Approaching quality in survey research: Towards a comprehensive perspective

Sociologicky Casopis

Volumn 46, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1011-1033

  Krejčí, Jindřich ^a  

^a Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Quality standards; Survey accuracy; Survey research methods; Total survey error

Indexed keywords

EID: 82455247671     PISSN: 00380288     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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