International surveys: Motives and methodologies

Survey Methodology

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 131-141

  Thompson, Mary E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Analysis of survey data; Data collection mode effects; Hierarchical models; International surveys; Longitudinal surveys; Measurement models; Random effects

Indexed keywords

EID: 77949514872     PISSN: 07140045     EISSN: 14920921     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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