Using semantic differentials in fieldwork

Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 116-119

  Shields, Linda ^a,b,c,d,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HULL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^c NORTHUMBRIA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d ÖREBRO UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^e QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cross cultural; Field work; Research methods

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; FIELD WORK; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RELIABILITY; SEMANTIC DIFFERENTIAL METHOD; VALIDITY;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CHILD; CHILD, HOSPITALIZED; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; HUMANS; PARENTS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEMANTIC DIFFERENTIAL;

EID: 33846902121     PISSN: 13561294     EISSN: 13652753     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2753.2006.00666.x     Document Type: Article

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