Sample size for cognitive interview pretesting

Public Opinion Quarterly

Volumn 75, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 636-658

  Blair, Johnny ^a   Conrad, Frederick G ^b  

^a ABT ASSOCIATES   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

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EID: 80755155705     PISSN: 0033362X     EISSN: 15375331     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/poq/nfr035     Document Type: Review

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