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Following Up Nonrespondents to an Online Weight Management Intervention: Randomized Trial Comparing Mail versus Telephone

open access: yesJournal of Medical Internet Research, 2007
Background Attrition, or dropout, is a problem faced by many online health interventions, potentially threatening the inferential value of online randomized controlled trials.
Couper, Mick P   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Stop or Continue Data Collection: A Nonignorable Missing Data Approach for Continuous Variables

open access: yes, 2017
We present an approach to inform decisions about nonresponse follow-up sampling. The basic idea is (i) to create completed samples by imputing nonrespondents' data under various assumptions about the nonresponse mechanisms, (ii) take hypothetical samples
Paiva, Thais, Reiter, Jerry
core  

Prevalence of psychoactive substances in Dutch and Belgian traffic [PDF]

open access: yes, 2012
Objective: The purpose of this study was to compare the prevalence of psychoactive substances in general traffic in The Netherlands and Belgium. Method: Randomly selected car drivers and drivers of small vans in six police regions in The Netherlands and ...
Brookhuis, Karel   +5 more
core   +2 more sources

Mechanisms of SCN2A loss of function do not predict presence or phenotype of epilepsy

open access: yesEpilepsia, EarlyView.
Abstract Objective SCN2A loss‐of‐function (LoF) variants are associated with epilepsy (onset age ≥ 3 months), intellectual disability (ID), and autism spectrum disorder (ASD). Despite numerous identified variants and the description of phenotypic subgroups, relationships between Nav1.2 channel dysfunction and clinical phenotypes remain unclear.
Marsha Tan   +23 more
wiley   +1 more source

Semiparametric response model with nonignorable nonresponse [PDF]

open access: yes, 2018
How to deal with nonignorable response is often a challenging problem encountered in statistical analysis with missing data. Parametric model assumption for the response mechanism is often made and there is no way to validate the model assumption with ...
Kim, Jae Kwang   +2 more
core   +3 more sources

Forecasting New Employment Using Nonrepresentative Online Job Advertisements With an Application to the Italian and EU Labor Market

open access: yesJournal of Forecasting, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Using online job advertisement data improves the timeliness and granularity depth of analysis in the labor market in domains not covered by official data. Specifically, its variation over time may be used as an anticipator of official employment variations.
Pietro Giorgio Lovaglio   +1 more
wiley   +1 more source

Respondent Behavior in Panel Studies: A Case Study for Income-Nonresponse by Means of the German Socio-Economic Panel (GSOEP) [PDF]

open access: yes
Many validation studies deal with item-nonresponse and measurement error in earnings data. In this paper we explore motives of respondents for the failure to reveal earnings using the German Socio-Economic Panel (GSOEP).
Jörg-Peter Schräpler
core  

Practical implications of nonresponse bias in sample surveys : a thesis presented in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Business Studies at Massey University [PDF]

open access: yes, 1995
Researchers world-wide are concerned about a decline in survey response rates. One consequence of such a decline is the potential for increasing nonresponse bias.
Hosie, J. E. (Jessie E.)
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Food Safety Knowledge, Attitudes, and Perceptions Among Community Kitchens in Lebanon: A Cross‐Sectional Study

open access: yesFood Safety and Health, EarlyView.
Community kitchen managers in Lebanon demonstrated positive attitudes but insufficient knowledge and perceptions regarding food safety. Targeted training programs are urgently needed to improve critical control practices and reduce foodborne illness risks across the country.
Samer A. Kharroubi   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Bounds on Quantiles in the Presence of Full and Partial Item Nonresponse [PDF]

open access: yes
Microeconomic surveys are usually subject to the problem of item nonresponse, typically associated with variables like income and wealth, where confidentiality and/or lack of accurate information can affect the response behavior of the individual. Follow
Melenberg, B.   +2 more
core   +1 more source

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