Assessment of survey data quality: A pragmatic approach focused on interviewer tasks

International Journal of Market Research

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 2004, Pages

  Loosveldt, Geert ^a   Carton, Ann ^c   Billiet, Jaak ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b Department of Sociology   (Belgium)

^c Admini for Planning and Statistics   (Belgium)

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EID: 1042290798     PISSN: 14707853     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/147078530404600101     Document Type: Review

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