Effects of Questionnaire Length, Respondent-Friendly Design, and a Difficult Question on Response Rates for Occupant-Addressed Census Mail Surveys
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 7363596 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Don A Dillman, Michael Sinclair (0000-0002-8666-2528), Michael D Sinclair, Jon R Clark |
| Year | 1993 |
| Volume | 57 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 289-289 |
| Publication date | 1993-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Public Opinion Quarterly (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0033-362X • E-ISSN: 1537-5331 |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press (OUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1086/269376 |
| OpenAlex | W2157239324 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 44 |
| References cited | 3 |
Journal Article EFFECTS OF QUESTIONNAIRE LENGTH, RESPONDENT-FRIENDLY DESIGN, AND A DIFFICULT QUESTION ON RESPONSE RATES FOR OCCUPANT-ADDRESSED CENSUS MAIL SURVEYS Get access DON A. DILLMAN, DON A. DILLMAN professor and director The Social Economic Sciences Research Center, Washington State University, and senior survey methodologist at the U.S. Bureau of the Census Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar MICHAEL D. SINCLAIR, MICHAEL D. SINCLAIR mathematical statistician National Analysts, formerly a mathematical statistician of the Census Data Quality Branch, Decennial Statistical Studies Division, U.S. Bureau of the Census Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar JON R. CLARK JON R. CLARK chief of the Census Data Quality Branch Decennial Statistical Studies Division, U.S. Bureau of the Census Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Public Opinion Quarterly, Volume 57, Issue 3, Fall 1993, Pages 289–304, https://doi.org/10.1086/269376 Published: 01 January 1993
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