The Census Headquarters Research Data Center (RDC) is welcoming proposals to present papers at the 2014 Annual RDC Research Conference. The conference will be a day of concurrent paper sessions and a keynote presentation. Papers should be based on current or recent research using data from the nationwide network of RDCs. Data for the research include demographic, business, and linked employee-employer data from the U.S. Census Bureau and health data from the National Center for Health Statistics and the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. The research should involve statistical analyses on nonpublic versions of the data from these government agencies.
Please submit an abstract of no more than 500 words describing your research question(s), data used (including sponsoring agency), methodology, and summary of results. Results can be anticipated or preliminary if they are not yet finalized. The abstract should include contact information, including e-mail and phone number, and affiliations for all authors of the paper.
Please e-mail your submissions to danielle.h.sandler@census.gov. Submission deadline is Friday, April 11, 2014. Notifications of inclusion in the conference program will be sent by April 25th.
For more information, please contact Danielle Sandler at danielle.h.sandler@census.gov or Barbara Downs at barbara.a.downs@census.gov.