Implications for Administering Stated Preference Surveys

Date

Aug. 2, 2006

Event Series

Sample Representativeness: Implications for Administering and Testing Stated Preference Surveys

October 2, 2006
An RFF Workshop

Workshop Proceedings
Agenda and Presentations
Practitioner Perspectives Compendium

On October 2, 2006, Resources for the Future brought together experts in survey methodology and experienced stated preference surveys practitioners to share their knowledge, insights and experiences regarding concerns about sample representativeness in stated preference surveys. Particular attention was paid to the implications of guidelines and standards recently adopted by the Office of Management and Budget on surveys conducted by government agencies.

A proceedings document summarizing the discussions, along with concluding thoughts from the organizers, has been completed and is available below.

Workshop Proceedings

Sample Representativeness:
Implications for Administering and Testing Stated Preference Surveys

Proceedings of a Workshop held at Resources for the Future on October 2, 2006

Alan Krupnick and David A. Evans
Resources For the Future
January 11, 2008

Agenda and Presentations

Workshop Agenda (PDF)
Workshop Participants (PDF)


All Audio files can be accessed with Real Player. You may download this program at www.real.com.



Opening

Phil Sharp, President, Resources for the Future

Alan Krupnick, Senior Fellow, Resources for the Future \|



Session I: Agency Perspectives


Brian Harris-Kojetin Office of Management and Budget OMB Guidance and Standards for Statistical Surveys \|



Nathalie Simon Associate Director, National Center of Environmental Economics, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency



Bob Leeworthy Leader, Coastal and Ocean Resource Economics Program, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration



Linda Langner Economics Program Leader, Resource Valuation & Use Research, U.S. Forest Service



Session II: Evidence on the Relation of Response Rates to Sample Representativeness


Robert Groves University of Michigan Response Rates and Nonresponse Bias-What We Know and What We Don't Know. \|



Jon Krosnick Stanford University The Causes and Consequences of Survey Response Rates



Session III: Meta-Analysis of Response Rates to Contingent-Valuation Studies Conducted by Mail


Kevin Boyle Virginia Tech \|



Session III B: Summarizing Analyses of Sample Representativeness in Recent Stated Preference Surveys - Practitioner Perspectives

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