Mobile Web Surveys: A Preliminary Discussion of Methodological Implications

Envisioning the Survey Interview of the Future

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 77-94

  Fuchs, Marek ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KASSEL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Large scale opt in panels; Mobile only population; Self administered and interviewer administered surveys

Indexed keywords

EID: 84955117264     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9780470183373.ch4     Document Type: Chapter

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