Best practice in online survey research with sensitive topics

Advancing Research Methods with New Technologies

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 157-168

  Kays, Kristina M ^a   Keith, Tashina L ^a   Broughal, Michael T ^a  

^a GEORGE FOX UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84898230296     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-4666-3918-8.ch009     Document Type: Chapter

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