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Mail and Telephone Surveys: The Total Design Method.
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Develops a theoretically based system guided by principles of social exchange and administration that ensure high quality surveys at low cost. Presents step-by-step procedures and shows why each step is important. Contains many examples and, where appropriate, contrasts acceptable and unacceptable procedures.
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- Babbie, E., & Dillman, D. A.
- Venue
- Contemporary Sociology
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- SAGE Publications
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- 1982-09
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- 561
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