Call Me Maybe : Experimental Evidence on Frequency and Medium Effects in Microenterprise Surveys

This study analyzes the effects of differences in survey frequency and medium on microenterprise survey data. A sample of enterprises were randomly assigned to monthly in-person, weekly in-person, or weekly phone surveys for a 12-week panel. The results show few differences across the groups in meas...

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Main Authors:	Garlick, Robert, Orkin, Kate, Quinn, Simon
Format:	Journal Article
Published:	Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the World Bank 2021
Subjects:	MICROENTERPRISE SURVEY METHODS DATA COLLECTION
Online Access:	http://hdl.handle.net/10986/36717

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spelling	okr-10986-367172021-12-11T05:10:38Z Call Me Maybe : Experimental Evidence on Frequency and Medium Effects in Microenterprise Surveys Garlick, Robert Orkin, Kate Quinn, Simon MICROENTERPRISE SURVEY METHODS DATA COLLECTION This study analyzes the effects of differences in survey frequency and medium on microenterprise survey data. A sample of enterprises were randomly assigned to monthly in-person, weekly in-person, or weekly phone surveys for a 12-week panel. The results show few differences across the groups in measured means, distributions, and deviations of measured data from an objective data-quality standard provided by Benford’s Law. However, phone interviews generated higher within-enterprise variation through time in several variables and may be more sensitive to social desirability bias. Higher-frequency interviews did not lead to persistent changes in reporting or increase permanent attrition from the panel but did increase the share of missed interviews. These findings show that collecting high-frequency survey data by phone does not substantially affect data quality. However, researchers who are particularly interested in within-enterprise dynamics should exercise caution when choosing survey medium. 2021-12-10T15:18:19Z 2021-12-10T15:18:19Z 2020-06 Journal Article World Bank Economic Review 1564-698X http://hdl.handle.net/10986/36717 CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/igo World Bank Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the World Bank Publications & Research Publications & Research :: Journal Article
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spellingShingle	MICROENTERPRISE SURVEY METHODS DATA COLLECTION Garlick, Robert Orkin, Kate Quinn, Simon Call Me Maybe : Experimental Evidence on Frequency and Medium Effects in Microenterprise Surveys
description	This study analyzes the effects of differences in survey frequency and medium on microenterprise survey data. A sample of enterprises were randomly assigned to monthly in-person, weekly in-person, or weekly phone surveys for a 12-week panel. The results show few differences across the groups in measured means, distributions, and deviations of measured data from an objective data-quality standard provided by Benford’s Law. However, phone interviews generated higher within-enterprise variation through time in several variables and may be more sensitive to social desirability bias. Higher-frequency interviews did not lead to persistent changes in reporting or increase permanent attrition from the panel but did increase the share of missed interviews. These findings show that collecting high-frequency survey data by phone does not substantially affect data quality. However, researchers who are particularly interested in within-enterprise dynamics should exercise caution when choosing survey medium.
format	Journal Article
author	Garlick, Robert Orkin, Kate Quinn, Simon
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title	Call Me Maybe : Experimental Evidence on Frequency and Medium Effects in Microenterprise Surveys
title_short	Call Me Maybe : Experimental Evidence on Frequency and Medium Effects in Microenterprise Surveys
title_full	Call Me Maybe : Experimental Evidence on Frequency and Medium Effects in Microenterprise Surveys
title_fullStr	Call Me Maybe : Experimental Evidence on Frequency and Medium Effects in Microenterprise Surveys
title_full_unstemmed	Call Me Maybe : Experimental Evidence on Frequency and Medium Effects in Microenterprise Surveys
title_sort	call me maybe : experimental evidence on frequency and medium effects in microenterprise surveys
publisher	Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the World Bank
publishDate	2021
url	http://hdl.handle.net/10986/36717
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Call Me Maybe : Experimental Evidence on Frequency and Medium Effects in Microenterprise Surveys

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