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Activity Number: 36
Type: Contributed
Date/Time: Sunday, August 6, 2006 : 2:00 PM to 3:50 PM
Sponsor: Section on Survey Research Methods
Abstract - #307220
Title: Estimated Response Propensities as a Means To Evaluate Error Effects Due to Nonresponse
Author(s): Leela Aertker*+ and William D. Kalsbeek
Companies: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Address: 401-A Coolidge Street, Chapel Hill, NC, 27516,
Keywords: surveys ; nonresponse ; bias ; response propensity
Abstract:

In addition to providing a basis for the weighting adjustment for nonresponse, individual response propensities obtained from a logistic model may offer a means by which nonresponse bias effects can be routinely estimated in samples where useful auxiliary data are available for response propensity modeling. Using data from the multi-round National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health (Add Health), we present measures of nonresponse error effects and direct estimates of round-specific nonresponse bias. We further assess the utility of estimated response propensities as a direct mechanism to estimate nonresponse bias.

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