Statistical foundations of cell-phone surveys

Survey Methodology

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 203-215

  Wolter, Kirk M ^b   Smith, Phil ^a   Blumberg, Stephen J ^c  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR IMMUNIZATION AND RESPIRATORY DISEASES   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^c NATIONAL CENTER FOR HEALTH STATISTICS   (United States)

Author keywords

Cell phone study; Dual frame survey; Indirect sampling; Linking rules; National Immunization Survey; Network sampling; Random digit dialing; Weighting of survey data

Indexed keywords

EID: 78651411277     PISSN: 07140045     EISSN: 14920921     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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