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Comparing Survey Results Of Volunteer And Randomly-Selected Subjects, Richard A. Stevick, James H. Barnes, Sandra G. Orke
Comparing Survey Results Of Volunteer And Randomly-Selected Subjects, Richard A. Stevick, James H. Barnes, Sandra G. Orke
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Based on research on nonresponse bias summarized by Rosenthal and Rosnow in 1975, the researchers hypothesized that responses from the 43% of college students who voluntarily returned surveys of students' attitudes and behavior would be more congruent with college goals and expected lifestyle than responses one year later from a randomly selected group of 7% of the students. When percentages of students from the volunteer and random groups were compared on each of 82 items of a survey of students' attitudes and behaviors, most items showed differences of 3% or less. Of the 23 items which varied between 5 and …