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Re: st: looking for more efficient programming for randomly shuffling list of numbers
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Steve Samuels <[email protected]>
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Re: st: looking for more efficient programming for randomly shuffling list of numbers
Date
Thu, 26 Aug 2010 13:03:26 -0400
Evelyn, I see a problem with your proposed selection scheme: If there
are say, three eligible people in a HH, and that HH is assigned
sticker "17", who are you going to select? For valid methods, see
Section 4.,9 "Selecting Persons within Households" of Robert Groves
et al (2009). Survey Methodology, 2nd Ed, Wiley, pp 134-137 and pp.
"Procedures for Selecting the Respondent", p. 128 of Lu Ann Aday
(2006), Designing and Conducting Health Surveys: a Comprehensive
Guide, Jossey--Bass, 3rd (and earlier) editions,
Steve
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> --- On Thu, 26/8/10, Evelyn Ersanilli wrote:
> For a survey I need to make stickers that can be used to
> randomly select respondents within a household.
> These stickers should contain the numbers 1-20 in a random
> order (most households will have less than 20 members). Each
> sticker should have its own random order, though it is not a
> problem if by chance some stickers are the same. The
> stickers should be generated in such a way that each order
> of numbers 1-20 should be possible and equally likely.
>
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