The Additional Effects of Adaptive Survey Design Beyond Post-Survey Adjustment

Adaptive survey design refers to using targeted procedures to recruit different sampled cases. This technique strives to reduce bias and variance of survey estimates by trying to recruit a larger and more balanced set of respondents. However, it is not well understood how adaptive design can improve data and survey estimates beyond the well-established post-survey adjustment. This paper reports the results of an experiment that evaluated the additional effect of adaptive design to post-survey adjustments. The experiment was conducted in the Detroit Metro Area Communities Study in 2021. We evaluated the adaptive design in five outcomes: 1) response rates, 2) demographic composition of respondents, 3) bias and variance of key survey estimates, 4) changes in significant results of regression models, and 5) costs. The most significant benefit of the adaptive design was its ability to generate more efficient survey estimates with smaller variances and smaller design effects

Adaptive design · Econometrics · Economics · Regression · Set (abstract data type) · Statistics · Survey data collection · Survey methodology · Survey research · Variance (accounting) · Applied Psychology · Computer Science · Economic and Environmental Valuation · Healthcare Policy and Management · Mathematics · Psychology · Survey Methodology and Nonresponse

• The subjective dimension of residential segregation

  Open Access•Peter Esaiasson, J Sohlberg et al.•Political Geography•2026

  Añadir item

• Rationale and Methodologies for Surveying Vulnerable Neighborhoods

  Open Access•Peter Esaiasson, Kim Mannemar Sønderskov et al.•Sociological Methods & Research•2026

  Añadir item

• Toward a New Approach to Creating Population-Representative Data for Demographic Research

  Open Access•Brady T West, Mick P Couper et al.•Demography•2024

  Añadir item

• Título no disponible

  Open Access•null null•Philosophy study•2016

  Añadir item

• Adaptive Survey Design

  Barry Schouten, Andy Peytchev et al.•Adaptive Survey Design•2017

  Añadir item

• Responsive Design for Household Surveys

  Open Access•Robert M Groves, Steven G Heeringa•Journal of the Royal Statistical…•2006

  Añadir item

• Impact of Web Survey Invitation Design on Survey Participation, Respondents, and Survey Responses

  Open Access•Mingnan Liu, Noble Kuriakose et al.•Social Science Computer Review•2015

  Añadir item

• Responsive Survey Design, Demographic Data Collection, and Models of Demographic Behavior

  Open Access•William G Axinn, Cynthia F Link et al.•Demography•2011

  Añadir item

• Consequences of Survey Nonresponse

  Open Access•Andy Peytchev•The Annals of the American…•2013

  Añadir item

• How Much Gets You How Much? Monetary Incentives and Response Rates in Household Surveys

  Andrew Mercer, Andrew Caporaso et al.•Public Opinion Quarterly•2015

  Añadir item

• Leverage-Saliency Theory of Survey Participation

  Robert M Groves, Eleanor Singer et al.•Public Opinion Quarterly•2000

  Añadir item

• Differential Incentives

  Eleanor Singer, Robert M Groves et al.•Public Opinion Quarterly•1999

  Añadir item

• Targeted Appeals for Participation in Letters to Panel Survey Members

  Peter Lynn•Public Opinion Quarterly•2016

  Añadir item

• Leveraging Auxiliary Data, Differential Incentives, and Survey Mode to Target Hard-to-Reach Groups in an Address-Based Sample Design

  Michael W Link, Michael Link et al.•Public Opinion Quarterly•2013

  Añadir item

• The Use and Effects of Incentives in Surveys

  Open Access•Eleanor Singer, Cong Ye•The Annals of the American…•2013

  Añadir item