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Title: A Method to Evaluate Mode Effects on the Mean and Variance of a Continuous Variable in Mixed-Mode Surveys
Authors: Vannieuwenhuyze, Jorre T. A.
Loosveldt, Geert
MOLENBERGHS, Geert 
Issue Date: 2012
Publisher: WILEY-BLACKWELL
Source: INTERNATIONAL STATISTICAL REVIEW, 80 (2), p. 306-322
Abstract: Mixed-mode surveys, in which different respondents complete the survey by different modes, become increasingly popular. That said, such surveys may lead to a confounding of two forms of mode effects, i.e., selection effects and measurement effects. Exclusive focus on mixed-mode data almost precludes disentangling both effects. In this paper, we show how this problem can be circumvented merely by comparing mixed-mode data with a comparable single-mode sample. The proposed method allows estimating the mode effects on the mean and variance of a continuous variable. As an illustration, the authors estimate mode effects on six items on opinions about surveys.
Notes: [Vannieuwenhuyze, Jorre T. A.; Loosveldt, Geert] Katholieke Univ Leuven, Ctr Sociol Res, Louvain, Belgium. [Molenberghs, Geert] Univ Hasselt, Diepenbeek, Belgium. jorre.vannieuwenhuyze@soc.kuleuven.be
Keywords: Mixed-mode; selection effect; measurement effect; mode effect; opinion about surveys;statistics & probability; mixed-mode; selection effect; measurement effect; mode effect; opinion about surveys
Document URI: http://hdl.handle.net/1942/13950
ISSN: 0306-7734
e-ISSN: 1751-5823
DOI: 10.1111/j.1751-5823.2011.00167.x
ISI #: 000306999900007
Category: A1
Type: Journal Contribution
Validations: ecoom 2013
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