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Interviewer effects on nonresponse in the European social survey [PDF]
In face-to-face surveys interviewers play a crucial role in making contact with and gaining cooperation from sample units. While some analyses investigate the influence of interviewers on nonresponse, they are typically restricted to single-country ...
de Leeuw, Edith D. +3 more
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Calibration weighting and non-sampling errors
This paper explores the properties of calibration estimation in the presence of both nonresponse and measurement errors. The ideas are illustrated with a simple example concerning the estimation of the number of sight tests carried out in Great ...
Skinner, C.J.
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An econometric method of correcting for unit nonresponse bias in surveys [PDF]
Past approaches to correcting for unit nonresponse in sample surveys by re-weighting the data assume that the problem is ignorable within arbitrary subgroups of the population.
Ravallion, Martin +2 more
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How Social Processes Distort Measurement: The Impact of Survey Nonresponse on Estimates of Volunteer Work [PDF]
Estimates of volunteering in the United States vary greatly from survey to survey and do not show the decline over time common to other measures of social capital.
Katharine G. Abraham +2 more
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Nonresponse and Focal Point Answers to Subjective Probability Questions [PDF]
We develop and estimate a panel data model explaining the answers to questions about subjective probabilities, using data from the US Health and Retirement Study. We explicitly account for nonresponse, rounding, and focal point “50 percent” answers.
Kleinjans, Kristin J., van Soest, Arthur
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Nonparametric Bounds in the Presence of Item Nonresponse, Unfolding Brackets and Anchoring [PDF]
Household surveys often suffer from nonresponse on variables such as income, savings or wealth.Recent work by Manski shows how bounds on conditional quantiles of the variable of interest can be derived, allowing for any type of nonrandom item nonresponse.
Melenberg, B. +2 more
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GDP & Beyond – die europäische Perspektive [PDF]
Earnings nonresponse in the Current Population Survey is roughly 30% in the monthly surveys and 20% in the annual March survey. Even if nonresponse is random, severe bias attaches to wage equation coefficient estimates on attributes not matched in the ...
Christopher R. Bollinger +1 more
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Primary and secondary nonresponse following bariatric surgery [PDF]
Nonresponse following bariatric surgery is the biggest challenge in the bariatric field. Some patients seem to lose less weight compared to others or regain an excessive amount of weight after initial adequate weight loss.
Uittenbogaart, Martine
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Methods for addressing nonresponse in establishment surveys [PDF]
This thesis contributes to the limited body of empirical evidence on nonresponse in establishment surveys by examining unit and item nonresponse, their consequences, and the methods used to address nonresponse before, during, and after data collection ...
Küfner, Benjamin
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Respondents’ Preferred Survey Topics: Measurement and Prevalence
The respondents’ interest in a survey’s topic is frequently used by survey researchers to explain and predict survey errors. Whether respondents are interested in a survey’s content relates to their participation and cognitive answering processes ...
Tobias Gummer +2 more
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