The influence of response lines on response behavior in the context of open-question formats

Swiss Journal of Psychology

Volumn 66, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 103-107

  Spörrle, Matthias ^a   Gerber Braun, Beatrice ^a   Försterling, Friedrich ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Data collection; Methodology; Open question format; Questioning; Questionnaires; Self reports; Surveys

Indexed keywords

EID: 34347242805     PISSN: 14210185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1024/1421-0185.66.2.103     Document Type: Article

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