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Activity Number:
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36
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Type:
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Contributed
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Date/Time:
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Sunday, August 6, 2006 : 2:00 PM to 3:50 PM
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Sponsor:
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Section on Survey Research Methods
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| Abstract - #307158 |
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Title:
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Approaches to Nonresponse Bias Analysis in an Adult Literacy Survey
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Author(s):
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Wendy Van de Kerckhove*+ and Thomas Krenzke and Leyla Mohadjer
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Companies:
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Westat and Westat and Westat
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Address:
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1650 Research Blvd., Rockville, MD, 20850,
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Keywords:
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response rate evaluation ; outcome ; assessment ; disposition codes
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Abstract:
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In a standard nonresponse bias analysis, respondents and nonrespondents are compared on available demographic information. This type of analysis only provides an indication of nonresponse bias to the extent the auxiliary demographic variables are related to the outcome statistics of the survey. This paper describes approaches to performing a more extensive nonresponse bias analysis using data directly related to the survey statistics. The approaches include an assessment of the relationship between auxiliary variables and the survey statistics, a comparison of the statistics for different types of respondents, and an analysis of nonrespondents whose reasons for nonresponse correlate with survey statistics. Specific approaches used in the 2003 National Assessment of Adult Literacy (NAAL) survey are provided for illustration.
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