A rate at which a person or thing responds; specifically the proportion of questionnaires in a voluntary survey or study which receive a response, typically expressed as a percentage.
Origin
Early 20th century; earliest use found in Annals of the New York Academy of Science.
Definition of response rate in US English:
response rate
noun
A rate at which a person or thing responds; specifically the proportion of questionnaires in a voluntary survey or study which receive a response, typically expressed as a percentage.
Origin
Early 20th century; earliest use found in Annals of the New York Academy of Science.