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Before contact was established (especially with an indigenous people)..
the precontact period
Precontacts may be less effective with homogeneous groups than with samples involving the general population.
Reviewing 12 studies of precontacting or advance notice to respondents, Linsky (1975) concluded that all precontacts by letter, postcard, telephone, or earlier personal contact increased response rates, with the telephone precontact being the most effective.
Use precontact when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Precontact means Before contact was established (especially with an indigenous people)..
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the precontact period
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