Measuring the Coverage Bias in Landline Telephone Surveys by Comparison of Swiss Registry Data with Commercially Available Telephone Number Databases

Coverage of the population within the sampling frame is a very important quality characteristic of a study. However, a metrical evaluation of the coverage bias to approach the question of representativeness is usually not possible. Switzerland stands out in that the federal statistical office (SF...

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Main Authors: Stefan Klug, Birgit Arn
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: GESIS - Leibniz-Institute for the Social Sciences, Mannheim 2016-11-01
Series:Methoden, Daten, Analysen
Subjects:
RDD
Online Access:https://mda.gesis.org/index.php/mda/article/view/2016.007/152