Which Statement Is Not True About Nonresponse Issues in Sampling

question 22

Multiple Choice

Which statement is not true about nonresponse issues in sampling?

• A) Increasing the response rate may not reduce nonresponse bias.
• B) Nonresponse error is one of the most significant problems in survey research.
• C) Response rates themselves do not indicate whether the respondents are representative of the original sample.
• D) For a given study, if the nonrespondents differ from the respondents on the characteristics of interests, the sample estimates will only be mildly biased.

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