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Within-Household Selection In Mail Surveys: Explicit Questions Are Better Than Cover Letter Instructions, Kristen Olson, Jolene Smyth
Within-Household Selection In Mail Surveys: Explicit Questions Are Better Than Cover Letter Instructions, Kristen Olson, Jolene Smyth
Department of Sociology: Faculty Publications
Randomly selecting a single adult within a household is one of the biggest challenges facing mail surveys. Yet obtaining a probability sample of adults within households is critical to having a probability sample of the US adult population. In this paper, we experimentally test three alternative placements of the within-household selection instructions in the National Health, Wellbeing, and Perspectives study (sample n = 6,000; respondent n = 998): (1) a standard cover letter informing the household to ask the person with the next birthday to complete the survey (control); (2) the control cover letter plus an instruction on the front …
Nebraska Annual Social Indicators Survey (Nasis) 2016-2017 Methodology Report, Bureau Of Sociological Research
Nebraska Annual Social Indicators Survey (Nasis) 2016-2017 Methodology Report, Bureau Of Sociological Research
Nebraska Annual Social Indicators Survey (NASIS)
2016-2017 NASIS Methodology Report
Contents
Introduction 3
Mode Selection 3
Design and Item Selection 3
Sampling Design 4
Experimental Design Treatment 4
Data Collection Process 4
Response Rate 5
Data-Entry Training, Supervision, and Quality Control 5
Processing of Completed Surveys 5
Data Cleaning 5
NASIS Sample Weights 6
Design Effects 6
Questions 6
Estimate of Sampling Error 9
Appendices 10
Appendix A: Cover Letters 10
First Mailing – Version 1 (Long version with incentive) 10
First Mailing – Version 2 (Short version with incentive) 11
First Mailing – Version 3 (Long version with no incentive) 12
First Mailing – Version …
Nasis 2017: Nebraska Annual Social Indicators Survey Questionnaire, Bureau Of Sociological Research
Nasis 2017: Nebraska Annual Social Indicators Survey Questionnaire, Bureau Of Sociological Research
Nebraska Annual Social Indicators Survey (NASIS)
We need your help to learn about how Nebraskans think, feel, and live. Researchers from the University of Nebraska and across the state are counting on your help to learn about a variety of issues. Your responses will help shape program and policy development in Nebraska now and into the future.
125 questions; 16 pages