Comparability and usability: Key issues in the design of internet forms for New Zealand’s 2006 census of populations and dwellings

Survey Research Methods

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 1-10

  Potaka, Lyn ^a  

^a Statistics New Zealand   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Census; Internet survey; Mode effects; On line forms; Questionnaire design; Usability

Indexed keywords

EID: 84914173755     PISSN: None     EISSN: 18643361     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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