Employment Research Institute, Edinburgh Napier University, Edinburgh, UK.
J Clin Nurs. 2012 Oct;21(19-20):2699-710. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2702.2012.04296.x.
To expose problems of using bespoke questionnaire-based surveys to create knowledge and to advance the use of secondary data as an alternative research approach.
Many researchers from students undertaking dissertations to those who attempt to create knowledge to advance society collect data by using questionnaires. But this raises reliability and validity concerns as a consequence of low response rates and non-response bias. This constrains knowledge creation.
First, the value of questionnaire-based research will be discussed. Then, it is argued that much can be accomplished using secondary data. The paper concludes by presenting a case study developed from the Scottish Health Survey.
We demonstrate that there may be an alternative for creating bespoke questionnaires by researchers. The data to answer their research questions may already exist in official surveys whose data are available to students and researchers. By analysing a case study, we demonstrate the value of one of these secondary sources - the Scottish Health Survey.
We show that clinical practitioners in their training and in any professional research should consider alternative methods of collecting data for undertaking quantitative research. We advance the use of analysis of data collected by official surveys. Using secondary data can be more efficient in training students in research methods and make dissertations produced more meaningful.
揭示使用定制问卷进行调查以产生知识所存在的问题，并推进使用二手数据作为替代研究方法。
许多研究人员，从从事论文的学生到试图创造知识以推动社会进步的人员，都通过使用问卷来收集数据。但由于低回应率和无回应偏差，这引发了可靠性和有效性方面的问题。这限制了知识的创造。
首先，将讨论基于问卷的研究的价值。然后，我们认为使用二手数据可以完成很多工作。本文最后通过苏格兰健康调查的案例研究进行了阐述。
我们证明了研究人员可能有替代定制问卷的方法。回答他们研究问题的数据可能已经存在于官方调查中，这些数据对学生和研究人员都是可用的。通过分析一个案例研究，我们展示了其中一种二手数据来源（苏格兰健康调查）的价值。
我们表明，临床医生在培训中和任何专业研究中，都应该考虑替代方法来收集数据，以进行定量研究。我们推进了对官方调查收集数据的分析。使用二手数据可以更有效地培训学生进行研究方法，并使论文更有意义。
