A recipe for effective participation rates for web-based surveys

Assessment and Evaluation in Higher Education

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 357-365

  Bennett, Lorraine ^a   Nair, Chenicheri Sid ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Participation; Recipe; Response rates; Student; Web based surveys

Indexed keywords

EID: 79955559067     PISSN: 02602938     EISSN: 1469297X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02602930802687752     Document Type: Article

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