How to Use nonresponse in a Sentence

nonresponse

noun
Definition of nonresponsenext
  • And the nonresponse rate seems to be just as high when response cards are sent, even ones to which deadlines and threats have been added.
    — Judith Martin, Washington Post, 4 Nov. 2019
  • But in many cases, such as in the 2016 election polls, nonresponse matters.
    — Baobao Zhang, Fortune, 13 Nov. 2020
  • Thus, error due to nonresponse may affect the accuracy of the poll.
    — Chris Cillizza, CNN, 19 Aug. 2021
  • But Kotb wasn’t so easily put off by Lopez’s media-savvy nonresponse.
    — Elizabeth Loga, Glamour, 20 July 2021
  • Academics call this the nonresponse bias and have observed different reasons for it.
    — Bernhard Clemm, Washington Post, 1 Feb. 2018
  • That, however, wasn't enough this time around, which suggests there could be specific types of nonresponse that pollsters haven't yet honed in on.
    — Ariel Edwards-Levy, CNN, 13 May 2021
  • One of the most likely culprits, the research suggests, is a failure to fully account for some form of differential nonresponse bias.
    — Ariel Edwards-Levy, CNN, 13 May 2021
  • Rather than nonresponse bias or a response-rate problem or something that can be solved through weighting or smart analytics, this challenge requires a bit more art than science to solve.
    — Kristen Soltis Anderson, Washington Examiner, 12 Nov. 2020
  • But the Census Bureau only makes city and county response data available for self-response - not for nonresponse followup.
    — Ramsey Archibald | Rarchibald@al.com, al, 15 Oct. 2020
  • The nonresponse rate alone probably dooms the report as sound quantitative analysis.
    — Graeme Wood, The Atlantic, 19 Aug. 2017
  • Reconsidering those polls suggests that the corrections performed for nonresponse in state polls were not as thorough and effective as were done for national surveys.
    — Andrew Gelman, Slate Magazine, 5 Sep. 2017
  • All surveys are subject to multiple sources of error, including sampling, question wording and order, and nonresponse.
    — Zeke Miller, The Seattle Times, 7 Nov. 2018
  • The nonresponse rate was considerably higher on gender – more than 40% of benefits applicants didn’t answer that question.
    — Mike Rogoway | The Oregonian/oregonlive, oregonlive, 10 May 2020
  • In the surrounding Pennsylvania counties, only Delaware County had a higher nonresponse rate, 44.9 percent that year, the report found.
    — Julie Shaw, Philly.com, 9 May 2018
  • There’s certainly cause for concern over the geographic impacts of these closings, not to mention the political nonresponse to them at a time when the president is still crowing over the barely significant coal industry.
    — Daniel Gross, Slate Magazine, 21 Apr. 2017
  • Sampling error does not take into account other sources of variation inherent in public opinion surveys, such as nonresponse, question wording or context effects.
    — Star Tribune, 30 Sep. 2020
  • Given that none of the president’s assistants, the people with direct access to him via memo or meeting, have any scientific expertise, his nonresponse, even complacency, in the face of the emerging epidemic in China is sadly understandable.
    — Jason Karlawish, STAT, 17 May 2020
  • If it’s not properly addressed, systemic nonresponse could have harmful policy implications.
    — Baobao Zhang, Fortune, 13 Nov. 2020

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