Estimation tools for reducing the impact of sampling and nonresponse errors in dual‐frame RDD telephone surveys

• Published in: Statistics in medicine Vol. 38; no. 23; pp. 4718 - 4732
• Main Authors: Wolter, Kirk M., Ganesh, N., Copeland, Kennon R., Singleton, James A., Khare, Meena
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England Wiley Subscription Services, Inc 15.10.2019
• Subjects: differential nonresponse; dual‐frame sampling design; Medical research; National Immunization Survey; RDD telephone surveys; sampling and nonsampling errors; shrinkage estimation; National Immunization Survey; RDD telephone surveys; differential nonresponse; sampling and nonsampling errors; shrinkage estimation; dual-frame sampling design

We discuss alternative estimators of the population total given a dual‐frame random‐digit‐dial (RDD) telephone survey in which samples are selected from landline and cell phone sampling frames. The estimators are subject to sampling and nonsampling errors. To reduce sampling variability when an opti...