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A quick guide to survey research

Questionnaires are a very useful survey tool that allow large populations to be assessed with relative ease. Despite a widespread perception that surveys are easy to conduct, in order to yield meaningful results, a survey needs extensive planning, time and effort. In this article, we aim to cover th...

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Autores principales: Jones, TL, Baxter, MAJ, Khanduja, V
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Royal College of Surgeons 2013
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3964639/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23317709
http://dx.doi.org/10.1308/003588413X13511609956372
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description Questionnaires are a very useful survey tool that allow large populations to be assessed with relative ease. Despite a widespread perception that surveys are easy to conduct, in order to yield meaningful results, a survey needs extensive planning, time and effort. In this article, we aim to cover the main aspects of designing, implementing and analysing a survey as well as focusing on techniques that would improve response rates.
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spelling pubmed-39646392014-07-17 A quick guide to survey research Jones, TL Baxter, MAJ Khanduja, V Ann R Coll Surg Engl Review Questionnaires are a very useful survey tool that allow large populations to be assessed with relative ease. Despite a widespread perception that surveys are easy to conduct, in order to yield meaningful results, a survey needs extensive planning, time and effort. In this article, we aim to cover the main aspects of designing, implementing and analysing a survey as well as focusing on techniques that would improve response rates. Royal College of Surgeons 2013-01 2013-01 /pmc/articles/PMC3964639/ /pubmed/23317709 http://dx.doi.org/10.1308/003588413X13511609956372 Text en Copyright © 2013 Royal College of Surgeons http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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