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Extending the procedure of Engelberg et al. (2009) to surveys with varying interval-widths

The approach by Engelberg, Manski, and Williams (2009) to convert probabilistic survey responses into continuous probability distributions implicitly assumes that the question intervals are equally wide. Almost all recently established household surveys have intervals of varying widths. Applying the standard approach to surveys with varying widths gives implausible and potentially misleading results. This note shows how the approach of Engelberg et al. (2009) can be adjusted to account for intervals of unequal width.

Language
Englisch

Bibliographic citation
Series: FAU Discussion Papers in Economics ; No. 05/2022

Classification
Wirtschaft
Methodological Issues: General
Methodology for Collecting, Estimating, and Organizing Macroeconomic Data; Data Access
Survey Methods; Sampling Methods
Subject
Survey methods
probabilistic questions
density forecasts

Event
Geistige Schöpfung
(who)
Becker, Christoph
Dürsch, Peter
Eife, Thomas A.
Glas, Alexander
Event
Veröffentlichung
(who)
Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Institute for Economics
(where)
Nürnberg
(when)
2022

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Last update
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Object type

  • Arbeitspapier

Associated

  • Becker, Christoph
  • Dürsch, Peter
  • Eife, Thomas A.
  • Glas, Alexander
  • Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Institute for Economics

Time of origin

  • 2022

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