Survey User's Guide
Figure 1. Task Timeline for Project Planning for Paper Surveys
| Task Timeline for Project Planning | Preparation/Planning | Week 1 | Week 2 | Week 3 | Week 4 | Week 5 | Week 6 | Week 7 | Week 8 | Week 9 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Getting Started—Chapter 2 | ||||||||||
| Determine available resources, project scope, and schedule | X | |||||||||
| Decide whether to use an outside vendor (and select vendor) | X | |||||||||
| Form a project team | X | |||||||||
| Determining Your Data Collection Methods—Chapter 3 | ||||||||||
| Decide how surveys will be distributed and returned | ← | → | ||||||||
| Establish a point of contact in the nursing home | X | |||||||||
| Establishing Data Collection Procedures—Chapter 4 | ||||||||||
| Decide whether to track response through identifiers | X | |||||||||
| Assemble survey materials (develop and print materials) | ← | → | ||||||||
| Publicize and promote the survey | ← | — | — | — | — | → | ||||
| Distribute first survey | X | |||||||||
| *Track responses and calculate preliminary response rates | ← | — | — | → | ||||||
| *Distribute reminder | X | |||||||||
| *Distribute second survey | X | |||||||||
| *Close out data collection (end of 9th week) | X | |||||||||
* End of data collection.
Page last reviewed October 2014
Internet Citation: Figure 1. Task Timeline for Project Planning for Paper Surveys. Content last reviewed October 2014. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD. https://archive.ahrq.gov/professionals/quality-patient-safety/patientsafetyculture/nursing-home/nhguide/nhguidefig1.html
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