Challenging the reported disadvantages of e-questionnaires and addressing methodological issues of online data collection

Nurse Researcher

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 11-20

  Hunter, Louise ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WEST LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

E questionnaires; Questionnaires; Web based methodology

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL NURSING RESEARCH; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERNET; METHODOLOGY; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRE;

CLINICAL NURSING RESEARCH; DATA COLLECTION; HUMANS; INTERNET; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 84868235402     PISSN: 13515578     EISSN: 20478992     Source Type: Trade Journal    
DOI: 10.7748/nr2012.09.20.1.11.c9303     Document Type: Article

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