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Postgrad Med J 1999;75:397-400 doi:10.1136/pgmj.75.885.397
  • Review
  • Research methods

Questionnaires: the use and abuse of social survey methods in medical research

  1. Jayne Eaden,
  2. Margaret K Mayberry,
  3. John F Mayberry
  1. The Gastrointestinal Research Unit, Leicester General Hospital, Gwendolen Road, Leicester, LE5 4PW, UK
  1. Dr John Mayberry
  • Accepted 16 April 1999

Abstract

We present a working review of survey methods based on market research technology. The structure of questionnaires, their distribution and analysis, are considered, together with techniques for increasing response rates.

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