ABSTRACT

W EHAVEatmanypointsinthepreviousfourchaptersreferredtoerrorsthatmayoccurinthecollectionofsurveydata. Thischapterdiscussesresponseerrorssystematicallyand

withparticularreferencetointerviewing,thoughmanyofthepoints applyequallytomailquestionnaires.Theratherd ifferenttypesof errortowhichobservationaltechniquesaresubjectwerediscussedin Chapter10.