Doorstep Interactions and Interviewer Effects on the Process Leading to Cooperation or Refusal

Sociological Methods and Research

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 490-518

  Durrant, Gabriele B ^a   D'Arrigo, Julia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

call record data; interviewer effects; multilevel modeling; paradata; tailoring

Indexed keywords

EID: 84906048333     PISSN: 00491241     EISSN: 15528294     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0049124114521148     Document Type: Article

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