This article is a report of research that examined violent crime in North Carolina by simultaneously administering telephone and mail surveys to North Carolina residents. The purpose of the research was to determine whether the method of data collection, that is, telephone interviewing versus mail surveys, has any impact on the data collected. The results of the research indicate no difference between the methods.
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