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Maximizing Mailed Questionnaire Responses
Author(s) -
Baker Constance M.
Publication year - 1985
Publication title -
image: the journal of nursing scholarship
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.009
H-Index - 80
eISSN - 1547-5069
pISSN - 0743-5150
DOI - 10.1111/j.1547-5069.1985.tb01639.x
Subject(s) - data collection , psychology , medical education , control (management) , nursing , medicine , family medicine , computer science , sociology , social science , artificial intelligence
A mailed questionnaire was used in national surveys of 109 deans of colleges of nursing and 444 nurse‐middle managers in academic nursing. Detailed descriptions are given of all parts of the data collection process over which the researcher had some control: respondents, questionnaires, cover letters, mailings, dates, and follow‐up procedures. Response rates of 94% and 88%, coupled with a low incidence of item nonresponse on a lengthy questionnaire, challenge the common criticisms of this data gathering method. Future investigations need to focus on the forces influencing the decisions of potential research subjects to participate.