Three factors to signal non-response bias with applications to categorical auxiliary variables

International Statistical Review

Volumn 79, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 233-254

  Särndal, Carl Erik ^a  

^a STATISTICS SWEDEN   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Administrative registers; Auxiliary variables; Bias reduction indicator; Calibration; Non response adjustment; Non response bias

Indexed keywords

EID: 79960979489     PISSN: 03067734     EISSN: 17515823     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1751-5823.2011.00142.x     Document Type: Article

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