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Abstract #301523

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Activity Number: 313
Type: Contributed
Date/Time: Wednesday, August 11, 2004 : 8:30 AM to 10:20 AM
Sponsor: Section on Government Statistics
Abstract - #301523
Title: Use of Respondent Burden Measurements at NASS
Author(s): Wendy J. Scholetzky*+
Companies: National Agricultural Statistics Service
Address: 1400 Independence Ave., SW, Washington, DC, 20250-2007,
Keywords: burden measurements ; respondent burden ; annual cycle ; burden management tools
Abstract:

Each year, NASS conducts hundreds of surveys covering many facets of U.S. agriculture. For most surveys, the agency uses a list of known farm operators and agribusinesses to define the sampled populations. On an annual basis, NASS updates this list and selects new samples for the upcoming survey year. The sampled populations are fairly small and highly skewed to the right (the mean is much larger than the median) resulting in quite a few records being selected for multiple surveys. The agency is extremely concerned with respondent burden and continuing to achieve high response rates. Because samples are selected for a majority of the surveys during the annual cycle, a measurement of respondent burden for the upcoming survey year can be computed. NASS calculates several burden measurements for an operation since a respondent's perception of burden can vary. These burden measurements consider the number of surveys, the number of contacts, and the total time required for an operation to complete the various survey questionnaires. Using these measurements, special data collection arrangements can be made for highly burdened operations.

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