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Analysis of non-response bias in a mailed health survey

Journal of Clinical Epidemiology, 1997
The objective of this study was to identify characteristics of non-respondents and late respondents to a mailed health survey. Persons who returned and those who did not return the questionnaire were compared using health insurance data, which indicated their age, sex, and health care expenditures in the previous year.
Etter JF, Perneger TV
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The Natural History of Prostatism: The Effects of Non-Response Bias

International Journal of Epidemiology, 1994
In epidemiological studies, non-response may raise the question of generalizability to the target population. Most investigations have not been able to access data that could provide information about the potential impact of non-response bias.A 55% response rate was realized at baseline for a prospective cohort investigation of the natural history of ...
L A, Panser, C G, Chute, H A, Guess, J J, Larsonkeller, C J, Girman, J E, Oesterling, M M, Lieber, S J, Jacobsen   +7 more
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Non-response bias versus response bias

BMJ, 2014
Researchers used a postal questionnaire survey to investigate the career progression of NHS doctors. The questionnaire included details about past and current employment, future career plans, and when career milestones were reached. Analysis was confined to respondents working in the UK NHS (including those with an honorary NHS contract).
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Non-response bias in student evaluations of teaching

International Review of Economics Education, 2014
Abstract For as long as colleges and universities have been conducting student evaluations of teaching (SET), faculty have questioned the validity of the information collected. Substantial effort has been expended to improve the SET process, and researchers have communicated a consistent understanding of why students evaluate teachers as they do ...
Clifford Nowell, Lewis R. Gale, Joe Kerkvliet   +2 more
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Assessing non-response bias in pediatric palliative care research

Palliative Medicine, 2010
National experts have recognized a need for increased research in pediatric palliative care. However, when conducting research it is important to use rigorous methods, report significant and non-significant findings, and include information on responders and non-responders. Most studies do not present information on non-responders, yet this is critical
Caprice A, Knapp, Vanessa L, Madden, Charlotte, Curtis, Phyllis J, Sloyer, Elizabeth A, Shenkman   +4 more
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Bias due to Non‐response in a Dutch Survey on Alcohol Consumption

British Journal of Addiction, 1988
SummaryIncreasing non‐response rates force survey researchers to focus on the danger of biased results. In this study two methods were used to determine whether a non‐response rate of 31% in a survey of drinking habits in the Netherlands seriously affects estimates of alcohol consumption.
P H, Lemmens, E S, Tan, R A, Knibbe
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Effect of non‐response bias in pressure ulcer prevalence studies

Journal of Advanced Nursing, 2006
Aim.  This paper reports a study to determine the prevalence of pressure ulcers in German hospitals and nursing homes for national and international comparison, and analyses the influence of non‐response bias.Background.  Outcome rates are often used to evaluate provider performance.
Nils, Lahmann, Ruud J G, Halfens, Theo, Dassen   +2 more
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Evidence of Selection Bias and Non-Response Bias in Patient Satisfaction Surveys.

The Iowa orthopaedic journal, 2020
Patient satisfaction surveys are increasingly utilized to measure the patient experience and as a tool to assess the quality of care delivered by medical providers. Press Ganey (PG) is the largest provider of tools for patient satisfaction measurement and analysis.
Jocelyn, Compton, Natalie, Glass, Timothy, Fowler   +2 more
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Unit Non-Response Bias in the Interval Data Model

Land Economics, 2004
A mail survey was administered to a panel of Colorado consumers to obtain estimates of willingness to pay (WTP) for preserving Union Park. Detailed socioeconomic data for all surveyed individuals was available a priori. We develop and employ the multiple-bounded probit with selection (MBPS) model, to correct for non-response and self-selection bias ...
David A. Harpman, Michael P. Welsh, Edward W. Sparling   +2 more
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A Model for Diagnosing and Reducing Non-response Bias

Journal of Advertising Research, 2000
ABSTRACT Perhaps the first question people ask when judging the quality of a sample survey is, ‘What is the sample size?’ Just as important, but one less often asked, is the question ‘What is the response rate?’. Response rate is important in assessing the non-response bias, which is independent of sample size and usually far exceeds sampling error as
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