Using Logistic Regression to Detect Item-Level Non-Response Bias in Surveys

Journal of Applied Measurement

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 234-248

  Wolfe, Edward W ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LOGISTIC REGRESSION; SURVEY RESEARCH;

PARAMETER ESTIMATION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STUDENTS; SURVEYING;

MEASUREMENT THEORY;

ADDICTION; ADOLESCENT; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; ECONOMICS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; PRIVACY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMETRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF DISCLOSURE; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS;

ADOLESCENT; ALGORITHMS; BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; FINANCING, PERSONAL; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; PRIVACY; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF DISCLOSURE; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS;

EID: 0141608690     PISSN: 15297713     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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