Optimizing Count Responses in Surveys : A Machine-learning Approach

Count responses with grouping and right censoring have long been used in surveys to study a variety of behaviors, status, and attitudes. Yet grouping or right-censoring decisions of count responses still rely on arbitrary choices made by researchers. We develop a new method for evaluating grouping a...

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Veröffentlicht in:Sociological methods & research. - 1977. - 49(2020), 3 vom: 27. Aug., Seite 637-671
1. Verfasser: Fu, Qiang (VerfasserIn)
Weitere Verfasser: Guo, Xin, Land, Kenneth C
Format: Online-Aufsatz
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: 2020
Zugriff auf das übergeordnete Werk:Sociological methods & research
Schlagworte:Journal Article experimental design fisher information machine learning optimality poisson distribution right censoring search algorithm survey methodology zero inflation