How to⋯ write and analyse a questionnaire

Journal of Orthodontics

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 245-252

  Williams, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Questionnaire; Response rates; Study design

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; QUESTIONNAIRE; DENTAL RESEARCH; MEDICAL RECORD; METHODOLOGY; PILOT STUDY; REPRODUCIBILITY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; DENTAL RESEARCH; FORMS AND RECORDS CONTROL; HUMANS; PILOT PROJECTS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RESEARCH DESIGN;

EID: 0642308600     PISSN: 14653125     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ortho/30.3.245     Document Type: Review

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