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BEFORE THE
POSTAL RATE COMMISSION
20268-0001
WASHINGTON, D.C.
Special
Services
Fees
RECEIVELJ
19
j[!L
and Classifications)
Docket
No.
IO 08 RI! ‘95
MC96-3
OFFICE OF THE CONSUMER ADVOCATE
INTERROGATORIES TO UNITED STATES POSTAL SERVICE
WITNESS RICHARD PATELUNAS
(OCA/USPS-TS-5-12)
(July
19, 1996)
Pursuant
the
Postal
to
R;ate
sections
Commission,
25 and 26 of
the
Office
the
of
Rules
the
of
Practice
Consumer
of
Advocate
/--.
hereby
submi,ts
documents.
the
United
incorporated
interrogatories
Instructions
States
Postal
and requests
included
with
Service
dated
for
production
OCA Interrogatories
June
19,
199t8,
1-4
are
by reference.
Respectfully
GAIL WILLETTE
Director
Office
of the
submitted,
Consumer
DAVID RUDERMAN
Attorney
of
Advocate
hereby
to
Docket
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No.
MC96-3
OCA/USPS-T5-5.
This
table
volume
Please
presents
proportions
exp1aj.n
2
of
from
Table
City
those
letter
in
Cost
sampling
reported
in
25 of
shaped
Carrier
increase
over
7 on page
FY 1995
the
significant
estimates
to
C.V.'s
derived
the
refer
SSR-90.
mail
volume
System.
error
Table
Please
for
1 of
the
G-127
larger
for
FY
1993.
Comparison
Mail
Class
FCM
FCM
Total
TCM
Car
TCM
other
TCM
Total
-
for
FY93 and FY95
L993
,rop.
?rop.
1995 C.V.
percent
L&P
Pre L&P
FCM
Bulk Reg
Pre
Bulk Reg
,218
,237
2.18
,311
,297
2.24
.56?
.571
2.07
,165
,161
6.40
.161
2.16
Total
reg
Third
,326
3.28
,407
2.45
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sample
sample
design
desig,n
to
the
page
make it
the
SSR-111
R94-1
as a "stratified,
MC96-3
in
a cluster
detail
design
the
for
to
11
to
the
sample
the
cluster
sample
changes
over
FY95.
page
documentation
refers
three-stage
more
and
three-stage
documentation
as a "stratified,
explain
21 of
In
G-127.
was described
Pl,ease
that
refer
reference
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design."
design
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library
design."
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OCA/USPS-T5-6.
of
of
E'Y95
the
FY93
Docket
No.
MC96-3
3
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OCA/USPS-T5-'7.
Please
complete
Carrier
sample
design
System
SSR-90.
a.
In
particular,
Universa
size
effective
occurs
each
b.
at
sample
sizes
lmore than
once
FY95 sample
documentation
documentation
please
sample
Weighting
the
on pages
the
City
21-23
elf
provide:
selection,
sampling
by strata.
per
of
year,
If
rates,
sample
provide
and
selection
this
information
for
selection.
factors
and the
formulas
used
to
compute
wei,ghting
factors.
C.
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Instructions
and estimation
weighting
d.
Please
e.
explain
how the
in
additional
Please
confirm
routes
initially
the
prope'r
use
of
stage
estimation
of
sample
selection
Please
procedures.
factors
computed
to
account
is
describe
for
sampling.
a count
of
process
used
attrition
the
second
weighting
stage
weighting
,,.“-.
for
second
to
for
factors.
accounted
any
formulas
that
there
selected
the
number
to
are
factors
of
replace
for
the
some attrition
If
FY95.
affected
them
replaced,
for
is
please
you
routes
during
in
confirm,
and explain
If
routes
any
(effects
FY95.
explain
replacement
the
routes.
panel
of
provide
any
:subject
on
Docket
No.
MC96-3
4
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f.
Please
the
g.
confirm
sample
(if
Please
define
the
calculations
refer
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to
with
any
during
the
during
FY95 city
the
FY95.
carrier
any provisions
in
the
routes.
SAS program
lines
how the
388 to
values
calculated.
intermediate
explain
new routes
describe
explain
FY95 after
Please
for
formed
and URSF2K were
URSA:!E,
these
frame
newly
formed
selected.
Please
for
SSR-31.
been
sampling
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are
sampling
selection.
OCA/USPS-T5-8.
UBSF2K,
has
for
definition
74 of
new routes
routes
any)
route
frame
page
of
process
cost
that
for
Provide
results
391 of
UBSA2E,
step-by-step
and provide
the
source
,,..-,
for
all
figures
used
OCA/USPS-T5-!9.
Please
75 of
Line
SSR-31.
to
compute
refer
to
these
four
parameters.
SAS program
452 contains
the
lines
452-450
of
page
SAS statement:
IF STP.ATUM='SBSAZE' THEN WGT = (~O*UBSA~E'DELDAY)/(COUNT*~CIOO).
a.
Please
that
you
{confirm
one 'in
do not
ten
that
the
stops
confirm,
"10"
adjusts
the
weight
on the
sample
route
are
then
b.
Please
#explain
the
role.of
C.
Please
'explain
what
the
formula
for
please
WGT and provide
its
reflect
s:amp.Led.
If
explain.
"UBSA2E"
variable
to
in
the
"DELDAY"
value.
formula
represents
for
WGT.
i.n the
Docket
(
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d.
No.
MC96-3
Please
of
5
confirm
route
that
days
confirm,
"COUNT"
sampled
please
for
explain
refers
each
what
to
the
unweighted
stratum.
the
If
variable
you
count
do not
"COUNT"
represents.
e.
f.
Please
explain
the
purpose
of
:Eormula
for
WGT.
(confirm
that
the
the
Please
data
to
for
represent
universe
/‘--“
totals
OCA/USPS-T5-10.
you
the
Exhibit
attributable
costs
the
weighting
total
If
FY 1995.
of
city
carrier
do not
confirm,
WGT factor
postal
in
factor
WGT blows
at
cards
the
denominator
delivered
explain
the
sampIle
7 shows
for
up sample
mai:L volume
please
expands
USPS-T-5A
for
"1000"
that
FY 95 'are
what
data
to.
the
$3,3,1'32
thousand.
a.
USPS-T-8
costs
Is
the
what
at
for
government
$4,352,568
are
cards
106 shows
the
in
that
postal
Please
GPO office
cards
included
attributable
FY 95?
the
in
costs
provide
for
the
FY 95 are! $4,352,568.
$33,182
for
manufacturing
manufacturing
citations
If
thousand?
or
not,
,postal
supporting
documents.
b.
If
for
FY 95 all
postal
cards
were
provide
the
amount
costs
not
that
incurred
treated
to
manufacture
as attributable
was treated
government
costs,
as institutional
please
costs.
Docket
No.
MC96-3
6
,/--.
OCA/USPS-T5-11.
for
postal
cards
Exhibit
cards
is
16.2
for
private
for
postal
of
7.5
are
more
at
10 shows
The per-piece
explain
than
in
twice
a per-piece
cost
detail
for
private
why the
as high
as the
cost
unit
costs
unit
costs
a per-piece
cost
cards.
OCA/USPS-T5-12.
Exhibit
for
of
postal
private
cents.
Please
cents.
cards
USPS-T-SC
cards
cards
government
is
7.5
7.0
postal
USPS-T-SC
cents.
cents.
cards
of
If
1.1
at
10 shows
The per-piece
cost
the
of
manufacturing
in
Tat'le
cost
of
unit
cents
cost
as shown
for
presorted
XXIX
of
/.--,.
USPS-T-8
cards,
cost
is
the
of
/--‘
unit
private
and delivery
processing
deducted
from
cost
of
presort
costs
of
and delivery
the
postal
7.5
cards
cards.
government
costs
cents
of
unit
would
be less
Please
explain
postal
cards
private
presort
postal
than
why the
are
less
cards.
the
unit
processing
than
the
Docket
No.
MC96-3
/-.
CERTIFICATE
I hereby
document
accordance
upon
certify
all
with
that
I have
participants
section
OF SERVICE
3.B(3)
this
date
of
record
of
the
in
served
this
special
DAVID RUDERMAN
Attorney
Washington,
D.C.
July
19, 1996
20268-0001
the
foregoing
proceeding
rules
of
in
practice.