Testing temporal reliability and carry-over effect: The role of correlated responses in test-retest reliability studies

Environmental and Resource Economics

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 357-374

  McConnell, K E ^a   Strand, I E ^a   Valués, Sebastián ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

Author keywords

Contingent valuation; Correlated responses; Test retest

Indexed keywords

CORRELATION METHODS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; RELIABILITY; RESOURCE VALUATION;

CARRY-OVER EFFECT; CONTINGENT VALUATION; TEMPORAL RELIABILITY;

ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING;

EID: 0032193965     PISSN: 09246460     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1008264922331     Document Type: Article

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