title: Structure and establishing validity in survey research.
abstract: Survey research is a commonly used research tool used to gather opinions regarding emerging technologies and current practices. As randomized clinical trials rose to prominence, the Consolidated Standards of Reporting Trials Study Group created a checklist of items necessary for the complete and transparent reporting of randomized clinical trials. Similar checklists have been created for a variety of research methodologies. Notably missing is a checklist for the reporting of survey studies. This article examines the conduct of survey research publications and proposes a checklist to evaluate the validity of survey studies published in Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery.
authors.affiliation: Ann Arbor, Mich. From the Department of Surgery, Section of Plastic Surgery, University of Michigan Medical School.
authors.forename: Michael T
authors.initials: MT
authors.lastname: Nolte
authors.forename: Melissa J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Shauver
authors.forename: Kevin C
authors.initials: KC
authors.lastname: Chung
mesh_terms: D015982:Bias; D057189:Checklist; D003625:Data Collection / Q000379:methods*; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012107:Research Design