Document Type

Presentation

Publication Date

1991

Publisher

Midwest Association for Public Opinion Research

Source Publication

MAPOR Conference

Abstract

Nonresponse has long been recognized as a major problem with telephone surveys and polls. (Wiseman and McDonald, 1979; Steeh, 1981; Goyder, 1987). It biases estimates and inferences from them. According to Strubbe, Kernan and Grogan (1986), “responders hold different beliefs that are more conducive to participation than those held by non-responders.” If beliefs are related to differences in participation, beliefs related to other issues and behaviors are likely to differ as well. Nonresponses include: refusers, not-at-homes, continual busy signals, answering machines and other screening devices (e.g., distinctive rings on telephones) and early terminators. Depending on the survey subject, nonresponse bias occurs when respondents and/or their preferences are different than non respondents.

Comments

Profiling "Refusers" in Political Polling. A paper presented at the Midwest Association for Public Opinion Research annual conference. Chicago IL, 1991. Publisher link.

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