Considering Mixed Mode Surveys for Questions in Political Behavior: Using the Internet and Mail to Get Quality Data at Reasonable Costs

Political Behavior

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 161-178

  Atkeson, Lonna Rae ^a   Adams, Alex N ^a   Bryant, Lisa A ^a   Zilberman, Luciana ^a   Saunders, Kyle L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

^b Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

Internet survey; Mail survey; Mixed mode survey; Political behavior; Probability sample; Public opinion; Survey research

Indexed keywords

EID: 79952455078     PISSN: 01909320     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11109-010-9121-1     Document Type: Article

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