HANDLING NONRESPONSE IN LOGISTICS RESEARCH
分析了1998至2007年间三本顶级物流期刊的文章，发现调查回复率随时间下降，且44%的邮件调查文章未提及无应答偏差检验，影响结果可靠性。
Assessing and controlling for nonresponse bias is critical for the validity and reliability of survey‐based logistics research. In order to gain a better understanding of how researchers assess and report nonresponse bias in their studies, we analyzed articles published from 1998 through 2007 in three top logistics journals ( International Journal of Physical Distribution and Logistics Management, Journal of Business Logistics, Transportation Journal ). We describe and explore how nonresponse has been handled in these articles. Our findings show that first, survey response rates have declined over time; this influences the generalizability of survey results in case of nonresponse. Second, an average of 44% of published mail survey articles does not mention tests for detecting nonresponse bias.