In 2005, the ESS was awarded the Descartes prize. Part of the prize money was used to develop and publish a book on nonresponse in cross-national surveys.
"Improving Survey Response: Lessons learned from the European Social Survey" by Ineke Stoop, Jaak Billiet, Achim Koch and Rory Fitzgerald from the Central Coordinating Team of the ESS has now been published by Wiley. It provides one of the first in depth examinations of survey nonresponse from a cross-national perspective.
Key features of improving survey response:
A detailed coverage of nonresponse issues including a unique examination of cross-national survey nonresponse processes and outcomes.
A discussion of the potential causes of nonresponse and practical strategies to combat it.
A detailed examination of the impact of nonresponse and of techniques for adjusting for it once it has occurred.
Examples of best practices and experiments drawn from 25 European countries.
Supplemented by the ESS websites, containing materials for the measurement and analysis of nonresponse bias rather than focusing on increasing the overall response rate.
It shows substantive researchers how nonresponse can impact on substantive outcomes.
For information about how to order a copy of the book, please click here.
