Design for estimation: Identifying auxiliary vectors to reduce nonresponse bias

Survey Methodology

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 131-144

  Sarndal, Carl Erik ^a   Lundström, Sixten ^a  

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Author keywords

Auxiliary variables; Bias indicator; Calibration weighting; Nonresponse adjustment; Nonresponse bias

Indexed keywords

EID: 78651405656     PISSN: 07140045     EISSN: 14920921     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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