Needs assessment in hidden populations using respondent-driven sampling

Evaluation Journal of Australasia

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 3-11

  Coryn, Chris Ls ^a   Gugiu, P Cristian ^a   Davidson, E Jane ^b   Schröter, Daniela C ^a  

^a WESTERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Davidson Consulting Limited   (Belgium)

Author keywords

evaluative criteria; hidden populations; needs assessment; sampling

Indexed keywords

EID: 79959327000     PISSN: 1035719X     EISSN: 25159372     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1035719X0700700202     Document Type: Article

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