Survey Frame

A survey frame is a list used for survey sampling.

Contents

  1. Survey Frame
    1. Description
      1. List Frames
      2. ABS Frames
      3. RDD Frames
      4. Probability-based Panels

Description

AAPOR recognizes four types of frames:

  1. List frames
  2. Address-based frames
  3. Random-digit dial (RDD) telephone frames
  4. Probability-based panel frames

This does purposefully exclude the statistics of non-probability web panels.

The details of a frame establish the universe for survey inference.

List Frames

A list of specifically-named individuals.

List frames are commonly taken as a complete population. Assumptions about over-coverage and under-coverage should be examined.

ABS Frames

A list of specific addresses; the specific residents are not necessarily known, nor whether they are eligible.

RDD Frames

A procedure for randomly generating telephone numbers.

Dual-frame RDD (DFRDD) refers to drawing two random samples for landline telephone numbers and cellphone numbers.

Probability-based Panels

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