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Download full textCui, Weiwei – 2003
This Digest describes four types of errors in mail surveys and summarizes the ways they can be reduced. Any one of these sources of error can make survey results unacceptable. Sampling error is examined through inferential statistics applied to sample survey results. In general, increasing sample size will decrease sampling error when simple…
Descriptors: Error of Measurement, Mail Surveys, Research Methodology, Responses
