Recreational fishing in the United States is an important social and economic component of
many marine fisheries, with an estimated 14 million anglers making almost 82 million fishing …

Highly recommended by the Journal of Official Statistics, The American Statistician, and
other journals, Applied Survey Data Analysis, Second Edition provides an up-to-date …

In recent years, policing scholars have increasingly used survey methods to gain insight into
officers' attitudes and behaviours. Yet, surprisingly, methodological research analysing …

BACKGROUND In developed countries, response rates have dropped to such low levels
that many in the population field question whether the data can provide unbiased results …

In 1939, George Gallup's American Institute of Public Opinion published a pamphlet
optimistically titled The New Science of Public Opinion Measurement. At the time, though …

Objectives: This article uses data from MIDUS (Midlife in the United States), a national study
of Americans (N= 7,108), to investigate factors that predict longitudinal retention. With its …

This article looks into the processes and outcomes of setting up and maintaining a
probability-based longitudinal online survey, which is recruited face-to-face and …

Nonresponse is a prominent problem in sample surveys. At face value, it reduces the trust in
survey estimates. Nonresponse undermines the probability-based inferential mechanism …

This chapter examines the factors that influence continued participation by sample members
in longitudinal surveys. It is structured into two distinct parts. First (Section 10.2), evidence …

It has been well documented that response rates to cross-sectional surveys have declined
over the past few decades. It is less clear whether response rates to longitudinal surveys …