Selected questionnaire size and color combinations were significantly related to mailed survey response rates

Journal of Clinical Epidemiology

Volumn 60, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 1184-1189

  Beebe, Timothy J ^a   Stoner, Sarah M ^a   Anderson, Kari J ^a   Williams, Arthur R ^a  

^a Mayo Clinic College of Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

Mail surveys; Paper color; Questionnaire size; Response bias; Response rate; Survey methods

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COLOR; ESTHETICS; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POSTAL MAIL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; UNIVERSITY;

AGED; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); COLOR; EPIDEMIOLOGIC RESEARCH DESIGN; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MINNESOTA; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 35148885672     PISSN: 08954356     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclinepi.2007.01.006     Document Type: Article

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