The importance of survey research standards

American Journal of Pharmaceutical Education

Volumn 77, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Fincham, Jack E ^a,b   Draugalis, Jolaine R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI KANSAS CITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

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

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: 84881629866     PISSN: 00029459     EISSN: 15536467     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5688/ajpe7714     Document Type: Article

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