Interviews as experiments: Using audience effects to examine social relationships

Field Methods

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 331-346

  Cronk, Lee ^a   Gerkey, Drew ^a   Irons, William ^b  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Audience effects; Bay Islands; Honduras; Interview methods; Old age security; Utila

Indexed keywords

EID: 72249123001     PISSN: 1525822X     EISSN: 15523969     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1525822X09341723     Document Type: Article

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