Electronic surveys: How to maximise success

Nurse Researcher

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 24-26

  McPeake, Joanne ^a,b   Bateson, Meghan ^b   O'Neill, Anna ^b  

^a GLASGOW ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Electronic; Email survey; Questionnaire; Response rate; Survey

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; E-MAIL; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; METHODOLOGY; NURSING RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELECTION BIAS; STATISTICS;

DATA COLLECTION; ELECTRONIC MAIL; HUMANS; NURSING RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELECTION BIAS;

EID: 84893968513     PISSN: 13515578     EISSN: 20478992     Source Type: Trade Journal    
DOI: 10.7748/nr2014.01.21.3.24.e1205     Document Type: Article

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