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Title: | The design and optimality of survey counts : a unified framework via the fisher information maximizer | Authors: | Guo, X Fu, Q |
Issue Date: | 2022 | Source: | Sociological methods and research, 2022, Online First, https://doi.org/10.1177/00491241221113877 | Abstract: | Grouped and right-censored (GRC) counts have been used in a wide range of attitudinal and behavioural surveys yet they cannot be readily analyzed or assessed by conventional statistical models. This study develops a unified regression framework for the design and optimality of GRC counts in surveys. To process infinitely many grouping schemes for the optimum design, we propose a new two-stage algorithm, the Fisher Information Maximizer (FIM), which utilizes estimates from generalized linear models to find a global optimal grouping scheme among all possible (Formula presented.) -group schemes. After we define, decompose, and calculate different types of regressor-specific design errors, our analyses from both simulation and empirical examples suggest that: 1) the optimum design of GRC counts is able to reduce the grouping error to zero, 2) the performance of modified Poisson estimators using GRC counts can be comparable to that of Poisson regression, and 3) the optimum design is usually able to achieve the same estimation efficiency with a smaller sample size. | Keywords: | Grouped and right-censored count Modified Poisson estimator Optimum experimental design Fisher Information Maximizer Survey methodology |
Publisher: | SAGE Publications | Journal: | Sociological methods and research | ISSN: | 0049-1241 | EISSN: | 1552-8294 | DOI: | 10.1177/00491241221113877 | Rights: | © The Author(s) 2022 This article is made available under the CC-BY-NC 4.0 license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/) The following publication Guo, X., & Fu, Q. (2022). The Design and Optimality of Survey Counts: A Unified Framework Via the Fisher Information Maximizer. Sociological Methods & Research, 00491241221113877, First published online August 8, 2022 is available at https://doi.org/10.1177/00491241221113877 |
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