class 5_non response

Question 1

nonresponse

Answer 1

after the sampling step of the survey

reflects the total failure to obtain survey data

Question 2

unit nonresponse

Answer 2

failure to obtain survey measures on a sample unit

Question 3

partials

Answer 3

break offs

drop outs

Question 4

BLS Consumer Expenditure survey and NR/Refusal

Answer 4

Total non response and refusal rates increasing over time for BLS

Question 5

de Leeuw & de Heer (2002)

Multi Country Studies of Cooperation

Answer 5

16 countries
10 ongoing surveys- varied in topics
on average, 3 percentage decline per year in cooperation rate

Question 6

Costs and Non response

Answer 6

Costs have risen as surveys take counter measures

• advanced letters
• incentives
• call backs

Question 7

Forms of non response

Answer 7

Non contact
non cooperation
inability- e.g.,unable to p due to health

Question 8

Non contact: Face to Face Surveys

Answer 8

Gated communities , locked buildings

gate keepers

Question 9

Non contact: Telephone surveys

Answer 9

Rise of answering machines

caller ID

Question 10

Inability to provide data

Answer 10

physical/ mental limitations

Immigrant populations

Question 11

Theories of non cooperation

Answer 11

too busy
too self absorbed; not integrated in community
-Unwanted intrusions; privacy

Question 12

Groves et al (2000)

Answer 12

those with higher community involvement had higher response rates

Question 13

Abraham et al (2006)

Answer 13

little support for busyness as predictor and more for low social integration as the reason for low response rates

Question 14

Leverage-Salience Theory

Answer 14

people make decisions to cooperate or refuse on diff bases

salience of design attributes or focus of int behavior

Question 15

Implications for non response bias

Answer 15

could vary by subgroup
happens quickly
advanced letters may help

Question 16

Benefit-Cost Theory of Survey participation (Singer,2011)

Answer 16

will participate if perceived benefits outweigh the costs

incorrect info- by int can play an important role- benefits need to be made salient to the respondent

Question 17

Groves and Peytcheva (2008)

Answer 17

Meta analysis of non response errors
59 studies with multiple est.
weak link between nonresponse error and response rates
error not well predicted by response rates

Question 18

Kreuter et al 2010

Answer 18

admin data available for entire sample
additional recruitment efforts reduced non response bias
slight inc in measurement error associated with increased contact effort offset by reductions in non response bias