Abstract #301426

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JSM 2003 Abstract #301426
Activity Number: 198
Type: Topic Contributed
Date/Time: Tuesday, August 5, 2003 : 8:30 AM to 10:20 AM
Sponsor: Section on Survey Research Methods
Abstract - #301426
Title: Correcting Measurement Error in the Accuracy and Coverage Evaluation
Author(s): Tamara S. Adams*+ and Elizabeth A. Krejsa and Douglas B. Olson
Companies: U.S. Census Bureau and U.S. Census Bureau and U.S. Census Bureau
Address: 15007 Nebraska Ln., Bowie, MD, 20716-1014,
Keywords: ACE Revision II ; coding error ; residence status ; measurement error
Abstract:

This paper discusses how coding errors in the March 2001 Accuracy and Coverage Evaluation (ACE) were corrected in a subsample of the data for the A.C.E. Revision II estimates. We used two data sources--interviews from the March 2001 ACE and interviews from an evaluation of a subsample of the ACE--to determine residence status. Clerically coding residence status using these two interviews would be the preferred coding method. However, due to time constraints, we supplemented a clerical coding of the interview results with an automated coding of keyed data. Combining data from four sources-- the March 2001 ACE clerical coding, an earlier clerical recoding of some cases, the automated coding of keyed data, and a new clerical review-- provided the best coding possible given time constraints. We will discuss the coding procedures, data used to improve the quality of the coding, as well as the results of the coding and the implications of using supplemental keyed data.

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