Conducting research online: Challenges facing researchers in family and consumer sciences

Family and Consumer Sciences Research Journal

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 341-356

  Lyons, Angela C ^a   Cude, Brenda ^b   Lawrence, Frances C ^c   Gutter, Michael ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^c LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

E mail; Internet; Online surveys; Survey methods

Indexed keywords

EID: 33750294961     PISSN: 1077727X     EISSN: 15523934     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1077727X04274116     Document Type: Article

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