The impact of active consent procedures on nonresponse and nonresponse error in youth survey data: Evidence from a new experiment

Evaluation Review

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 370-395

  Courser, Matthew W ^a   Shamblen, Stephen R ^a   Lavrakas, Paul J ^b   Collins, David ^a   Ditterline, Paul ^a  

^a PACIFIC INSTITUTE FOR RESEARCH AND EVALUATION   (United States)

^b Independent Consultant ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Active consent; Data quality; Schools; Student survey

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; MALE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INFORMED CONSENT; KENTUCKY; MALE;

EID: 69249143629     PISSN: 0193841X     EISSN: 15523926     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0193841X09337228     Document Type: Article

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