Surveying the general public over the internet using address-based sampling and mail contact procedures

Public Opinion Quarterly

Volumn 75, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 429-457

  Messer, Benjamin L ^a   Dillman, Don A ^a  

^a WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 80053558857     PISSN: 0033362X     EISSN: 15375331     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/poq/nfr021     Document Type: Article

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