Elements of Clinical Study Design, Biostatistics & Research

Author(s): S.S. Patel and Aditya Patel

DOI: 10.2174/9789815123791123010009

Survey Research

Pp: 89-98 (10)

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Elements of Clinical Study Design, Biostatistics & Research

Survey Research

Author(s): S.S. Patel and Aditya Patel

Pp: 89-98 (10)

DOI: 10.2174/9789815123791123010009

* (Excluding Mailing and Handling)

Abstract

A survey is one of the most common methods in health sciences research. As in this case, choosing a suitable study design depends on the research question, so also survey research questions also decide methods. The decision of application of scale of measurement depends on the nature of the observations, which could be numerical, nominal, or ordinal. If research develops his/her new survey instrument (survey questionnaire), its validity & reliability requires other important treatments. This forms the subject of discussion in this chapter.