Presenting survey items one at a time compared to all at once decreases missing data without sacrificing validity in research with internet volunteers

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 2012, Pages

  Nosek, Brian A ^a   Sriram, N ^a   Umansky, Emily ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALL AT ONCE; ARTICLE; CRITERION VALIDITY; DATA ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INFORMATION SCIENCE; INTERNAL CONSISTENCY; INTERNET; MALE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; NORMAL HUMAN; ONE AT A TIME; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; REHABILITATION CARE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TIME; VALIDITY; VOLUNTEER; COMPARATIVE STUDY; VALIDATION STUDY;

DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNET; MALE;

EID: 84861206737     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0036771     Document Type: Article

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