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Targeted Data Collection Efforts for the 2012 ARMS III

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  • Mitchell, Melissa
  • Ott, Kathy
  • McCarthy, Jaki

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Low response rates for the Agricultural Resource Management Survey Phase III (ARMS III) are a growing concern. Beginning in 2011 and enhanced in 2012, data mining techniques were used to proactively identify operations that are likely to be nonrespondents to ARMS III. Once identified, a measure of the impact on the calibration targets of each likely nonrespondent was calculated. Likely nonrespondents were then divided into a treatment and control group to evaluate data collection methods. Likely nonrespondents in the treatment group were targeted with more intense data collection strategies in an effort to increase response rates. These strategies were evaluated to determine whether they could increase response to the survey but because these strategies were not uniformly applied, definitive conclusions about their effectiveness cannot be drawn.

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  • Mitchell, Melissa & Ott, Kathy & McCarthy, Jaki, 2015. "Targeted Data Collection Efforts for the 2012 ARMS III," NASS Research Reports 234303, United States Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Statistics Service.
    • Handle: RePEc:ags:unasrr:234303
    DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.234303
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    1. McCarthy, Jaki S. & Jacob, Thomas & McCraken, Amanda, 2010. "Modeling Non-response in National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) Surveys Using Classification Trees," NASS Research Reports 235029, United States Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Statistics Service.
    2. Earp, Morgan S. & McCarthy, Jaki S., 2009. "Using Respondent Prediction Models to Improve Efficiency of Incentive Allocation," NASS Research Reports 235087, United States Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Statistics Service.
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    4. McCarthy, Jaki S. & Beckler, Daniel G. & Ott, Kathleen, 2006. "The Effect of Incentives on Response in 2005 ARMS Phase III Interviews," NASS Research Reports 234268, United States Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Statistics Service.
    5. Earp, Morgan S. & McCarthy, Jaki S. & Schauer, Nick D. & Kott, Phil S., 2008. "Assessing the Effect of Calibration on Nonresponse Bias in the 2005 ARMS Phase III Sample Using 2002 Census of Agriculture Data," NASS Research Reports 234306, United States Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Statistics Service.
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