Uninformed response bias in telephone surveys

Journal of Business Research

Volumn 55, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 251-259

  Graeff, Timothy R ^a  

^a MIDDLE TENNESSEE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Consumers; Telephone surveys; Uninformed response bias

Indexed keywords

EID: 0013191456     PISSN: 01482963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0148-2963(00)00138-7     Document Type: Article

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