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Activity Number:
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149
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Type:
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Contributed
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Date/Time:
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Monday, August 4, 2008 : 10:30 AM to 12:20 PM
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Sponsor:
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Section on Survey Research Methods
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| Abstract - #301753 |
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Title:
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Surveying Parts To Construct the Whole: Sampling and Estimation Issues
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Author(s):
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Eugene M. Burns*+ and Jay Olsen
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Companies:
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Energy Information Administration and Energy Information Administration
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Address:
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Forrestal Building, EI-63, Washington, DC, 20585,
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Keywords:
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PPS systematic sampling ; survey methodology ; auxiliary information ; nonresponse ; establishment survey
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Abstract:
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One challenge faced by the Commercial Buildings Energy Consumption Survey (CBECS) has been that of surveying strip shopping malls. These malls consist of unrelated establishments sharing a common building. Respondents knowledgeable about energy and related characteristics of the entire mall are difficult to find. This presentation describes the multilevel data collection strategy adopted by the 2007 CBECS. Interviewers compiled rosters of mall tenants, which were used to draw a PPS systematic sample of establishments. Interviews were conducted with the mall manager, as well as with the selected establishments. Estimation involves developing a strategy for combining these different pieces of information to reconstruct the single mall building. Auxiliary information, from the roster and from other malls, assisted in the reconstruction; inconsistency and nonresponse were problems.
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