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Abstract Details
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Activity Number:
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376
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Type:
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Roundtables
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Date/Time:
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Tuesday, August 2, 2011 : 12:30 PM to 1:50 PM
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Sponsor:
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Section on Survey Research Methods
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| Abstract - #300650 |
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Title:
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Survey Quality Indicator Measures: Response Rates and Alternatives
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Author(s):
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Donsig Jang*+
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Companies:
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Mathematica Policy Research, Inc.
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Address:
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600 Maryland Ave., SW, Washington, DC, 20024,
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Keywords:
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Paradata ;
Survey quality measure ;
R-indicators ;
Nonresponse bias ;
Auxiliary variables
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Abstract:
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Response rate is often used as an indication of measuring the quality of the survey response. However, it only tells one side of the survey story; the other side about the association between respondents and non-respondents are unknown. Researchers continue to seek the tools to assess and compare the quality of the response to different surveys. For example, introduced by Schouten et al. (2009), R-indicators are used to measure how well a respondent set represents the sample or population from which it was drawn. This measure may be a better indicator of survey nonresponse bias than response rates for survey outcomes closely related to auxiliary variables used for R-indicator calculation. In this roundtable, we will lead a discussion of the use of alternatives to response rates in measuring survey quality.
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