Web and Mail Surveys: An Experimental Comparison of Methods for Nonprofit Research

Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly

Volumn 41, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1014-1028

  Lin, Weiwei ^a   van Ryzin, Gregg G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS DARTMOUTH   (United States)

^b RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

data quality; experimental comparison; mail and web surveys; response rate

Indexed keywords

EID: 84869406321     PISSN: 08997640     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0899764011423840     Document Type: Article

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