Calling for participation: Requests, blocking moves, and rational (inter)action in survey introductions

American Sociological Review

Volumn 75, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 791-814

  Maynard, Douglas W ^a   Freese, Jeremy ^b   Schaeffer, Nora Cate ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

conversation analysis; leverage saliency theory; rational choice; requesting participation; survey non response

Indexed keywords

CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; DISCRETE CHOICE ANALYSIS; PARTICIPATORY APPROACH; QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEY; RESEARCH WORK;

EID: 78149237431     PISSN: 00031224     EISSN: 19398271     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0003122410379582     Document Type: Article

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