TY - JOUR
T1 - African primary care research
T2 - Performing surveys using questionnaires
AU - Govender, Indiran
AU - Mabuza, Langalibalile H.
AU - Ogunbanjo, Gboyega A.
AU - Mash, Bob
PY - 2014
Y1 - 2014
N2 - The aim of this article is to provide practical guidance on conducting surveys and the use of questionnaires for postgraduate students at a Masters level who are undertaking primary care research. The article is intended to assist with writing the methods section of the research proposal and thinking through the relevant issues that apply to sample size calculation, sampling strategy, design of a questionnaire and administration of a questionnaire. The article is part of a larger series on primary care research, with other articles in the series focusing on the structure of the research proposal and the literature review, as well as quantitative data analysis.
AB - The aim of this article is to provide practical guidance on conducting surveys and the use of questionnaires for postgraduate students at a Masters level who are undertaking primary care research. The article is intended to assist with writing the methods section of the research proposal and thinking through the relevant issues that apply to sample size calculation, sampling strategy, design of a questionnaire and administration of a questionnaire. The article is part of a larger series on primary care research, with other articles in the series focusing on the structure of the research proposal and the literature review, as well as quantitative data analysis.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84900818898&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.4102/phcfm.v6i1.589
DO - 10.4102/phcfm.v6i1.589
M3 - Article
C2 - 26245434
AN - SCOPUS:84900818898
SN - 2071-2928
VL - 6
JO - African Journal of Primary Health Care and Family Medicine
JF - African Journal of Primary Health Care and Family Medicine
IS - 1
M1 - 589
ER -