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An Analysis of Interviewer Travel and Field Outcomes in Two Field Surveys

By: James Wagner and  Kristen Olson  
Open Access
|Mar 2018

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Language: English
Page range: 211 - 237
Submitted on: Feb 1, 2014
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Accepted on: Nov 1, 2017
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Published on: Mar 1, 2018
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