An Investigation of the Effect of Lotteries on Web Survey Response Rates

Field Methods

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 205-220

  Heerwegh, Dirk ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

experiment; incentive; lottery; prize draw; response rate; Websurvey

Indexed keywords

EID: 34247660307     PISSN: 1525822X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1525822X05285781     Document Type: Article

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