Suchergebnisse

Investigations of vague quantifiers--phrases like 'very often', which express frequency in relative terms--have left the consequences of analyzing absolute or relative responses largely unexplored. Examines whether the choice of relative or absolute frequencies affects comparisons by race, sex, education, and age and the meaning of relative-frequency and relative-intensity phrases for these groups. (Abstract amended)

Considers models that underlie proposals to estimate nonparticipation bias. Finds that neither model is successful and that the versions of the methods used do not detect the true extent of nonparticipation error in estimates based on the unadjusted sample mean. (Original abstract-amended)