Becker, Christoph ; Duersch, Peter ; Eife, Thomas ; Glas, Alexander
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Abstract
The approach by Engelberg, Manski, and Williams (2009) to convert probabilistic survey responses into continuous probability distribution requires that the question intervals are equally wide. Almost all recently established household surveys have intervals of varying widths. Applying the standard approach to surveys with varying widths gives implausible and potentially misleading results. This note shows how the approach of Engelberg et al. (2009) can be adjusted to account for intervals of unequal width.
| Document type: | Working paper |
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| Series Name: | Discussion Paper Series / University of Heidelberg, Department of Economics |
| Volume: | 0707 |
| Place of Publication: | Heidelberg |
| Date Deposited: | 15 Dec 2021 13:27 |
| Date: | November 2021 |
| Number of Pages: | 10 |
| Faculties / Institutes: | The Faculty of Economics and Social Studies > Alfred-Weber-Institut for Economics |
| DDC-classification: | 330 Economics |
| Series: | Discussion Paper Series / University of Heidelberg, Department of Economics |
