Where Do We Go from Here? Nonresponse and Social Measurement

Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science

Volumn 645, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 222-236

  Massey, Douglas S ^a   Tourangeau, Roger ^b  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

adjustment; auxiliary data; bias; nonresponse; paradata; response rates; surveys

Indexed keywords

EID: 84870157193     PISSN: 00027162     EISSN: 15523349     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0002716212464191     Document Type: Article

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