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International Journal of Public Opinion Research Advance Access originally published online on July 19, 2007
International Journal of Public Opinion Research 2007 19(4):492-503; doi:10.1093/ijpor/edm013
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© The Author 2007. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of The World Association for Public Opinion Research. All rights reserved.

Studying Nonresponse in Mexican Exit Polls

René Bautista, Mario Callegaro, José Alberto Vera and Francisco Abundis

Address correspondence to René Bautista, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Program in Survey Research and Methodology, 200 North 11th Street, 4th Floor, Lincoln, NE 68488-0241, USA, rbautis1@bigred.unl.edu

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This article finds its venue in the recent discussion about survey quality and level of nonresponse (Groves, Dillman, Eltinge, & Roderick, 2002; Biemer & Lyberg, 2003; Groves, Presser, & Dipko, 2004; Weisberg, 2005; Singer, 2006). Nonresponse has traditionally been viewed as a key variable in judging the quality of a survey; however recent research has shown that low response rate is not a major problem unless respondents and nonrespondents systematically differ on the estimated statistics. If it can be demonstrated that these two groups do not differ substantially (Curtin, Presser, & Singer, 2000; Keeter, Miller, Kohut, Groves, & Presser, 2000), or that there is no systematic error on estimates, nonresponse is less of a problem.

Exit polls are one of only a few instances that allow for assessment of the level of survey error due to nonresponse, as population parameters can be compared . . . [Full Text of this Article]


   SOME THEORETICAL ASPECTS OF EXIT POLL METHODOLOGY
 

   DATA AND METHODS
 

   RESULTS
 
PROFILE OF REFUSALS
REFUSAL AND ERROR

   CONCLUSIONS
 

   APPENDIX: DERIVATION FOR LIDDLE'S FORMULA4
 

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