Open Access‘DOES THE MODE MATTER?’ ‐ A COMPARISON OF THREE MODES OF QUESTIONNAIRE COMPLETION
Author(s) -
Quine Susan
Publication year - 1985
Publication title -
community health studies
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.946
H-Index - 76
eISSN - 1753-6405
pISSN - 0314-9021
DOI - 10.1111/j.1753-6405.1985.tb00477.x
Subject(s) - questionnaire , mode (computer interface) , quality (philosophy) , psychology , family medicine , medicine , telephone interview , medical education , applied psychology , computer science , statistics , human–computer interaction , physics , sociology , mathematics , social science , quantum mechanics
This paper includes a brief outline of the research literature on comparisons of different modes of questionnaire completion (face to face, telephone, self‐administered), and the results of a pilot study which used a questionnaire to obtain data on maternal experiences and exposures to drugs and environmental agents during pregnancy. Questionnaires were completed for the three modes and comparisons made of the quality of the data and the actual responses obtained. The findings suggest that when using a highly structured questionnaire, and where a favourable rapport has been established between the researcher and the respondents, there are few differences between the modes in those aspects examined in this study.