Increasing response rates and the consequences in the dutch parliamentary election study 2006

Field Methods

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 391-412

  Schmeets, Hans ^a  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

bias; election study; fieldwork strategy; nonresponse bias; voter turnout

Indexed keywords

EID: 78049454300     PISSN: 1525822X     EISSN: 15523969     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1525822X10381031     Document Type: Article

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