Conducting field research in a primary school setting: Methodological considerations for maximizing response rates, data quality and quantity

Health Education Journal

Volumn 71, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 590-596

  Trapp, Georgina ^a   Giles Corti, Billie ^a   Martin, Karen ^a   Timperio, Anna ^b   Villanueva, Karen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Children; data collection; research methods; schools

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; DATA ANALYSIS; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; METHODOLOGY; PARENT; PEDOMETER; PRIMARY SCHOOL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRODUCTIVITY; QUALITY CONTROL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RESEARCH; TRAVEL; WORKLOAD;

EID: 84865631551     PISSN: 00178969     EISSN: 17488176     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0017896911411766     Document Type: Article

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