Cultural Variability in the Effects of Question Design Features on Respondent Comprehension of Health Surveys
Annals of EpidemiologyPublished 11 February 2006
Timothy P. Johnson, Young Ik Cho, Allyson L. Holbrook, Diane O'Rourke, Richard B. Warnecke, Noel Chávez
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Several question design strategies that reduce overall comprehension difficulty appear to also increase cross-cultural disparities.
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Several question design strategies that reduce overall comprehension difficulty appear to also increase cross-cultural disparities.
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