Cognitive Issues in Questionnaire Design: Bibliography
Survey Research Laboratory, University of Illinois at Chicago
 
November 1999


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Schwarz, N., & Sudman, S. (1992). Context effects in social and psychological research. New York: Springer-Verlag.

Schwarz, N., & Sudman, S. (1994). Autobiographical memory and the validity of retrospective reports. New York: Springer-Verlag.

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