Survey Design and Measurement
Project outputs
Research outputs from the SDM initiative will be added here throughout the lives of the projects.
Understanding Non-Response and Reducing Non-Response Bias
Professor Peter Lynn, ISER
Working papers
Mixed Modes and Measurement Error
Ms Gerry Nicolaas, NatCen, Survey Methods Unit
Presentations
- Hope, S., Campanelli, P., Jäckle, A., Lynn, P., Nandi, A., Nicolaas, G. (2009) 'Mixed Modes and Measurement Error: Comparing face-to-face, telephone and web modes' (PDF). Paper presented at the Priority Programme on Survey Methodology, Improving Survey Methods Conference, Bremen, 12-13 November 2009.
- Hope, S. and Nicolaas, G. (2008) 'Mixed Modes and Measurement Error: Study design and literature review' (PDF). Paper presented at the 7th International Conference on Social Science Methodology: RC33 - Logic and Methodology in Sociology, Naples, 1-5 September 2008.
The Commodity Chain of the Household: from Survey Design to Policy Planning
Dr Ernestina Coast, London School of Economics
Presentations
- Coast, E., Randall, S. and Leone, T. (2007) 'The commodity chain of the household'. Paper presented at the 5th UAPS (Union for African Population Studies) Conference, Arusha, Tanzania, 10-14 December 2007.
- Coast, E., Randall, S. and Leone, T. (2008) 'The commodity chain of the household: from survey design to policy planning'. Presentation at BSPS Conference, University of Manchester, 10-12 September 2008.
- Coast, E., Randall, S. and Leone, T. (2008) 'The commodity chain of the household: from survey design to policy planning'. Paper presented at 'Defining the household: implications of household definitions in surveys and censuses', London, 15 May 2008.
- Coast, E., Randall, S. and Leone, T. (2008) 'The commodity chain of the household: from survey design to policy planning' (PDF). Poster presented at the European Association for Population Studies, Barcelona, 9-12 July 2008.
- Coast, E., Randall, S. and Leone, T. (2009) 'The commodity chain of the household: from survey design to policy and practice'. Paper presented at XXVI IUSSP International Population Conference, Marrakech, 27 September-2 October 2009.
- Leone, T., Coast, E. and Randall, S. (2008) 'The concept of the household' (PPT). Paper presented at ESRC Research Methods Festival, Oxford, 30 June-3 July 2008.
- Leone, T., Coast, E. and Randall, S. (2008) 'The commodity chain of the household'. Presentation at Population Association of America Annual Meeting, New Orleans, 17-19 April 2008.
- Leone, T., Coast, E. and Randall, S. (2009) 'Did you sleep here last night? The impact of the household definition in sample surveys: a Tanzanian case study'. Presentation at British Society for Population Studies Annual Conference, Brighton, 9-11 September 2009.
- Randall, S., Coast, E. and Leone, T. (2008) (PDF). Paper presented at 'Vital signs: researching real life' University of Manchester, 9-11 September 2008.
- Randall, S., Coast, E. and Leone, T. (2008) 'Une culture disciplinaire et ses pieges: l'emploi du terme "menage" en demographie' (PDF). AIDELF, Colloque Demographie et Culture, Quebec, Canada, August 2008.
- Randall, S., Coast, E. and Leone, T. (2008) 'The dangers of disciplinary culture: unpacking demography's use of the "household'. Presentation at Anthropology of Africa Seminar, LSE, 14 October 2008.
The Use of Scanner Technology for Collecting Expenditure Data in Mixed-Mode Social Science Surveys
Ms Zoe Oldfield, Institute for Fiscal Studies
Presentations
- Leicester, A. and Oldfield, Z. (2009) 'Using scanner technology to collect expenditure data' (PDF)
- Leicester, A. (2009) 'Using British household scanner data for applied microeconomic research' (PDF)
Working papers
Solving the Problem of Attrition in Longitudinal Surveys
Professor John Bynner, NatCen
Journal articles
Working papers
Hierarchical Analysis of Unit Non-response in Sample Surveys
Dr Gabriele Durrant, University of Southampton
Journal articles
- Durrant, G.B., Groves, R., Staetsky, L. and
Steele, F., 'Effects of Interviewer Attitudes and Behaviors on Refusal in Household Surveys', Public Opinion
Quarterly, to appear. (PDF)
- Durrant, G.B. and Steele, F. (2009) 'Multilevel modelling of refusal and non-contact in household surveys: evidence from six UK Government surveys', Journal of the Royal Statistical Society: Series A, 172(2), pp.361-381 (PDF)
Working papers
- D'Arrigo, J.,
Durrant G.B. and Steele, F. (2009) 'Using field process data to predict best times of contact conditioning on household and
interviewer influences', S3RI Methodology Working Paper Series, M09/12 (PDF)
- Micklewright, J., Schnepf, S.V. and Skinner, C. (2010) 'Non-response biases in surveys of school children: the case of the English PISA samples', S3RI Application and Policy Working Paper Series, A10/01 (PDF)
