An example of maximizing survey return rates. Methodological issues for health professionals.
Obtaining a high response rate in survey research can bolster statistical power, reduce sampling error, and enhance the generalizability of the results to the population surveyed. We describe a mail survey designed to achieve a high return rate of completed questionnaires from members of the America...
| Publicado en: | Evaluation & the Health Professions Vol. 25; no. 2; pp. 152 - 169 |
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| Formato: | research Journal Article |
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Sage Publications Inc.
Jun2002
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