Face-to-face versus web surveying in a high-internet-coverage population: Differences in response quality

Public Opinion Quarterly

Volumn 72, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 836-846

  Heerwegh, Dirk ^a   Loosveldt, Geert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

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EID: 60449094898     PISSN: 0033362X     EISSN: 15375331     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/poq/nfn045     Document Type: Article

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