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An embedded experiment for targeted non‐response follow‐up in establishment surveys

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  • Stephen J. Kaputa
  • Katherine Jenny Thompson
  • Jennifer L. Beck

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The US Census Bureau is investigating adaptive non‐response follow‐up strategies for single‐unit businesses in the 2017 Economic Census. The paper describes an embedded split‐panel field experiment in the 2015 Annual Survey of Manufactures that tests two adaptive non‐response follow‐up designs. With the first design, non‐responding establishments in the experimental group received a reminder letter either by certified mail (expensive) or standard mail (inexpensive) based on an optimal allocation that assigns a higher proportion of the certified letters to domains that initially have low unit response rates. This targeted allocation procedure ensures that all units receive some form of non‐response follow‐up but saves cost over the current procedure that sends a certified letter to all non‐responding units. The second studied adaptive design restricts the non‐response follow‐up for the probability subsample of non‐respondents selected for the targeted allocation. We compare the quality effects of the two studied adaptive non‐response follow‐up designs, examining effects on response, respondent sample balance and collected data quality.

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  • Stephen J. Kaputa & Katherine Jenny Thompson & Jennifer L. Beck, 2019. "An embedded experiment for targeted non‐response follow‐up in establishment surveys," Journal of the Royal Statistical Society Series A, Royal Statistical Society, vol. 182(4), pages 1371-1391, October.
    • Handle: RePEc:bla:jorssa:v:182:y:2019:i:4:p:1371-1391
    DOI: 10.1111/rssa.12448
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