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On Measuring the Quality of Survey Estimates
Author(s) -
Rao J.N.K.
Publication year - 2005
Publication title -
international statistical review
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.051
H-Index - 54
eISSN - 1751-5823
pISSN - 0306-7734
DOI - 10.1111/j.1751-5823.2005.tb00283.x
Subject(s) - sampling frame , sampling (signal processing) , observational error , statistics , survey sampling , sampling error , computer science , sample (material) , data collection , frame (networking) , sampling design , data quality , survey methodology , non sampling error , quality (philosophy) , survey research , population , data mining , mathematics , engineering , telecommunications , psychology , operations management , metric (unit) , chemistry , demography , philosophy , chromatography , epistemology , sociology , detector , applied psychology
Summary The quality of survey estimates is directly affected by survey errors that include sampling errors due to selecting a sample rather than the whole population, and non‐sampling errors arising from data collection and processing procedures. The latter include frame error, measurement error and non‐response. This paper addresses design issues related to total survey error and its components. Methods for handling frame problems and non‐response are also presented.