Title | Survey Research Designs: Towards a Better Understanding of Their Costs and Benefits [electronic resource] : Prepared under the Auspices of the Working Group on the Comparative Evaluation of Longitudinal Surveys Social Science Research Council / edited by Robert W. Pearson, Robert F. Boruch |
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Imprint | New York, NY : Springer US, 1986 |
Connect to | http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4684-6336-1 |
Descript | VI, 132 p. online resource |
Research Designs and Causal Inferences: On Lordโs Paradox -- 1. Introduction -- 2. A Model for Causal Inference -- 3. Lordโs examples -- 4. Discussion -- Appendix: Randomization and Inference for Causal Effects -- References -- Tables and Figures -- Toward Conducting Benefit-Cost Analysis of Data Programs -- 1. An Illustration of the Use of Benefit-Cost Analysis -- 2. A Closer Look at Benefit-Cost Analysis -- 3. Data Quality -- 4. Benefits -- 5. Uses of Data in Decisionmaking -- 6. Nonoptimal Data Use -- 7. Summary and Conclusions -- Tables and Figures -- The Design and Analysis of Longitudinal Surveys: Controversies and Issues of Cost and Continuity -- Abstract -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Conceptual Framework -- 3. The Key Controversy: Itโs All a Matter of Perspective -- 4. Costs and the Effects of Scale -- 5. Longitudinal Missingness, Attrition, and Imputation -- 6. Drawing Formal Inferences from Sample Survey Data -- 7. Summary and Answer to Questions -- References -- The Role of Panel Studies in a World of Scarce Research Resources -- 1. Analytic Benefits of Panel Designs -- 3. Relative Monetary Costs of Longitudinal Studies -- 4. Summary -- References