Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/244419 
Authors: 
Year of Publication: 
2005
Series/Report no.: 
Working Paper No. 9/2005
Publisher: 
Örebro University School of Business, Örebro
Abstract: 
In most surveys, the risk of nonresponse is a factor taken into account at the planning stage. Commonly, resources are set aside for a follow-up procedure which aims at reducing the nonresponse rate. However, we should pay attention to the effect of nonresponse, rather than the nonresponse rate itself. When considering nonresponse error, i.e. bias and variance, it is not obvious that the resources spent on nonresponse rate reduction efforts are time and money well spent. In this paper we address this issue, continuing the work begun in Tångdahl (2004), now focusing on the effect of follow-ups on estimator variance. The components of the variance for some common estimators are derived under a setup that allows us to take into account the data collection process, and follow-up efforts in particular.
Subjects: 
nonresponse variance
response distribution
RHG model
calibration for nonresponse
variance components
resource allocation
JEL: 
C13
C42
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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