Best practices for survey research reports: A synopsis for authors and reviewers

American Journal of Pharmaceutical Education

Volumn 72, Issue 1, 2008, Pages

  Draugalis, JoLaine Reierson ^a   Coons, Stephen Joel ^b   Plaza, Cecilia M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA COLLEGE OF PHARMACY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^c AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF COLLEGES OF PHARMACY   (United States)

Author keywords

Survey research

Indexed keywords

ANALYTIC METHOD; AUTHOR; COST CONTROL; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PUBLICATION; QUALITY CONTROL; QUESTIONNAIRE; REVIEW; SAMPLING; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; ARTICLE; PEER REVIEW; STANDARD; WRITING;

AUTHORSHIP; BENCHMARKING; HUMANS; MANUSCRIPTS AS TOPIC; PEER REVIEW, RESEARCH; QUALITY CONTROL; QUESTIONNAIRES; WRITING;

EID: 39449084102     PISSN: 00029459     EISSN: 15536467     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5688/aj720111     Document Type: Review

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