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1. An update on "a time to interview" Archived
Articles and reports: 11-522-X200800010995
Description:
In 1992, a paper entitled "The Optimum Time at which to Conduct Survey Interviews" sought to illustrate the economic benefits to market research organisations in structuring the calling pattern of interviewers in household surveys. The findings were based on the Welsh Inter Censal Survey in 1986. This paper now brings additional information on the calling patterns of interviewers from similar surveys in 1997 and 2006 to ascertain whether the calling patterns of interviewers have changed. The results also examine the importance of having a survey response that is representative of the population, and how efficient calling strategies can help achieve this.
Release date: 2009-12-03
2. Communicating variance and sampling errors to users Archived
Articles and reports: 11-522-X20050019463
Description:
Statisticians are developing additional concepts for communicating errors associated with estimates. Many of these concepts are readily understood by statisticians but are even more difficult to explain to users than the traditional confidence interval. The proposed solution, when communicating with non-statisticians, is to improve the estimates so that the requirement for explaining the error is minimised. The user is then not confused by having too many numbers to understand.
Release date: 2007-03-02

Articles and reports (2)

1. An update on "a time to interview" Archived
Articles and reports: 11-522-X200800010995
Description:
In 1992, a paper entitled "The Optimum Time at which to Conduct Survey Interviews" sought to illustrate the economic benefits to market research organisations in structuring the calling pattern of interviewers in household surveys. The findings were based on the Welsh Inter Censal Survey in 1986. This paper now brings additional information on the calling patterns of interviewers from similar surveys in 1997 and 2006 to ascertain whether the calling patterns of interviewers have changed. The results also examine the importance of having a survey response that is representative of the population, and how efficient calling strategies can help achieve this.
Release date: 2009-12-03
2. Communicating variance and sampling errors to users Archived
Articles and reports: 11-522-X20050019463
Description:
Statisticians are developing additional concepts for communicating errors associated with estimates. Many of these concepts are readily understood by statisticians but are even more difficult to explain to users than the traditional confidence interval. The proposed solution, when communicating with non-statisticians, is to improve the estimates so that the requirement for explaining the error is minimised. The user is then not confused by having too many numbers to understand.
Release date: 2007-03-02