Consequences of Survey Nonresponse

Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science

Volumn 645, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 88-111

  Peytchev, Andy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

nonresponse bias; response rates; survey cost; survey design

Indexed keywords

EID: 84870174573     PISSN: 00027162     EISSN: 15523349     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0002716212461748     Document Type: Article

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