Date:         Fri, 20 Nov 2009 17:55:58 -0500
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From:         "Fehd, Ronald J. (CDC/CCHIS/NCPHI)" <rjf2@CDC.GOV>
Subject:      Re: Survey Question Data Analysis
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> On Fri, Nov 20, 2009 at 3:18 PM, Pashi, Arthur wrote:

> I have the following survey question:
>
> What types of health providers have you ever seen or talked to about
> your illness? (Check all that apply)

My earliest papers were on this problem

Processing Check-All-That-Apply

TinyUrl: http://tinyurl.com/5phqzl

http://www.sascommunity.org/wiki/Processing_Check-All-That-Apply


today : discard the answers to the 'other' category

future: add them to your next survey

and, oh, by the way, order of choice matters.

We found that respondents checked more often the categories earliest in
the list.

suggestion: use either alphabetical order
or in least-answered-previously order.

Ron Fehd  the former survey Q maven  CDC Atlanta GA USA RJF2 at cdc dot
gov