The Seam Effect in Panel Surveys
The Seam Effect in Panel Surveys
Working Paper Number: SIPP-WP-116
This paper is concerned with a type of measurement error encountered in panel surveys that has become known as the seam effect. This effect has been found to be pervasive in the Survey of Income and Program Participation, a household panel survey program of the U.S. Bureau of the Census. In order to describe the seam effect it is first necessary to give some basic details of the SIPP design.
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