The effect of lottery scratch tickets and donation offers on response fraction: A study and meta-analysis

Field Methods

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 112-132

  Boyle, Terry ^a   Heyworth, Jane ^b   Landrigan, Jenny ^b   Mina, Robin ^b   Fritschi, Lin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Epidemiologic methods; Incentives; Questionnaires; Response rate

Indexed keywords

EID: 84857715685     PISSN: 1525822X     EISSN: 15523969     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1525822X11424549     Document Type: Article

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