How Telephone Interviewers' Responsiveness Impacts Their Success

Field Methods

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 66-81

  Broome, Jessica ^a  

^a Jessica Broome Research   (United States)

Author keywords

interviewers; introduction; nonresponse; telephone

Indexed keywords

EID: 84922144525     PISSN: 1525822X     EISSN: 15523969     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1525822X14531477     Document Type: Article

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