The effect of advance letters on cooperation in a list sample telephone survey

Public Opinion Quarterly

Volumn 66, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 608-617

  Goldstein, Kenneth M ^a   Kent Jennings, M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 0141942160     PISSN: 0033362X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/343756     Document Type: Review

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