Evaluating the effectiveness of visual analog scales: A web experiment

Social Science Computer Review

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 227-245

  Couper, Mick P ^a   Tourangeau, Roger ^a   Conrad, Frederick G ^a   Singer, Eleanor ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Attitude; Visual analog scale; Web survey

Indexed keywords

EID: 33645684594     PISSN: 08944393     EISSN: 15528286     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0894439305281503     Document Type: Article

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