A note on sample size for behavior coding pretests

Field Methods

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 85-95

  Blair, Johnny ^a   Srinath, K P ^a  

^a ABT ASSOCIATES   (United States)

Author keywords

Behavior coding; Interaction coding; Pretesting; Questionnaire design; Sample size

Indexed keywords

EID: 51249128654     PISSN: 1525822X     EISSN: 15523969     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1525822X07303601     Document Type: Article

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