Getting the Numbers: The Unacknowledged Work in Recruiting for Survey Research

Field Methods

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 119-128

  Lindsay, jo ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

gatekeepers; recruitment; research process; survey research; youth

Indexed keywords

EID: 34247669058     PISSN: 1525822X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1525822X04271028     Document Type: Article

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