Journal article
Effect on survey response rate of hand written versus printed signature on a covering letter: randomised controlled trial [ISRCTN67566265]
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Background It is important that response rates to postal surveys are as high as possible to ensure that the results are representative and to maximise statistical power. Previous research has suggested that any personalisation of approach helps to improve the response rate. This experiment tested whether personalising questionnaires by hand signing the covering letter improved the response rate compared with a non-personalised group where the investigator’s signature on the covering l...
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McKenzie-McHarg, K
Tully, L
Brocklehurst, P
Gates, S
Ayers, S
Bibliographic Details
- Publisher:
- BioMed Central
- Journal:
- BMC Health Services Research
- Issue:
- 5
- Publication date:
- 2005-01-01
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uuid:3d4190a2-a185-4d52-976d-1aff2da3d5df
- Local pid:
- ora:706
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http://sers009b.sers.ox.ac.uk/archive/00001039/
- Deposit date:
- 2012-11-15
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- Copyright date:
- 2005
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