Web-based administration of a personality questionnaire: Comparison with traditional methods

Behavior Research Methods, Instruments, and Computers

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 572-577

  Davis, Robert N ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERNET; MALE; ONLINE SYSTEM; PERSONALITY TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMETRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; REPRODUCIBILITY; SEX DIFFERENCE; STANDARD; STUDENT; UNIVERSITY; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADULT; CONFOUNDING FACTORS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNET; MALE; ONLINE SYSTEMS; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SAMPLING STUDIES; SELECTION BIAS; SEX FACTORS; STUDENTS; UNIVERSITIES;

EID: 0033217872     PISSN: 07433808     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3758/BF03200737     Document Type: Article

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