The Next-Birthday Method of Respondent Selection |
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| Authors: | SALMON CHARLES T; NICHOLS JOHN SPICER |
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| Institution: | Charles T. Salmon is a Research Assistant and doctoral student at the School of Journalism and Mass Communication, University of Minnesota. John Spicer Nichols is an Assistant Professor at the School of Journalism, Pennsylvania State University. The authors gratefully acknowledge the assistance of Professor Vincent P. Norris of Penn State. |
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| Abstract: | Four procedures for selecting telephone survey respondents withina household unit—Troldahl-Carter, male/female alternation,next-birthday, and no-selection methods—were comparedin a small-sample survey. The data indicate that the next birthdaymethod is a relatively efficient procedure for selecting a samplethat is representative of all household members. |
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