Closed Session Summary Posted After the Meeting
The following committee members were present at the closed sessions of the meeting:
William kalsbeek
Candace Kruttschnitt
Paul Biemer
John Boyle
Colin Loftin
Nora Cate Schaeffer
Ruth Peterson and Tom Smith
The following topics were discussed in the closed sessions:
In the closed session on December 10-11, 2012, the panel discussed a list of six specific topics relevant to potential recommendations: survey structure; ways to increase privacy and confidentiality; improvements in modeling and estimation; the wording of questions; feedback to data users; and interviewer selection, training, and modeling. During an session open to the public, staff from the Bureau of Justice Statistics and Westat attended and updated the status of their pilot project to measure rape and sexual assault. The panel was able to ask them questions about their activities. Later in closed session, the panel discuss what they had learned from BJS and Westat, and how those conversation might affect issues the panel had been discussing. The panel also agreed to hold a 5th meeting on Feb 28 and March 1, 2013, to finalize their draft report.
The following materials (written documents) were made available to the committee in the closed sessions:
None
Date of posting of Closed Session Summary:
January 15, 2013
