Household Surveys 2011 Redesign Project Board
MINUTES
Date & Time
Thursday 1 March 2012, 2:00pm - 3:00pm
Location
4A 103 MCPHEE (CO) 32 5618; 10L 151 TORRENS (SA) 38 7435; WA Visitors Room (WA) 38
5273
Chairperson
Minutes
Invitees
Attendees
Apologies
cc.
Meeting Agenda:
Key points from meeting
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Standing agenda Items
Action required
1
Welcome and apologies
opened the meeting and apologies noted.
2
Acceptance of minutes from last meeting
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Board accepted the minutes.
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Key Issues for this meeting
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MPS Sample Design Report Notes Link
ACTION ITEM: HSM
to provide analysis of
The Board considered issues 2, 3 and
projected RSEs for
4, before returning to the broader issue 1.
other data items
(such as MPHS
Issue #2) Does the Board feel that the EPS constraint should be
variables and the
relaxed, noting the trade off of cost savings against likely increases
Indigenous sub-
in sampling error for other estimates?
population) to ensure
no cataclysmic
impact to estimate
quality, and circulate
results to the Board
.
out of session.
#2 Board Position: Due to the minimal financial savings, and the
potential quality implications of relaxing the constraint, the Board agreed
to retain the EPS constraint.
Issue #3) Does the Board have any concerns over the slight
reduction in overall sample which comes as a result of how the state
accuracy targets have been set?
#3 Board Position: The Board ratified the sample reduction, subject to
no cataclysmic impacts on quality of key data items collected in Supps or
MPHS.
Issue #4) Does the Board have any concerns over the increase
required to the NT sample?
#4 Board Position: Board agrees to proposed NT sample increase.
Issue #1) Does the Board have any comments on the approach
taken to the sample design?
#1 Board Position: The Board had no further comments to add.
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