If Your Response Rate Is 55 Percent, Your Nonresponse Rate

question 27

Multiple Choice

If your response rate is 55 percent, your nonresponse rate is:

• A) 55 percent
• B) 45 percent
• C) 55 percent/55 percent or 100 percent
• D) 45 percent/55 percent or 82 percent
• E) You cannot calculate the nonresponse rate by knowing only the response rate.

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