An examination of the WHOQOL-BREF using four popular data collection methods

Computers in Human Behavior

Volumn 55, Issue , 2016, Pages 446-454

  Shawver, Zared ^a   Griffith, James D ^a   Adams, Lea T ^a   Evans, James V ^b   Benchoff, Brian ^a   Sargent, Rikki ^a  

^a SHIPPENSBURG UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BINGHAMTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Craigslist; Mechanical Turk; Online data collection; Psychometrics; WHOQOL BREF

Indexed keywords

INTERNET; STUDENTS; SURVEYS;

CRAIGSLIST; MECHANICAL TURKS; ONLINE DATA COLLECTION; PSYCHOMETRICS; WHOQOL-BREF;

DATA ACQUISITION;

EID: 84943789896     PISSN: 07475632     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chb.2015.09.030     Document Type: Article

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