Assessment of Nonresponse Bias in an Internet Survey of Alcohol Use

Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 630-634

  Kypri, Kypros ^a,b   Stephenson, Shaun ^a   Langley, John ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Alcohol; Internet; Nonresponse; Student; Survey

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; GENDER; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INTERNET; MALE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALCOHOL DRINKING; ALCOHOLISM; BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNET; MALE;

EID: 1942487201     PISSN: 01456008     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.ALC.0000121654.99277.26     Document Type: Article

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