Should We Be Concerned about Nonresponse Bias in College Student Surveys? Evidence of Bias from a Validation Study

Autor/inn/en	Standish, Trey; Umbach, Paul D.
Titel	Should We Be Concerned about Nonresponse Bias in College Student Surveys? Evidence of Bias from a Validation Study
Quelle	In: Research in Higher Education, 60 (2019) 3, S.338-357 (20 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Standish, Trey)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0361-0365
DOI	10.1007/s11162-018-9530-2
Schlagwörter	Bias; College Students; Student Surveys; Evidence; Response Rates (Questionnaires); Recreational Facilities; Campuses; Academic Achievement; Physical Education; Attendance; Extracurricular Activities + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Collegestudent; Schülerbefragung; Evidenz; Antwortkontrolle; Freizeiteinrichtung; Schulleistung; Körpererziehung; Sportunterricht; Anwesenheit; Außerunterrichtliche Aktivität
Abstract	This study uses college student survey data and corresponding administrative data on campus recreation facility usage, academic performance, physical education class attendance, and co-curricular participation to examine nonresponse bias in college student surveys. Within the context of the Groves (Public Opin Q 70:646-675, 2006) Alternative Cause Model, we found compelling evidence of the presence of nonresponse error observed as student characteristics related to the survey topic that also explain their response propensity. An individual's survey response propensity has a statistically significant relationship with their actual behavior for 2 of 3 survey topics. In 11 of the 13 survey questions used to measure the survey topic behaviors, we found statistically significant differences between the respondent and nonrespondent behavioral measures. These findings hold important implications for survey researchers and those using student surveys for high-stakes accountability measures because survey summary statistics may not be generalizable to the target population. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01