July 2012
Intermediate to advanced
352 pages
9h 30m
English
Being selected at random does not mean that an individual will be willing to participate in a public opinion poll or some other survey. But if survey results are to be representative of the population at large, then pollsters must find some way to interview nonresponders as well. This difficulty is exacerbated in long-term studies, as subjects fail to return for follow-up appointments and move without leaving a forwarding address. Again, if the sample results are to be representative, some way must be found to report on subsamples of the nonresponders and the dropouts.
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