Online versus paper: Format effects in tourism surveys

Journal of Travel Research

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 295-316

  Dolnicar, Sara ^a   Laesser, Christian ^a,b   Matus, Katrina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ST GALLEN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Mail survey; Nonresponse bias; Online survey; Self selection bias; Survey research

Indexed keywords

CENSUS; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; SURVEYING; TOURISM;

EID: 58149479830     PISSN: 00472875     EISSN: 15526763     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0047287508326506     Document Type: Article

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