Split-sample tests of "no opinion" responses in an attribute-based choice model

Land Economics

Volumn 85, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 348-362

  Fenichel, Eli P ^a   Lupi, Frank ^b   Hoehn, John P ^b   Kaplowitz, Michael D ^b  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

DISCRETE CHOICE ANALYSIS; ESTIMATION METHOD; PREFERENCE BEHAVIOR; QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEY; TESTING METHOD;

EID: 66549112093     PISSN: 00237639     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3368/le.85.2.348     Document Type: Article

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