Search for dissertations about: "nonresponse error"

Found 3 swedish dissertations containing the words nonresponse error.

2. 1. Cost efficency of nonresponse rate reduction efforts : an evaluation approach

   Author : Sara Westling; Bengt Swensson; Risto Lehtonen; Örebro universitet; []
   Keywords : NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; nonresponse bias; follow-ups; response distribution; resource allocation; cost efficiency; evaluation; nonresponse error; Monte Carlo simulations; Statistics; Statistik; Statistics; Statistik;

   Abstract : Nonresponse, the failure to obtain complete measurement on all sample elements, is an increasing problem in sample surveys. Efforts to reduce the nonresponse rate are expensive and their effect may not be as desired. READ MORE

4. 2. Essays on Measurement Error and Nonresponse

   Author : Fredrik Johansson; Anders Klevmarken; Per Johansson; Markus Jäntti; Uppsala universitet; []
   Keywords : Economics; Nationalekonomi;

   Abstract : Essay 1 deals with measurement errors. Matching survey data with administrative records provides unique opportunities to evaluate the statistical properties of respondents' answers. This paper focuses primarily on home ownership and wealth variables. READ MORE

5. 3. Intergenerational Persistence and Ethnic Disparities in Education

   Author : Per Engzell; Jan O. Jonsson; Carina Mood; Jenny Torssander; Richard Breen; Stockholms universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; education; endogeneity; equality of opportunity; ethnic inequality; immigrant selectivity; large-scale assessments; measurement error; proxy variables; social origin; socioeconomic status; Sweden; Sociology; sociologi;

   Abstract : This thesis consists of four self-contained essays in the sociology of educational stratification. Study I draws on newly collected survey data to assess the biases that arise in estimating socioeconomic differences in achievement when relying on parent and student reported data on social background. READ MORE