Thinking About Answers: The Application of Cognitive Processes to Survey Methodology

Originally published in Contemporary Psychology: APA Review of Books, 1997, Vol 42(7), 652-652. For students and practitioners of survey research, Thinking About Answers: The Application of Cognitive Processes to Survey Methodology (see record 1995-98746-000) provides a broad theoretical discussion

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