Designing and conducting health surveys : a comprehensive guide /
Lu Ann Aday, Llewellyn J. Cornelius ; foreword by Steven B. Cohen.
- 3rd ed.
- San Francisco : Jossey-Bass, c2006.
- xxii, 518 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 451-494).
Thinking about topics for health surveys -- Matching the survey design to survey objectives -- Defining and clarifying the survey variables -- Thinking through the relationships between variables -- Choosing the methods of data collection -- Deciding who will be in the sample -- Deciding how many will be in the sample -- General principles for formulating questions -- Formulating questions about health -- Formulating questions about demographics and behavior -- Formulating questions about knowledge and attitudes -- Guidelines for formatting the questionnaire -- Monitoring and carrying out the survey -- Preparing the data for analysis -- Planning and implementing the analysis of the data -- Writing the research report.
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Health surveys. Health surveys--Statistical methods. Health Surveys. Research Design. Data Collection--methods.