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A Sample Survey with Both a Postal and an Interview Stage
Author(s) -
Gray Percy G.
Publication year - 1957
Publication title -
journal of the royal statistical society: series c (applied statistics)
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.205
H-Index - 72
eISSN - 1467-9876
pISSN - 0035-9254
DOI - 10.2307/2985510
Subject(s) - sample (material) , stage (stratigraphy) , psychology , chemistry , chromatography , geology , paleontology
In this article Mr Gray shows how a sample survey dealing with the general public was carried out to a large extent by means of a postal inquiry, with satisfactory results. He suggests that the postal approach is well worth consideration for certain types of survey problem.