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Abstract Details
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Activity Number:
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241
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Type:
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Contributed
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Date/Time:
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Monday, August 1, 2011 : 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 - #302331 |
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Title:
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The Mali Road Project: A Case Study in Paired Sampling
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Author(s):
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Betty J. Jackson*+ and Randall J. Parmer and Saskia R. Devries
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Companies:
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U.S. Census Bureau and U.S. Census Bureau and U.S. Census Bureau
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Address:
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7055 Gentle Shade Road, Columbia, MD, 21046,
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Keywords:
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paired sample design ;
road improvement project ;
household finances
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Abstract:
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The Millennium Challenge Corporation funded a development project in Mali to improve the Niono Goma Coura road. The U.S. Census Bureau has been enlisted to provide statistical support in evaluating the economic impact of this project. A road corridor in a similar area was chosen as the control to measure the economic benefits of the road improvement project. A paired sample design was developed for housing units within the respective areas being the sampling units for a survey on household finances. This paper addresses sample design aspects of the survey, including calculations of anticipated sample sizes, power, cluster sizes, village and household pairing, sort, and stratification. A particular focus of the paper is the contrast of designing and conducting surveys in developing countries such as Mali with surveys in the U.S.
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