Survey Item Nonresponse and its Treatment

Susanne Rässler () and Regina Riphahn
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Susanne Rässler: IAB Institut für Arbeitsmarkt- und Berufsforschung

Chapter 15 in Modern Econometric Analysis, 2006, pp 215-230 from Springer

Abstract: Abstract One of the most salient data problems empirical researchers face is the lack of informative responses in survey data. This contribution briefly surveys the literature on item nonresponse behavior and its determinants before it describes four approaches to address item nonresponse problems: Casewise deletion of observations, weighting, imputation, and model-based procedures. We describe the basic approaches, their strengths and weaknesses and illustrate some of their effects using a simulation study. The paper concludes with some recommendations for the applied researcher.

Keywords: Multiple Imputation; Complete Case Analysis; Single Imputation; Miss Data Mechanism; Multiple Imputation Procedure (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2006
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DOI: 10.1007/3-540-32693-6_15

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