J T Lessler
Biographic Data
| ID | 4403206 |
|---|---|
| NAME | J T Lessler |
| GIVEN NAMES | J T |
| FAMILY NAME | Lessler |
| SIGNATURE | LESSLER J T |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 3 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 74 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 3 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1983 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2004 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Methods for Testing and Evaluating Survey Questions
An examination of survey pretesting reveals a paradox. On the one hand, pretesting is the only way to evaluate in advance whether a questionnaire causes problems for interviewers or respondents. Consequently, both elementary textbooks and experienced researchers declare pretesting indispensable. On the other hand, most textbooks offer minimal, if any, guidance about pretesting methods, and published survey reports usually provide no information a…
The Quality of Health Data Obtained in a New Survey of Elderly Americans: A Validation Study of the Proposed Medicare Beneficiary Health Status Registry (MBHSR)
The Medicare Beneficiary Health Status Registry (MBHSR) is a proposed new survey program that would collect health status indicators annually from large probability samples of Medicine beneficiaries. For reasons of economy, the MBHSR would use mail survey procedures with telephone follow-up of nonrespondents. Because of concerns about response rates and the validity and reliability of the data obtained by such methods, a large-scale (N = 1,922) f…
Personal versus telephone surveys for collecting household health data at the local level
Personal and telephone interview surveys were conducted simultaneously during 1981 in the same area (four counties in the area of Tampa Bay, Florida) and utilizing the same interview schedule. Following completion of the surveys, validity checks were made with the medical providers reported by a subsample of respondents to each mode. The telephone survey yielded a lower response rate but cost less than half the personal interview. There was some …
Methods for Testing and Evaluating Survey Questions
An examination of survey pretesting reveals a paradox. On the one hand, pretesting is the only way to evaluate in advance whether a questionnaire causes problems for interviewers or respondents. Consequently, both elementary textbooks and experienced researchers declare pretesting indispensable. On the other hand, most textbooks offer minimal, if any, guidance about pretesting methods, and published survey reports usually provide no information a…
Personal versus telephone surveys for collecting household health data at the local level
Personal and telephone interview surveys were conducted simultaneously during 1981 in the same area (four counties in the area of Tampa Bay, Florida) and utilizing the same interview schedule. Following completion of the surveys, validity checks were made with the medical providers reported by a subsample of respondents to each mode. The telephone survey yielded a lower response rate but cost less than half the personal interview. There was some …
The Quality of Health Data Obtained in a New Survey of Elderly Americans: A Validation Study of the Proposed Medicare Beneficiary Health Status Registry (MBHSR)
The Medicare Beneficiary Health Status Registry (MBHSR) is a proposed new survey program that would collect health status indicators annually from large probability samples of Medicine beneficiaries. For reasons of economy, the MBHSR would use mail survey procedures with telephone follow-up of nonrespondents. Because of concerns about response rates and the validity and reliability of the data obtained by such methods, a large-scale (N = 1,922) f…
Personal versus telephone surveys for collecting household health data at the local level
Personal and telephone interview surveys were conducted simultaneously during 1981 in the same area (four counties in the area of Tampa Bay, Florida) and utilizing the same interview schedule. Following completion of the surveys, validity checks were made with the medical providers reported by a subsample of respondents to each mode. The telephone survey yielded a lower response rate but cost less than half the personal interview. There was some …
The Quality of Health Data Obtained in a New Survey of Elderly Americans: A Validation Study of the Proposed Medicare Beneficiary Health Status Registry (MBHSR)
The Medicare Beneficiary Health Status Registry (MBHSR) is a proposed new survey program that would collect health status indicators annually from large probability samples of Medicine beneficiaries. For reasons of economy, the MBHSR would use mail survey procedures with telephone follow-up of nonrespondents. Because of concerns about response rates and the validity and reliability of the data obtained by such methods, a large-scale (N = 1,922) f…
Methods for Testing and Evaluating Survey Questions
An examination of survey pretesting reveals a paradox. On the one hand, pretesting is the only way to evaluate in advance whether a questionnaire causes problems for interviewers or respondents. Consequently, both elementary textbooks and experienced researchers declare pretesting indispensable. On the other hand, most textbooks offer minimal, if any, guidance about pretesting methods, and published survey reports usually provide no information a…
Business (2 works) · Family medicine (2 works) · Healthcare Policy and Management (2 works) · Medicine (2 works) · Psychology (2 works) · Survey Methodology and Nonresponse (2 works) · Actuarial science (1 works) · Advertising (1 works) · Beneficiary (1 works) · Clinical Psychology (1 works)