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Die Homogenität sozialer Kategorien als Voraussetzung für "Repräsentativität" und Gewichtungsverfahren

The homogeneity of social categories as a precondition of "representativity" and weighting procedures
[journal article]

Schnell, Rainer

Abstract

"Die meisten Datensätze der empirischen Sozialforschung basieren auf Surveyinterviews. Das größte methodische Problem bei Surveyerhebungen sind Ausfälle (Nonresponse), insbesondere durch Verweigerung. Zur Korrektur von Ausfällen werden in der Praxis Gewichtungsverfahren eingesetzt. Allen Gewichtun... view more

"Die meisten Datensätze der empirischen Sozialforschung basieren auf Surveyinterviews. Das größte methodische Problem bei Surveyerhebungen sind Ausfälle (Nonresponse), insbesondere durch Verweigerung. Zur Korrektur von Ausfällen werden in der Praxis Gewichtungsverfahren eingesetzt. Allen Gewichtungsverfahren liegen inhaltliche, soziologisch relevante Annahmen zugrunde. Diese Annahmen werden jedoch fast nie expliziert oder überprüft. Zentral für Gewichtungsverfahren ist die Annahme, daß die Gewichtungsklassen homogen sind. Auf ähnlichen Annahmen basieren auch Quota-Verfahren und sogenannte 'Repräsentanzbeweise'. Anhand empirischer Daten wird gezeigt, daß diese zentrale Annahme falsch ist. Weiterhin wird mit einer Simulation systematischer Ausfälle auf der Basis der Daten des ALLBUS 1980 demonstiert, daß Standardgewichtungsverfahren nicht in der Lage sind, systematische Ausfälle zu kompensieren." (Autorenreferat)... view less


"Most sets of sociological data are based on survey interviews. The main methodological problem of surveys is nonresponse, especially refusal. To compensate for nonresponse bias, weighting procedures are widely used. All weighting procedures are based on sociological assumptions concerning the homo... view more

"Most sets of sociological data are based on survey interviews. The main methodological problem of surveys is nonresponse, especially refusal. To compensate for nonresponse bias, weighting procedures are widely used. All weighting procedures are based on sociological assumptions concerning the homogeneity of weighting classes. These assumptions are seldom spelled out or tested. Quota sampling and so called 'proofs of representativeness' are based on very similiar assumptions. Empirical tests lead to the rejection of the central assumption involved. In addition, simulations of missing-data generating mechanisms based on the 1980 ALLBUS survey show the impossibility of compensating for nonresponse bias with standard weighting procedures." (author's abstract)... view less

Keywords
representativity; probability; survey; weighting; data; category; data collection method; empirical social research; participant; statistics; procedure; data capture

Classification
Methods and Techniques of Data Collection and Data Analysis, Statistical Methods, Computer Methods

Method
epistemological; basic research

Document language
German

Publication Year
1993

Page/Pages
p. 16-32

Journal
Zeitschrift für Soziologie, 22 (1993) 1

Status
Published Version; peer reviewed

Licence
Deposit Licence - No Redistribution, No Modifications

Data providerThis metadata entry was indexed by the Special Subject Collection Social Sciences, USB Cologne


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