Technological innovations in data collection: Acceptance, data quality and costs

Sociological Research Online

Volumn 1, Issue 4, 1996, Pages

  De Leeuw, Edith ^a   Nicholls II, William ^a  

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Author keywords

Acceptance; CADAC; CAPI; CATI; Computer Assisted Data Collection; Costs; Data Quality; DBM; EMS; Interviewer Effect; Response Rate; Telepanel; VRE

Indexed keywords

EID: 0002283020     PISSN: 13607804     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5153/sro.50     Document Type: Article

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