Seeing through the eyes of the respondent: An eye-tracking study on survey question comprehension

International Journal of Public Opinion Research

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 361-373

  Lenzner, Timo ^a   Kaczmirek, Lars ^b   Galesic, Mirta ^a  

^a GESIS LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR THE SOCIAL SCIENCES   (Germany)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR HUMAN DEVELOPMENT   (Germany)

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EID: 80052196801     PISSN: 09542892     EISSN: 14716909     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ijpor/edq053     Document Type: Article

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