Breakoff and unit nonresponse across web surveys

Journal of Official Statistics

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 33-47

  Peytchev, Andy ^a  

^a RTI INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Breakoff; Nonresponse consistency; Response behavior; Unit nonresponse

Indexed keywords

EID: 79953154913     PISSN: 0282423X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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