Conducting internet research with the transgender population: Reaching broad samples and collecting valid data

Social Science Computer Review

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 202-211

  Miner, Michael H ^a   Bockting, Walter O ^a   Romine, Rebecca Swinburne ^a   Raman, Sivakumaran ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Internet research; interviews; survey; transgender; validity

Indexed keywords

EID: 84860200236     PISSN: 08944393     EISSN: 15528286     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0894439311404795     Document Type: Article

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