Assessing response bias in a web survey at a university faculty

Evaluation and Research in Education

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 5-15

  Menachemi, Nir ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

Author keywords

Faculty survey; Non response methods; Response bias; Web based survey

Indexed keywords

EID: 79551511157     PISSN: 09500790     EISSN: 17477514     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09500790.2010.526205     Document Type: Article

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