Methodological issues in survey research : A historical review

Bulletin de Méthodologie Sociologique

Volumn 64, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 25-48

  de Heer, Wim ^a   de Leeuw, Edith D ^b   Van Der Zouwen, Johannes ^c  

^a STATISTICS NETHERLANDS   (Netherlands)

^b MethodikA   (Netherlands)

^c Vrije Universiteit (2)   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

CBM; Data Quality; Nonresponse; Respondent Burden; Scientific Survey,New Technologies; Social Survey; Survey Methods and Statistics; TQM

Indexed keywords

EID: 84992885773     PISSN: 07591063     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/075910639906400104     Document Type: Review

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