Coverage bias in variances, associations, and total error from exclusion of the cell phone-only population in the United States

Social Science Computer Review

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 287-302

  Peytchev, Andy ^a   Carley Baxter, Lisa R ^a   Black, Michele C ^b  

^a RTI INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

^b CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

Author keywords

Cell phone surveys; Coverage bias; Coverage error; Landline surveys; Mobile phone surveys; MSE

Indexed keywords

EID: 77954510396     PISSN: 08944393     EISSN: 15528286     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0894439309353027     Document Type: Article

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