Journal article
Effect of the framing of questionnaire items regarding satisfaction with training on residents' responses
Abstract
PURPOSE: To determine whether framing questions positively or negatively influences residents' apparent satisfaction with their training.
METHOD: In 1993-94, 276 residents at five Canadian internal medicine residency programs responded to 53 Likert-scale items designed to determine sources of the residents' satisfaction and stress. Two versions of the questionnaire were randomly distributed: one in which half the items were stated positively …
Authors
Guyatt GH; Cook DJ; King D; Norman GR; Kane SL; van Ineveld C
Journal
Academic Medicine, Vol. 74, No. 2, pp. 192–194
Publisher
Wolters Kluwer
Publication Date
February 1999
DOI
10.1097/00001888-199902000-00018
ISSN
1040-2446