An Inventory and Assessment of Sample Sources for Survey Research with Agricultural Producers in the U.S.

Jessica D. Ulrich-Schad; Shuang Li; J. G. Arbuckle; Edem Avemegah; Kathryn J. Brasier; Morey Burnham; Anil Kumar Chaudhary; Weston M. Eaton; Wei Gu; Tonya Haigh; Douglas Jackson-Smith; Alexander L. Metcalf; Amit Pradhananga; Linda S. Prokopy; Matthew Sanderson; Emma Wade; Adam Wilke

doi:10.1080/08941920.2022.2081392

An Inventory and Assessment of Sample Sources for Survey Research with Agricultural Producers in the U.S.

Jessica D. Ulrich-Schad, Shuang Li, J. G. Arbuckle, Edem Avemegah, Kathryn J. Brasier, Morey Burnham, Anil Kumar Chaudhary, Weston M. Eaton, Wei Gu, Tonya Haigh, Douglas Jackson-Smith, Alexander L. Metcalf, Amit Pradhananga, Linda S. Prokopy, Matthew Sanderson, Emma Wade, Adam Wilke

W. A. Franke College of Forestry and Conservation

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Researchers need probability samples to collect representative survey data about the behaviors and attitudes of agricultural producers they study in relation to the natural resources that they manage, yet obtaining accurate and complete sampling frames is challenging. We extract data from a publication database to identify the most commonly used sampling frame sources in survey research of agricultural producers in the U.S., finding that government program participant lists are used most often, while private vendor samples are increasingly being purchased. Based on our research experience, we find that for many projects, private vendors can provide the most rigorous samples. Given that survey methods remain a useful and popular method for studying the behaviors and attitudes of producers on a variety of topics, such an assessment and guide is needed for researchers and practitioners.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	804-812
Number of pages	9
Journal	Society and Natural Resources
Volume	35
Issue number	7
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1080/08941920.2022.2081392
State	Published - 2022

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Agricultural producers, natural resources, probability samples, sample sources, survey research

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Ulrich-Schad, J. D., Li, S., Arbuckle, J. G., Avemegah, E., Brasier, K. J., Burnham, M., Kumar Chaudhary, A., Eaton, W. M., Gu, W., Haigh, T., Jackson-Smith, D., Metcalf, A. L., Pradhananga, A., Prokopy, L. S., Sanderson, M., Wade, E., & Wilke, A. (2022). An Inventory and Assessment of Sample Sources for Survey Research with Agricultural Producers in the U.S. Society and Natural Resources, 35(7), 804-812. https://doi.org/10.1080/08941920.2022.2081392

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