Identifying predictors of survey mode preference

Social Science Research

Volumn 48, Issue , 2014, Pages 135-144

  Smyth, Jolene D ^a   Olson, Kristen ^a   Millar, Morgan M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^b WESTMINSTER COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Mail survey; Mixed mode; Mode preference; Telephone survey; Web survey

Indexed keywords

ATTITUDE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERNET; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTAL MAIL; PROCEDURES; QUESTIONNAIRE; RECOGNITION; TELEPHONE;

ATTITUDE; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNET; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTAL SERVICE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); TELEPHONE;

EID: 84904263440     PISSN: 0049089X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ssresearch.2014.06.002     Document Type: Article

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