A study of two-phase mail survey data collection methods

Journal of Survey Statistics and Methodology

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 66-87

  Montaquila, Jill M ^a   Brick, J Michael ^a   Williams, Douglas ^a   Kim, Kwang ^a   Han, Daifeng ^a  

^a WESTAT   (United States)

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EID: 85013788126     PISSN: 23250984     EISSN: 23250992     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jssam/smt004     Document Type: Article

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