Multiple sources of nonobservation error in telephone surveys: Coverage and nonresponse

Sociological Methods and Research

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 138-168

  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; coverage bias; dual frame; nonresponse bias; two phase; weighting adjustments

Indexed keywords

EID: 78651393599     PISSN: 00491241     EISSN: 15528294     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0049124110392547     Document Type: Article

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