BMI of interviewer effects

International Journal of Public Opinion Research

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 530-543

  Eisinga, Rob ^a   Te Grotenhuis, Manfred ^a   Larsen, Junilla K ^b   Pelzer, Ben ^a   Van Strien, Tatjana ^b,c  

^a Department of Sociology ^*

^b Behavioural Science Institute   (Netherlands)

^c RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

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EID: 82955201604     PISSN: 09542892     EISSN: 14716909     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ijpor/edr026     Document Type: Conference Paper

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