Modeling Nonresponse in Establishment Surveys: Using an Ensemble Tree Model to Create Nonresponse Propensity Scores and Detect Potential Bias in an Agricultural Survey

Modeling Nonresponse in Establishment Surveys: Using an Ensemble Tree Model to Create Nonresponse Propensity Scores and Detect Potential Bias in an Agricultural Survey

Increasing nonresponse rates in federal surveys and potentially biased survey estimates are a growing concern, especially with regard to establishment surveys. Unlike household surveys, not all establishments contribute equally to survey estimates. With regard to agricultural surveys, if an extremel...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Earp Morgan, Mitchell Melissa, McCarthy Jaki, Kreuter Frauke
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sciendo 2014-12-01
Series:Journal of Official Statistics
Subjects:
nonresponse bias
propensity scores
classification trees
ensemble trees
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.2478/jos-2014-0044

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https://doi.org/10.2478/jos-2014-0044

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