Online mixted sampling: An application in hidden populations;Muestreo mixto online: Una aplicación en poblaciones ocultas

Intangible Capital

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 123-149

  Baltar, Fabiola ^a   Gorjup, María Tatiana ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE MAR DEL PLATA   (Argentina)

^b UNIVERSITAT ROVIRA I VIRGILI   (Spain)

Author keywords

Hidden populations; Mixed methods; Virtual sampling

Indexed keywords

EID: 84866752821     PISSN: 16979818     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3926/ic.294     Document Type: Article

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