Reporting guidelines for survey research: An analysis of published guidance and reporting practices

PLoS Medicine

Volumn 8, Issue 8, 2011, Pages

  Bennett, Carol ^a   Khangura, Sara ^a   Brehaut, Jamie C ^a,b   Graham, Ian D ^c   Moher, David ^a,b   Potter, Beth K ^b   Grimshaw, Jeremy ^a,b  

^a OTTAWA HOSPITAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^c CANADIAN INSTITUTES OF HEALTH RESEARCH   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSTRACT REPORT; HEALTH SURVEY; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; METHODOLOGY; PEER REVIEW; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PUBLICATION; QUALITY CONTROL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RELIABILITY; REVIEW; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; VALIDITY; ARTICLE; INFORMATION PROCESSING; PUBLISHING; STANDARD;

DATA COLLECTION; GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; HEALTH SURVEYS; PUBLISHING; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESEARCH DESIGN;

EID: 80052336545     PISSN: 15491277     EISSN: 15491676     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pmed.1001069     Document Type: Review

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