Web surveys: A review of issues and approaches

Public Opinion Quarterly

Volumn 64, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 464-494

  Couper, Mick P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

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EID: 0034366421     PISSN: 0033362X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/318641     Document Type: Review

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