Response rates to mail surveys published in medical journals.
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Summary
Although several mail survey techniques are associated with higher response rates, response rates to published mail surveys tend to be moderate, and investigators, journal editors, and readers should devote more attention to assessments of bias, and less to specific response rate thresholds.
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- article
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- 1997-10-01
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Keywords
Non-response bias, Respondent, Response bias, Medicine, Family medicine
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