Sampling couples to understand them: Mixing the theoretical with the practical

Journal of Social and Personal Relationships

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 243-261

  Acitelli, Linda K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Marriage; Sampling; Survey methodology

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031486797     PISSN: 02654075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0265407597142006     Document Type: Article

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