An Investigation of the Nonresponse - Measurement Error Nexus.
dc.contributor.author | Olson, Kristen M. | en_US |
dc.date.accessioned | 2008-01-16T15:08:19Z | |
dc.date.available | 2008-01-16T15:08:19Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2007 | en_US |
dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/2027.42/57631 | |
dc.description.abstract | This dissertation examines the nexus between nonresponse and measurement errors in sample surveys. Recent research has shown no strong relationship between nonresponse rates and nonresponse bias. Nonetheless, best practices argue that researchers should attempt to maximize response rates. One voiced concern about practices involving nonresponse reduction is that reluctant sample persons, successfully brought into the respondent data set through persuasive efforts, may provide data filled with measurement error. This research addresses two questions. First, under what circumstances is nonresponse propensity related to the survey variables of interest? Is noncontact or refusal nonresponse more likely to induce nonresponse bias? Second, what is the relationship between nonresponse propensity, nonresponse bias and measurement error? In particular, how do properties of questions and characteristics of respondents affect the nexus between nonresponse bias and measurement error? This dissertation has four main findings. First, nonresponse bias due to noncontact nonresponse is different from that due to noncooperation nonresponse. The difference lies in how the multiple competing influences on response propensity interact to produce the final respondent data set. Second, expert reviewers are used to provide empirical tests of the cognitive response process, despite unreliability in identifying the cognitive response process. Third, conceptual models linking nonresponse propensity and measurement error are supported. Fourth, these models challenge the common belief that reluctant respondents are the most likely respondents to give answers filled with measurement error. | en_US |
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dc.language.iso | en_US | en_US |
dc.subject | Survey Nonresponse | en_US |
dc.subject | Measurement Error | en_US |
dc.subject | Survey Methodology | en_US |
dc.subject | Response Propensity | en_US |
dc.title | An Investigation of the Nonresponse - Measurement Error Nexus. | en_US |
dc.type | Thesis | en_US |
dc.description.thesisdegreename | PhD | en_US |
dc.description.thesisdegreediscipline | Survey Methodology | en_US |
dc.description.thesisdegreegrantor | University of Michigan, Horace H. Rackham School of Graduate Studies | en_US |
dc.contributor.committeemember | Groves, Robert M. | en_US |
dc.contributor.committeemember | Bradburn, Norman | en_US |
dc.contributor.committeemember | Little, Roderick J. | en_US |
dc.contributor.committeemember | Raghunathan, Trivellore E. | en_US |
dc.contributor.committeemember | Xie, Yu | en_US |
dc.subject.hlbsecondlevel | Mathematics | en_US |
dc.subject.hlbsecondlevel | Social Sciences (General) | en_US |
dc.subject.hlbtoplevel | Science | en_US |
dc.subject.hlbtoplevel | Social Sciences | en_US |
dc.description.bitstreamurl | http://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/57631/2/olsok_1.pdf | en_US |
dc.owningcollname | Dissertations and Theses (Ph.D. and Master's) |
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