Nonresponse in Mail Surveys: Access Failure or Respondent Resistance

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Journal Article Nonresponse in Mail Surveys: Access Failure or Respondent Resistance Get access CAROL P. SOSDIAN, CAROL P. SOSDIAN Carol P. Sosdian is Senior Researcher, Westat Inc., Rockville, Maryland. Laure M. Sharp is Assistant Director, Bureau of Social Science Research. This article is a revised and shortened version of a paper presented at the 34th Annual AAPOR Conference, Buck Hill Falls, Pennsylvania, May 1979. Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar LAURE M. SHARP LAURE M. SHARP Carol P. Sosdian is Senior Researcher, Westat Inc., Rockville, Maryland. Laure M. Sharp is Assistant Director, Bureau of Social Science Research. This article is a revised and shortened version of a paper presented at the 34th Annual AAPOR Conference, Buck Hill Falls, Pennsylvania, May 1979. Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Public Opinion Quarterly, Volume 44, Issue 3, FALL 1980, Pages 396–402, https://doi.org/10.1086/268606 Published: 01 January 1980