Understanding and controlling response bias in needs assessment studies

Evaluation Review

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 399-417

  Calsyn, Robert J ^a   Winter, Joel P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI ST LOUIS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; AWARENESS; CAUCASIAN; EDUCATION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; REPRODUCIBILITY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL DESIRABILITY; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AWARENESS; BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MISSOURI; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEX FACTORS; SOCIAL DESIRABILITY;

EID: 0033173764     PISSN: 0193841X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0193841X9902300403     Document Type: Article

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