nonresponse
(noun)
the absence of a response
Examples of nonresponse in the following topics:
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How Well Do Probability Methods Work?
- Another source of bias is nonresponse, which occurs when a selected individual cannot be contacted or refuses to participate in the survey.
- Nonresponse is often higher in urban areas, so most researchers conducting surveys will substitute other people in the same area to avoid favoring rural areas.
- When reading the results of a survey, it is important to know the exact questions asked, the rate of nonresponse, and the method of survey before you trust a poll.
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Using Chance in Survey Work
- In addition, nonresponse effects may turn any probability design into a non-probability design if the characteristics of nonresponse are not well understood, since nonresponse effectively modifies each element's probability of being sampled.
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A Closer Look at the Gallup Poll
- In addition, there was the problem of nonresponse.
- Gallup still has to deal with the effects of nonresponse bias, because people may not answer their cell phones.
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Surveys or Experiments?
- Although censuses do not include a "sample," they do include other aspects of survey methodology, like questionnaires, interviewers, and nonresponse follow-up techniques.
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Sampling Bias
- He concluded that, in addition to the undercoverage described above, there was a nonresponse bias (a form of self-selection bias) such that those favoring Landon were more likely to return their survey than were those favoring Roosevelt.
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Cardiac Output
- This chart indicates stroke volume compared to ventricular preload, with labels for preload dependent zone, responsive patient SVV > 10%, and nonresponsive patient SVV < 10 %.