Assessing the effectiveness of the tailored design method for increasing response rates of mail surveys in Japan

Sociological Theory and Methods

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 267-274

  Sakurai, Ryo ^a   Jacobson, Susan K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

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EID: 79952076512     PISSN: 09131442     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
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