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Nonresponse Bias (Version 2.0)
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GESIS - Leibniz-Institut für Sozialwissenschaften
Abstract Nonresponse is a source of error in surveys. In this contribution, the concept of nonresponse bias is explained and the connection between response rate and nonresponse bias is discussed. Moreover, different methods of determining nonresponse bias are presented and ways in which the problem of nonre... view more
Nonresponse is a source of error in surveys. In this contribution, the concept of nonresponse bias is explained and the connection between response rate and nonresponse bias is discussed. Moreover, different methods of determining nonresponse bias are presented and ways in which the problem of nonresponse bias can be tackled during data collection are addressed.... view less
Keywords
response behavior; interview; sampling error; data capture; survey research
Classification
Methods and Techniques of Data Collection and Data Analysis, Statistical Methods, Computer Methods
Document language
English
Publication Year
2016
City
Mannheim
Page/Pages
9 p.
Series
GESIS Survey Guidelines
Status
Primary Publication; peer reviewed
Licence
Creative Commons - Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 4.0