Advances in Business Statistics, Methods and Data Collection: Introduction

Snijkers, Ger; Bavdaž, Mojca; Bender, Stefan; Jones, Janelle; MacFeely, Steve; Sakshaug, Joseph W.; Thompson, Katherine Jenny; Delden, Arnout van

doi:10.1002/9781119672333.ch1

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“…Obtaining reliable information from a small or rare subpopulation is a challenging topic for survey researchers (Snijkers et al 2023; Tourangeau et al 2014), especially in an era where response rates continue to decline (Luiten et al 2022; Wu et al 2022). Approaches commonly used to find rare or so-called hard-to-identify groups are a screening survey, network sampling, area sampling, or a combination (Snijkers et al 2013).…”

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On the Validity of Using Webpage Texts to Identify the Target Population of a Survey: An Application to Detect Online Platforms

Daas,

Hassink,

Klijs

2024

Journal of Official Statistics

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A statistical classification model was developed to identify online platform organizations based on the texts on their website. The model was subsequently used to identify all (potential) platform organizations with a website included in the Dutch Business Register. The empirical outcomes of the statistical model were plausible in terms of the words and the bimodal distribution of fitted probabilities, but the results indicated an overestimation of the number of platform organizations. Next, the external validity of the outcomes was investigated through a survey of the organizations that were identified as a platform organization by the statistical classification model. The response by the organizations to the survey confirmed a substantial number of type-I errors. Furthermore, it revealed a positive association between the fitted probability of the text-based classification model and the organization’s response to the survey question on being an online platform organization. The survey results indicated that the text-based classification model can be used to obtain a subpopulation of potential platform organizations from the entire population of businesses with a website. This subpopulation may form a good starting point to study platform organizations in more detail.

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Section: Introductionmentioning

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On the Validity of Using Webpage Texts to Identify the Target Population of a Survey: An Application to Detect Online Platforms

Daas,

Hassink,

Klijs

2024

Journal of Official Statistics

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“…Obtaining reliable information from a small or rare subpopulation is a challenging topic for survey researchers (Tourangeau et al 2014;Snijkers et al 2023), especially in an era where response rates continue to decline (Luiten et al 2022;Wu et al 2022). Approaches commonly used to find rare or so-called hard-to-identify groups are a screening survey, network sampling, area sampling, or a combination (Snijkers et al 2013).…”

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confidence: 99%

On the Validity of Using Webpage Texts to Identify the Target Population of a Survey: An Application to Detect Online Platforms

2023

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“…In 2023, Wiley published a book entitled “Advances in Business Statistics, Methods and Data Collection.” The 856 pages in the book provide an extensive overview of the currently available methods, new developments, and challenges when producing high-quality establishment statistics (Snijkers et al 2023). The book is divided into seven sections, in each section a major theme is discussed.…”

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