A survey is a form of structured enquiry that collects similar information on each member of a sample or population (of people, households or physical objects e.g. houses) from existing documents, self-completed questionnaires, interviews or observations with a view to drawing scientific conclusions about social (including health-related) issues.
Health surveys are cross-sectional studies and can be used to collect data longitudinally, over time. They are useful in a variety of research methods including semi structured interviews, Health-related Quality of Life outcome measurement tools and other types of questionnaires.
The aim of this module is:
To introduce students to survey research methods to enable them to conduct surveys when conducting research in their own area of professional expertise.
- Module Supervisor: Fay Crawford