Revisiting respondent "fatigue bias" in the national crime victimization survey

Journal of Quantitative Criminology

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 345-363

  Hart, Timothy C ^a   Rennison, Callie Marie ^b   Gibson, Chris ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI ST LOUIS   (United States)

^c GEORGIA SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Fatigue bias; Longitudinal surveys; National Crime Victimization Survey (NCVS); Nonresponse; Nonsampling error

Indexed keywords

EID: 24044452568     PISSN: 07484518     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10940-005-4275-4     Document Type: Review

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