Tools for Analyzing Nonresponse Adjustments in Survey Sampling

• Activity Number: 242
• Type: Contributed
• Date/Time: Monday, August 4, 2014 : 2:00 PM to 3:50 PM
• Sponsor: Survey Research Methods Section
• Author(s): Ismael Flores Cervantes*+
• Companies: Westat
• Keywords: nonresponse bias adjustment ; graphical tools ; b-plots ; response propensity ; multiple auxiliary variables

Abstract

Advances in computing processing and the availability of open source statistical platforms have facilitated the development of new graphical tools to analyze nonresponse patters in survey sampling analysis. In this paper we introduce one of these tools called a b-plot that can be used to study, among other things, the relationship between the response propensity and the variable of interest. The use of the b-plot is demonstrated by revisiting a previous paper that studies the influence of multiple auxiliary variables and nonresponse. In addition to expanding the current research on the relationship among these factors, we highlight the issues with those findings and how these additional tools could have been useful in identifying them.