Nonresponse Rates and Nonresponse Bias in Household Surveys

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Journal Article Nonresponse Rates and Nonresponse Bias in Household Surveys Get access Robert M. Groves Robert M. Groves robert m. groves is professor and director, University of Michigan Survey Research Center, and research professor at the Joint Program in Survey Methodology. Support from the National Science Foundation (SES-0207435) is gratefully acknowledged. Ashley Bowers, Sungwoo Lim, and Emilia Peytcheva assisted in the compilation of the prior studies on nonresponse bias. The author appreciates comments on an earlier draft from Norman Bradburn, Michael Brick, Mick Couper, Cheryl Eavey, Hermann Habermann, Richard Lempert, Kristen Olson, Emilia Peytcheva, Stanley Presser, Trivellore Raghunathan, Eleanor Singer, Roger Tourangeau, Richard Valliant, and anonymous reviewers. Errors remaining and views expressed are the author's. Address correspondence to the author; e-mail: [e-mail]. Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Public Opinion Quarterly, Volume 70, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 646–675, https://doi.org/10.1093/poq/nfl033 Published: 01 January 2006