Optimal recall length in survey design
Optimal recall length in survey design
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DOI：
10.1016/j.jhealeco.2008.05.012
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发表时间：
2008-09-01
影响因子：
3.5
通讯作者：
Gerdtham, Ulf-G.
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作者：
Clarke, Philip M.;Fiebig, Denzil G.;Gerdtham, Ulf-G.
通过调查收集的自我报告数据是经济学家进行广泛研究的关键输入。众所周知，当受访者被要求回忆过去的使用情况时，这些数据会受到测量误差的影响。调查设计者必须确定回忆期的长度，并面临权衡，因为增加回忆期提供了更多的信息，但增加了回忆错误的可能性。使用一个统计框架来探索这种权衡。最后，我们说明了如何使用瑞典生活条件调查的医院使用数据来估计最佳回忆期。(c) 2008年Elsevier B.V.出版
Self-reported data collected Via Surveys are a key input into a wide range of research conducted by economists. It is well known that Such data are subject to measurement error that arises when respondents are asked to recall past utilisation. Survey designers Must determine the length of the recall period and face a trade-off as increasing the recall period provides more information, but increases the likelihood of recall error. A statistical framework is used to explore this trade-off. Finally we illustrate how optimal recall periods call be estimated using hospital use data from Sweden's Survey of Living Conditions. (c) 2008 Published by Elsevier B.V.