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Book Synopsis

Explore the practices and cutting-edge research on the new and exciting topic of paradata

Paradata are measurements related to the process of collecting survey data.

Improving Surveys with Paradata: Analytic Uses of Process Information is the most accessible and comprehensive contribution to this up-and-coming area in survey methodology.

Featuring contributions from leading experts in the field, Improving Surveys with Paradata: Analytic Uses of Process Information introduces and reviews issues involved in the collection and analysis of paradata. The book presents readers with an overview of the indispensable techniques and new, innovative research on improving survey quality and total survey error. Along with several case studies, topics include:

  • Using paradata to monitor fieldwork activity in face-to-face, telephone, and web surveys
  • Guiding intervention decisions during data collection
  • Analysis of measurement, nonresponse, and cov

    Table of Contents

    1 Improving Surveys with Paradata: Introduction 1
    Frauke Kreuter

    1.1 Introduction 1

    1.2 Paradata and Metadata 3

    1.3 Auxiliary Data and Paradata 4

    1.4 Paradata in the Total Survey Error Framework 4

    1.5 Paradata in Survey Production 5

    1.6 Special Challenges in the Collection and Use of Paradata 7

    1.7 Future of Paradata 8

    PART I PARADATA AND SURVEY ERRORS

    2 Paradata for Nonresponse Error Investigation 3
    Frauke Kreuter and Kristen Olson

    2.1 Introduction 3

    2.2 Sources of Paradata 4

    2.3 Nonresponse Rates and Nonresponse Bias 10

    2.4 Paradata and Responsive Designs 20

    2.5 Paradata and Nonresponse Adjustment 21

    2.6 Issues in Practice 22

    2.7 Summary and Take Home Messages 24

    3 Collecting Paradata for Measurement Error Evaluations 33
    Kristen Olson and Bryan Parkhurst

    3.1 Introduction 33

    3.2 Paradata and Measurement Error 34

    3.3 Types of paradata 38

    3.4 Differences in Paradata by Modes 45

    3.5 Turning paradata into data sets 51

    3.6 Summary 55

    4 Analyzing Paradata to Investigate Measurement Error 63
    Ting Yan and Kristen Olson

    4.1 Introduction 63

    4.2 Review of Empirical Literature on the Use of Paradata for Measurement Error Investigation 64

    4.3 Analyzing paradata 66

    4.4 Four empirical examples 73

    4.5 Cautions 81

    4.6 Concluding Remarks 82

    5 Paradata for Coverage Research 89
    Stephanie Eckman

    5.1 Introduction 89

    5.2 Housing Unit Frames 93

    5.3 Telephone Number Frames 101

    5.4 Household Rosters 103

    5.5 Population Registers 105

    5.6 Subpopulation Frames 106

    5.7 Web Surveys 106

    5.8 Conclusion 107

    PART II PARADATA IN SURVEY PRODUCTION

    6 Design and Management Strategies for Paradata-Driven Responsive Design 117
    Nicole G. Kirgis and James M. Lepkowski

    6.1 Introduction 117

    6.2 From Repeated Cross-Section to Continuous Design 118

    6.3 Paradata Design 123

    6.4 Key Design Change 1: A New Employment Model 128

    6.5 Key Design Change 2: Field Efficient Sample Design 130

    6.6 Key Design Change 3: Replicate Sample Design 131

    6.7 Key Design Change 4: Responsive Design Sampling of Nonrespondents in a Second Phase 132

    6.8 Key Design Change 5: Active Responsive Design Interventions 134

    6.9 Concluding Remarks 135

    7 Using Paradata-Driven Models to Improve Contact Rates 141
    James Wagner

    7.1 Introduction 141

    7.2 Background 142

    7.3 The Survey Setting 144

    7.4 Experiments: Data and Methods 145

    7.5 Experiments: Results 157

    7.6 Discussion 162

    8 Using Paradata to Study Response to Within-Survey Requests 169
    Joseph W. Sakshaug

    8.1 Introduction 169

    8.2 Consent to Link Survey and Administrative Records 173

    8.3 Consent to Collect Biomeasures in Population-Based Surveys 177

    8.4 Switching Data Collection Modes 179

    8.5 Income Item Nonresponse and Quality of Income Reports 181

    8.6 Summary 185

    9 Managing Data Quality Indicators with Paradata-Based Statistical Quality Control Tools 191
    Matt Jans, Robyn Sirkis and David Morgan

    9.1 Introduction 191

    9.2 Defining and Choosing Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) 193

    9.3 KPI Displays and the Enduring Insight of Walter Shewhart 201

    9.4 Implementation Steps for Survey Analytic Quality Control with Paradata Control Charts 212

    9.5 A Method for Improving Measurement Process Quality Indicators 214

    9.6 Reections on SPC, Visual Data Displays, and Challenges to Quality Control 221

    9.7 Some Advice on Using Charts 223

    Appendix 225

    10 Paradata as Input to Monitoring Representativeness and Measurement Profiles 233
    Barry Schouten and Melania Calinescu

    10.1 Introduction 233

    10.2 Measurement profiles 235

    10.3 Tools for monitoring nonresponse and measurement profiles 238

    10.4 Monitoring and improving response: a demonstration using the LFS 243

    10.5 Including paradata observations on households and persons 254

    10.6 General discussion 256

    10.7 Take home messages 257

    PART III SPECIAL CHALLENGES

    11 Paradata in Web Surveys 263
    Mario Callegaro

    11.1 Survey data types 263

    11.2 Collection of paradata 264

    11.3 Typology of paradata in web surveys 265

    11.4 Using paradata to change the survey in real time: adaptive scripting 273

    11.5 Paradata in online panels 274

    11.6 Software to collect paradata 274

    11.7 Analysis of paradata: levels of aggregation 275

    11.8 Privacy and ethical issues in collecting web survey paradata 276

    11.9 Summary and conclusions on paradata in web surveys 277

    12 Modeling Call Record Data: Examples from Cross-Sectional and Longitudinal Surveys 283
    Gabriele B. Durrant, Julia D'Arrigo and Gerrit Müller

    12.1 Introduction 283

    12.2 Call record data 285

    12.3 Modeling approaches 287

    12.4 Illustration of call record data analysis using two example datasets 294

    12.5 Summary 305

    13 Bayesian Penalized Spline Models for Statistical Process Monitoring of Survey Paradata Quality Indicators 311
    Joseph L. Schafer

    13.1 Introduction 311

    13.2 Overview of splines 316

    13.3 Penalized splines as linear mixed models 323

    13.4 Bayesian methods 327

    13.5 Extensions 330

    14 The Quality of Paradata: A Literature Review 341
    Brady T. West and Jennifer Sinibaldi

    14.1 Introduction 341

    14.2 Existing Studies Examining the Quality of Paradata 342

    14.3 Possible Mechanisms Leading to Error in Paradata 354

    14.4 Take Home Messages 357

    15 The Effects of Errors in Paradata on Weighting Class Adjustments: A Simulation Study 363
    Brady T. West

    15.1 Introduction 363

    15.2 Design of Simulation Studies 367

    15.3 Simulation Results 372

    15.4 Take Home Messages 386

    15.5 Future Research 388

    Topic Index 393

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      Publisher: Wiley
      Publication Date: 12/07/2013
      ISBN13: 9780470905418, 978-0470905418
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      Description

      Book Synopsis

      Explore the practices and cutting-edge research on the new and exciting topic of paradata

      Paradata are measurements related to the process of collecting survey data.

      Improving Surveys with Paradata: Analytic Uses of Process Information is the most accessible and comprehensive contribution to this up-and-coming area in survey methodology.

      Featuring contributions from leading experts in the field, Improving Surveys with Paradata: Analytic Uses of Process Information introduces and reviews issues involved in the collection and analysis of paradata. The book presents readers with an overview of the indispensable techniques and new, innovative research on improving survey quality and total survey error. Along with several case studies, topics include:

      • Using paradata to monitor fieldwork activity in face-to-face, telephone, and web surveys
      • Guiding intervention decisions during data collection
      • Analysis of measurement, nonresponse, and cov

        Table of Contents

        1 Improving Surveys with Paradata: Introduction 1
        Frauke Kreuter

        1.1 Introduction 1

        1.2 Paradata and Metadata 3

        1.3 Auxiliary Data and Paradata 4

        1.4 Paradata in the Total Survey Error Framework 4

        1.5 Paradata in Survey Production 5

        1.6 Special Challenges in the Collection and Use of Paradata 7

        1.7 Future of Paradata 8

        PART I PARADATA AND SURVEY ERRORS

        2 Paradata for Nonresponse Error Investigation 3
        Frauke Kreuter and Kristen Olson

        2.1 Introduction 3

        2.2 Sources of Paradata 4

        2.3 Nonresponse Rates and Nonresponse Bias 10

        2.4 Paradata and Responsive Designs 20

        2.5 Paradata and Nonresponse Adjustment 21

        2.6 Issues in Practice 22

        2.7 Summary and Take Home Messages 24

        3 Collecting Paradata for Measurement Error Evaluations 33
        Kristen Olson and Bryan Parkhurst

        3.1 Introduction 33

        3.2 Paradata and Measurement Error 34

        3.3 Types of paradata 38

        3.4 Differences in Paradata by Modes 45

        3.5 Turning paradata into data sets 51

        3.6 Summary 55

        4 Analyzing Paradata to Investigate Measurement Error 63
        Ting Yan and Kristen Olson

        4.1 Introduction 63

        4.2 Review of Empirical Literature on the Use of Paradata for Measurement Error Investigation 64

        4.3 Analyzing paradata 66

        4.4 Four empirical examples 73

        4.5 Cautions 81

        4.6 Concluding Remarks 82

        5 Paradata for Coverage Research 89
        Stephanie Eckman

        5.1 Introduction 89

        5.2 Housing Unit Frames 93

        5.3 Telephone Number Frames 101

        5.4 Household Rosters 103

        5.5 Population Registers 105

        5.6 Subpopulation Frames 106

        5.7 Web Surveys 106

        5.8 Conclusion 107

        PART II PARADATA IN SURVEY PRODUCTION

        6 Design and Management Strategies for Paradata-Driven Responsive Design 117
        Nicole G. Kirgis and James M. Lepkowski

        6.1 Introduction 117

        6.2 From Repeated Cross-Section to Continuous Design 118

        6.3 Paradata Design 123

        6.4 Key Design Change 1: A New Employment Model 128

        6.5 Key Design Change 2: Field Efficient Sample Design 130

        6.6 Key Design Change 3: Replicate Sample Design 131

        6.7 Key Design Change 4: Responsive Design Sampling of Nonrespondents in a Second Phase 132

        6.8 Key Design Change 5: Active Responsive Design Interventions 134

        6.9 Concluding Remarks 135

        7 Using Paradata-Driven Models to Improve Contact Rates 141
        James Wagner

        7.1 Introduction 141

        7.2 Background 142

        7.3 The Survey Setting 144

        7.4 Experiments: Data and Methods 145

        7.5 Experiments: Results 157

        7.6 Discussion 162

        8 Using Paradata to Study Response to Within-Survey Requests 169
        Joseph W. Sakshaug

        8.1 Introduction 169

        8.2 Consent to Link Survey and Administrative Records 173

        8.3 Consent to Collect Biomeasures in Population-Based Surveys 177

        8.4 Switching Data Collection Modes 179

        8.5 Income Item Nonresponse and Quality of Income Reports 181

        8.6 Summary 185

        9 Managing Data Quality Indicators with Paradata-Based Statistical Quality Control Tools 191
        Matt Jans, Robyn Sirkis and David Morgan

        9.1 Introduction 191

        9.2 Defining and Choosing Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) 193

        9.3 KPI Displays and the Enduring Insight of Walter Shewhart 201

        9.4 Implementation Steps for Survey Analytic Quality Control with Paradata Control Charts 212

        9.5 A Method for Improving Measurement Process Quality Indicators 214

        9.6 Reections on SPC, Visual Data Displays, and Challenges to Quality Control 221

        9.7 Some Advice on Using Charts 223

        Appendix 225

        10 Paradata as Input to Monitoring Representativeness and Measurement Profiles 233
        Barry Schouten and Melania Calinescu

        10.1 Introduction 233

        10.2 Measurement profiles 235

        10.3 Tools for monitoring nonresponse and measurement profiles 238

        10.4 Monitoring and improving response: a demonstration using the LFS 243

        10.5 Including paradata observations on households and persons 254

        10.6 General discussion 256

        10.7 Take home messages 257

        PART III SPECIAL CHALLENGES

        11 Paradata in Web Surveys 263
        Mario Callegaro

        11.1 Survey data types 263

        11.2 Collection of paradata 264

        11.3 Typology of paradata in web surveys 265

        11.4 Using paradata to change the survey in real time: adaptive scripting 273

        11.5 Paradata in online panels 274

        11.6 Software to collect paradata 274

        11.7 Analysis of paradata: levels of aggregation 275

        11.8 Privacy and ethical issues in collecting web survey paradata 276

        11.9 Summary and conclusions on paradata in web surveys 277

        12 Modeling Call Record Data: Examples from Cross-Sectional and Longitudinal Surveys 283
        Gabriele B. Durrant, Julia D'Arrigo and Gerrit Müller

        12.1 Introduction 283

        12.2 Call record data 285

        12.3 Modeling approaches 287

        12.4 Illustration of call record data analysis using two example datasets 294

        12.5 Summary 305

        13 Bayesian Penalized Spline Models for Statistical Process Monitoring of Survey Paradata Quality Indicators 311
        Joseph L. Schafer

        13.1 Introduction 311

        13.2 Overview of splines 316

        13.3 Penalized splines as linear mixed models 323

        13.4 Bayesian methods 327

        13.5 Extensions 330

        14 The Quality of Paradata: A Literature Review 341
        Brady T. West and Jennifer Sinibaldi

        14.1 Introduction 341

        14.2 Existing Studies Examining the Quality of Paradata 342

        14.3 Possible Mechanisms Leading to Error in Paradata 354

        14.4 Take Home Messages 357

        15 The Effects of Errors in Paradata on Weighting Class Adjustments: A Simulation Study 363
        Brady T. West

        15.1 Introduction 363

        15.2 Design of Simulation Studies 367

        15.3 Simulation Results 372

        15.4 Take Home Messages 386

        15.5 Future Research 388

        Topic Index 393

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