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Washington, District of Columbia : National Academies Press, [2013]

1 online resource (165 pages) : illustrations (chiefly color)

ISBN 9780309272483 (electronic bk.)

ISBN 0309272475

ISBN 9780309272476

Print version: Nonresponse in social science surveys : a research agenda. Washington, District of Columbia : National Academies Press, [2013] xiv, 150 pages ; 23 cm ISBN 9780309272476

"Panel on a Research Agenda for the Future of Social Science Data Collection, Committee on National Statistics, Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education, National Research Council of the National Academies."

Includes bibliographical references (pages 105-122)

The Growing Problem of Nonresponse -- Nonresponse Bias -- Mitigating the Consequences of Nonresponse -- Approaches to Improving Survey Response -- Research Agenda -- References and Selected Bibliography -- Acronyms and Abbreviations -- Appendix A: Nonresponse Research in Federal Statistical Agencies -- Appendix B: Research Agenda Topics Suggested by the Literature -- Appendix C: Biographical Sketches of Panel Members -- Committee on National Statistics.

The trends also threaten to weaken the validity of inferences drawn from estimates based on those surveys. High nonresponse rates create the potential or risk for bias in estimates and affect survey design, data collection, estimation, and analysis. The survey community is painfully aware of these trends and has responded aggressively to these threats. The interview modes employed by surveys in the public and private sectors have proliferated as new technologies and methods have emerged and matured. To the traditional trio of mail, telephone, and face-to-face surveys have been added interactive voice response (IVR), audio computer-assisted self-interviewing (ACASI), web surveys, and a number of hybrid methods.-.

"For many household surveys in the United States, responses rates have been steadily declining for at least the past two decades. A similar decline in survey response can be observed in all wealthy countries. Efforts to raise response rates have used such strategies as monetary incentives or repeated attempts to contact sample members and obtain completed interviews, but these strategies increase the costs of surveys. This review addresses the core issues regarding survey nonresponse. It considers why response rates are declining and what that means for the accuracy of survey results. These trends are of particular concern for the social science community, which is heavily invested in obtaining information from household surveys. The evidence to date makes it apparent that current trends in nonresponse, if not arrested, threaten to undermine the potential of household surveys to elicit information that assists in understanding social and economic issues.-.

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