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Non-experimental research on the effects of the wording of questions in survey interviews

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Molenaar, N.J. Non-experimental research on the effects of the wording of questions in survey interviews. Qual Quant 16, 69–90 (1982). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00166878

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