Answering behavior to questionnaires

Methods to Assess Measurement Error in Questionnaires of Sedentary Behavior.

Sedentary behavior has already been associated with mortality, cardiovascular disease, and cancer. Questionnaires are an affordable tool for measuring sedentary behavior in large epidemiological studies. Here, we introduce and evaluate two statistical methods for quantifying measurement error in questionnaires. Accurate estimates are needed for assessing questionnaire quality. The two methods w...

A Comparison of Two Behavior Coding Systems for Pretesting Questionnaires

Introduction Coding of interviewer and respondent behavior is well established as a tool for evaluating survey questionnaires (as noted by Schaeffer, 1991, e.g.), particularly during pretests. Perhaps the most widely used behavior coding system for questionnaire evaluation was developed at the University of Michigan. As described in Oksenberg et al (1991), coders listen to interviews and assign...

Who responds to postal questionnaires?

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Using online questionnaires to conduct nursing research.

This article explores the concept of using online questionnaires to carry out nursing research. It discusses options for nurses who do not have advanced technical IT skills for electronic distribution of survey questionnaires. The general principles of web distribution are explained, and some approaches are evaluated in terms of current access to technology and its ease of use. The article also...