Data collection mode effect on feeling thermometer questions: A comparison of face-to-face and Web surveys

Computers in Human Behavior

Volumn 48, Issue , 2015, Pages 212-218

  Liu, Mingnan ^a   Wang, Yichen ^b  

^a Survey Monkey   (United States)

^b NERA ECONOMIC CONSULTING   (United States)

Author keywords

Data collection mode effect; Fact to face interview; Feeling thermometer; Web survey

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; DATA ACQUISITION; SOCIAL NETWORKING (ONLINE); THERMOMETERS;

DATA COLLECTION; FACT-TO-FACE INTERVIEW; FUTURE RESEARCH DIRECTIONS; NATIONAL ELECTIONS; POLITICAL SCIENCE; POPULATION SURVEY; QUESTION TYPE; WEB SURVEYS;

SURVEYS;

EID: 84923261496     PISSN: 07475632     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chb.2015.01.057     Document Type: Article

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