sub-study for Multiplicity Virtual Workshop

Request for Approval under the “Conference, Meeting, Workshop, Registration and Challenges Generic Clearance (OD)”

(OMB#: 0925-0740, Exp Date: 09/30/2025)

TITLE OF INFORMATION COLLECTION: Statistical Adjustment for Multiplicity Virtual Workshop (NCI)

PURPOSE:

The Division of Cancer Prevention is hosting the Statistical Adjustment for Multiplicity Virtual Workshop scheduled for 10/26/2022. The goal of this workshop is to bring together researchers, statisticians, and academics representing a broad range of expertise and experiences to 1) discuss traditional, new, and emerging methods of statistical adjustment; 2) assess the suitability of techniques in different situations in pursuit of protected inference to aid both rigor and reproducibility; 3) review best practices for multiplicity adjustment; 4) foster idea exchange and new collaborative interactions to address current gaps in the knowledge base.

DESCRIPTION OF RESPONDENTS:

Researchers, statisticians, academics, researchers, PIs

TYPE OF COLLECTION: (Check all that apply)

[ ] Abstract [ ] Application

[ ] Challenges and Competition [ ] Other: ______________________

[ X ] Registration Form

CERTIFICATION:

I certify the following to be true:

1. The collection is voluntary.

2. The collection is a low burden for respondents and a low cost for the Federal Government.

3. The collection is non-controversial and does not raise issues of concern to other federal agencies.

Name: Elaine Trujillo

To assist review, please provide answers to the following question:

Personally Identifiable Information:

1. Is personally identifiable information (PII) collected? [ X ] Yes [ ] No

2. If Yes, is the information that will be collected included in records subject to the Privacy Act of 1974? [ X ] Yes [] No

Gifts or Payments:

Is an incentive (e.g., money or reimbursement of expenses, token of appreciation) provided to participants? [ ] Yes [X] No

Amount: _________

The explanation for incentive: (include the number of visits, etc.)

ESTIMATED BURDEN HOURS and COSTS

Category of Respondent	No. of Respondents	No. of Responses per Respondent	Time per Response (in hours)	Total Burden Hours
Private sector	300	1	5/60	25
Totals		300		25

Category of Respondent	Total Burden Hours	Hourly Wage Rate*	Total Burden Cost
Private sector	25	$49.44	$1, 236.00
Total			$1,236.00

*Source of the mean Hourly Wage Rate is provided by the Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupation title “Medical Scientists” 19-1040, https://www.bls.gov/oes/2021/May/oes_nat.htm#19-1040

FEDERAL COST: The estimated annual cost to the Federal government is $2,425.59.

Staff	Grade/Step	Salary**	% of Effort	Fringe (if applicable)	Total Cost to Gov’t
Federal Oversight
Program Director	12/7	$ 107,803	.5%		$ 539.02
Communications Specialist	10/5	$ 77,313	.5%		$ 386.57
Contractor Cost					$1,500.00
Travel					$0
Other Cost					$0
Total					$ 2,425.59

**The salary in the table above is cited from https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/pay-leave/salaries-wages/salary-tables/22Tables/html/DCB.aspx

If you are conducting a focus group, survey, or plan to employ statistical methods, please provide answers to the following questions:

The selection of your targeted respondents

Do you have a customer list or something similar that defines the universe of potential respondents, and do you have a sampling plan for selecting from this universe? [X] Yes [ ] No

If the answer is yes, please provide a description of both below (or attach the sampling plan). If the answer is no, please describe how you plan to identify your potential group of respondents and how you will select them.

The Statistical Adjustment for Multiplicity Virtual Workshop will be promoted through the Division of Cancer Prevention (DCP) listserv.

Administration of the Instrument

How will you collect the information? (Check all that apply)

[X] Web-based or other forms of Social Media

[ ] Telephone

[ ] In-person

[ ] Mail

[ ] Survey Form

[ ] Chart Abstraction

[ ] Other, Explain

Will interviewers, facilitators, or research coordinators be used? [ ] Yes [X] No

Please ensure that all instruments, instructions, and scripts are submitted with the request.

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