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ERIC Number: EJ1209753
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2019
Pages: 9
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ISSN: ISSN-0744-8481
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Quantifying the Magnitude and Potential Influence of Missing Data in Campus Sexual Assault Surveys: A Systematic Review of Surveys, 2010-2016
Rosenberg, Molly; Townes, Ashley; Taylor, Shaneil; Luetke, Maya; Herbenick, Debby
Journal of American College Health, v67 n1 p42-50 2019
Objective: To understand how missing data may influence conclusions drawn from campus sexual assault surveys. Methods: We systematically reviewed 40 surveys from 2010-2016. We constructed a pseudo-population of the total population targeted across schools, creating records proportional to the respective response rate and reported sexual assault prevalence. We simulated the effects of 9 scenarios where the sexual assault prevalence among nonresponders differed from that of responders. Results: The surveys represented a total female undergraduate population of 317,387 with only 77,966 (24.6%) survey responses. Among responders, 20.4% reported experiences of sexual assault. However, prevalence of sexual assault could theoretically range from 5.0 to 80.4% under extreme assumptions about prevalence in nonresponders. Smaller, but still significant differences were observed with less extreme assumptions. Conclusions: Missing data are widespread in campus sexual assault surveys. Conclusions drawn from these incomplete data are highly sensitive to assumptions about the sexual assault prevalence among nonresponders.
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Information Analyses; Reports - Research
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
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