A Procedure to Assess Interviewer Effects on Nonresponse Bias

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Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Loosveldt, Geert ^a   Beullens, Koen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

interviewer effects; nonresponse bias; nonresponse contrast; random intercepts; random slopes; response propensities

Indexed keywords

EID: 85021029907     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21582440     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/2158244014526211     Document Type: Article

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