Using electronic mail to assess undergraduates' experiences: Assessing frame and mode effects

Journal of Computing in Higher Education

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 38-55

  Morphew, Christopher C ^a   Williams, Andrew N ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

^b WESTAT   (United States)

Author keywords

electronic mail; institutional research; outcome assessment; survey research

Indexed keywords

EID: 0842331688     PISSN: 10421726     EISSN: 18671233     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02946985     Document Type: Article

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