noun
- failure or refusal to respond or reply
- in research, the failure of selected subjects to participate in a study or survey
Usage: research methodology
Examples
- The company’s nonresponse to customer complaints damaged its reputation.
- Her nonresponse to the invitation was interpreted as a polite decline.
- The survey had a high nonresponse rate, making the results less reliable.
- Researchers must account for nonresponse bias in their data analysis.
- The politician’s nonresponse to the scandal raised more questions.
- Nonresponse in clinical trials can affect the validity of study results.