Adequacy of Reporting Results of School Surveys and Nonresponse Effects: A Review of the Literature and a Case Study

Autor/inn/en	Kano, Megumi; Franke, Todd; Afifi, Abdelmonem A.; Bourque, Linda B.
Titel	Adequacy of Reporting Results of School Surveys and Nonresponse Effects: A Review of the Literature and a Case Study
Quelle	In: Educational Researcher, 37 (2008) 8, S.480-490 (11 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0013-189X
DOI	10.3102/0013189X08326859
Schlagwörter	Research Methodology; School Surveys; Mail Surveys; Case Studies; Data Interpretation; Response Rates (Questionnaires); Validity; Academic Achievement; Probability; Sample Size; Enrollment; Institutional Characteristics; Violence; Urban Schools; Regression (Statistics); California + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Research method; Forschungsmethode; Erhebungsinstrument; Case study; Fallstudie; Case Study; Data evaluation; Datenauswertung; Antwortkontrolle; Gültigkeit; Schulleistung; Wahrscheinlichkeitsrechnung; Wahrscheinlichkeitstheorie; Einschulung; Gewalt; Urban area; Urban areas; School; Schools; Stadtregion; Stadt; Schule; Regression; Regressionsanalyse; Kalifornien
Abstract	To ensure accurate interpretation of research findings, researchers should report details about their research design, data collection method, and response rates when presenting findings from survey research. A review of 100 peer-reviewed articles reporting the results of survey research on K-12 schools with principals as the designated respondents revealed that such information is often not reported. Few studies examined or even acknowledged the potentially biasing effects of nonresponse. A mail survey of 470 schools in California, which yielded a response rate of 33% (157/470), is used as a case study to evaluate the pattern of nonresponse and its effects on univariate and multivariate statistics. Consistent with prior research, nonresponse produced bias in univariate estimates, but associations between variables were robust and not affected. (Contains 6 tables.) (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10