2017 Methods-of-Payment Survey : sample calibration and variance estimation / by Heng Chen, Marie-Hélène Felt and Christopher S. Henry.: FB3-1/114-2018E-PDF

"This technical report describes sampling, weighting and variance estimation for the Bank of Canada's 2017 Methods-of-Payment Survey. Under quota sampling, a raking ratio method is implemented to generate weights with both post-stratification and nonparametric nonresponse weight adjustments. In the end, we estimate variances of weighted means and proportions using bootstrap replicate survey weights. Compared with probability sampling, we find that (i) strong assumptions are required to reduce bias when probabilities of selection are unknown, and (ii) multiple weight adjustments for bias reduction inflate variance. Therefore, it is important to focus more on bias than on variance in the context of nonprobability sampling"--Abstract, page ii.

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Department/Agency Bank of Canada.
Title 2017 Methods-of-Payment Survey : sample calibration and variance estimation / by Heng Chen, Marie-Hélène Felt and Christopher S. Henry.
Series title Technical report = Rapport technique, 1919-689X ; no. 114
Publication type Series - View Master Record
Language [English]
Format Electronic
Electronic document
Note(s) "December 2018."
Includes bibliographic references.
Includes abstract in French.
Publishing information Ottawa, Ontario, Canada : Bank of Canada, 2018.
©2018
Author / Contributor Chen, Heng,1981- author.
Felt, Marie-Hélène, author.
Henry, Christopher S., author.
Description 1 online resource (ii, 54 pages)
Catalogue number
  • FB3-1/114-2018E-PDF
Subject terms Currency
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