scholarly journals A new design and a weighting strategy of a survey on tourist activity of the Croatian population

2016 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 41-54
Author(s):  
Lidija Gligorova ◽  
Marijana Kožul
Keyword(s):  
Survey Design ◽  
Marketing Research ◽  
Dual Frame ◽  
Computer Assisted ◽  
Call Centre ◽  
Sampling Frame ◽  
Phone Book ◽  
Survey Population ◽  
Weighting Strategy ◽  
Survey Estimates

Abstract Until 2014, the sample for the statistical survey Tourist Activity of the Population of the Republic of Croatia, shortly named as TADS, was a quota sample. The sample selection and the data collection for the survey in the Computer Assisted Telephone Interviewing (CATI) mode were conducted by a hired marketing research agency. In the summer of 2014, the Croatian Bureau of Statistics (CBS) set up its own call centre for CATI surveys. At the beginning of 2015, the CBS started developing a new probability sample design and a weighting strategy of TADS. The surveys of all the four quarters of 2015, fully conducted by the CBS, were treated as test surveys. The purpose of this paper is to describe and evaluate the finally accepted overlapping dual-frame survey design and a weighting procedure based on the sample data collected in all the quarters of 2015. The paper shows how the new design is incorporated in the existing circumstances in which surveys are conducted. The overlapping dual-frame survey design of TADS produces survey estimates related to the whole survey population based on two independent samples from two overlapping sampling frames (the first sampling frame consists of landline phone numbers from the phone book and the second one consists of mobile phone numbers from the phone book). In spite of a large undercoverage of the survey population in the phone book, using both phone types in TADS improves the total coverage of the survey population and relieves a problem of coverage and response bias. The applied weighting procedure is described systematically. The probability sampling allows calculating quality indicators such as standard errors of survey estimates and helps optimizing the survey process.

Responsive and Adaptive Survey Design: Use of Bias Propensity During Data Collection to Reduce Nonresponse Bias

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Andy Peytchev ◽  
Daniel Pratt ◽  
Michael Duprey
Keyword(s):  
Data Collection ◽  
Survey Design ◽  
Nonresponse Bias ◽  
Sampling Frame ◽  
New Approach ◽  
Response Propensity ◽  
Survey Estimates ◽  
Study Designs ◽  
Survey Designs

Abstract Reduction in nonresponse bias has been a key focus in responsive and adaptive survey designs, through multiple phases of data collection, each defined by a different protocol, and targeting interventions to a subset of sample elements. Key in this approach is the identification of nonrespondents who, if interviewed, can reduce nonresponse bias in survey estimates. From a design perspective, we need to identify an appropriate model to select targeted cases, in addition to an effective intervention (change in protocol). From an evaluation perspective, we need to compare estimates to a control condition that is often omitted from study designs, in addition to the need for benchmark estimates for key survey measures to provide estimates of nonresponse bias. We introduced a bias propensity approach for the selection of sample members to reduce nonresponse bias. Unlike a response propensity approach in which the objective is to maximize the prediction of nonresponse, this new approach deliberately excludes strong predictors of nonresponse that are uncorrelated with survey measures and uses covariates that are of substantive interest to the study. We also devised an analytic approach to simulate which sample members would have responded in a control condition. This study also provided a rare opportunity to estimate nonresponse bias, using rich sampling frame information, prior round survey data, and data from extensive nonresponse follow-up. The bias propensity model yielded reasonable fit despite the exclusion of the strongest predictors of nonresponse. The intervention was found to be effective in increasing participation among identified sample members. On average, the responsive and adaptive survey design reduced nonresponse bias by more than one-quarter—almost one percentage point—regardless of the choice of benchmark estimates. Effort under the control condition did not reduce nonresponse bias. While results are strongly encouraging, we argue for replication with varied populations and methods.

scholarly journals Social networks and alcohol consumption among first generation Chinese and Korean immigrants in the Los Angeles metropolitan area

2014 ◽  
Vol 3 (4) ◽  
pp. 245-255
Author(s):  
C. Richard Hofstetter ◽  
John D. Clapp ◽  
Jon-Patrick Allem ◽  
Suzanne C. Hughes ◽  
Yawen Li ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Social Networks ◽  
Los Angeles ◽  
Alcohol Consumption ◽  
Metropolitan Area ◽  
First Generation ◽  
Korean Immigrants ◽  
Dual Frame ◽  
Sampling Frame ◽  
Telephone Interviews ◽  
Chinese Origin

Hofstetter, C., Clapp, J., Allem, J., Hughes, S., Li, Y., Irvin, V., Daly, A., Kang, S., & Hovell, M. (2014). Social networks and alcohol consumption among first generation Chinese and Korean immigrants in the Los Angeles metropolitan area. The International Journal Of Alcohol And Drug Research, 3(4), 245-255. doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.7895/ijadr.v3i4.188Aims: To test hypotheses involving mechanisms of reinforcement of alcohol behaviors operating in social networks.Design: Telephone interviews conducted by professional interviewers in Mandarin or Korean or English with first generation Chinese (from Mainland or Taiwan) and Korean immigrants residing using a dual frame stratified sampling design. Combined probability and non-probability approaches for sampling due to the widespread use of cell phones. Interviews were conducted in language of preferences with over 95% of interviews in Korean or Mandarin.Setting: Residents of three counties with the largest proportions of eligible residents (Los Angeles, Orange, and San Bernardino) were included.Participants: Adult residents (21 and over) stratified by gender who could be reached by telephone constituted the sample.Measures: Measures included frequency/amount alcohol consumption drawn from NIAAA standard, a “relax, socialize, have fun with” name generator was used to identify alters. Reinforcers within networks were measured by participant reports of amount of alter drinking, drunkenness, and encouragement to drink, acculturation, and demographic variables were measured by self report.Findings: Using a random effects approach and controlling for other variables, including drinking in the network, acculturation, Korean/Chinese origin, and demographics, source of immigration, network context, as was and sampling frame, encouragement to drink in the network was related to drinking (P<.05).Conclusions: Studies of social networks in relation to health behaviors should include measures of actions within networks, especially reinforcers of behaviors, in order to understand the functioning and consequences of networks.

scholarly journals Marketing Research: Personal/Face-to-Face Interviews and Computer-Assisted Personal Interviews

2018 ◽  
Vol 07 (03) ◽  
Author(s):  
Mohammad Habibur Rahman ◽  
Md. Saiful Islam ◽  
Bidhan Chandra Sutradhar
Keyword(s):  
Marketing Research ◽  
Computer Assisted ◽  
Face To Face

Use of a Smartphone GPS Application for Recurrent Travel Behavior Data Collection

2019 ◽  
Vol 2673 (7) ◽  
pp. 89-98 ◽  
Author(s):  
Joann Lynch ◽  
Jeffrey Dumont ◽  
Elizabeth Greene ◽  
Jonathan Ehrlich
Keyword(s):  
Travel Behavior ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Survey Design ◽  
Demographic Data ◽  
Smartphone Application ◽  
Completion Rate ◽  
Computer Assisted ◽  
Household Travel Survey ◽  
Continuous Survey ◽  
Household Travel

Smartphone-based household travel survey (HTS) studies to date have typically followed the two-part survey process that has historically been used for paper, computer-assisted telephone interviewing, and online HTS. In this two-part survey process, households provide demographic data in a recruit survey (part one) and record trips in a travel diary (part two) often at a later date. The Metropolitan Council, the planning organization serving the Twin Cities metropolitan area in Minnesota, has conducted a pilot study for their cyclical HTS, the Travel Behavior Inventory (TBI), that is one of the first large-scale fields of an all-in-one smartphone HTS design. For the 2018 TBI pilot, the traditional two-part survey was merged into a continuous survey experience within a smartphone app. The TBI pilot used a split sample to test this all-in-one design against a traditional two-part smartphone survey design. For the all-in-one design, households were invited to sign in directly to the smartphone application instead of first recruiting online or by phone. The pilot results provide a direct comparison of the two-part and all-in-one designs at the household-, person-, and trip-levels. The results showed a lower overall recruit and completion rate for the all-in-one design but showed clear promise for increasing representation of younger and lower-income populations—traditionally hard-to-reach groups who completed at a higher rate with all-in-one. The authors discuss several factors which may have contributed to the lower overall completion rate and describe planned updates for future waves of the TBI aimed at improving overall response while maintaining the developments that have improved representation from hard-to-reach groups.

scholarly journals Sense of coherence, career adaptability and burnout of early-career Black staff in the call centre environment

2013 ◽  
Vol 39 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Nisha Harry ◽  
Melinde Coetzee
Keyword(s):  
Sense Of Coherence ◽  
Survey Design ◽  
Maslach Burnout Inventory ◽  
Early Career ◽  
Call Centre ◽  
Career Adaptability ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Managerial Implications ◽  
Years Of Service ◽  
Value Add

Orientation: The call centre is recognised as being a stressful work environment that affects the general wellbeing of call centre agents.Research purpose: This study explored whether call centre agents’ sense of coherence significantly influences their career adaptability and whether their burnout levels significantly moderate the sense of coherence–career adaptability relationship. The research also investigated whether age, gender and years of service (as control variables), along with sense of coherence, predicted career adaptability.Motivation for the study: The positive psychological construct of career adaptability and its association with call centre agents’ sense of coherence, burnout, age, gender and years of service have not yet been investigated in the call centre environment.Research design, approach and method: A cross-sectional quantitative survey design was used. The Orientation to Life, Career Adapt-Abilities Scale and Maslach Burnout Inventory General Scale were administered to a non-probability purposive sample of 409 early-career Black staff employed in three of the largest outsourced financial call centres in Africa.Main findings: Multiple regression analyses revealed that age, gender and meaningfulness significantly predicted call centre agents’ career adaptability, but that their burnout levels do not significantly moderate the sense of coherence–career adaptability relationship.Practical/managerial implications: Enhancing call centre agents’ sense of meaningfulness will increase their levels of career adaptability and career wellbeing.Contribution/value-add: This research is the first to investigate the construct of career adaptability in the call centre environment and adds new knowledge and insights to the existing wellness and positive psychology literature.

META-RELQUAL construct validation: a South African study

2015 ◽  
Vol 6 (4) ◽  
pp. 453-465 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mercy Mpinganjira ◽  
Göran Svensson ◽  
Tore Mysen
Keyword(s):  
South African ◽  
Goodness Of Fit ◽  
Measurement Model ◽  
Computer Assisted ◽  
Business Managers ◽  
Sampling Frame ◽  
Supplier Relationships ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Telephone Interviews ◽  
Nomological Validity

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to test a measurement model of a META-RELQUAL construct based upon South African business-supplier relationships. Design/methodology/approach – Data were collected using computer-assisted telephone interviews. The sampling frame consisted of the top 500 South African companies based on revenue. A total of 232 fully completed questionnaires were obtained representing a response rate of 46.4 per cent. Findings – The findings show satisfactory goodness-of-fit measures for the model tested. All the requirements for convergent, discriminant and nomological validity as well as construct reliability were achieved satisfactorily. Practical implications – The study provides a framework of constructs that South African business managers need to take into consideration in order to establish and maintain good relations with their suppliers. Originality/value – This study contributes to theory on relationship marketing and presents the first tested measurement model of the META-RELQUAL construct in Africa.

Accuracy of Pup Classifications and Its Effect on Population Estimates in the Hooded Seal (Cystophora cristata)

1988 ◽  
Vol 45 (4) ◽  
pp. 715-719 ◽  
Author(s):  
G. B. Stenson ◽  
R. A. Myers
Keyword(s):  
Developmental Stages ◽  
Survey Design ◽  
Aerial Survey ◽  
Similar Proportion ◽  
Population Estimates ◽  
Hooded Seal ◽  
Cystophora Cristata ◽  
Current Survey ◽  
Survey Estimates ◽  
Misclassification Rates

Information from the classification of age-specific developmental stages has been used to adjust aerial survey estimates of pup production in a number of species of seals, including the hooded seal (Cystophora cristata). We test the assumption that hooded seal pups were accurately and consistently classified according to developmental stage and examine the consequences of misclassifications upon adjusted population estimates. We determined overall misclassification rates, the effect of survey height on classifications, and interobserver variability. At ice level, misclassifications rates were low (<3%). From an altitude of 30 m, newborn pups could not be classified correctly and misclassification rates for the two other stages of attended pups varied between 6.4 and 21.3%. There was no evidence of an overall bias in classifications or differences among observers although there was a significant interaction between day and stage. Individual pups appear to have been misclassified independently by each observer. Under actual survey conditions, observers classified a similar proportion of pups into each recognizable stage. The misclassification rates we observed did not significantly alter the previous population estimate. Methods for improving the current survey design include modifying classification criteria, providing observers with a period of on-ice training, and reducing the width of survey transects.

Examining survey response styles in cross-cultural marketing research: A comparison between Mexican and South Korean respondents

2018 ◽  
Vol 60 (3) ◽  
pp. 257-267 ◽  
Author(s):  
Christoph Beuthner ◽  
Maren Friedrich ◽  
Carsten Herbes ◽  
Iris Ramme
Keyword(s):  
South Korea ◽  
Survey Design ◽  
Marketing Research ◽  
Response Style ◽  
Response Styles ◽  
South Korean ◽  
Cultural Research ◽  
Green Packaging ◽  
Strongly Agree ◽  
Cultural Marketing

Modern social and marketing research relies heavily on surveys to collect data. At the same time, it is well established that survey responses are influenced by response style biases that vary across individuals, countries and cultures. Investigating such biases, we focused on Mexico and South Korea, two uprising markets mostly neglected in response style research. Data came from a survey instrument of 28 questions focusing on environmental attitudes, individual responsibilities and green packaging characteristics, administered to 500 Mexican and 525 South Korean respondents. We computed response style metrics and compared these to predictions made using scores on Hofstede and Minkov’s quantitative cultural research scale. The predictions made using this scale were largely confirmed through the response style metrics. While respondents in both countries preferred answering items with “Agree” or “Strongly Agree,” respondents in Mexico were about twice as willing to “Disagree” or “Strongly Disagree” than those in South Korea. Overall, respondents in Mexico showed a bias toward extreme responses, while those in South Korea showed a response bias toward mid-point values. Our approach can be used to assist survey design and to interpret the significance of survey results. Data captured from Mexican and South Korean respondents is now available to add to the general body of knowledge on response styles.

scholarly journals TEACHERS PERCEPTIONS AND PRACTICES OF AUTHENTIC (PERFORMANCE-BASED) ASSESSMENT AT THE BASIC SCHOOL LEVEL IN GHANA

2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (4) ◽  
pp. 617-624
Author(s):  
David Arhin ◽  
◽  
Emmanuel Gideon Yanney ◽  
Kwabena Kwakye ◽  
Angelina Abaidoo ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Survey Design ◽  
Sampling Technique ◽  
Authentic Assessment ◽  
School Level ◽  
Computer Assisted ◽  
Teachers Perceptions ◽  
Performance Based Assessment ◽  
Service Training ◽  
Basic School ◽  
The Government

As a unique form of assessment, authentic assessment tends to focus on contextualised tasks that enable learners to exhibit their proficiency in a more realistic setting. The study was aimed at exploring teachers perceptions and practices of authentic (performance-based) assessment at the basic school level in Ghana. A descriptive survey design was adopted with an accessible population estimated at 1,000. However, 286 respondents were sampled for data collection using the purposive and accidental sampling technique. A 10-item questionnaire with r = .90 was used to collect data which were analysed using mean and standard deviation. The findings of the study revealed that most teachers at the basic school level have positive perceptions about authentic assessment. Also, it was revealed that most teachers practise authentic (performance-based) assessments at the basic school level. The researchers recommended that the education agencies and heads of schools should periodically organise in-service training, workshops, and seminars to equip teachers with contemporary issues on an authentic assessment like computer-assisted programs. Again the government should liaise with other stakeholders to make available adequate funds and instructional time for teachers to facilitate the smooth practice of authentic assessment in schools.

scholarly journals Predictors of Turnover Intention Among Employees in Nigeria’s Oil Industry

2013 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Olaoluwa J. Oluwafemi
Keyword(s):  
Turnover Intention ◽  
Survey Design ◽  
Negative Relationship ◽  
Interactional Justice ◽  
Oil Industry ◽  
Sampling Techniques ◽  
Contextual Variables ◽  
Sampling Frame ◽  
Cross Sectional Survey ◽  
Cross Sectional

It has been debated in literature whether context more than disposition predicts organizational outcomes, but the extent to which they predict employee turnover intention has been evaded, whereas beyond theorising, this may have important consequences for employee retention and performance strategy. The predictive roles of contextual (distributive, procedural and interactional justice) and dispositional variables (conscientiousness, agreeableness and emotional stability) on turnover intention among employees in Nigeria’s oil industry were examined. Using cross-sectional survey design and multistage sampling techniques (n =750) employees comprising 534 (71.2%) males and 216 (28.8%) females with a mean age of 35 years and standard deviation of 6.88 participated in the study. The sampling frame in all 12 out of 32 companies from four clusters that make up Nigeria’s oil industry was formed using quota, proportionate and simple random sampling techniques. Data was collected using validated measures of the study variables combined into a single survey questionnaire. Significant negative relationship was found between contextual variables and turnover intention, and between dispositional variables and turnover intention respectively. Controlling for age and tenure, contextual variables accounted for higher variance in turnover intention (R2 = 0.098; F (5, 745) = 22.23, p < .001) ) than dispositional variables (R2 = 0.10; F (8, 742) = 1.51. p < .001, justifying the assumption of weak effects of dispositional traits in strong situations. Managerial implications of the findings are discussed.

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