Introduction: New Challenges to Social Measurement

Douglas S. Massey; Roger Tourangeau

doi:10.1177/0002716212463314

Introduction: New Challenges to Social Measurement

Douglas S. Massey, Roger Tourangeau

Princeton School of Public and International Affairs

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Abstract

Surveys are the principal source of data not only for social science, but for consumer research, political polling, and federal statistics. In response to social and technological trends, rates of survey nonresponse have risen markedly in recent years, prompting observers to worry about the continued validity of surveys as a tool for data gathering. This introductory article sets the stage for the comprehensive review that follows of the causes and consequences of nonresponse for survey data and the approaches that have been developed to address it.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	6-22
Number of pages	17
Journal	Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science
Volume	645
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1177/0002716212463314
State	Published - Jan 2013

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Sociology and Political Science
General Social Sciences

Keywords

bias
estimation
item nonresponse
nonresponse
response rate
survey nonresponse
surveys

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