Performance of the half-open interval missed housing unit procedure

Journal article | Zeitschriftenartikel

"The half-open interval procedure seems to offer an inexpensive method of reducing undercoverage in housing unit frames during data collection. Interviewers check the areas near their selected cases, and, if they find any units missing from the frame, give them a chance of selection. However, the effectiveness of the method in the field has not been tested. This paper reviews how the procedure should work and presents evidence from two surveys about its performance in practice. We show experimentally that the procedure often fails to reduce undercoverage and can introduce overcoverage. The authors conclude with thoughts about the appropriate role for the half-open interval procedure in household surveys in the future." (author's abstract)

Object Details

• Alternative title: Leistungsfähigkeit der halboffenenen Intervallprozedur im Bereich des Wohnungsbaus
• ISSN: 1864-3361
• Extent: Seite(n): 125-131
• Language: Englisch
• Notes: Status: Veröffentlichungsversion; begutachtet (peer reviewed)

References and Relationships

• Bibliographic citation: Survey Research Methods, 5(3)

Classification and Topics

• Subject: Sozialwissenschaften, Soziologie ; Erhebungstechniken und Analysetechniken der Sozialwissenschaften ; Daten ; Datenaufbereitung ; Datendokumentation ; Datenerfassung ; Datengewinnung ; Datenorganisation ; Datenqualität ; Wohnung ; Wohnungsbau ; Wohnungsbestand ; Wohnungsmarkt

Contributors, Places and Time

• Event: Geistige Schöpfung
• (who): Eckmann, Stephanie ; O'Muircheartaigh, Colm
• Event: Veröffentlichung
• (where): Deutschland
• (when): 2011

Further information

• DOI: https://doi.org/10.18148/srm/2011.v5i3.4737
• Last update: 21.06.2024, 4:27 PM CEST