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- 1. RDD panel attrition in two local area surveys ArchivedArticles and reports: 12-001-X199100214506Description:
This paper compares the magnitude and nature of attrition in two separate RDD panel surveys conducted in the City of Chicago (i.e. the surveys were independent studies and were not conducted as part of a planned experiment), each with a between-wave lag of approximately one year. For each survey, sampling at Wave 1 was performed via one-stage (i.e. simple) random-digit dialing. In Study 1, respondents’ names were not elicited; thus, when telephone calls were made at Wave 2 of Study 1 interviewers could not ask for respondents by name. Instead, interviewers asked for respondents by using a gender-age identifier. In Study 2, respondent name identifiers were gathered during Wave 1 and were used in Wave 2 re-contact attempts. The magnitude of the attrition in Study 1 (i.e. the proportion of Wave 1 respondents not re-interviewed at Wave 2) was 47%, whereas in Study 2 it was 43%: a marginal difference in attrition rates. In both surveys, age, race, education and income were significantly related to attrition. Discussion is presented on the trade-off between minimizing attrition vs. minimizing respondent reactivity as potential sources of total survey error. Suggestions for decreasing the size of attrition in RDD panel surveys are discussed.
Release date: 1991-12-16 - Articles and reports: 12-001-X199100114522Description:
Findings from the research and testing of telephone and computer assisted survey methods for household surveys are presented, followed by discussion of how these findings will influence the redesign of household surveys at Statistics Canada during the 1990’s. Significant emphasis is given in the presentation to the Canadian Labour Force Survey.
Release date: 1991-06-14 - Articles and reports: 12-001-X199100114523Description:
Application of recent developments in computer technology allow national statistical offices to produce high quality statistics in an efficient way. At the Netherlands Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS) an increasing use is made of microcomputers in all steps of the statistical production process. This paper discusses the role of software and hardware in data collection, data editing, tabulation, and analysis. To avoid the negative effects of uncontrolled de-centralized data processing, the importance of integration is stressed. This makes the statistical production process easier to manage, and moreover it increases its efficiency. The Blaise System, developed by the CBS, is discussed as a data processing tool that encourages integration. Using a description of the survey questionnaire, this system is able to automatically generate various computer programs for data collection (CAPI or CATI), or data entry and data editing (CADI). The system can also create interfaces to other packages. Particularly, the link between Blaise and the internally developed packages Bascula (for weighting) and Abacus (for tabulation) is described. In this way the Blaise System controls and co-ordinates, and therefore integrates, a large part of the survey process.
Release date: 1991-06-14 - Articles and reports: 12-001-X199100114524Description:
The Mitofsky-Waksberg procedure is an efficient method for selecting a self-weighting, random digit dialing (RDD) sample of households. The Mitofsky-Waksberg procedure is sequential, requiring a constant number of households be selected from each cluster. In this article, a modified Mitofsky-Waksberg procedure which is not self-weighting or sequential is described. The bias and variance for estimates derived from the modified procedure are investigated. Suggestions on circumstances which might favor the modified procedure over the standard Mitofsky-Waksberg procedure are provided.
Release date: 1991-06-14 - Articles and reports: 12-001-X199100114525Description:
Electronic data collection utilizing touchtone recognition is in place for a monthly establishment survey at the Bureau of Labor Statistics. The Touchtone Data Entry (TDE) system features digitized phrases requesting respondents to answer questions using the numeric keypad of a touchtone telephone. TDE has substantial implications for lowering survey costs; many labor intensive activities are eliminated. However, little is known about measurement errors associated with this mode of data collection. This study assesses TDE mode error using three sources of data, which allow for analyses of errors associated with selected aspects of the human-machine interface. In addition, instrument design issues associated with mode error are addressed. We conclude by extending the implications of our findings to other surveys.
Release date: 1991-06-14 - Articles and reports: 12-001-X199100114526Description:
A chronic problem in the preparation of time critical estimates is the significant limitations inherent in data collection by mail. To address this issue, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics has conducted an extensive 7 year research effort into the use of computer assisted telephone interviewing (CATI) and the computer assisted self interviewing (CASI) methods of touchtone and voice recognition self-response. This paper will summarize some of the significant results of this research covering both performance and cost data. The paper will conclude with a discussion of a large scale implementation program of these techniques for a monthly sample of 350,000 establishments.
Release date: 1991-06-14
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- 1. RDD panel attrition in two local area surveys ArchivedArticles and reports: 12-001-X199100214506Description:
This paper compares the magnitude and nature of attrition in two separate RDD panel surveys conducted in the City of Chicago (i.e. the surveys were independent studies and were not conducted as part of a planned experiment), each with a between-wave lag of approximately one year. For each survey, sampling at Wave 1 was performed via one-stage (i.e. simple) random-digit dialing. In Study 1, respondents’ names were not elicited; thus, when telephone calls were made at Wave 2 of Study 1 interviewers could not ask for respondents by name. Instead, interviewers asked for respondents by using a gender-age identifier. In Study 2, respondent name identifiers were gathered during Wave 1 and were used in Wave 2 re-contact attempts. The magnitude of the attrition in Study 1 (i.e. the proportion of Wave 1 respondents not re-interviewed at Wave 2) was 47%, whereas in Study 2 it was 43%: a marginal difference in attrition rates. In both surveys, age, race, education and income were significantly related to attrition. Discussion is presented on the trade-off between minimizing attrition vs. minimizing respondent reactivity as potential sources of total survey error. Suggestions for decreasing the size of attrition in RDD panel surveys are discussed.
Release date: 1991-12-16 - Articles and reports: 12-001-X199100114522Description:
Findings from the research and testing of telephone and computer assisted survey methods for household surveys are presented, followed by discussion of how these findings will influence the redesign of household surveys at Statistics Canada during the 1990’s. Significant emphasis is given in the presentation to the Canadian Labour Force Survey.
Release date: 1991-06-14 - Articles and reports: 12-001-X199100114523Description:
Application of recent developments in computer technology allow national statistical offices to produce high quality statistics in an efficient way. At the Netherlands Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS) an increasing use is made of microcomputers in all steps of the statistical production process. This paper discusses the role of software and hardware in data collection, data editing, tabulation, and analysis. To avoid the negative effects of uncontrolled de-centralized data processing, the importance of integration is stressed. This makes the statistical production process easier to manage, and moreover it increases its efficiency. The Blaise System, developed by the CBS, is discussed as a data processing tool that encourages integration. Using a description of the survey questionnaire, this system is able to automatically generate various computer programs for data collection (CAPI or CATI), or data entry and data editing (CADI). The system can also create interfaces to other packages. Particularly, the link between Blaise and the internally developed packages Bascula (for weighting) and Abacus (for tabulation) is described. In this way the Blaise System controls and co-ordinates, and therefore integrates, a large part of the survey process.
Release date: 1991-06-14 - Articles and reports: 12-001-X199100114524Description:
The Mitofsky-Waksberg procedure is an efficient method for selecting a self-weighting, random digit dialing (RDD) sample of households. The Mitofsky-Waksberg procedure is sequential, requiring a constant number of households be selected from each cluster. In this article, a modified Mitofsky-Waksberg procedure which is not self-weighting or sequential is described. The bias and variance for estimates derived from the modified procedure are investigated. Suggestions on circumstances which might favor the modified procedure over the standard Mitofsky-Waksberg procedure are provided.
Release date: 1991-06-14 - Articles and reports: 12-001-X199100114525Description:
Electronic data collection utilizing touchtone recognition is in place for a monthly establishment survey at the Bureau of Labor Statistics. The Touchtone Data Entry (TDE) system features digitized phrases requesting respondents to answer questions using the numeric keypad of a touchtone telephone. TDE has substantial implications for lowering survey costs; many labor intensive activities are eliminated. However, little is known about measurement errors associated with this mode of data collection. This study assesses TDE mode error using three sources of data, which allow for analyses of errors associated with selected aspects of the human-machine interface. In addition, instrument design issues associated with mode error are addressed. We conclude by extending the implications of our findings to other surveys.
Release date: 1991-06-14 - Articles and reports: 12-001-X199100114526Description:
A chronic problem in the preparation of time critical estimates is the significant limitations inherent in data collection by mail. To address this issue, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics has conducted an extensive 7 year research effort into the use of computer assisted telephone interviewing (CATI) and the computer assisted self interviewing (CASI) methods of touchtone and voice recognition self-response. This paper will summarize some of the significant results of this research covering both performance and cost data. The paper will conclude with a discussion of a large scale implementation program of these techniques for a monthly sample of 350,000 establishments.
Release date: 1991-06-14
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