Skip sequencing: A decision problem in questionnaire design

Annals of Applied Statistics

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 264-285

  Manski, Charles F ^a   Molinari, Francesca ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Item nonresponse; Partial identification; Questionnaire design; Response error; Skip sequencing

Indexed keywords

EID: 75649104219     PISSN: 19326157     EISSN: 19417330     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1214/07-AOAS134     Document Type: Article

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