Response format effects in questions about norms: Implications for the reliability and validity of the normative approach

Leisure Sciences

Volumn 24, Issue 3-4, 2002, Pages 325-337

  Hall, Troy E ^a   Roggenbuck, Joseph W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO   (United States)

Author keywords

Indicators; Open ended questions; Questionnaire design; Recreational carrying capacity; Standards

Indexed keywords

ATTITUDINAL SURVEY; BOATING; METHODOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEY; RECREATIONAL ACTIVITY;

EID: 0036654736     PISSN: 01490400     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01490400290050772     Document Type: Article

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