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Abstract #300897

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Activity Number: 279
Type: Contributed
Date/Time: Tuesday, August 10, 2004 : 2:00 PM to 3:50 PM
Sponsor: Section on Survey Research Methods
Abstract - #300897
Title: Evaluation of Unique Aspects of the Sample Design for the National Compensation Survey
Author(s): Lawrence R. Ernst*+ and Christopher J. Guciardo and Yoel Izsak
Companies: Bureau of Labor Statistics and Bureau of Labor Statistics and Bureau of Labor Statistics
Address: 2 Massachusetts Ave., NE, Room 3160, Washington, DC, 20212-0001,
Keywords: rotating panel design ; PSUs ; PPS sampling
Abstract:

The National Compensation Survey (NCS), conducted by the Bureau of Labor Statistics, uses a rotating panel design, with three stages of selection used in selecting each annual sample panel, namely: geographic area PSUs, which are only reselected once a decade; establishments selected from industry strata; and occupations selected separately from each sample establishment. PPS sampling is used at each stage. Certain aspects of the NCS design are atypical and perhaps unique to this survey program, two of which are studied in this paper. First, although for most of the frame one fifth of the sample establishments are replaced each year, certainty establishments are selected only once every five years using smaller sampling intervals than used to select the remainder of the sample. The second issue is that many of the PSUs are clustered and the sample establishments selected across the cluster as a whole, rather than in each PSU independently. The paper discusses these aspects of the design, explains the reasons for their use, and evaluates their impact through empirical studies.

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