Reporting Bias and Sampling Errors in a Survey of a Rare Population Using Multiplicity Counting Rules
研究通过两个癌症患者及其亲属的实地实验，比较了两种多重性计数规则与传统规则在报告误差、样本方差和调查产出上的表现，帮助判断何时采用该方法更优。
Abstract This article examines a methodology to improve the efficiency of surveys to locate and estimate characteristics of rare populations. Two multiplicity counting rules are compared with a conventional rule in terms of reporting errors, sample variances, and survey yields. The analysis is based on data from two survey field experiments with diagnosed cancer patients and a subsample of their siblings or children who reside outside their households. The article concludes with a brief discussion of the circumstances in which a multiplicity counting rule is the preferred methodology and those in which other approaches should be pursued.