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Replication data for: Semi-parametric Selection Models for Potentially Non-ignorable Attrition in Panel Studies with Refreshment Samples

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Title Replication data for: Semi-parametric Selection Models for Potentially Non-ignorable Attrition in Panel Studies with Refreshment Samples
 
Identifier https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/25367
 
Creator Si, Yajuan
Reiter, Jerome
Hillygus, Sunshine
 
Publisher Harvard Dataverse
 
Description Panel studies typically suffer from attrition. Ignoring the attrition can result in biased inferences if the missing data is systematically related to outcomes of interest. Unfortunately, panel data alone cannot inform the extent of bias due to attrition. Many panel studies also include refreshment samples, which are data collected from a random sample of new individuals during the later waves of the panel. Refreshment samples offer information that can be utilized to correct for biases induced by non-ignorable attrition while reducing reliance on strong assumptions about the attrition process. We present a Bayesian approach to handle attrition in two wave panels with one refreshment sample and many categorical survey variables. The approach includes (i) an additive non-ignorable selection model for the attrition process, and (ii) a Dirichlet process mixture of multinomial distributions for the categorical survey variables. We present Markov chain Monte Carlo algorithms for sampling from the posterior distribution of model parameters and missing data. We apply the model to correct attrition bias in an analysis of data from the 2007-2008 Associated Press/Yahoo News election panel study.
 
Subject Attrition
Dirichlet process
Non-ignorable
Panel
Refreshment sample
 
Date 2014