Experiments with incentives in telephone surveys

Public Opinion Quarterly

Volumn 64, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 171-188

  Singer, Eleanor ^a   Van Hoewyk, John ^a   Maher, Mary P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

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EID: 0034342603     PISSN: 0033362X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/317761     Document Type: Article

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