Experimental Evidence on Reducing Nonresponse Bias through Case Prioritization: The Allocation of Interviewers

Autor/inn/en	Gummer, Tobias; Blumenstiel, Jan Eric
Titel	Experimental Evidence on Reducing Nonresponse Bias through Case Prioritization: The Allocation of Interviewers
Quelle	In: Field Methods, 30 (2018) 2, S.124-139 (16 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1525-822X
DOI	10.1177/1525822X18757967
Schlagwörter	Bias; Field Studies; Interviews; Response Rates (Questionnaires); Intervention; Telephone Surveys; Foreign Countries; Germany + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Praxisforschung; Interviewing; Interviewtechnik; Antwortkontrolle; Telephone interview; Telefoninterview; Ausland; Deutschland
Abstract	To reduce nonresponse bias in surveys, it has been suggested that researchers allocate additional fieldwork efforts to cases with low estimated response propensity. If these efforts are successful, nonresponse bias may be reduced by changing the variance of response propensities and hence the covariance between response propensities and variables of interest. The present study provides experimental evidence about how to intervene on low-propensity cases through interviewer selection and allocation in telephone surveys. The results suggest that this intervention can successfully increase cooperation rates for the low-propensity group and reduce nonresponse bias without increasing field costs. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01