Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/262304 
Year of Publication: 
2022
Series/Report no.: 
FAU Discussion Papers in Economics No. 05/2022
Publisher: 
Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Institute for Economics, Nürnberg
Abstract: 
The approach by Engelberg, Manski, and Williams (2009) to convert probabilistic survey responses into continuous probability distributions implicitly assumes 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.
Subjects: 
Survey methods
probabilistic questions
density forecasts
JEL: 
C18
C82
C83
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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