Do print and Web surveys provide the same results?

Computers in Human Behavior

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 334-350

  Huang, Hsiu Mei ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAICHUNG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Mode effect; Randomized response techniques; Social desirability; Web surveys

Indexed keywords

INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; PERSONNEL; SOCIAL ASPECTS; SURVEYS;

MODE EFFECT; RANDOMIZED RESPONSE TECHNIQUES; SOCIAL DESIRABILITY; WEB SURVEYS;

WORLD WIDE WEB;

EID: 30144432442     PISSN: 07475632     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chb.2004.09.012     Document Type: Article

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