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Sexual Orientation, Gender Identity, and Sex Characteristics (SOGISC) Subcommittee Publications and Resources **Guidance** The American Association for Public Opinion Research. 2016. **Standard Definitions: Final Dispositions of Case Codes and Outcome Rates for Surveys**. 9th edition. Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, Office of Management and Budget. 2016. **Questions and Answers When Designing Surveys for Information Collections**. **Presentations** Jill M. Montaquila and Kristen M. Olson. 2012. **Webinar: Practical Tools for Nonresponse Bias Studies**. Sponsored by Survey Research Methods Section, American Statistical Association, and the American Association for Public Opinion Research. Elise Christopher, Morgan Earp, Tala Fakhouri, Steven Frenk, Kathryn Downey Piscopo, and Peter Miller. 2018. **Lessons from Nonresponse Bias Studies Involving Federal Surveys**. Proceedings of the Federal Committee on Statistical Methodology 2018 Research and Policy Conference. Tala H. Fakhouri, Jennifer Madans, Peter Miller, Morgan, Kathryn Downey Piscopo, Steven M. Frenk, and Elise Christopher. 2021. **A Systematic Review of Nonresponse Bias Studies in Federally Sponsored Surveys**. Presented at the Federal Committee on Statistical Methodology 2021 Research and Policy Conference. Morgan Earp, Jennifer Madans, Elise Christopher, Jenny Thompson, Tala Fakhouri, Robert Sivinski, Kathryn Downey Piscopo, Joseph Schafer, and Stephen Blumberg . 2021. **FCSM Best Practices for Nonresponse Bias Reporting**. Presented at the Federal Committee on Statistical Methodology 2021 Research and Policy Conference. James Wagner. 2021. **Nonresponse Bias Analysis Methods: A Taxonomy and Summary**. Presented at the Federal Committee on Statistical Methodology 2021 Research and Policy Conference. Andy Peytchev. 2021. **Nonresponse Bias Mitigation Strategies**. Presented at the Federal Committee on Statistical Methodology 2021 Research and Policy Conference. **Journal Articles** Robert M. Groves. 2006. **Nonresponse Rates and Nonresponse Bias in Household Surveys**. Public Opinion Quarterly, Volume 70, Issue 5, Pages 646–675. James Wagner. 2012. **A Comparison of Alternative Indicators for the Risk of Nonresponse Bias**. Public Opinion Quarterly, Volume 76, Issue 3, Pages 555-575. Andy Peytchev, Daniel Pratt, and Michael Duprey. 2020. **Responsive and Adaptive Survey Design: Use of Bias Propensity During Data Collection to Reduce Nonresponse Bias**. Journal of Survey Statistics and Methodology.


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