Asking sensitive questions using the crosswise model: An experimental survey measuring plagiarism

Public Opinion Quarterly

Volumn 76, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 32-49

  Jann, Ben ^a   Jerke, Julia ^b   Krumpal, Ivar ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

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EID: 84858255771     PISSN: 0033362X     EISSN: 15375331     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/poq/nfr036     Document Type: Article

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