Effect of Incentives on Web-Based Surveys

Tsinghua Science and Technology

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 344-347

  Su, Jie ^a   Shao, Peiji ^a   Fang, Jiaming ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ELECTRONIC SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OF CHINA   (China)

Author keywords

contingent incentives; incentives; Internet; material incentives; nonmaterial incentives; prepaid incentives; web based surveys

Indexed keywords

INTERNET; RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT MANAGEMENT;

CONTINGENT INCENTIVES; PREPAID INCENTIVES; WEB-BASED SURVEYS;

WEB SERVICES;

EID: 44249116387     PISSN: 10070214     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1007-0214(08)70055-5     Document Type: Article

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