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Components Of Response Variance For Cluster SamplesAkdemir, Deniz 01 January 2003 (has links) (PDF)
Measures of data quality are important for the evaluation and
improvement of survey design and procedures. A detailed investigation of the
sources, magnitude and impact of errors is necessary to identify how survey
design and procedures may be improved and how resources allocated more
efficiently among various aspects of the survey operation. A major part of this
thesis is devoted to the overview of statistical theory and methods for
measuring the contribution of response variability to the overall error of a
survey.
A very common practice in surveys is to select groups (clusters) of
elements together instead of independent selection of elements. In practice cluster samples tend to produce higher sampling variance for statistics than
element samples of the same size. Their frequent use stems from the desirable
cost features that they have.
Most data collection and sample designs involve some overlapping
between interviewer workload and the sampling units (clusters). For those
cases, a proportion of the measurement variance, which is due to interviewers,
is reflected to some degree in the sampling variance calculations.
The prime purpose in this thesis is to determine a variance formula that
decomposes the total variance into sampling and measurement variance
components for two commonly used data collection and sample designs. Once
such a decomposition is obtained, determining an optimum allocation in
existence of measurement errors would be possible.
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Estimating Interviewer Effects in Sample Surveys : Some ContributionsLundquist, Peter January 2006 (has links)
<p>This thesis focuses on measurement errors that could be ascribed to the interviewers. To study interviewer variability a measurement error model is formulated which makes a clear distinction between three sources of randomness: the sample selection, interviewer assignment, and interviewing. </p><p>In the first paper the variance of the observed sample mean is derived, and it is seen how this variance depends on parameters of the measurement error model and on the number of interviewers. An estimator of the interviewer variance, which is seen to be unbiased, and a biased intra-interviewer correlation estimator are suggested. In a simulation study it is seen that the simulation variance of the interviewer variance estimator increases for both high and low interviewer assignments and seems to have a minimum somewhere in between. </p><p>The second paper presents an expression of the variance of the observed sample mean under stratified random sampling. Two possible estimators of the variance of the mean are considered, one of which has a slight positive bias, the other a negative bias, which can be large. Two different estimators of the interviewer variance are studied. Only one of them makes it possible to find a reasonable estimate of the intra-interviewer correlation. </p><p>In the third paper an expression for the variance of the interviewer variance estimator is derived. This result may prove useful in designing future studies of interviewer variance. For a large population it will be possible to use an approximate variance, irrespective of the underlying distribution of the unknown true values.</p><p>The fourth paper deals with some issues in planning and analyzing an interviewer variance study. Three problems are considered: (i) Determining the number of interviewers and the appropriate size of the interviewer assignments; (ii) Finding the probability of negative estimates of the interviewer variance; (iii) Testing for interviewer variance.</p>
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Estimating Interviewer Effects in Sample Surveys : Some ContributionsLundquist, Peter January 2006 (has links)
This thesis focuses on measurement errors that could be ascribed to the interviewers. To study interviewer variability a measurement error model is formulated which makes a clear distinction between three sources of randomness: the sample selection, interviewer assignment, and interviewing. In the first paper the variance of the observed sample mean is derived, and it is seen how this variance depends on parameters of the measurement error model and on the number of interviewers. An estimator of the interviewer variance, which is seen to be unbiased, and a biased intra-interviewer correlation estimator are suggested. In a simulation study it is seen that the simulation variance of the interviewer variance estimator increases for both high and low interviewer assignments and seems to have a minimum somewhere in between. The second paper presents an expression of the variance of the observed sample mean under stratified random sampling. Two possible estimators of the variance of the mean are considered, one of which has a slight positive bias, the other a negative bias, which can be large. Two different estimators of the interviewer variance are studied. Only one of them makes it possible to find a reasonable estimate of the intra-interviewer correlation. In the third paper an expression for the variance of the interviewer variance estimator is derived. This result may prove useful in designing future studies of interviewer variance. For a large population it will be possible to use an approximate variance, irrespective of the underlying distribution of the unknown true values. The fourth paper deals with some issues in planning and analyzing an interviewer variance study. Three problems are considered: (i) Determining the number of interviewers and the appropriate size of the interviewer assignments; (ii) Finding the probability of negative estimates of the interviewer variance; (iii) Testing for interviewer variance.
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