Interviewer effects in measuring network size using a single name generator

Social Networks

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 1-16

  Marsden, Peter V ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Egocentric networks; Interviewer effects; Name generators

Indexed keywords

EID: 0037210182     PISSN: 03788733     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-8733(02)00009-6     Document Type: Article

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