More positive or more extreme? A meta-analysis of mode differences in response choice

Public Opinion Quarterly

Volumn 75, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 349-365

  Ye, Cong ^a   Fulton, Jenna ^a   Tourangeau, Roger ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

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EID: 79958286763     PISSN: 0033362X     EISSN: 15375331     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/poq/nfr009     Document Type: Article

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