Nonresponse in the recruitment of an internet panel based on probability sampling

Survey Research Methods

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 59-72

  Hoogendoorn, Adriaan W ^a   Daalmans, Jacco ^b  

^a GGZ ingest ^*  (Netherlands)

^b STATISTICS NETHERLANDS   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Internet Panel Surveys; Nonresponse Error; Pre recruited panels; Recruitment process

Indexed keywords

EID: 78651105190     PISSN: None     EISSN: 18643361     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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