Measuring reading behavior in policy documents: A comparison of two instruments

IEEE Transactions on Professional Communication

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 292-301

  Ummelen, Nicole ^a   Neutelings, Rob ^b  

^a TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DATA STRUCTURES; DECISION THEORY; ONLINE SEARCHING;

CLICK-AND-READ METHODS; THINKING-ALOUD METHODS;

INFORMATION DISSEMINATION;

EID: 0034269296     PISSN: 03611434     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/47.867945     Document Type: Article

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