Fast times and easy questions: The effects of age, experience and question complexity on web survey response times

Applied Cognitive Psychology

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 51-68

  Yan, Ting ^a,b   Tourangeau, Roger ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE; ARTICLE; COGNITION; EDUCATION; EXPERIENCE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INTERNET; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RESPONSE TIME; STATISTICAL MODEL;

EID: 38449083066     PISSN: 08884080     EISSN: 10990720     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/acp.1331     Document Type: Article

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