Reduction of nonresponse bias in surveys through case prioritization

Survey Research Methods

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 21-29

  Peytchev, Andy ^a   Riley, Sarah ^b   Rosen, Jeffrey ^a   Murphy, Joe ^a   Lindblad, Mark ^b  

^a RTI INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Case prioritization; Nonresponse bias; Paradata; Response propensity

Indexed keywords

EID: 79959523636     PISSN: None     EISSN: 18643361     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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