data collection

Filter questions are used to administer follow-up questions to eligible respondents while allowing respondents who are not eligible to …

We find rotation group bias in reports of spending in the U.S. Consumer Expenditure Survey. Contrary to our expectations, the more …

High response rates don’t always mean good data. Using seven rounds of the European Social Survey, we show that when interviewers help select who gets surveyed, high response rates can actually signal worse data quality.

Many surveys aim to achieve high response rates to keep bias due to nonresponse low. However, research has shown that the relationship …

Looping questions are used to collect data about several similar events, such as employment spells, retirement accounts, or marriages. …

Panel survey participation can bring about unintended changes in respondents’ behaviour and/or their reporting of behaviour. Using …

How you structure filter questions in a survey affects the answers you get. We linked survey responses to administrative records and found that respondents answer strategically to shorten the interview.

Livestock are an important component of rural livelihoods in developing countries, but data about this source of income and wealth are …

Many face-to-face surveys use field staff to create lists of housing units from which samples are selected. However, housing unit …

This paper explores how well interviewers can judge which cases are likely to cooperate with a survey request and which are unlikely. …