Handle with care: The impact of using java applets in web-based studies on dropout and sample composition

Cyberpsychology, Behavior, and Social Networking

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 327-330

  Stieger, Stefan ^a   Göritz, Anja S ^b   Voracek, Martin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERNET; MALE; METHODOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNET; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESEARCH DESIGN; SEX FACTORS; SOFTWARE;

EID: 79959628361     PISSN: 21522715     EISSN: 21522723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/cyber.2010.0052     Document Type: Article

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