六个独立的网络调查之间的健康估计差异:不同的网络调查,不同的结果?
Rainer Schnell1, Jonas Klingwort2
1University of Duisburg-Essen, Duisburg, Germany. rainer.schnell@uni-due.de.
BMC medical research methodology
|January 27, 2024
概括
网络调查估计在各机构之间存在差异,特别是非概率样本. 权重减少了但没有消除这些差异,突出了在线面板管理策略的差异.
科学领域:
- 调查方法 调查方法
- 公共卫生研究 公共卫生研究
- 数据科学数据科学数据科学
背景情况:
- 一般人口网络调查经常使用商业机构的在线面板.
- 许多这些小组依赖于非概率样本,引发了对数据代表性的担忧.
- 各机构之间不同的小组选择和管理策略可能会影响调查估计.
研究的目的:
- 系统地分析和比较多个商业调查机构在网络调查结果的差异.
- 调查不同面板管理策略对实际健康项目调查估计的影响.
主要方法:
- 六家商业调查机构被委托进行相同的网络调查,使用相同的标准化问卷.
- 调查侧重于事实上的健康项目,并同时进行现场调查.
- 采用了校准方法来调整结果的人口变化.
主要成果:
- 在基于概率和非概率的网络调查中观察到健康估计的显著差异.
- 调查后的加权成功地减少了这些估计差异,但没有完全消除这些估计差异.
- 在非概率调查之间观察到的差异,即使在加权后,也超过了同一个人群的随机样本的预期.
结论:
- 特定机构的小组策略在网络调查估计中引入了可测量的差异.
- 虽然权重可以减轻一些偏差,但它不能完全解决来自非概率采样方法的差异.
- 需要进一步的研究来理解和标准化在线面板管理,以获得更可靠的调查数据.
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