Higher response rates are commonly assumed to be associated with higher survey quality.
Nevertheless, increasing response rates without attention to response quality may result in …

In survey research, a consensus has grown regarding the effectiveness of incentives
encouraging survey participation across different survey modes and target populations. Most …

Increasing respondent contact problems and decreasing respondent willingness to
cooperate have contributed to declining response rates in general population surveys …

This chapter reviews the existing literature on the quality of paradata. It considers studies
presenting both direct evaluations of the quality of a variety of collected paradata, where …

Paradata are automatic data collected about the survey data collection process captured
during computer assisted data collection, and include call records, interviewer observations …

In face-to-face surveys interviewers play a crucial role in making contact with and gaining
cooperation from sample units. While some analyses investigate the influence of …

The analytic use of paradata offers an additional tool in the survey researcher's tool box to
study survey errors and survey costs. Paradata capture information about the data collection …

This chapter starts with a description of the different sources of paradata relevant for
nonresponse error investigation. It discusses the use of paradata to improve data collection …

Interviewer observations of household characteristics can be useful variables for
constructing post-survey nonresponse adjustments, particularly if the observations are good …

This chapter deals with some aspects of two sources of systematic error in surveys: non-
response and measurement error. The quality of the obtained response is discussed first …