Tourism surveys: Sample size, accuracy, reliability, and acceptable error

Journal of Travel Research

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 67-74

  Beaman, Jay G ^a,b   Huan, Tzung Cheng ^b   Beaman, Jeff P ^a,c  

^a Auctor Consulting Associates Ltd   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CHIAYI UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c Santa Fe Radiology   (United States)

Author keywords

Acceptable error; Accuracy; Estimates; Reliability; Sample size

Indexed keywords

ERROR ANALYSIS; METHODOLOGY; SAMPLING; SURVEY; TOURISM;

EID: 3843122132     PISSN: 00472875     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0047287504265514     Document Type: Article

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