Question order and interviewer effects in CATI scale-up surveys

Sociological Methods and Research

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 287-305

  Snidero, Silvia ^a,b   Zobec, Federica ^b   Berchialla, Paola ^a   Corradetti, Roberto ^a   Gregori, Dario ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^b S and A Srl Surveys and Analyses   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Foreign body injuries; Interviewer effect; Population size estimation; Question order; Scale up method

Indexed keywords

EID: 70449372402     PISSN: 00491241     EISSN: 15528294     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0049124109346163     Document Type: Article

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