| AAPOR | American Association for Public Opinion Research |
| ABS | address-based sampling |
| ACASI | audio computer-assisted self-interviewing |
| ACS | American Community Survey |
| AHEAD | Asset and Health Dynamics Among the Oldest Old Survey |
| AHS | American Housing Survey |
| ATUS | American Time Use Survey |
| BLS | Bureau of Labor Statistics |
| BRFSS | Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System |
| CAPI | computer-assisted personal interviewing |
| CARI | computer-assisted recorded interviewing |
| CASI | computer-assisted self-interviewing |
| CASRO | Council of American Survey Research Organizations |
| CDC | Centers for Disease Control and Prevention |
| CE | Consumer Expenditure Survey |
| CED | Consumer Expenditure Diary |
| CEQ | Consumer Expenditure Quarterly Interview Survey |
| CHI | contact history instrument |
| CNSTAT | Committee on National Statistics |
| CODA | Children of the Depression Age cohort |
| CPS | Current Population Survey |
| DSF | U.S. Postal Service Delivery Sequence File |
| EBB | Early Baby Boomer Survey |
| FCSM | Federal Committee on Statistical Methodology |
| FMI | fraction of missing information |
| GSS | General Social Survey |
| HINTS | Health Information National Trends Survey |
| HRS | Health and Retirement Study |
| IRS | Internal Revenue Service |
| IVR | interactive voice response |
| LST | leverage–saliency theory |
| MAR | missing at random |
| MCAR | missing completely at random |
| MSA | metropolitan statistical area |
| NCVS | National Crime Victimization Survey |
| NHES | National Household Education Survey |
| NHIS | National Health Interview Survey |
| NIS | National Immunization Survey |
| NLS | National Longitudinal Survey |
| NLSY | National Longitudinal Survey of Youth |
| NMCES | National Medical Care Expenditure Survey |
| NRC | National Research Council |
| OMB | Office of Management and Budget |
| PAPI | paper-and-pencil interviewing |
| PSID | Panel Study of Income Dynamics |
| PSU | primary sampling unit |
| RCD | responsive collection design |
| RDD | random digit dialing |
| RDS | respondent-driven sampling |
| SAQ | self-administered questionnaire |
| SCA | Survey of Consumer Attitudes |
| SCF | Survey of Consumer Finances |
| SIPP | Survey of Income and Program Participation |
| SLID | Survey of Labour and Income Dynamics |