A Study of Assimilation Bias in Name-Based Sampling of Migrants

The use of personal names for screening is an increasingly popular sampling technique for migrant populations. Although this is often an effective sampling procedure, very little is known about the properties of this method. Based on a large German survey, this article compares characteristics of re...

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Main Authors: Schnell Rainer, Trappmann Mark, Gramlich Tobias
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sciendo 2014-06-01
Series:Journal of Official Statistics
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.2478/jos-2014-0015