RT Journal
A1 Johnson TP, Wislar JS
T1 REsponse rates and nonresponse errors in surveys
JF JAMA
JO JAMA
YR 2012
FD May 2
VO 307
IS 17
SP 1805
OP 1806
DO 10.1001/jama.2012.3532
UL http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/jama.2012.3532
AB 
As perhaps the most well known of all social science methodologies, survey research findings are commonly reported in the professional literature. Indeed, many biomedical journals routinely publish articles that report results from high-quality survey studies. Discerning unbiased survey findings can be challenging, however, to both editors and readers, necessitating some reflection as to the multiple sources of error in surveys and how to assess them. In this Viewpoint, we provide an overview of one of these sources of survey error—nonresponse bias—and briefly consider approaches for estimating, evaluating, and reporting it.