Is there a bias against telephone interviews in qualitative research?

Research in Nursing and Health

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 391-398

  Novick, Gina ^a,b  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF NURSING   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Design development; Interview; Qualitative; Telephone

Indexed keywords

ASSOCIATION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERVIEW; METHODOLOGY; NONVERBAL COMMUNICATION; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PSYCHOMETRY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; REPRODUCIBILITY; REVIEW; STANDARD; TELEPHONE;

BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); CUES; DATA COLLECTION; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; NONVERBAL COMMUNICATION; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RESEARCH DESIGN; TELEPHONE;

EID: 50349089503     PISSN: 01606891     EISSN: 1098240X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/nur.20259     Document Type: Review

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