also is currently an independent consultant with a focus on survey methodology, executive leadership, the Federal Statistical System, and decennial census. Thompson was director of the U.S. Census Bureau, and most recently, the Executive Director of the Council of Professional Associations on Federal Statistics, an organization whose focus is to advocate for the production and use of high-quality statistics to support good governance and economic growth. Thompson is nationally recognized for his innovative leadership, significant impact on government and academic research, and vision to advance excellence in federal statistics and modernize the federal statistical system.
Thompson spent close to 10 years in two separate, distinctive executive leadership positions with the U.S. Census Bureau. From 1997 to 2002, he was the senior career executive responsible for all aspects of the 2000 Decennial Census and spearheaded the transformation of large-scale complex surveys through innovation. As the executive leader of the 2000 Decennial Census, the U.S. government’s largest peacetime mobilization, he managed a budget of $6.5 billion and a workforce of more than 500,000 people. He received accolades for his outstanding work from the National Academy of Sciences Panel evaluating the census, among others. From 2013 to 2017, Thompson was the director of the Census Bureau where he successfully worked with the executive and legislative branches of the federal government, including the White House and Congress, to transform the Bureau into a forward-looking 21st century statistical agency. His accomplishments include a redesign of the 2020 Decennial Census to achieve great efficiencies through the use of modern geospatial tools, the Internet, and mobile technology; and implementation of a research program to support mission critical activities – both of which have had a profound impact on the federal statistical system.
Thompson was President and Executive Vice President of the (National Opinion Research Center) NORC at the University of Chicago, a national nonprofit organization that conducts high-quality social science research in the public interest. Between 2002 and 2012, he led the organization to nearly 50 percent growth in revenue, implemented new initiatives to improve and advance federal statistics, and oversaw major research projects, including the National Immunization Survey conducted on behalf of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Thompson is a fellow of the American Statistical Association, a member of the 2013 Virginia Tech College of Science Hall of Distinction inaugural class, and received the Presidential Rank Award for Meritorious Executive in 2001. The Department of Commerce recognized his cumulative impact on federal statistics with the bronze medal in 1988, silver medal in 1998, and gold medal in 2000.
Mark Hanson (Moderator)
Director of the David and Helen Gurley Brown Institute for Media Innovation @Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism
Mark Hansen is a professor at the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism and Director of the David and Helen Gurley Brown Institute for Media Innovation. His special interest is the intersection of data, art, and technology. He adopts an interdisciplinary approach to data science, drawing on various branches of applied mathematics, information theory, and new media arts. Hansen is also a current member of the ICPSR Council. Within the field of journalism, Hansen has promoted coding literacy for journalists.
This webinar is part of the 2020 ICPSR Data Fair, "Data in Real Life." More information about the Data Fair can be found at http://myumi.ch/ICPSRdatafair2020. Please note that all attendees for this session must be registered for the ICPSR Data Fair.
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