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- 1. Questionnaire Design in a Paperless Society ArchivedArticles and reports: 75F0002M1993008Description:
This paper describes the learning curve associated with breaking away from the traditional method of developing questions for a "paper and pencil" questionnaire to providing specifications for questions and flows for a programmer. It uses the Survey of Labour and Income Dynamics (SLID) as a case study.
Release date: 1995-12-30 - Articles and reports: 75F0002M1995008Description:
This report looks at employment equity data available from the Survey of Labour and Income Dynamics (SLID) for members of two employment equity designated groups: visible minorities and Aboriginal peoples. It also compares SLID data with 1991 Census data to evaluate the extent to which SLID data may be used for employment equity purposes.
Release date: 1995-12-30 - Articles and reports: 75F0002M1995013Description:
This paper describes the empirical data that will be available from Survey of Labour and Income Dynamics (SLID) to help explain the choices women make in balancing home, family and work aspects of their lives.
Release date: 1995-12-30 - 4. Combining Administrative and Survey Data to Reduce Respondent Burden in Longitudinal Surveys ArchivedArticles and reports: 75F0002M1995019Description:
This paper examines the situation where respondent burden is reduced by giving respondents the choice to use administrative data to replace survey data. It also looks at the predicted impact of this mixed collection method on response and data quality, and discusses related measurement issues.
Release date: 1995-12-30 - Articles and reports: 12-001-X199500214394Description:
In a 1992 National Test Census the mailing sequence of a prenotice letter, census form, reminder postcard, and replacement census form resulted in an overall mailback response of 63.4 percent. The response was substantially higher than the 49.2 percent response rate obtained in the 1986 National Content Test Census, which also utilized a replacement form mailing. Much of this difference appeared to be the result of the prenotice - census form - reminder sequence, but the extent to which each main effect and interactions contributed to overall response was not known. This paper reports results from the 1992 Census Implementation Test, a test of the individual and combined effectiveness of a prenotice letter, a stamped return envelope and a reminder postcard, on response rates. This was a national sample of households (n = 50,000) conducted in the fall of 1992. A factorial design was used to test all eight possible combinations of the main effects and interactions. Logistic regression and multiple comparisons were employed to analyze test results.
Release date: 1995-12-15 - Articles and reports: 12-001-X199500214397Description:
Regression estimation and its generalization, calibration estimation, introduced by Deville and Särndal in 1993, serves to reduce a posteriori the variance of the estimators through the use of auxiliary information. In sample surveys, there is often useable supplementary information that is distributed according to a complex schema, especially where the sampling is realized in several phases. An adaptation of regression estimation was proposed along with its variants in the framework of two-phase sampling by Särndal and Swensson in 1987. This article seeks to examine alternative estimation strategies according to two alternative configurations for auxiliary information. It will do so by linking the two possible approaches to the problem: use of a regression model and calibration estimation.
Release date: 1995-12-15 - Articles and reports: 12-001-X199500214405Description:
In this paper we explore the effect of interviewer variability on the precision of estimated contrasts between domain means. In the first part we develop a correlated components of variance model to identify the factors that determine the size of the effect. This has implications for sample design and for interviewer training. In the second part we report on an empirical study using data from a large multi-stage survey on dental health. Gender of respondent and ethnic affiliation are used to establish two sets of domains for the comparisons. Overall interviewer and cluster effects make little difference to the variance of male/female comparisons, but there is noticeable increase in the variance of some contrasts between the two ethnic groupings used in this study. Indeed, the impact of interviewer effects for the ethnic comparision is two or three times higher than it is for gender contrasts. These findings have particular relevance for health surveys where it is common to use a small cadre of highly-trained interviewers.
Release date: 1995-12-15 - Articles and reports: 11F0019M1995085Geography: CanadaDescription:
This paper investigates the characteristics of Canadian manufacturing plants that are related to the use of advanced technologies. The data used are taken from the 1989 Survey of Manufacturing Technology and are linked to administrative data taken from the Census of Manufacturers. Technology use is defined first as incidence (whether a technology is used) and second as intensity (the number of technologies used). These variables (incidence and intensity) are then related to a number of characteristics that represent the competencies of the plant reporting technology use -- its size, the size of its owning enterprise, the recent growth of the plant, the number of industries in which its owning enterprise operates, its age, and nationality. The results are then compared to several recent U.S. studies.
Release date: 1995-11-30 - Articles and reports: 75-001-X19950031638Geography: CanadaDescription:
Does graduation from a university co-op program provide advantages in the job market? A comparison of graduates of university co-op programs with their non co-op counterparts.
Release date: 1995-09-05 - Articles and reports: 11F0019M1995075Geography: CanadaDescription:
This study examines technology use in Canada's manufacturing sector, and how a set of technology-using manufacturing establishments performed relative to non-users. Data originates from a recent Statistics Canada survey, asking manufacturing firms about their use of 22 advanced manufacturing technologies, and panel data taken from the Census of Manufacturers.
Results show that the use of advanced manufacturing technology is widespread, especially in large firms, that multiple-technology use is the norm, and that technologies are generally combined within, as opposed to across, production stages. The technology revolution has been felt more in the area of inspection and communications, and less in fabrication and assembly. In terms of performance, technology-using establishments pay higher wages, enjoy higher labour productivity, and are gaining market share at the expense of non-users.
Release date: 1995-08-30
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- 1. Questionnaire Design in a Paperless Society ArchivedArticles and reports: 75F0002M1993008Description:
This paper describes the learning curve associated with breaking away from the traditional method of developing questions for a "paper and pencil" questionnaire to providing specifications for questions and flows for a programmer. It uses the Survey of Labour and Income Dynamics (SLID) as a case study.
Release date: 1995-12-30 - Articles and reports: 75F0002M1995008Description:
This report looks at employment equity data available from the Survey of Labour and Income Dynamics (SLID) for members of two employment equity designated groups: visible minorities and Aboriginal peoples. It also compares SLID data with 1991 Census data to evaluate the extent to which SLID data may be used for employment equity purposes.
Release date: 1995-12-30 - Articles and reports: 75F0002M1995013Description:
This paper describes the empirical data that will be available from Survey of Labour and Income Dynamics (SLID) to help explain the choices women make in balancing home, family and work aspects of their lives.
Release date: 1995-12-30 - 4. Combining Administrative and Survey Data to Reduce Respondent Burden in Longitudinal Surveys ArchivedArticles and reports: 75F0002M1995019Description:
This paper examines the situation where respondent burden is reduced by giving respondents the choice to use administrative data to replace survey data. It also looks at the predicted impact of this mixed collection method on response and data quality, and discusses related measurement issues.
Release date: 1995-12-30 - Articles and reports: 12-001-X199500214394Description:
In a 1992 National Test Census the mailing sequence of a prenotice letter, census form, reminder postcard, and replacement census form resulted in an overall mailback response of 63.4 percent. The response was substantially higher than the 49.2 percent response rate obtained in the 1986 National Content Test Census, which also utilized a replacement form mailing. Much of this difference appeared to be the result of the prenotice - census form - reminder sequence, but the extent to which each main effect and interactions contributed to overall response was not known. This paper reports results from the 1992 Census Implementation Test, a test of the individual and combined effectiveness of a prenotice letter, a stamped return envelope and a reminder postcard, on response rates. This was a national sample of households (n = 50,000) conducted in the fall of 1992. A factorial design was used to test all eight possible combinations of the main effects and interactions. Logistic regression and multiple comparisons were employed to analyze test results.
Release date: 1995-12-15 - Articles and reports: 12-001-X199500214397Description:
Regression estimation and its generalization, calibration estimation, introduced by Deville and Särndal in 1993, serves to reduce a posteriori the variance of the estimators through the use of auxiliary information. In sample surveys, there is often useable supplementary information that is distributed according to a complex schema, especially where the sampling is realized in several phases. An adaptation of regression estimation was proposed along with its variants in the framework of two-phase sampling by Särndal and Swensson in 1987. This article seeks to examine alternative estimation strategies according to two alternative configurations for auxiliary information. It will do so by linking the two possible approaches to the problem: use of a regression model and calibration estimation.
Release date: 1995-12-15 - Articles and reports: 12-001-X199500214405Description:
In this paper we explore the effect of interviewer variability on the precision of estimated contrasts between domain means. In the first part we develop a correlated components of variance model to identify the factors that determine the size of the effect. This has implications for sample design and for interviewer training. In the second part we report on an empirical study using data from a large multi-stage survey on dental health. Gender of respondent and ethnic affiliation are used to establish two sets of domains for the comparisons. Overall interviewer and cluster effects make little difference to the variance of male/female comparisons, but there is noticeable increase in the variance of some contrasts between the two ethnic groupings used in this study. Indeed, the impact of interviewer effects for the ethnic comparision is two or three times higher than it is for gender contrasts. These findings have particular relevance for health surveys where it is common to use a small cadre of highly-trained interviewers.
Release date: 1995-12-15 - Articles and reports: 11F0019M1995085Geography: CanadaDescription:
This paper investigates the characteristics of Canadian manufacturing plants that are related to the use of advanced technologies. The data used are taken from the 1989 Survey of Manufacturing Technology and are linked to administrative data taken from the Census of Manufacturers. Technology use is defined first as incidence (whether a technology is used) and second as intensity (the number of technologies used). These variables (incidence and intensity) are then related to a number of characteristics that represent the competencies of the plant reporting technology use -- its size, the size of its owning enterprise, the recent growth of the plant, the number of industries in which its owning enterprise operates, its age, and nationality. The results are then compared to several recent U.S. studies.
Release date: 1995-11-30 - Articles and reports: 75-001-X19950031638Geography: CanadaDescription:
Does graduation from a university co-op program provide advantages in the job market? A comparison of graduates of university co-op programs with their non co-op counterparts.
Release date: 1995-09-05 - Articles and reports: 11F0019M1995075Geography: CanadaDescription:
This study examines technology use in Canada's manufacturing sector, and how a set of technology-using manufacturing establishments performed relative to non-users. Data originates from a recent Statistics Canada survey, asking manufacturing firms about their use of 22 advanced manufacturing technologies, and panel data taken from the Census of Manufacturers.
Results show that the use of advanced manufacturing technology is widespread, especially in large firms, that multiple-technology use is the norm, and that technologies are generally combined within, as opposed to across, production stages. The technology revolution has been felt more in the area of inspection and communications, and less in fabrication and assembly. In terms of performance, technology-using establishments pay higher wages, enjoy higher labour productivity, and are gaining market share at the expense of non-users.
Release date: 1995-08-30
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