Innovations in experimental design in attitude surveys

Annual Review of Sociology

Volumn 22, Issue , 1996, Pages 377-399

  Sniderman, Paul M ^a   Grob, Douglas B ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Attitude survey; C.A.T.I.; Experimental design; Research design; Survey design

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000370769     PISSN: 03600572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev.soc.22.1.377     Document Type: Article

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