Facebook, Twitter, & Qr codes: An exploratory trial examining the feasibility of social media mechanisms for sample recruitment

Computers in Human Behavior

Volumn 60, Issue , 2016, Pages 86-96

  Gu, Lucy L ^a   Skierkowski, Dorothy ^a   Florin, Paul ^a   Friend, Karen ^b   Yi, Yinjiao ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND   (United States)

^b Pacific Institute for Research and Evaluation   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescent sampling; Cost effectiveness; Facebook; QR code; Research recruitment; Social media; Twitter

Indexed keywords

CODES (SYMBOLS); COST EFFECTIVENESS; COSTS;

CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORKS; EXPLORATORY STUDIES; FACEBOOK; HEALTH RESEARCH; HIGH SCHOOL; QR CODES; SOCIAL MEDIA; TWITTER;

SOCIAL NETWORKING (ONLINE);

ADOLESCENT; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; CONSENSUS; EXPLORATORY RESEARCH; FEASIBILITY STUDY; HIGH SCHOOL; HUMAN; MEDICAL RESEARCH; SAMPLING; SOCIAL MEDIA; THEORETICAL MODEL;

EID: 85032070055     PISSN: 07475632     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chb.2016.02.006     Document Type: Article

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