Cognitive interviewing and factor-analytic techniques: A mixed method approach to validity of survey items measuring national identity

Quality and Quantity

Volumn 45, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1175-1199

  Latcheva, Rossalina ^a  

^a INSTITUTE FOR ADVANCED STUDIES   (Austria)

Author keywords

Cognitive interviewing; Exploratory and confirmatory analysis; ISSP; Multi method approach; National identity; Validity

Indexed keywords

EID: 79960457585     PISSN: 00335177     EISSN: 15737845     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11135-009-9285-0     Document Type: Article

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