ITEM NONRESPONSE IN CONTINGENT VALUATION - SHOULD CV RESEARCHERS IMPUTE VALUES FOR MISSING INDEPENDENT VARIABLES

Authors
WHITEHEAD JC
Citation
Jc. Whitehead, ITEM NONRESPONSE IN CONTINGENT VALUATION - SHOULD CV RESEARCHERS IMPUTE VALUES FOR MISSING INDEPENDENT VARIABLES, Journal of leisure research, 26(3), 1994, pp. 296-303
Citations number
16
Categorie Soggetti
Sociology,"Environmental Studies
Journal title
Journal of leisure research → ACNP
ISSN journal
00222216
Volume
26
Issue
3
Year of publication
1994
Pages
296 - 303
Database
ISI
SICI code
0022-2216(1994)26:3<296:INICV->2.0.ZU;2-V
Abstract
Item nonresponse is a common problem in contingent valuation research. Discarding incomplete cases will result in biased samples if the disc arded cases are nonrandom. Imputing values for missing independent var iables and including the incomplete cases may improve overall economet ric performance, correct sample bias, and correct bias in aggregate be nefit estimates.