NASS Survey Training

2020 ARMS IIINASDA Enumerator Teleconference

United States Department of AgricultureNational Agricultural Statistics Service

Great Lakes Region

Agenda for Today’s Teleconference

• Comments by Management

• Sample counts, Due Dates, and Coordination

• What was mailed to respondents

• CAPI Listings, Comments, and Resources

• Data Collection and Forms Management Processes

• Edit Sheet to Check Work/Data Relationships

• Contact Information

• Questions from the Field

Survey Information – ARMS III

• Project code: 904

• Pre-Survey Letter/qn mailed: December 28

• Second mailing: February 8

• Data collection time frame:

–Early February – mid to late April

• Sample Size:– Indiana = 1429 (V01) + 155 (V04) = 1584

– Michigan = 406 (V01) + 92 (V04) = 498

– Ohio = 404 (V01) + 148 (V04) = 552

Important DatesMailing from NPC – December 28, 2020

Second mailing from NPC – February 8, 2021

Begin data collection – immediately after home study is completed (with Supervisor approval)

50% of your assignment complete – March 26

75% of your assignment complete – April 9

Data collection ends – April 19

All ARMS III questionnaires must be in UPS to NPC (good completes), or submitted on the iPad (out-of-business & non-responses) by April 20.

Survey Procedures & Due Dates• Supervisors will review at least one completed

questionnaire from each enumerator.

• Supervisors will decide if/when an enumerator starts sending work directly to NPC.

• Each supervisor will conduct at least one quality control contact, either as a follow-up call, or shadowing an interview.

• The office will be contacting supervisors regularly throughout the survey to get a status report.

Potential Coordination with ARMS III

• Matches with:

–March APS (CAPI)

–March Hogs (CAPI)

– Fruit & Berry PDI (MI Only, CAPI)

–Bee & Honey PDI (CAPI)

–Commercial Floriculture (PAPER to RFO)

–Turkeys Raised (CAPI)

– Local Foods (CAPI)

• Labeled Questionnaire

• Respondent Booklet

• Pre-Survey Letter

• Same for the Hogs version

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What Did the Operator Receive?

Survey Information – ARMS III

• We will not be using individualized sample envelopes

• Comments will be on printed assignment listings and in CAPI

• No mileage is authorized

• Limited Supply of UPS Labels to Jeffersonville

CAPI Listings Available

Please read all comments and notes before contacting operator. Out-of-date comments should be updated on the paper form.Phone Numbers:• Not all phone numbers are listed on the front

page of the questionnaire. To see all known/potential new phone numbers, review CAPI assignment or your listings.

• If phone or addresses in Enumerator Notes or comment sheets are valid or invalid, make updates on paper questionnaires

Resources Available – Purdue Site• Enumerator Site

– Memos

– Questionnaires & Letters

– Interviewer’s Manual

– Narrated presentations

– Links to Quizzes

– Practice Exercises

– Cheat Sheets

– Misc items

Training Plan

Four Major Components:

• Traditional Home Study (18 hours)

• State Specific Teleconferences (live)

• Web Study

• Teamwork with Supervisors and other Enumerators

Entering Data

• Make sure to use the “none” box.

– Dashes should NOT be used!

– Keyers will key from an image of the cell.• They won’t key from the actual form!

• Zeroes are okay, and will be keyed.– Not needed if you check the “none” box, but needed to complete the table

data row.

EXAMPLE:

Operator has a turkey contract, cell 0269 in Section C (line 2h) will be positive, but cell 0298 should be zero “0”.

Entering Data

• Watch for type of answer required

– Pay close attention to the type of answer based on the question being asked.

• Answers could be:– Number of items (dollars, animals, tractors, etc)

– Percentage (percent for farm use, etc)

– Commodity Code (from the questionnaire or the respondent booklet)

– Value Codes (from the value code table)

» Remember! The value code for “none” is “01”

– Written in black lead pencil

Form Management

• Good reports with data (not out-of-business). There may be some missing items.

– Send via UPS directly to NPC by the Supervisor, or by the Enumerator if given permission by the Supervisor.

• All other reports (out-of-business, refusals, inaccessibles).

– Submit on the iPad with detailed notes.

Form Management

• Good reports with data (not out-of-business) will be sent directly to NPC.

– Please do not send extraneous pieces of paper, respondent booklets, post-it notes, etc.

– Important notes and name/address updates should be written directly on the questionnaire, if possible. If you made a name or address update, please put a ‘1’ in cell 0009 (front page).

– Don’t write in the outer margins of the questionnaire. All notes should be written within the black boundary.

Form Management

• Good reports with data (not out-of-business) will be sent directly to NPC.

– If an additional sheet of paper needs to be sent with the questionnaire (to clarify data or explain an unusual circumstance), please make sure the new piece of paper with your comments has the state-id written on it.

Use Edit Sheet/Edit Guide to Check Work

After Completing the Questionnaire:

• Does the questionnaire make sense?

• Were unusual situations explained in comments?

• Were “Other – Please Specify” situations explained in comments?

• Were all skip instructions followed?

• Were the data relationships across sections considered?

• Were value codes recorded appropriately?

Data Relationships (Version 01)

• Too many to mention, but here are a few:

• Acres owned?– Asset value – Section I, item 1f

– Property tax

• Acres rented from others?– Asset value – Section A, item 9

– Rent paid/landlord’s share

Data Relationships (Version 01)

• Crops used on the farm?– Livestock– Section I, item 3

• Wheat straw sold?– Goes in Section B, column 5

• Crops grown?– Sold (cash sales)– Sold (contract sales)– Used on the farm– Still on hand (asset)– Accounts Receivable

Data Relationships (Version 01)

• CRP?– Included in cropland– Acres & payments recorded in Section G

• Livestock owned?– Livestock purchases– Feed– Vet

• Livestock NOT owned?– Production contract (Section E)– Utilities, water, supplies– Insurance

Data Relationships (Version 01)

• Was debt reported?

–Debt table filled out correctly

– Interest paid

• Cash wages paid (Section H, items 24/25)?

–Paid vs upaid hrs in the labor table on pg 18

– Section H, item 25e -> Section K, item 11e

Data Relationships (Version 01)

• Primary Operator’s home (asset value)

– If owned by the operation - Section I, item 1a.

– If not owned by the operation - Section M, item 3c.

• COVID-19 questions

– If farm business related - Section G, item 2f

– If non-farm stimulus/EIP – Section M, item 1j

Data Relationships (Version 04)

– Section C (item 2f), Section E, Section N

–Hogs owned? - Section I (items 3b & 3c)

– Section B (column 4), Section H (item 6a), Section S

– Section H (item 4), Section Q

– Section C (item 2f), Section E, Section R

– Section I (item 1c), Section V

– Section I (item 2), Sections W & X

If you have questions about a particularrecord, do not hesitate to contact yourSupervisor or your NASDACoordinator.

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More Questions? Pick up the phone!• Call your NASDA Coordinator first!

• Office Main Line: (517)-324-5300

• ARMS III Stat: Alan Erickson 517-324-5333

• Group Leader: John Miyares 517-324-5314

• NASDA Coordinators:

– Jamie Price 765-494-8379

– Paul Goings 517-324-5337

– Brooke Morris 614-728-2128

• BAT: Katherine Kimball 517-324-5334