Nonresponse bias and stimulus effects in the Dutch National Election Study

Quality and Quantity

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 325-345

  Voogt, Robert J J ^a   Van Kempen, Hetty ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Election research; Hawthorne effect, non response bias; Stimulus effects

Indexed keywords

EID: 0036417148     PISSN: 00335177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1020966227669     Document Type: Article

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