A comparison of address-based sampling (ABS) versus random-digit dialing (RDD) for general population surveys

Public Opinion Quarterly

Volumn 72, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 6-27

  Link, Michael W ^a   Battaglia, Michael P ^b   Frankel, Martin R ^c   Osborn, Larry ^b   Mokdad, Ali H ^d  

^a Nielsen Media Research   (United States)

^b ABT ASSOCIATES   (United States)

^c CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^d CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

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EID: 41149180045     PISSN: 0033362X     EISSN: 15375331     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/poq/nfn003     Document Type: Article

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