Ask: Research and Methods. Volume 18, Issue 1 (2009)

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Non-Response Bias in Cross-National Surveys: Designs for Detection and Adjustment in the ESS
Billiet, Jaak; Matsuo, Hideko; Beullens, Koen; Vehovar, Vasja pp. 3-43
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Item Non-response in the European Social Survey
Koch, Achim; Blohm, Michael pp. 45-65
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How Does Length of Fieldwork Period Influence Non-Response? Findings from ESS 2 in Poland
Sztabinski, Franciszek; Sztabinski, Pawel B.; Przybysz, Dariusz pp. 67-95
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Testing a Formal Theory of Images of Stratification: A Proposal for a Research Design
Karpinski, Zbigniew pp. 97-122
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Mapping Catholic Governance Practices in Poland after 1989
Smoczynski, Rafal pp. 123-139
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Mapping Catholic Governance Practices in Poland after 1989

Smoczyński, Rafał ( 2009 )

This article lays out some of the major features of the proposed research on Catholic governance practices in a context of Polish post-communist social change. Firstly, it proposes to examine how market action in Poland ...
Testing a Formal Theory of Images of Stratification: A Proposal for a Research Design

Karpiński, Zbigniew ( 2009 )

The objective of this paper is to propose a design for empirical tests of Fararo and Kosaka’s theory of images of stratification. The theory provides formal and axiomatic explanation of how popular perceptions of social ...
How Does Length of Fieldwork Period Influence Non-Response? Findings from ESS 2 in Poland

Sztabiński, Franciszek; Sztabiński, Paweł B.; Przybysz, Dariusz ( 2009 )

In this paper we show how one method of increasing the response rate, i.e. an extension of the fieldwork period, influences the structure of non-response and the differences between respondents and non-respondents. We used ...
Item Non-response in the European Social Survey

Koch, Achim; Blohm, Michael ( 2009 )

Item nonresponse is widely considered an important indicator of data quality. It decreases the available sample size for analyses and bears the risk of biased results if the missingness is not at random. The present study ...
Non-Response Bias in Cross-National Surveys: Designs for Detection and Adjustment in the ESS

Billiet, Jaak; Matsuo, Hideko; Beullens, Koen; Vehovar, Vasja ( 2009 )

This paper is focused on process and output aspects of the obtained sample and deals with the measurement of non-response, and the study of non-response bias from a viewpoint of comparative research in which the concept ...