Effect on survey return rates of having a signed or unsigned postcard as the third-wave mailing

Psychological Reports

Volumn 92, Issue 3 II, 2003, Pages 1099-1102

  Price, James H ^a   Akpanudo, Sutoidem ^a   Dake, Joseph A ^b   Kleinfelder, Joann ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOLEDO   (United States)

^b WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; POSTAL MAIL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RESEARCH;

HUMANS; POSTAL SERVICE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESEARCH;

EID: 0642343168     PISSN: 00332941     EISSN: 1558691X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2466/pr0.2003.92.3c.1099     Document Type: Article

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