Survey Methods Section Presidential Invited Address
Organizer and Chair: Karla Fox (Statistics Canada)
Organizer and Chair: Karla Fox (Statistics Canada)
- MICHAEL HIDIROGLOU, Statistics Canada
Data Collection [PDF]
- A large-scale survey can be divided into several stages. Given that a survey is selected from a good quality frame, a survey methodologist should be in good control of all stages. One of the most critical steps is data collection, and it is increasingly more difficult to control. There are several reasons for this. Data collection costs are increasing and response is decreasing. In addition, the mode of collection has changed in recent years.
This talk will provide an overview of some the difficulties encountered in data collection. It will also outline a number of solutions that include methodological innovations, as well as the use of alternative data sources to model (substitute) the data of interest.