Pharmacy school survey standards revisited

American Journal of Pharmaceutical Education

Volumn 77, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Mészáros, Károly ^a   Barnett, Mitchell J ^a   Lenth, Russell V ^b   Knapp, Katherine K ^a  

^a TOURO UNIVERSITY CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

Pharmacy education; Research; Response rate; Sample size; Survey

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CURRICULUM; EDUCATION; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; METHODOLOGY; PHARMACY EDUCATION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PUBLICATION; PUBLISHING; QUALITY CONTROL; RESEARCH; RESPONSE RATE; SAMPLE SIZE; SCHOOL; STANDARD; STATISTICAL BIAS; SURVEY; UNITED STATES; EPIDEMIOLOGY;

PHARMACY EDUCATION; RESEARCH; RESPONSE RATE; SAMPLE SIZE; SURVEY;

BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); CURRICULUM; DATA COLLECTION; EDITORIAL POLICIES; EDUCATION, PHARMACY; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; HUMANS; PERIODICALS AS TOPIC; QUALITY CONTROL; RESEARCH DESIGN; SAMPLE SIZE; SCHOOLS, PHARMACY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84873896918     PISSN: 00029459     EISSN: 15536467     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5688/ajpe7713     Document Type: Article

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