Doing survey research on the Internet: Yes, timing does matter

Journal of Computer Information Systems

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 26-34

  Faught, Kent S ^a   Written, Dwayne ^b   Green Jr , Kenneth W ^c  

^a OUACHITA BAPTIST UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BAYLOR UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c HENDERSON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

e mail; Internet research methodology; Timing

Indexed keywords

BINOMIAL DISTRIBUTION; INTERNET RESEARCH METHODOLOGY; INTERNET SURVEYS; TIMING;

DATA PROCESSING; DATABASE SYSTEMS; ELECTRONIC MAIL; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; KNOWLEDGE ENGINEERING; MARKETING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PSYCHOLOGY COMPUTING; SURVEYING; TELEPHONE;

INTERNET;

EID: 2142826781     PISSN: 08874417     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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