Editorial: Methodological Approaches for Quantitative Nursing Research.

This volume probes in depth the methodological issues of a tool which is often used in nursing research to elicit the views of large groups of people: the questionnaire. Questionnaires can serve a variety of purposes within nursing research and allow researchers to quickly, effectively, and inexpensively evaluate programs, collect pilot data, and survey accessible populations, with the final aim to improve the nursing knowledge base. Rapidly increasing technology has fostered the use of electronic methodologies for developing and delivering questionnaires [2].