Census Geocoding for Nonresponse Bias Evaluation in Telephone Surveys.

The threat of nonresponse bias has been increasing with the precipitous decline of survey response rates, particularly in random-digit-dialed (RDD) telephone surveys. Often, researchers have only geographic information for RDD nonresponse cases. To compensate for nonresponse in landline samples, cen...

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Published in:	Public Opinion Quarterly Vol. 76; no. 3; pp. 432 - 453
Main Authors:	Biemer, Paul P., Peytchev, Andy
Format:	Article
Published:	Oxford University Press / USA Fall2012
Subjects:	Telephone surveys Response rates Random digit dialing telephone surveys Geographic information systems Research bias Sampling errors Statistical sampling Prevention
Online Access:	View this record in EBSCOhost