Consequences of reducing nonresponse in a national telephone survey

Public Opinion Quarterly

Volumn 64, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 125-148

  Keeter, Scott ^a   Miller, Carolyn ^b   Kohut, Andrew ^c   Groves, Robert M ^d   Presser, Stanley ^e  

^a GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Pew Research Center ^*

^c Pew Research Center   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

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EID: 0034342601     PISSN: 0033362X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/317759     Document Type: Article

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