Prepaid and promised incentives in web surveys: An experiment

Social Science Computer Review

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 208-217

  Bosnjak, Michael ^a   Tuten, Tracy L ^b  

^a GESIS LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR THE SOCIAL SCIENCES   (Germany)

^b VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Incentives; Noncompliance; Nonresponse; Web based surveys

Indexed keywords

EID: 0038632361     PISSN: 08944393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0894439303021002006     Document Type: Article

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