Mobile web survey design: Scrolling versus paging, sms versus e-mail invitations

Journal of Survey Statistics and Methodology

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 498-518

  Mavletova, Aigul ^a   Couper, Mick P ^b  

^a NATIONAL RESEARCH UNIVERSITY HIGHER SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (Russian Federation)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Invitation mode; Mobile web surveys; Nonresponse; Participation rates; Survey design

Indexed keywords

EID: 85013846692     PISSN: 23250984     EISSN: 23250992     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jssam/smu015     Document Type: Article

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