Adam Shoesmith, Alix Hall, Luke Wolfenden, Rachel C Shelton, Serene Yoong, Melanie Crane, Cassandra Lane, Nicole McCarthy, Christophe Lecathelinais, Nicole Nathan
School-level factors associated with the sustainment of weekly physical activity scheduled in Australian elementary schools: an observational study
BMC public health
preface 1 introduction reasons surveys components surveys purposes goals text 2 sampling sample frame selecting onestage sample multistage sampling making estimates samples sampling errors big sample sampling error component total survey error exercise 3 nonresponse implementing sample design calculating response rates bias associated nonresponse reducing nonresponse telephone personal interview surveys reducing nonresponse mail surveys reducing nonresponse internet surveys multimode data collection correcting nonresponse nonprobability modified probability samples nonresponse source error exercise 4 methods data collection major issues choosing strategy summary comparison methods conclusion exercise 5 designing questions good measures increasing reliability answers avoiding multiple questions types measurestypes questions increasing validity factual reporting increasing validity answers describing subjective states question design error exercises 6 evaluating survey questions instruments defining objectives preliminary question design steps presurvey evaluation design format layout survey instruments field pretests survey instrument length conclusion exercise 7 survey interviewing overview interviewer job interviewer recruitment selection training interviewers supervision survey questions interviewing procedures validation interviews role interviewing survey error exercise 8 preparing survey data analysis formatting data file constructing code approaches coding data entry data cleaning coding data reduction sources errors surveys 9 ethical issues survey research informing respondents protecting respondents benefits respondents ethical responsibilities interviewers conclusion 10 providing information survey methods exercise 11 survey error perspective concept total survey design error perspective conclusion references index author