Consequences of analysing complex survey data using inappropriate analysis and software computing packages

Public Health

Volumn 111, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 259-262

  Wang, S T ^a   Yu, M L ^a   Lin, L Y ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Clustering; Complex survey data; Stratification

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; DATA ANALYSIS; METHODOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0030861409     PISSN: 00333506     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0033-3506(97)00045-0     Document Type: Article

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