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The Effect of the Question on Survey Responses: A Review
dc.contributor.authorKalton, Graham
dc.contributor.authorSchuman, Howard
dc.date.accessioned2019-01-15T20:25:43Z
dc.date.available2019-01-15T20:25:43Z
dc.date.issued1982-01
dc.identifier.citationKalton, Graham; Schuman, Howard (1982). "The Effect of the Question on Survey Responses: A Review." Journal of the Royal Statistical Society: Series A (General) 145(1): 42-57.
dc.identifier.issn0035-9238
dc.identifier.issn2397-2327
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/2027.42/146916
dc.publisherBusiness Publications
dc.publisherWiley Periodicals, Inc.
dc.subject.otherquestion context effect
dc.subject.otherfactual questions
dc.subject.otheropinion questions
dc.subject.othermemory errors
dc.subject.othersocial desirability bias
dc.subject.otherquestion wording
dc.subject.otherquestion form
dc.titleThe Effect of the Question on Survey Responses: A Review
dc.typeArticleen_US
dc.rights.robotsIndexNoFollow
dc.subject.hlbsecondlevelStatistics (Mathematical)
dc.subject.hlbtoplevelScience
dc.description.peerreviewedPeer Reviewed
dc.description.bitstreamurlhttps://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/146916/1/rssa04317.pdf
dc.identifier.doi10.2307/2981421
dc.identifier.sourceJournal of the Royal Statistical Society: Series A (General)
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