A randomized trial of mailed questionnaires versus telephone interviews: Response patterns in a survey
Open Access
- 26 June 2007
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Springer Nature in BMC Medical Research Methodology
- Vol. 7 (1) , 27
- https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-2288-7-27
Abstract
Data for health surveys are often collected using either mailed questionnaires, telephone interviews or a combination. Mode of data collection can affect the propensity to refuse to respond and result in different patterns of responses. The objective of this paper is to examine and quantify effects of mode of data collection in health surveys.Keywords
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