Kish grid

The Kish grid or Kish selection grid is a method for selecting members within a household to be interviewed. It uses a pre-assigned table of random numbers to find the person to be interviewed. It was developed by statistician Leslie Kish in 1949.[1]

It is a technique widely used in survey research.[2] However, in telephone surveys, the next-birthday method (asking to interview whoever in the household is closest to having their next birthday) is sometimes preferred to the Kish grid.

References

Notes

  1. Laurie, Heather (2004), "Kish Grid", in Lewis-Beck, Michael S.; Bryman, Alan; Futing Liao, Tim (eds.), Encyclopedia of Social Science Research Methods, doi:10.4135/9781412950589, ISBN 978-0-7619-2363-3
  2. Marshall, Gordan (1998). "Kish grid". A Dictionary of Sociology. Encyclopedia.com. Retrieved March 26, 2013.

Sources

  • McBurney, Peter (April 1988), "On Transferring Statistical Techniques Across Cultures: The Kish Grid", Current Anthropology, 29 (2): 323–325, doi:10.1086/203642, JSTOR 2743408
  • Salmon, Charles T.; Nichols, John Spicer (1983), "The Next-Birthday Method for Respondent Selection", Public Opinion Quarterly, 47 (2): 270–276, doi:10.1086/268785, JSTOR 2749026
  • Gaziano, Cecilie (2005), "Comparative Analysis of Within-Household Respondent Selection Techniques", Public Opinion Quarterly, 69 (1): 124–157, doi:10.1093/poq/nfi006
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