A Note on Mechanisms Leading to Lower Data Quality of Late or Reluctant Respondents

Sociological Methods and Research

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 452-464

  Kreuter, Frauke ^a,b   Müller, Gerrit ^b   Trappmann, Mark ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b INSTITUTE FOR EMPLOYMENT RESEARCH IAB   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BAMBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

fieldwork; measurement error; nonresponse; recall error

Indexed keywords

EID: 84906050392     PISSN: 00491241     EISSN: 15528294     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0049124113508094     Document Type: Article

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