Recruiting probability samples for a multi-mode research panel with internet and mail components

Public Opinion Quarterly

Volumn 74, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 68-84

  Rao, Kumar ^a   Kaminska, Olena ^b   McCutcheon, Allan L ^b  

^a Gallup Inc   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

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EID: 77949295037     PISSN: 0033362X     EISSN: 15375331     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/poq/nfp091     Document Type: Review

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