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1 Sampling: What you don t know can hurt you Juan Muñoz

2 Probability sampling Also known as Scientific Sampling. Households are selected randomly. Each household in the population has a known, nonzero probability of being included in the sample.

3 Basic Sampling Techniques The three basic techniques of probability sampling: Simple Random Sampling Multi-stage Sampling Stratified Sampling Most household surveys use a combination of these three techniques.

4 Probability sampling Permits establishing sampling errors and confidence intervals. Other sampling procedures (purposive sampling, convenience sampling, quota sampling, etc.) cannot do that. Other sampling procedures can also yield biased conclusions.

5 Simple Random Sampling Households are selected independently. Every household in the population has an equal chance or probability of being selected in the sample. This probability is: p = n/n where n=the size of the sample. N=the size of the study population.

6 Simple Random Sampling Simple random sampling is almost never the only technique used in practice, because: A Sampling Frame may not be available, or it would be very large (a Sampling Frame is a list of all units in a study population that can be used to select a sample from. Fieldwork may be difficult since the selected households would be too scattered.

7 Simple Random Sampling Simple random sampling is almost never the only technique used in practice, but it is useful to illustrate some basic facts about sampling: Sampling errors and confidence intervals. The relationship between sampling error and sample size. The relationship between sampling error and population size. Sampling errors vs. non-sampling errors.

8 Sampling error and sample size Sampling error e when estimating a proportion p with a sample of size n taken from an infinite population e = p( 1 p) n

9 Confidence intervals In a sample of 1,000 enterprises, 280 enterprises (28 percent) have been harassed by a predatory agency e = = ,000 Sampling error is 1.42 percent.

10 Confidence intervals In a sample of 1,000 enterprises, 280 enterprises (28 percent) have been harassed by a predatory agency. Sampling error is 1.42 percent. Sampling error percent confidence interval:28 ± percent confidence interval: 28 ±

11 Sampling error and sample size Sampling error To halve sampling error......sample size must be quadrupled Sample size

12 Sample size and population size Sampling error e when estimating a proportion p with a sample of size n taken from a population of size N e = 1 n N p( 1 p) n finite population correction

13 Sample size and population size Sample size needed for a given precision Population size

14 Sampling vs. non-sampling errors Error Total error Non-sampling error Sampling error Sample size

15 Two-stage Sampling The population is divided up into subgroups, or Primary Sampling Units (PSUs), that represent aggregates of individual households. In the first stage, a sample of PSUs is selected. In the second stage, a sample of individual households is chosen in each of the selected PSUs.

16 Two-stage Sampling Solves the problems of Simple Random Sampling Provides an opportunity to link community-level factors to household behavior The sample can be made self-weighted if In the first stage, PSUs are selected with Probability Proportional to Size (PPS) In the second stage, a fixed number of households are chosen within the selected PSUs The price to pay is cluster effect

17 Cluster effect Sampling error grows when the sample of size n is drawn from k PSUs, with m households in each PSU (n=k m) Intra-cluster correlation coefficient e 2 = e 2 [ 1+ ρ( m 1)] corrected Cluster effect

18 Cluster effects For a total sample size of 12,000 households Number of PSUs Number of households per PSU Intra-cluster correlation coefficient

19 Cluster effects For a total sample size of 12,000 households Number of PSUs Number of households per PSU Intra-cluster correlation coefficient

20 Cluster effects For a total sample size of 12,000 households Number of PSUs Number of households per PSU Intra-cluster correlation coefficient

21 Cluster effects For a total sample size of 12,000 households Number of PSUs Number of households per PSU Intra-cluster correlation coefficient ,

22 Stratified Sampling The population is divided up into subgroups or strata. A separate sample of households is then selected from each strata.

23 Stratified Sampling There are two primary reasons for using a stratified sampling design: To potentially reduce sampling error by gaining greater control over the composition of the sample. To ensure that particular groups within a population are adequately represented in the sample. The two objectives are generally contradictory in practice.

24 Stratified Sampling Stratification Variable: variable or variables by which a study population is divided up into strata (or groups) in order to select a stratified sample. Proportionate Stratified Sample: Stratified sample where the number of households selected from each strata is proportional to the number of units in each strata in the population. Disproportionate Stratified Sample: Stratified sample where the number of households selected from each strata is not proportional to the number of units in each strata in the population. Almost all national household surveys use Disproportionate Stratified Sampling. This implies that raising factors, or sampling weights need to be used to obtain national estimates from the sample.

25 Excluded strata Parts of the country may need to be excluded from the sample for security or other reasons

26 Measuring change Pros and cons of panel samples A panel can measure change more accurately A panel permits correlating change in the outcomes with change in other factors A panel approach may reduce the effort of the second and subsequent rounds Panels are harder to manage and entail longterm commitments between data users and producers Panels are subject to attrition (respondent fatigue, migration, disappearance from the market, etc.) A panel is more vulnerable to manipulation from the predatory agencies

27 Assuring good field work Juan Muñoz

28 What happens when fieldwork is poor? A long and frustrating process of data cleaning becomes unavoidable The data loose their policy-making relevance Data quality is not guaranteed The process converges (at best) to databases that are internally consistent The process entails a myriad of decisions, generally undocumented Users mistrust the data

29 Key factors Manage the survey as an integrated project Implement the team concept in the organization of field operations Integrate computer-based quality controls to field operations Establish strong supervision procedures Ensure sufficient training Work with a reduced staff over an extended period of data collection

30 Management levels Core staff Survey manager Field operations manager Data manager Tactical options for the organization of field teams Mobile teams with fixed data entry Mobile teams with integrated data entry Sometime in the future: the paperless interview

31 Mobile teams with fixed data entry Cote d Ivoire (1984) Peru (1985) Ghana Pakistan Guinea-Conakry Mozambique

32 Composition of a field team Supervisor Interviewers Data entry operator

33 The team and its tools Supervisor Interviewers Antropometrist Data entry operator

34 Alama Two PSUs visited in a fourweek period Bamako Regional Office

35 First week Alama Bamako Regional Office Operator remains in Regional Office Rest of the team travels to Alama

36 First week Alama Bamako Regional Office Operator remains in Regional Office Rest of the team travels to Alama

37 First week Alama Bamako Regional Office Operator remains in Regional Office Rest of the team travels to Alama

38 First week Alama Bamako Regional Office Operator remains in Regional Office Rest of the team travels to Alama

39 First week Alama Bamako Regional Office Operator remains in Regional Office Rest of the team travels to Alama

40 First week Alama Bamako Regional Office They complete first half of questionnaires in all selected households Operator remains in Regional Office Rest of the team travels to Alama

41 First week Alama Bamako Regional Office Operator remains in Regional Office Rest of the team travels to Alama

42 First week Alama Bamako Regional Office Operator remains in Regional Office Rest of the team travels to Alama

43 First week Alama Bamako Regional Office Operator remains in Regional Office Rest of the team travels to Alama and back

44 First week Alama Bamako Regional Office Supervisor gives Alama questionnaires to DEO Rest of the team travels to Alama and back

45 Second week Alama Bamako Regional Office Operator enters first week data from Alama Rest of the team travels to Bamako

46 Second week Alama Bamako Regional Office Operator enters first week data from Alama Rest of the team travels to Bamako

47 Second week Alama Bamako Regional Office Operator enters first week data from Alama Rest of the team travels to Bamako They complete first half of questionnaires in all selected households

48 Second week Alama Bamako Regional Office Operator enters first week data from Alama Rest of the team travels to Bamako and back

49 Second week Alama Bamako Regional Office Rest of the team travels to Bamako and back Supervisor gives Bamako questionnaires to DEO. DEO gives back Alama questionnaires with flagged inconsistencies

50 Third week Alama Bamako Regional Office Team completes second half of questionnaires. They correct inconsistencies from first half Operator enters first week data from Bamako

51 Fourth week Alama Bamako Regional Office Operator enters second week data from Alama. Corrects inconsistencies from first round Team completes second half of questionnaires. They correct inconsistencies from first half

52 Fourth week The result is a clean data set on diskette, ready for analysis immediately after data collection Regional Office

53 Mobile teams with integrated data entry Nepal (1992) Argentina Paraguay Bangladesh (2000)

54 Mobile teams with integrated data entry Bamako Alama Team works with portable computers and printers Cocody Regional Office

55 Mobile teams with integrated data entry Bamako Alama Operator travels with the rest of the field team Cocody Regional Office

56 Mobile teams with integrated data entry Bamako Alama Cocody Data entry and validation almost immediate Regional Office

57 Mobile teams with integrated data entry Bamako Alama Cocody Reduced trips to and from Regional Office to selected PSUs Regional Office

58 Mobile teams with integrated data entry Bamako Alama Cocody Regional Office

59 Benefits of integration Provides reliable and timely databases Provides immediate feedback on the performance of the field staff, allowing early detection of inadequate behaviors Ensures that all field staff applies uniform criteria throughout the full period of data collection Solves inconsistencies through direct verification of households reality, rather that through office guesswork Is consistent with the total quality culture

60 Supervision tasks Verification of questionnaires for completeness Random re-interviews of households Observation of interviews

61 Selecting and training field staff Why is it important How long does it take How is it organized

62 Example: Day 2 of interviewer training Definition of household (and dwelling, family, etc.) Pictorial of a sample household Slide with an empty roster (explain case conventions, encoding, skip patterns, etc.) Fill the roster for the sample household (need for legible handwriting, recording of ages, use of a calendar of events, etc.) Role playing (trainer as a respondent, simulating borderline cases) Role playing (trainees interview each other)

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