The Effectiveness of Survey Recruitment Methods in Second Life

Social Science Computer Review

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 324-338

  Dean, Elizabeth ^a   Cook, Sarah ^a   Murphy, Joe ^a   Keating, Michael ^a  

^a RTI INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Second Life; survey methodology; survey recruitment; virtual worlds

Indexed keywords

EID: 84863443914     PISSN: 08944393     EISSN: 15528286     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0894439311410024     Document Type: Article

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