The influence of the design of web survey questionnaires on the quality of responses

Survey Research Methods

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 21-32

  Ganassali, Stéphane ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE SAVOIE   (France)

Author keywords

questionnaires; response quality; Web surveys

Indexed keywords

EID: 70450200311     PISSN: None     EISSN: 18643361     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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