The effects of differential interviewer incentives on a field data collection effort

Field Methods

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 24-36

  Rosen, Jeffrey ^a   Murphy, Joe ^a   Peytchev, Andy ^a   Riley, Sarah ^b   Lindblad, Mark ^b  

^a RTI INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

incentives; interviewer motivation; survey nonresponse

Indexed keywords

EID: 78650681393     PISSN: 1525822X     EISSN: 15523969     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1525822X10383390     Document Type: Article

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