Up means good: The effect of screen position on evaluative ratings in web surveys

Public Opinion Quarterly

Volumn 77, Issue S1, 2013, Pages 69-88

  Tourangeau, Roger ^a   Couper, Mick P ^b   Conrad, Frederick G ^b  

^a WESTAT   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

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EID: 84875595698     PISSN: 0033362X     EISSN: 15375331     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/poq/nfs063     Document Type: Review

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