Does Response Rate Matter? Journal Editors Use of Survey Quality Measures in Manuscript Publication Decisions (original) (raw)

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This study investigates the importance of response rates in the manuscript publication decisions of journal editors across several fields, including social sciences, health, and statistics. By surveying 109 editors from various disciplines, the research seeks to understand both the explicit and implicit standards regarding survey quality that influence publication outcomes. Results indicate varied perceptions among editors on the significance of response rates, revealing a complex landscape of editorial decision-making regarding survey data in published research.

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Response Rates and Responsiveness for Surveys, Standards, and the Journal

American Journal of Pharmaceutical Education, 2008

Journal has regularly published the results of survey research. As an academy we seem to be very interested in learning what our faculty members and students think, how they perform, and what is going on at other schools and colleges of pharmacy. A survey is often the best approach to acquiring that knowledge. However, the Editors believe that survey research published in the Journal has varied in quality and that standards for survey research can be used to improve the quality of research in the academy and the quality of papers published in the Journal. With that in mind, a decision was made in early 2008 to clarify expectations for survey research manuscripts submitted to the Journal. In Volume 72, Issue 1 of the Journal, Draugalis and colleagues 1 presented an excellent paper detailing ''best practices'' for survey research manuscripts. These standards are now recommended to authors and reviewers, and will be used by the Editors in making decisions regarding acceptance of manuscripts. One item addressed in the paper 1 was the importance of response rates to questionnaire research, while another issue dealt with sample representativeness. The Draugalis et al 1 paper and an examination of previously published survey research manuscripts in the Journal has led to the application of more stringent expectations for manuscripts published in the Journal.

© 2003 Kluwer Academic Publishers. Printed in the Netherlands. 1 The Use of Indices in Surveys

2014

Abstract. The paper deals with some new indices for ordinal data that arise from sample surveys. Their aim is to measure the degree of concentration to the “positive ” or “negative ” answers in a given question. The properties of these indices are examined. Moreover, methods for constructing confidence limits for the indices are discussed and their performance is evaluated through an ex-tensive simulation study. Finally, the values of the indices defined and their confidence intervals are calculated for an example with real data.

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