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This study compared the attitudes and demographic characteristics of an intact group of college freshmen to those of a sample responding to a mail survey and a sample responding to a telephone follow-up. Contrary to expectation, the three samples did not differ significantly in mean attitude responses. The absence of significant mean differences indicated no significant bias in college freshmen's responses to a mail survey. However, a higher percentage of returns was received from females and higher achievers than from males and low achievers.
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Hutchison, J., Tollefson, N. & Wigington, H. Response bias in college freshmen's responses to mail surveys. Res High Educ 26, 99–106 (1987). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00991936
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