How to avoid the pitfalls of questionnaire design.
This article discusses how questionnaires are constructed and used. Question choice and construction plus the allocation of codes to analyse answers are discussed. A second article on this subject, due to appear in Nursing Times on June 4, will examine questionnaire layout, issues of reliability and validity and questionnaire piloting.
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Ear, Nose, Throat and Oral Facial Surgery Department, Monklands and Bellshill Hospitals NHS Trust, Airdrie.
D003627:Data Interpretation, Statistical; D006801:Humans; D015399:Nursing Research / Q000379:methods*; D012107:Research Design / Q000592:standards*; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires / Q000145:classification / Q000592:standards*