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Activity Number: 171
Type: Luncheons
Date/Time: Monday, August 7, 2006 : 12:30 PM to 1:50 PM
Sponsor: Section on Survey Research Methods
Abstract - #305402
Title: CANCELLED - Optimization of Survey Procedures in the Presence of Limited Cost Information
Author(s): John L. Eltinge
Companies: Bureau of Labor Statistics
Address:
Keywords: frame development and refinement ; global and local optimization ; interviewer assignments ; mode effects ; sample allocation ; total survey error
Abstract:

Practical survey design work often involves trade-offs between prospective costs and prospective effects on data quality. With some notable exceptions, methodological research has tended to place primary emphasis on evaluation of data quality, and has devoted less attention to evaluation of survey cost structures. This roundtable reviews the information generally available on survey cost structures, outlines some of the reasons for limitations on availability of information on some cost components, and explores methods for optimization of survey procedures in the presence of limited cost information.

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