The implications of alternative allocation criteria in adaptive design for panel surveys

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Understanding Society Working Paper Series

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2017-02

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Understanding Society Working Paper Series

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February 15, 2017

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We compare four methods for allocating sample members to one of two data collection protocols, in an adaptive survey design framework. The methods aim to optimise, respectively, response rate, R-indicator, coefficient of variation of participation propensities, and effective sample size. The data collection protocols are CAPI single-mode and web-CAPI sequential mixed-mode. We find that two of the targeted allocations achieve a better response rate than single-mode CAPI at a lower cost. All four targeted designs out-perform both single-protocol designs in terms of representativity and effective sample size. For all but the smallest sample sizes, the adaptive designs bring modest cost savings relative to CAPI-only.

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PLEASE CITE AS: Kaminska, O. and Lynn, P. (2017) ‘The implications of alternative allocation criteria in adaptive design for panel surveys’, Journal of Official Statistics, 33(3): 781-800. https://doi.org/10.1515/jos-2017-0036

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