Semantic primes theory may be helpful in designing questionnaires such as to prevent response shift

Antoine Vanier1, Alain Leplège2, Jean-Benoit Hardouin3

  • 1U669 PSIGIAM, INSERM, 97 Boulevard de Port Royal, 75679 Paris Cedex 14, France; EA4275 "Biostatistics, Pharmacoepidemiology and Subjective Measures in Health Sciences", University of Nantes, 1 rue Gaston Veil, 44035 Nantes Cedex 1, France; Department of Biostatistics, UPMC Univ. Paris 06, 91 Boulevard de l'hôpital, 75013, Paris, France; Department of Biostatistics Public Health and Medical Informatics, AP-HP University Hospitals Pitié-Salpêtrière Charles-Foix, 47-83 Boulevard de l'hôpital, 75651 Paris Cedex 13, France.

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