An investigation into the effect of questionnaire identification numbers in consumer mail surveys

International Journal of Market Research

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 277-284

  Kalafatis, Stavros P ^a   Blankson, Charles ^a  

^a KINGSTON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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