Attitudes toward surveys, attitude accessibility and the effect on respondents' susceptibility to nonresponse

Quality and Quantity

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 259-288

  Stocké, Volker ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANNHEIM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Attitude accessibility; Attitude toward surveys; Don't know responses; Item nonresponse; Question refusal; Response latencies; Survey experience

Indexed keywords

EID: 33644963209     PISSN: 00335177     EISSN: 15737845     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11135-005-6105-z     Document Type: Article

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