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| Material Type: | Internet resource |
|---|---|
| Document Type: | Book, Internet Resource |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Lu Ann Aday |
| ISBN: | 1555421733 9781555421731 |
| OCLC Number: | 19921222 |
| Description: | xxi, 398 p. : ill. ; 27 cm. |
| Contents: | Thinking about topics for health surveys: a framework for decision making -- Matching the survey design to survey objectives -- Defining and clarifying the survey variables -- Planning the analysis of the survey data -- Choosing the methods of data collection -- Deciding who will be in the sample -- Deciding how many will be in the sample -- General principles for formulating questions -- Formulating questions about health -- Formulating questions about demographics and behavior -- Formulating questions about knowledge and attitudes -- Guidelines for formatting the questionnaire -- Monitoring and carrying out the survey -- Preparing the data for analysis -- Implementing the analysis of the survey data -- Writing the research report -- Resource A: Personal interview survey: National Center for health statistics health interview survey--health promotion and disease prevention surveys, 1985 -- Resource B: Telephone interview survey: Chicago area general population survey on AIDS -- Resource C: Mail questionnaire survey: Washington state study of dentists' preferences in prescribing dental therapy -- Resource D: Selected sources on health surveys -- Resource E: Selected examples of health surveys. |
| Series Title: | A Joint publication in the Jossey-Bass health series and the Jossey-Bass social and behavioral science series |
| Responsibility: | Lu Ann Aday. |
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