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Activity Number: 35
Type: Contributed
Date/Time: Sunday, July 31, 2011 : 2:00 PM to 3:50 PM
Sponsor: Section on Survey Research Methods
Abstract - #301087
Title: Highlights and Lessons from the First Two Pilots of Responsive Collection Design for CATI Surveys
Author(s): Francois Laflamme and Hélène St-Jean*+
Companies: Statistics Canada and Statistics Canada
Address: RH Coats Building 17-L, Ottawa, ON, K1A 0T6, Canada
Keywords: paradata ; responsive design ; active management ; productivity ; R-indicator ; propensity model
Abstract:

Paradata research materialized at Statistics Canada in the fall of 2009 with the implementation of a Responsive Collection Design (RCD) strategy for two Computer-Assisted Telephone Interview (CATI) surveys: Households and the Environment Survey (HES) and Survey of Labour and Income Dynamics (SLID). RCD is an adaptive approach to survey data collection that uses information available prior to and during data collection to adjust the collection strategy for the remaining in-progress cases. RCD objectives are to monitor and analyse collection progress against a pre-determined set of indicators to identify critical data collection milestones that require significant changes to collection approach and to adjust collection strategies to make the most efficient use of remaining available resources. This paper provides an overview of the RCD used and describes the results obtained along with les


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