Development of Survey Methods to Assess Survey Practices

Bailar, Barbara A.; Lanphier, C. Michael; Alwin, Duane F.

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“…Survey researchers have assumed that burdensome survey instruments, respondent skepticism about the usefulness of research, and the issues of informed consent, invasion of privacy, and confidentiality have been major factors in the assumed increase in respondent resistance (Bailar and Lanphier, 1978;Sinaiko and Broedling, 1976). To date, there is little evidence-to support these beliefs (Marquis, 1977).…”

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“…"Completion rate" is now generally considered the proportion of all potential respondents from whom a completed data set is obtained. For discussion of these definitions and their role in standardizing the reporting of survey research results, see Kviz (1977), and Bailar and Lanphier (1978). sample for the telephone survey, we attempted to clarify three issues:…”

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Nonresponse in Mail Surveys: Access Failure or Respondent Resistance

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Sharp

1980

Public Opinion Quarterly

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Nonresponse in Mail Surveys: Access Failure or Respondent Resistance

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1980

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“…Shortly after this conference, a Subsection on Survey Research Methods was created within the American Statistical Association and a project for systematically assessing survey practices was designed (Bailar and Lanphier, 1978). Additionally, in 1979 the National Academy of Sciences sponsored a Panel on Missing and Incomplete Data.…”

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Trends in Nonresponse Rates, 1952-1979

Steeh

1981

Public Opinion Quarterly

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AN the last decade there has been increasing concern over response rates in sample surveys of the United States household population. Reports of major declines in survey response and criticisms of survey methods led the American Statistical Association in 1973 to sponsor a Conference on Surveys of Human Populations. Lamenting the unavailability of adequate data-particularly from research organizations operating in university settings-the conference concluded that achieving satisfactory completion rates had become more difficult. At the same time it recognized that disagreement existed within the survey research community about the possible causal factors. Opinion was split between those who felt the problem stemmed primarily from an increase in the numbers of respondents who could not be found at home and those who believed the change was due to an increase in refusals. In any case, the conference called for a "more intensive examination of the problem" and recommended the establishment of a full-time research staff whose main task would be Abstract Reported increases in nonresponse rates to sample surveys have not been systematically documented to date. Data from the National Election Studies and the Surveys of Consumer Attitudes, two well-known continuing studies conducted by the Survey Research Center at the University of Michigan, permit the assessment of long-term trends for the two major components of nonresponse, refusals and other noninterviews, by urban subgroups using time series regression techniques. The analyses clearly demonstrate that there have been substantial increases in total nonresponse due primarily to increases in the percentages of respondents who refuse to be interviewed, and that these trends are related to the level of urbanization.

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“…Technical standards for addressing the &dquo;How well... &dquo; question are well laid out by Bailar and Lanphier (1978). More directly related to evaluating the quality of longitudinal surveys are the following standards (see below for more details): · The facility with which the survey may be linked to other data or ancillary studies.…”

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Assessing the Quality of Longitudinal Surveys

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Pearson

1988

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A growing concern has emerged in recent years about the use of relatively large national longitudinal surveys. This concern arises in part from a heightened sensitivity to the diminished support for new data-collection programs across the U.S. federal statistical system and the increasing competition throughout the research and policy communities for what have undoubtedly always been scarce resources for research. Despite this concern, there have yet to be developed tools for evaluating the relative or comparative value of longitudinal surveys and criteria by which more intelligent decisions can be made with respect to whether an ongoing survey should be continued or terminated This article argues that criteria are unlikely to be developed for evaluating whether one longitudinal survey is "better" than another, but that one can assess the quality and usefulness of a particular survey, and it suggests specific guidelines for such assessments.

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Development of Survey Methods to Assess Survey Practices

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Nonresponse in Mail Surveys: Access Failure or Respondent Resistance

Nonresponse in Mail Surveys: Access Failure or Respondent Resistance

Trends in Nonresponse Rates, 1952-1979

Assessing the Quality of Longitudinal Surveys

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