Do non-response follow-ups improve or reduce data quality?: A review of the existing literature

Kristen Olson

doi:10.1111/j.1467-985X.2012.01042.x

Do non-response follow-ups improve or reduce data quality? A review of the existing literature

Kristen Olson

Sociology

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Abstract

The paper systematically reviews existing literature on the relationship between the level of effort to recruit a sampled person and the measurement quality of survey data. Hypotheses proposed for this relationship are reviewed. Empirical findings for the relationship between level of effort as measured by paradata (the number of follow-up attempts, refusal conversion and time in the field) and question-specific item non-response rates, aggregate measures of item non-response rates, response accuracy and various measurement errors on attitudinal questions are examined through a qualitative review.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	129-145
Number of pages	17
Journal	Journal of the Royal Statistical Society. Series A: Statistics in Society
Volume	176
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-985X.2012.01042.x
State	Published - Jan 2013

Keywords

Item non-response
Measurement error
Non-response propensity
Paradata
Total survey error

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Statistics and Probability
Social Sciences (miscellaneous)
Economics and Econometrics
Statistics, Probability and Uncertainty

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