Interviewers’ voices and refusal rates in telephone surveys

Public Opinion Quarterly

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 1986, Pages 97-111

  Oksenberg, Lois ^a   Coleman, Lerita ^b   Cannell, Charles F ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b Survey Research Center   (United States)

^c Research Center for Group Dynamics ^*  (United States)

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EID: 84963044556     PISSN: 0033362X     EISSN: 15375331     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/268962     Document Type: Article

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