Which Statement Is Not True About Nonresponse Issues in Sampling

question 70

Multiple Choice

Which statement is not true about nonresponse issues in sampling?

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

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Definitions:

Chi-Squared Distribution

A statistical distribution that is used to describe the distribution of a sum of the squares of k independent standard normal variables, commonly used in hypothesis testing.

Chi-Squared Distributed

Referring to a statistical distribution that arises from the sum of the squares of variables that follow a standard normal distribution.

Degrees of Freedom

The number of values in a statistical calculation that are free to vary, often linked to the size of the data set.

P-Value

The probability that the observed data would occur if the null hypothesis were true, used as a measure to decide whether to reject the null hypothesis.