The impact of next and back buttons on time to complete and measurement reliability in computer-based surveys

Quality of Life Research

Volumn 19, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 1181-1184

  Hays, Ron D ^a   Bode, Rita ^b   Rothrock, Nan ^b   Riley, William ^c   Cella, David ^b   Gershon, Richard ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NATIONAL HEART LUNG AND BLOOD INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Computer based surveys; PROMIS; Social role activities

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER INTERFACE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REPRODUCIBILITY; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

AUTOMATION; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITY OF LIFE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOFTWARE; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE;

EID: 79951725820     PISSN: 09629343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11136-010-9682-9     Document Type: Article

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