Indicators for the representativeness of survey response

Survey Methodology

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 101-113

  Schouten, Barry ^a   Cobben, Fannie ^a   Bethlehem, Jelke ^a  

^a STATISTICS NETHERLANDS   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Non response; Non response adjustment; Non response reduction; Quality

Indexed keywords

EID: 77949527325     PISSN: 07140045     EISSN: 14920921     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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