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Feeding back Information on Ineligibility from Sample Surveys to the Frame

Feeding back Information on Ineligibility from Sample Surveys to the Frame
Feeding back Information on Ineligibility from Sample Surveys to the Frame
It is usually discovered in the data collection phase of a survey that some units in the sample are ineligible even if the frame information has indicated otherwise. For example, in many business surveys a nonnegligible proportion of the sampled units will have ceased trading since the latest update of the frame. This information may be fed back to the frame and used in subsequent surveys, thereby making forthcoming samples more efficient by avoiding sampling nonnegligible units. We investigate what effect on survey estimation the process of feeding back information on ineligibility may have, and derive an expression for the bias that can occur as a result of feeding back. The focus is on estimation of the total using the common expansion estimator. We obtain an estimator that is nearly unbiased in the presence of feed back. This estimator relies on consistent estimates of the number of eligible and ineligible units in the population being available.
M03/01
Southampton Statistical Sciences Research Institute, University of Southampton
Hedlin, Dan
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Wang, Suojin
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Hedlin, Dan
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Wang, Suojin
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Hedlin, Dan and Wang, Suojin (2003) Feeding back Information on Ineligibility from Sample Surveys to the Frame (S3RI Methodology Working Papers, M03/01) Southampton, UK. Southampton Statistical Sciences Research Institute, University of Southampton 24pp.

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Abstract

It is usually discovered in the data collection phase of a survey that some units in the sample are ineligible even if the frame information has indicated otherwise. For example, in many business surveys a nonnegligible proportion of the sampled units will have ceased trading since the latest update of the frame. This information may be fed back to the frame and used in subsequent surveys, thereby making forthcoming samples more efficient by avoiding sampling nonnegligible units. We investigate what effect on survey estimation the process of feeding back information on ineligibility may have, and derive an expression for the bias that can occur as a result of feeding back. The focus is on estimation of the total using the common expansion estimator. We obtain an estimator that is nearly unbiased in the presence of feed back. This estimator relies on consistent estimates of the number of eligible and ineligible units in the population being available.

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Published date: 2003

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Local EPrints ID: 284
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/284
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Date deposited: 15 Jan 2004
Last modified: 15 Mar 2024 04:38

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Author: Dan Hedlin
Author: Suojin Wang

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