A successful conversion or double refusal: A study of the process of refusal conversion in telephone survey research

Social Science Journal

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 434-446

  Fuse, Kana ^a   Xie, Dong ^b  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL ARKANSAS   (United States)

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EID: 35348840864     PISSN: 03623319     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.soscij.2007.07.011     Document Type: Article

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