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Pretesting survey instruments: An overview of cognitive methods
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- Authors
- Collins, D.
- Venue
- Quality of Life Research
- Published
- 2003-05
- Volume
- 12
- Issue
- 3
- Pages
- 229-238
- ISSN
- 0962-9343 (ISSN-L)
- 1573-2649
- OpenAlex
- W2117891525
- Cited by
- 1,506
- References
- 36
- FWCI
- 28.27
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
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