Inconsistent Respondents and Sensitive Questions

Field Methods

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 283-298

  Castro, Rubén ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DIEGO PORTALES   (Chile)

Author keywords

couples' inconsistencies; data quality; survey research

Indexed keywords

EID: 84880423196     PISSN: 1525822X     EISSN: 15523969     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1525822X12466988     Document Type: Article

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