EFFECTS OF QUESTIONNAIRE LENGTH, RESPONDENT-FRIENDLY DESIGN, AND A DIFFICULT QUESTION ON RESPONSE RATES FOR OCCUPANT-ADDRESSED CENSUS MAIL SURVEYS

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Title EFFECTS OF QUESTIONNAIRE LENGTH, RESPONDENT-FRIENDLY DESIGN, AND A DIFFICULT QUESTION ON RESPONSE RATES FOR OCCUPANT-ADDRESSED CENSUS MAIL SURVEYS

Author(s) DON A. DILLMANprofessor and director, MICHAEL D. SINCLAIRmathematical statistician, JON R. CLARKchief of the Census Data Quality Branch, The Social Economic Sciences Research Center, Washington State University, and senior survey methodologist at the U.S. Bureau of the CensusNational Analysts, formerly a mathematical statistician of the Census Data Quality Branch, Decennial Statistical Studies Division, U.S. Bureau of the CensusDecennial Statistical Studies Division, U.S. Bureau of the Census

Identifiers Public Opinion Quarterly, volume 57, page 289

Copyright © 1993, the American Association for Public Opinion Research

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Title	EFFECTS OF QUESTIONNAIRE LENGTH, RESPONDENT-FRIENDLY DESIGN, AND A DIFFICULT QUESTION ON RESPONSE RATES FOR OCCUPANT-ADDRESSED CENSUS MAIL SURVEYS
Author(s)	DON A. DILLMANprofessor and director, MICHAEL D. SINCLAIRmathematical statistician, JON R. CLARKchief of the Census Data Quality Branch, The Social Economic Sciences Research Center, Washington State University, and senior survey methodologist at the U.S. Bureau of the CensusNational Analysts, formerly a mathematical statistician of the Census Data Quality Branch, Decennial Statistical Studies Division, U.S. Bureau of the CensusDecennial Statistical Studies Division, U.S. Bureau of the Census
Identifiers	Public Opinion Quarterly, volume 57, page 289
Copyright	© 1993, the American Association for Public Opinion Research
Availability	Other sites: JSTOR [No subscription required for AAPOR members] *

				J. B. VanGeest, T. P. Johnson, and V. L. Welch Methodologies for Improving Response Rates in Surveys of Physicians: A Systematic Review Eval Health Prof, December 1, 2007; 30(4): 303 - 321. [Abstract] [PDF]

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