Using Tax Parcels to Select a Location-Based Sample

Sarah W. Craun and Bridget Freisthler
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Sarah W. Craun: University of Tennessee
Bridget Freisthler: University of California, Los Angeles

Evaluation Review, 2008, vol. 32, issue 4, 315-334

Abstract: Social science research is increasingly considering place when examining social programs and policies with a spatial component. A specific research challenge involving spatial policies is how to select a sample of individuals based on their geographic locations. This article illustrates the use of geographic information systems, tax parcels, and mail surveys to target residents in varied geographic areas. A provided example demonstrates how researchers obtained a sample of respondents living within one tenth of a mile of multiple registered sex offenders. The challenges of using tax parcels to obtain addresses for apartments and mobile home parks are also explored.

Keywords: spatial sample; GIS; tax parcels; social policy; sex offenders (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2008
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DOI: 10.1177/0193841X08316110

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