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A guide for the design and conduct of self-administered surveys of clinicians

A guide for the design and conduct of self-administered surveys of clinicians CMAJ JAMC Review A guide for the design and conduct of self-administered surveys of clinicians Karen E.A. Burns MD MSc, Mark Duffett BScPharm, Michelle E. Kho PT MSc, Maureen O. Meade MD MSc, Neill K.J. Adhikari MDCM MSc, Tasnim Sinuff MD PhD, Deborah J. Cook MD MSc, for the ACCADEMY Group urvey research is an important form of scientific in- ference attendees) may limit generalizability compared with 1 2 quiry that merits rigorous design and analysis. The others (e.g., surveying licensed members of a profession). Ul- S aim of a survey is to gather reliable and unbiased data timately, the sampling technique will depend on the survey from a representative sample of respondents. Increasingly, objectives and resources. investigators administer questionnaires to clinicians about Sample selection can be random (probability design) or 2,4,5 6 their knowledge, attitudes and practice to generate or re- deliberate (nonprobability design). Probability designs in- fine research questions and to evaluate the impact of clinical clude simple random sampling, systematic random sampling, research on practice. Questionnaires can be descriptive (re- stratified sampling and cluster sampling. porting factual data) or explanatory (drawing inferences be- • Simple random sampling: Every individual in the popula- tween constructs or concepts) http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Canadian Medical Association Journal Unpaywall

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CMAJ JAMC Review A guide for the design and conduct of self-administered surveys of clinicians Karen E.A. Burns MD MSc, Mark Duffett BScPharm, Michelle E. Kho PT MSc, Maureen O. Meade MD MSc, Neill K.J. Adhikari MDCM MSc, Tasnim Sinuff MD PhD, Deborah J. Cook MD MSc, for the ACCADEMY Group urvey research is an important form of scientific in- ference attendees) may limit generalizability compared with 1 2 quiry that merits rigorous design and analysis. The others (e.g., surveying licensed members of a profession). Ul- S aim of a survey is to gather reliable and unbiased data timately, the sampling technique will depend on the survey from a representative sample of respondents. Increasingly, objectives and resources. investigators administer questionnaires to clinicians about Sample selection can be random (probability design) or 2,4,5 6 their knowledge, attitudes and practice to generate or re- deliberate (nonprobability design). Probability designs in- fine research questions and to evaluate the impact of clinical clude simple random sampling, systematic random sampling, research on practice. Questionnaires can be descriptive (re- stratified sampling and cluster sampling. porting factual data) or explanatory (drawing inferences be- • Simple random sampling: Every individual in the popula- tween constructs or concepts)

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Published: Jul 29, 2008

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