Survey Research in Public Administration: Assessing Mainstream Journals with a Total Survey Error Framework.
Survey research is a common tool for assessing public opinions, perceptions, attitudes, and behaviors for analyses in many social science disciplines. Yet there is little knowledge regarding how specific elements of survey research methodology are applied in practice in public administration. This a...
| Publicado en: | Public Administration Review Vol. 72; no. 1; pp. 87 - 98 |
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Wiley-Blackwell
Jan/Feb2012
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