The effects of survey administration on disclosure rates to sensitive items among men: A comparison of an internet panel sample with a RDD telephone sample

Computers in Human Behavior

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1327-1335

  Hines, Denise A ^a   Douglas, Emily M ^b   Mahmood, Sehar ^a  

^a CLARK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BRIDGEWATER STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Methodology; Online surveys; Phone surveys; Sensitive topics; Survey research

Indexed keywords

METHODOLOGY; ONLINE SURVEYS; PHONE SURVEYS; SENSITIVE TOPICS; SURVEY RESEARCH;

INTERNET; RESEARCH; TELEPHONE; TELEPHONE SETS;

SURVEYS;

EID: 77956191870     PISSN: 07475632     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chb.2010.04.006     Document Type: Article

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