SAMPLING ERRORS INVOLVED IN INCOMPLETE RETURNS TO MAIL QUESTIONNAIRES.
The article presents a study concerning the sampling errors involved in the incomplete returns of mail questionnaires in the U.S. The author focuses on a survey about the employment status of the 327 technology and chemistry majors who graduated from the College of the City of New York in 1936. Ques...
| Publicado en: | Journal of Applied Psychology Vol. 25; no. 5; pp. 588 - 592 |
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