2012 Workplace and Gender Relations Survey of Active Duty Members: Nonresponse Bias Analysis Report

Abstract

The Defense Manpower Data Center (DMDC) conducted several studies to assess the presence of nonresponse bias in estimates from the 2012 Workplace and Gender Relations Survey of Active Duty Members (2012 WGRA). The objective of this research was to assess the extent of nonresponse bias for the estimated rate of unwanted sexual contact (USC rate) in the active duty military. The level of nonresponse bias (NRB) can vary for every question on the survey, but DMDC focused on the USC rate because this is the central question on the survey. Nonresponse bias occurs when survey respondents are systematically different from the nonrespondents. Nonresponse bias can occur with high or low survey response rates, but the decrease in survey response rates in the past decade has resulted in a greater focus on potential NRB. DMDC investigated the presence of nonresponse bias using many different methods, and this paper summarizes various methods and results.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 2014
Accession Number
ADA593110

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  • David Mcgrath
  • Eric Falk
  • Fawzi Al-nassir
  • Jeffrey Schneider
  • Owen Hung
  • Phil Masui
  • Shoshana Magazine
  • Timothy Markheim

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  • Defense Manpower Data Center

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  • Biomedical

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  • Active Duty
  • Air Force
  • Data Centers
  • Demography
  • Department Of Defense
  • Electronic Mail
  • Families (Human)
  • Gender Gap
  • Mental Health
  • Military Education
  • Military Training
  • Personnel Management
  • Propensity Score Matching
  • Sexual Assault
  • Sexual Harassment
  • Surveys
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