Improving the use of self-generated identification codes

Evaluation Review

Volumn 34, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 391-418

  Schnell, Rainer ^a   Bachteler, Tobias ^a   Reiher, Jörg ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUISBURG ESSEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

panel survey; self generated identification codes; sensitive topics

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER PROGRAM; EVALUATION; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; METHODOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; STANDARD; THEORETICAL MODEL;

DATA COLLECTION; EVALUATION STUDIES AS TOPIC; HUMANS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOFTWARE;

EID: 78549241616     PISSN: 0193841X     EISSN: 15523926     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0193841X10387576     Document Type: Article

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