Managing troubles in answering survey questions: Respondents' uses of projective reporting

Social Psychology Quarterly

Volumn 67, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 50-69

  Moore, Robert J ^a  

^a PALO ALTO RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

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EID: 2442559093     PISSN: 01902725     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/019027250406700106     Document Type: Review

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