Honest by Chance: A Qualitative Interview Study to Clarify Respondents’ (Non-)Compliance With Computer-Assisted Randomized Response;Honnête par chance, une étude qualitative par entretien de la (non) coopération dans une enquête assistée par ordinateur et à réponse randomisée

BMS Bulletin of Sociological Methodology/ Bulletin de Methodologie Sociologique

Volumn 75, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 24-39

  Boeije, Hennie ^a   Lensvelt Mulders, Gerty ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Randomized Response; Sensitive Questions; Social Security Benefits; Surveys

Indexed keywords

EID: 35648937708     PISSN: 07591063     EISSN: 20702779     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/075910630207500104     Document Type: Article

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