Interviewing the surveyors: Factors which contribute to questionnaire falsification (curbstoning) among Jamaican field surveyors

International Journal of Social Research Methodology

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 155-164

  Waller, Lloyd George ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES   (Jamaica)

Author keywords

curbstoning; Grounded Theory; interviews; Jamaica; research; survey; validity

Indexed keywords

EID: 84874502517     PISSN: 13645579     EISSN: 14645300     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13645579.2012.687560     Document Type: Article

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