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Challenges in the Treatment of Unit Nonresponse for Selected Business Surveys: A Case Study
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Abstract Probability sample selection procedures gift methodologists with quite a bit of control before data collection. Unfortunately, not all sample units respond and those that do will not always provide data on every questioned characteristic, which can lead to biased estimates of totals. In this paper, ... view more
Probability sample selection procedures gift methodologists with quite a bit of control before data collection. Unfortunately, not all sample units respond and those that do will not always provide data on every questioned characteristic, which can lead to biased estimates of totals. In this paper, we focus entirely on the challenges of mitigating nonresponse bias effects in business surveys, using empirical examples from one survey to illustrate challenges common to many programs.... view less
Keywords
sample; data capture; survey research; survey; response behavior; random sample; data collection method; data; statistical analysis; data quality; indicator
Classification
Methods and Techniques of Data Collection and Data Analysis, Statistical Methods, Computer Methods
Document language
English
Publication Year
2013
Page/Pages
16 p.
Journal
Survey Methods: Insights from the Field (2013)
DOI
https://doi.org/10.13094/SMIF-2013-00011
ISSN
2296-4754
Status
Published Version; peer reviewed
Licence
Creative Commons - Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works