Best Practices for Survey Research Reports Revisited: Implications of Target Population, Probability Sampling, and Response Rate | Zendy

JoLaine R. Draugalis | Zendy; Cecilia M. Plaza | Zendy

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Best Practices for Survey Research Reports Revisited: Implications of Target Population, Probability Sampling, and Response Rate

Author(s) -

JoLaine R. Draugalis,

Cecilia M. Plaza

Publication year - 2009

Publication title -

american journal of pharmaceutical education

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.796

H-Index - 63

eISSN - 1553-6467

pISSN - 0002-9459

DOI - 10.5688/aj7308142

Subject(s) - non response bias , sampling (signal processing) , survey sampling , sample size determination , census , survey research , sample (material) , probability sampling , sampling design , population , sampling bias , statistics , survey data collection , psychology , computer science , applied psychology , demography , sociology , mathematics , chemistry , filter (signal processing) , chromatography , computer vision

Several papers have been published recently in the Journal addressing "best practices" for survey research manuscripts. This paper explores in more detail the effects of the target population size on sample size determination, probability sampling versus census approaches, and response rates and the relationship to potential nonresponse bias. Survey research is a complex methodology requiring expertise in the planning, execution, and analytic stages.

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