Handling nonresponse in surveys: Analytic corrections compared with converting nonresponders

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 167, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 369-374

  Jenkins, Paul ^a,c   Earle Richardson, Giulia ^b   Burdick, Patrick ^a   May, John ^b  

^a BASSETT RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b BASSETT HEALTHCARE   (United States)

^c BASSETT MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Bias (epidemiology); Censuses; Data collection; Sampling studies; Statistics

Indexed keywords

CENSUS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DATA ACQUISITION; DISEASE PREVALENCE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEALTH SURVEY; SAMPLING; SOCIOECONOMIC INDICATOR; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ADULT; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CHI SQUARE TEST; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DIABETES MELLITUS; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HEART DISEASE; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEOPLASM; POPULATION RESEARCH; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; SAMPLING; SCORING SYSTEM; SIMULATION; STATISTICAL PARAMETERS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; UNITED STATES; ALGORITHM; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; INFORMATION PROCESSING; METHODOLOGY; ROC CURVE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL MODEL;

NEW YORK [UNITED STATES]; NEW YORK COUNTY; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

ALGORITHMS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); CENSUSES; DATA COLLECTION; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; NEW YORK; ROC CURVE; SAMPLING STUDIES; SEX FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 38849200410     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: 14766256     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aje/kwm297     Document Type: Article

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