Web Panel Representativeness

Bianchi, Annamaria; Biffignandi, Silvia

doi:10.1007/978-3-319-00032-9_5

Annamaria Bianchi⁴ &
Silvia Biffignandi⁴

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Web panels are becoming more and more popular for data collection. They present specific problems and advantages with respect to the usual modes of collection. This paper analyzes possible re-weighting adjustments for non-response in panel data. Different weighting schemes are evaluated by means of a simulation study based on real data.

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The paper is supported by the ex 60 % University of Bergamo, Biffignandi grant and PAADEL project (Lombardy Region—University of Bergamo joint project). The authors are thankful to the anonymous referee for valuable comments and remarks. Paper within Cost Action is 1004 activities.

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Annamaria Bianchi & Silvia Biffignandi

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Department of Economics, and Management, University of Pavia, Via San Felice 7, Pavia, 27100, Italy
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Bianchi, A., Biffignandi, S. (2013). Web Panel Representativeness. In: Giudici, P., Ingrassia, S., Vichi, M. (eds) Statistical Models for Data Analysis. Studies in Classification, Data Analysis, and Knowledge Organization. Springer, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-00032-9_5

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Published: 22 May 2013
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