TY  - JOUR
T1  - REsponse rates and nonresponse errors in surveys
AU  - Johnson TP, Wislar JS
Y1  - 2012/05/02
N1  - 10.1001/jama.2012.3532
JO  - JAMA
SP  - 1805
EP  - 1806
VL  - 307
IS  - 17
N2  - 
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.

SN  - 0098-7484
M3  - doi: 10.1001/jama.2012.3532
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/jama.2012.3532
ER  -