Multiple auxiliary variables in nonresponse adjustment

Sociological Methods and Research

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 311-332

  Kreuter, Frauke ^a,c   Olson, Kristen ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^c INSTITUTE FOR EMPLOYMENT RESEARCH IAB   (Germany)

Author keywords

mean square error; nonresponse bias adjustment; response propensity models; survey participation

Indexed keywords

EID: 79956128893     PISSN: 00491241     EISSN: 15528294     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0049124111400042     Document Type: Article

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