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Activity Number:
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323
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Type:
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Topic Contributed
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Date/Time:
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Tuesday, August 8, 2006 : 2:00 PM to 3:50 PM
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Sponsor:
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Section on Survey Research Methods
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| Abstract - #306780 |
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Title:
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A Methodology for Evaluating Sufficiency of Survey Frames
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Author(s):
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Howard Bradsher-Fredrick*+
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Companies:
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Energy Information Administration
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Address:
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1000 Independence Ave., Washington, DC, 20585,
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Keywords:
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survey frame ; establishment survey ; data quality ; performance measures
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Abstract:
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The Energy Information Administration (EIA) has continued its strategic planning efforts to maintain and improve data quality and its movement toward employing a greater number of performance measurements. As part of that effort, EIA evaluated its own survey frames for "sufficiency." This effort involved the development of a set of evaluation criteria that called for collecting a large quantity of information and data for 34 EIA master frames. An inter-office team developed the evaluation criteria and was responsible for the data and information collection. They also applied the criteria to evaluate the 34 master frames. The team eventually decided all but four of the frames were sufficient; the insufficient frames were deemed "insufficient" for a variety of reasons.
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