The British Crime Survey sample: A response to Elliott and Ellingworth

Sociological Research Online

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 1998, Pages

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Author keywords

Bias; British Crime Survey; Non Response; Representativeness; Response Rates; Sampling; Survey Error

Indexed keywords

EID: 0042022681     PISSN: 13607804     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5153/sro.152     Document Type: Article

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