Assessing the relative importance of recall bias and nonresponse bias and adjusting for those biases in statewide angler surveys

Human Dimensions of Wildlife

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 19-29

  Connelly, Nancy A ^a   Brown, Tommy L ^a   Knuth, Barbara A ^a  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

Fishing effort; Fishing expenditures; Nonresponse bias; Recall bias

Indexed keywords

EID: 24944477744     PISSN: 10871209     EISSN: 1533158X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10871200009359192     Document Type: Article

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