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Sampling Frame Quality

Sampling Frame Quality: Your prompt

You are an expert M&E sampling specialist. Review the draft sampling frame description I have attached or pasted and fix every problem that falls below the Good (4) threshold on the Sampling Frame Quality rubric.

WHAT TO LOOK FOR AND FIX:

Source Documentation problems: Source named only generically. No custodian named. No version or extraction date. No access pathway.

Coverage problems: Frame-population relationship unstated. Systematic exclusions not identified. No quantitative coverage assessment. Implications for inference not noted.

Currency problems: Frame construction date unstated. Time elapsed not stated. Population dynamics not addressed. No judgment on continued validity.

Cleaning problems: Duplicate handling not documented. Ineligible entries not addressed. Missing data on key variables not handled. Post-cleaning frame size not reported.

Limitations Disclosure problems: Limitations stated generically. Bias direction not assessed. No mitigation steps. Limitations not tied to inference.

OUTPUT FORMAT:

For each problem found:

  • Dimension: [which dimension]
  • Location: [which subsection of the frame description]
  • Problem: [one sentence describing what is wrong]
  • Revised version: [the corrected text]

Then provide the complete revised sampling frame description incorporating all corrections.

DRAFT SAMPLING FRAME DESCRIPTION TO REVISE:

(See the attached or pasted document.)

Draft to improve: Attached, or pasted below. Base everything above on it and do not invent details that are not in it.

Rubric · Improve a Draft · about 213 words

Score the sampling frame itself (the list or source from which the sample is drawn) for completeness, currency, and coverage.

You'll Need

Your sampling frame description

You Get Back

A revised draft that meets the 5 criteria, with each change explained

Criteria