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Activity Number:
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6
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Type:
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Invited
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Date/Time:
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Sunday, August 2, 2009 : 2:00 PM to 3:50 PM
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Sponsor:
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Section on Government Statistics
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| Abstract - #302869 |
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Title:
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Modeling the Difference in Interview Characteristics for Different Respondents
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Author(s):
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John Dixon*+
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Companies:
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Bureau of Labor Statistics
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Address:
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10308 Meredith Ave, Kensington, MD, 20895,
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Keywords:
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survey ; paradata ; mixed model
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Abstract:
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The survey process as measured by paradata may be different for different respondents. Those initially reluctant to participate may be convinced by the interviewer to cooperate, or the reluctance may produce attrition. Difficulty to contact respondents may be related to interviewer effort and busy respondent schedules, or it may be a form of reluctance. This paper will use contact history data for the Consumer Expenditure Survey in a mixed model where interviewer effects are part of the model. The goal is to identify subsets of respondents and interviewers whose paradata relates differently to survey outcomes and measures of survey quality. If characteristics of respondents can be related to different interviewer behavior, then adjusting interviewer behavior may improve response rates or data quality."
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