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AAPOR free webinar on response rate calculations

  • 1.  AAPOR free webinar on response rate calculations

    Posted 10-03-2016 11:08

    Survey statistics questions come up on this list from time to time, so I thought this would be relevant -- AAPOR is presenting a free webinar on response rates and their calculation. Most survey organizations have self-imposed ethical obligations to publish the main aspects of their methodologies, and in particular the standardized response rates as a methodological outcome of their studies.

    If you are at a university, please encourage your students to attend.

    -- Stas Kolenikov, PhD, PStat (ASA, SSC)  
    -- Principal Survey Scientist, Abt SRBI @abtsrbi
    -- Education Officer, Survey Research Methods Section of the American Statistical Association
    -- Opinions stated in this email are mine only, and do not reflect the position of my employer
    -- http://stas.kolenikov.name
     

    From: AAPOR Headquarters <info@aapor.org>
    Date: October 3, 2016 at 6:00:09 AM CDT
    To: <kolenikovs@srbi.com>
    Subject: Don't miss tomorrow's FREE "How To" Course on AAPOR Response Rate Calculations
    Reply-To: <info@aapor.org>

    Register now for the FREE October 4th AAPOR webinar: http://www.aapor.org/Education-Resources/Online-Education/Webinar-Details.aspx?webinar=WEB1016&utm_source=AAPOR-Informz&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=default

    A “How To” Course on AAPOR Response Rate Calculations and Practical Examples from the Field

    Tuesday, October 4, 2016
    Noon - 1:30 PM CDT

    with David Dutwin, PhD

    Recently, the Standard Definitions Committee revised the AAPOR Response Rate Calculator to accommodate many different types of surveys, including dual frame RDD telephone (DFRDD); address-based sample studies, opt-in panels, and others. This follows a number of revisions to the AAPOR Standard Definitions: Final Dispositions of Case Codes and Outcome Rates for Surveys Report that have occurred over the past three years. This webinar will provide a walkthrough of the particulars for calculating AAPOR response rates for each different kind of studies, and provide practical examples of each. Furthermore, we will review the calculations upon which response rates are built, including not just overall response but cooperation, refusal and contact rates. We will explore why the Standard Definitions Committee chose to provide a new formula for calculating DFRDD surveys and surveys with required screeners, and again review some examples from recent public studies. The course will also cover considerations in defining study-specific outcome dispositions to official AAPOR outcome dispositions and discuss different approaches in estimating “e” for different types of surveys.

    Learning Objectives

    To understand intimately AAPOR calculations for response, refusal, contact and cooperation
    To understand how to use the AAPOR response rate sheets, when to use which one and how they differ
    To learn how “e” impacts response rates and how and when to consider using different estimates of e and in particular the newer AAPOR calculation for DFRDD and screening studies

    About the Instructor

    David Dutwin is Executive Vice President and Chief Methodologist at SSRS, a full service research firm in Philadelphia, PA. He is also a Senior Fellow and Adjunct Professor for the Program for Opinion Research and Election Studies at the University of Pennsylvania.

    Read more about the instructor

    This webinar is being presented for free.


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    Stanislav Kolenikov
    Principal Survey Scientist
    Abt SRBI
    Education Officer, Survey Research Methods Section
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