Sample size for pre-tests of questionnaires

Quality of Life Research

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 147-151

  Perneger, Thomas V ^a,b   Courvoisier, Delphine S ^a   Hudelson, Patricia M ^a,b   Gayet Ageron, Angèle ^a,b  

^a GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Cognitive interviewing; Power; Pre tests; Questionnaires; Sample size; Validity

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; POWER ANALYSIS; PRETEST QUESTIONNAIRE; PREVALENCE; PROBABILITY; PSYCHOMETRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SAMPLE SIZE; FEMALE; PROCEDURES; QUALITY OF LIFE; STATISTICS;

FEMALE; HUMANS; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SAMPLE SIZE; STATISTICS AS TOPIC;

EID: 84937512011     PISSN: 09629343     EISSN: 15732649     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11136-014-0752-2     Document Type: Article

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