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Design and Sample Size Determination for Experiments on Nonresponse Followup using a Sequential Regression Model
- Source :
- Journal of Official Statistics; June 2023, Vol. 39 Issue: 2 p173-202, 30p
- Publication Year :
- 2023
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Abstract
- Statistical agencies depend on responses to inquiries made to the public, and occasionally conduct experiments to improve contact procedures. Agencies may wish to assess whether there is significant change in response rates due to an operational refinement. This work considers the assessment of response rates when up to Lattempts are made to contact each subject, and subjects receive one of Jpossible variations of the operation under experimentation. In particular, the continuation-ratio logit (CRL) model facilitates inference on the probability of success at each step of the sequence, given that failures occurred at previous attempts. The CRL model is investigated as a basis for sample size determination– one of the major decisions faced by an experimenter–to attain a desired power under a Wald test of a general linear hypothesis. An experiment that was conducted for nonresponse followup in the United States 2020 decennial census provides a motivating illustration.
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 0282423X and 20017367
- Volume :
- 39
- Issue :
- 2
- Database :
- Supplemental Index
- Journal :
- Journal of Official Statistics
- Publication Type :
- Periodical
- Accession number :
- ejs64900235
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.2478/jos-2023-0009