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Designing and conducting health surveys : a comprehensive guide
- Author / Creator
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Details
- Creator
- Lu Ann Aday, Llewellyn J. Cornelius ; foreword by Steven B. Cohen
- Format
- Books
- Language
- English
- Contributors
- Publication
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- Third edition
- San Francisco : Jossey-Bass, [2006]
- ©2006
- Physical Details
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- xxii, 518 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
- ISBNs
- 0787975605, 9780787975609
- OCLC
- ocm62714593
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 451-494) and indexes.
- Thinking about topics for health surveys -- Matching the survey design to survey objectives -- Defining and clarifying the survey variables -- Thinking through the relationships between variables -- 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 -- Planning and implementing the analysis of the data -- Writing the research report
Subjects
- Health surveys.
- Health surveys -- Statistical methods.
- Health Surveys.
Medical Subject Heading
- Research Design.
Medical Subject Heading
- Data Collection -- methods.
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