Coverage error

Coverage error is a kind of error in estimates from a survey. It results from gaps between the sampling frame and the total population. This can lead to biased results and can affect the variance of results.^[1]

Coverage error is a kind of nonsampling error. Further discussion and elaboration can be found in Mittal (2015),^[2] and Salant and Dillman (1995) ^[3]

References

^ Scheaffer, Richard L. 1996. Section 5 of Teaching Survey Sampling, by Ronald S. Fecso, William D. Kalsbeek, Sharon L. Lohr, Richard L. Scheaffer, Fritz J. Scheuren, Elizabeth A. Stasny. The American Statistician 50:4 (Nov., 1996), pp 335–337. (on jstor)
^ Mittal, Vikas, Sample Design for Customer-Focused Research (July 30, 2015). Available at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=2638086
^ Salant, Priscilla, and Don A. Dillman. "How to Conduct your own Survey: Leading professional give you proven techniques for getting reliable results." (1995).

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[Scheaffer-1] Scheaffer, Richard L. 1996. Section 5 of Teaching Survey Sampling, by Ronald S. Fecso, William D. Kalsbeek, Sharon L. Lohr, Richard L. Scheaffer, Fritz J. Scheuren, Elizabeth A. Stasny. The American Statistician 50:4 (Nov., 1996), pp 335–337. (on jstor)

[2] Mittal, Vikas, Sample Design for Customer-Focused Research (July 30, 2015). Available at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=2638086

[3] Salant, Priscilla, and Don A. Dillman. "How to Conduct your own Survey: Leading professional give you proven techniques for getting reliable results." (1995).

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