Measuring political knowledge in telephone and web surveys: A cross-national comparison

Social Science Computer Review

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 175-192

  Strabac, Zan ^a   Aalberg, Toril ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

Author keywords

Norway; political knowledge; telephone surveys; USA; web surveys

Indexed keywords

EID: 79955153372     PISSN: 08944393     EISSN: 15528286     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0894439310371340     Document Type: Article

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