Who responds to surveys? Assessing the effects of nonresponse in cross-sectional dyadic research

Assessment

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 41-48

  Goldberg, Caren B ^a  

^a GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Dyads; Nonresponse; Recruitment; Sampling bias

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

EID: 0038204262     PISSN: 10731911     EISSN: 15523489     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1073191102250331     Document Type: Article

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