Year: 1971
Type: article
Abstract: In epidemiological studies using postal question naires, a decision must be made as to whether the covering letter should be mimeographed or typed by hand. Considerable time and money are saved when mimeographed letters are used, yet it is generally assumed that hand typed and signed covering letters bring about a higher response rate. During the course of an epidemiological study of slipped capital femoral epiphysis a comparison was made of response rates obtained when typed and mimeo graphed covering letters were sent with a short questionnaire to orthopaedic surgeons in the United States. The results of that comparison are reported here. Methods
Authors: J L Kelsey, R M Acheson
Institution: Yale University
Language: English
Subfield: Sociology and Political Science
Field: Social Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: bronze
OpenAlex ID: W2077400994