Audit of the survey of residential buildings, site I, wave 2
Purchase Print Copy
| Format | List Price | Price | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Add to Cart | Paperback95 pages | $30.00 | $24.00 20% Web Discount |
Assesses the completeness and reliability of 1975 survey data on the observable characteristics of properties and buildings in Brown County, Wisconsin. Observations were completed for 2,075 buildings, 93.3 percent of the sample. Validation checks during fieldwork exposed so many data discrepancies that it was decided to repeat the observations for 1,156 buildings. Refielding improved the quality of the data. However, on the basis of the final validation comparison, analysts are cautioned to infer real differences between two evaluations of the same building or property only when the discrepancy exceeds one rating interval (the ratings are on a four-point scale). The incidence of errors and of missing or unusable responses presents no further data-quality problems. Record weights are computed for use in estimating the county's property and building characteristics. Application of the weights overestimates the properties in certain isolated strata.
This report is part of the RAND Corporation Note series. The note was a product of the RAND Corporation from 1979 to 1993 that reported other outputs of sponsored research for general distribution.
This document and trademark(s) contained herein are protected by law. This representation of RAND intellectual property is provided for noncommercial use only. Unauthorized posting of this publication online is prohibited; linking directly to this product page is encouraged. Permission is required from RAND to reproduce, or reuse in another form, any of its research documents for commercial purposes. For information on reprint and reuse permissions, please visit www.rand.org/pubs/permissions.
The RAND Corporation is a nonprofit institution that helps improve policy and decisionmaking through research and analysis. RAND's publications do not necessarily reflect the opinions of its research clients and sponsors.