Do coefficients of variation of response propensities approximate non-response biases during survey data collection?
Do coefficients of variation of response propensities approximate non-response biases during survey data collection?
We evaluate the utility of coefficients of variation of response propensities (CVs) as measures of risks of survey variable non-response biases when monitoring survey data collection. CVs quantify variation in sample response propensities estimated given a set of auxiliary attribute covariates observed for all subjects. If auxiliary covariates and survey variables are correlated, low levels of propensity variation imply low bias risk. CVs can also be decomposed to measure associations between auxiliary covariates and propensity variation, informing collection method modifications and post-collection adjustments to improve dataset quality. Practitioners are interested in such approaches to managing bias risks, but risk indicator performance has received little attention. We describe relationships between CVs and expected biases and how they inform quality improvements during and post-data collection, expanding on previous work. Next, given auxiliary information from the concurrent 2011 UK census and details of interview attempts, we use CVs to quantify the representativeness of the UK Labour Force Survey dataset during data collection. Following this, we use survey data to evaluate inference based on CVs concerning survey variables with analogues measuring the same quantities among the auxiliary covariate set. Given our findings, we then offer advice on using CVs to monitor survey data collection.
adaptive survey designs, data collection efficiency savings, non-response bias, phase capacity, representativeness indicators
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Moore, Jamie C.
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Durrant, Gabriele B.
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Smith, Peter W.F.
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Moore, Jamie C.
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Durrant, Gabriele B.
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Smith, Peter W.F.
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Moore, Jamie C., Durrant, Gabriele B. and Smith, Peter W.F.
(2021)
Do coefficients of variation of response propensities approximate non-response biases during survey data collection?
Journal of the Royal Statistical Society. Series A: Statistics in Society, 184 (1), .
(doi:10.1111/rssa.12624).
Abstract
We evaluate the utility of coefficients of variation of response propensities (CVs) as measures of risks of survey variable non-response biases when monitoring survey data collection. CVs quantify variation in sample response propensities estimated given a set of auxiliary attribute covariates observed for all subjects. If auxiliary covariates and survey variables are correlated, low levels of propensity variation imply low bias risk. CVs can also be decomposed to measure associations between auxiliary covariates and propensity variation, informing collection method modifications and post-collection adjustments to improve dataset quality. Practitioners are interested in such approaches to managing bias risks, but risk indicator performance has received little attention. We describe relationships between CVs and expected biases and how they inform quality improvements during and post-data collection, expanding on previous work. Next, given auxiliary information from the concurrent 2011 UK census and details of interview attempts, we use CVs to quantify the representativeness of the UK Labour Force Survey dataset during data collection. Following this, we use survey data to evaluate inference based on CVs concerning survey variables with analogues measuring the same quantities among the auxiliary covariate set. Given our findings, we then offer advice on using CVs to monitor survey data collection.
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Accepted/In Press date: 21 June 2020
e-pub ahead of print date: 3 November 2020
Published date: January 2021
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This research was funded by the ESRC National Centre for Research Methods, Workpackage 1 (grant reference number ES/L008351/1) and the ESRC Administrative Research Centre for England (ADRCE) (grant reference number ES/L007517/1). This work contains statistical data from ONS which is Crown Copyright. The use of the ONS statistical data in this work does not imply the endorsement of the ONS in relation to the interpretation or analysis of the statistical data. This work uses research datasets which may not exactly reproduce National Statistics aggregates.
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adaptive survey designs, data collection efficiency savings, non-response bias, phase capacity, representativeness indicators
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