The Speech IVR as a Survey Interviewing Methodology

Envisioning the Survey Interview of the Future

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 119-136

  Bloom, Jonathan ^a  

^a SpeechCycle Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Computer assisted telephone interviews (CATIs); Context sensitive help prompt; Current Employment Statistics (CES) program

Indexed keywords

EID: 84955094461     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9780470183373.ch6     Document Type: Chapter

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