More bad news for the buggy-whip manufacturers

Statistical Modeling, Causal Inference, and Social Science 2014-09-15

Summary:

In a news article regarding difficulties in using panel surveys to measure the unemployment rate, David Leonhardt writes: The main factor is technology. It’s a major cause of today’s response-rate problems – but it’s also the solution. For decades, survey research has revolved around the telephone, and it’s worked very well. But Americans’ relationship with […]

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Andrew

Date tagged:

09/15/2014, 12:20

Date published:

09/15/2014, 11:22