Quantitative conversations: the importance of developing rapport in standardised interviewing

Quality and Quantity

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 193-212

  Bell, Karen ^a   Fahmy, Eldin ^a   Gordon, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Behaviour coding; Conversational interviewing; Paradata; Rapport; Standardised interviewing; Surveys

Indexed keywords

EID: 84953839483     PISSN: 00335177     EISSN: 15737845     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11135-014-0144-2     Document Type: Article

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