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Big Data meets Causal Survey Research: Understanding Nonresponse in the Recruitment of a Mixed-mode Online Panel

Barbara Felderer, Jannis Kueck, Martin Spindler

arXiv 17 Feb 2021 · Statistics — Methodology

arXiv:2102.08994 · PDF · DOI · OpenAlex · Extracted main text

Abstract

Survey scientists increasingly face the problem of high-dimensionality in their research as digitization makes it much easier to construct high-dimensional (or "big") data sets through tools such as online surveys and mobile applications. Machine learning methods are able to handle such data, and they have been successfully applied to solve predictive problems. However, in many situations, survey statisticians want to learn about causal relationships to draw conclusions and be able to transfer the findings of one survey to another. Standard machine learning methods provide biased estimates of such relationships. We introduce into survey statistics the double machine learning approach, which gives approximately unbiased estimators of causal parameters, and show how it can be used to analyze survey nonresponse in a high-dimensional panel setting.

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