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Undercoverage and nonresponse in a list-sampled telephone election survey
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Abstract "For landline telephone surveys in particular, undercoverage has been a growing problem. However, research regarding the relative contributions of socio-demographic bias and other composition effects is scarce. We propose to address this issue by analyzing an election survey which used a sample from... view more
"For landline telephone surveys in particular, undercoverage has been a growing problem. However, research regarding the relative contributions of socio-demographic bias and other composition effects is scarce. We propose to address this issue by analyzing an election survey which used a sample from a register-based sampling frame containing basic socio-demographic information and to which telephone numbers were subsequently matched. With respect to socio-demographic representation of the final sample, we find that difficult to match groups are also difficult to contact, while those who cooperate tend to have different characteristics. We find bias due to undercoverage to be of greater magnitude than noncontact bias, while noncooperation falls between the two. As for substantive variables, both additional efforts to match missing telephone numbers and the construction of better weights are successful in closing the gap between survey estimates of voting behavior and true values from the election results." (author's abstract)... view less
Keywords
telephone interview; voting behavior; sample; response behavior; survey research
Classification
Methods and Techniques of Data Collection and Data Analysis, Statistical Methods, Computer Methods
Free Keywords
undercoverage; noncontact; noncooperation bias in substantive items; individual register sampling frame; telephone number matching
Document language
English
Publication Year
2015
Page/Pages
p. 71-82
Journal
Survey Research Methods, 9 (2015) 2
ISSN
1864-3361
Status
Published Version; peer reviewed
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