The effects of interviewers on the collection of reasons for refusals in face-to-face surveys

Methodology

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 52-60

  Menold, Natalja ^a   Zuell, Cornelia ^a  

^a GESIS LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR THE SOCIAL SCIENCES   (Germany)

Author keywords

Data collection; Interviewer variance; Paradata; Quality

Indexed keywords

EID: 84975789748     PISSN: 16141881     EISSN: 16142241     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1027/1614-2241/a000108     Document Type: Article

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