Effects of interviewer experience on components of nonresponse in the European Social Survey

Field Methods

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 156-172

  Lipps, Oliver ^a   Pollien, Alexandre ^a  

^a Swiss Foundation for Research in Social Sciences (FORS)   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

call data; ESS; interviewer effects; interviewer experience; nonresponse components

Indexed keywords

EID: 79953738486     PISSN: 1525822X     EISSN: 15523969     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1525822X10387770     Document Type: Article

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