Essential elements of questionnaire design and development

Journal of Clinical Nursing

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 234-243

  Rattray, Janice ^a   Jones, Martyn C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Nurses; Nursing; Psychometric evaluation; Questionnaire design; Scale construction

Indexed keywords

DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; NURSING RESEARCH; OBSERVER VARIATION; PILOT STUDY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PSYCHOMETRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; REPRODUCIBILITY; REVIEW; SEMANTICS; STANDARD;

DATA COLLECTION; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; GUIDELINES; HUMANS; NURSING RESEARCH; OBSERVER VARIATION; PILOT PROJECTS; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RESEARCH DESIGN; SEMANTICS;

EID: 33846123640     PISSN: 09621067     EISSN: 13652702     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2702.2006.01573.x     Document Type: Review

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