Creating a Questionnaire Flashcards
What are the three types of surveys?
Self-report
Assumptions
Response Set
What are Assumptions?
- People are willing to answer the questions
- People are answering truthfully
- People will be accurate in their responses
What is a response set?
pattern of responses that does not match the content of the questions
What are three types of response sets?
- Random guessing
- Social desirability
- Demand characteristics
How do you construct a questionnaire?
A. Define the research objective- what are you measuring?
B. Wording the question
C. Responses to questions
How can you finalize a questionnaire?
A. Formatting
How can you define the research objective? What are you measuring?
- Behaviors
- Attitudes
- Facts and demographics
Different ways to word question you are asking in the questionarie?
- Complexity
- Double Barrel questions
- Loaded questions (biased questions)
- Negative wording
What are the responses to questions?
- Close ended questions (yes/no)
- Open ended questions
- Rating scales (Likert scales)
- Non-verbal scales for kids
- Fill in questions (age, major)
What are the ways to finalize a questionnaire?
Formatting
Pilot Studies
Administering studies
Modifying surveys
What are different types of formatting?
- Professionalism
- Grammar
- Punctuation & spelling
- Spacing and layout
- Sequence of questions
- Space for responses
- Easy to read and understand
What are Pilot studies?
also known as a feasibility study, is a small-scale preliminary study conducted before the main research to check the feasibility or improve the research design.
What are ways to Administer Studies?
- Written Surveys
- Verbal Surveys
What are written surveys?
a. Mail, group, internet
i. Return rate
ii. Honesty
iii. Time spent
b. Participants indicate their response
What are verbal surveys?
research indicates response
a. Interviews
b. Phone interviews
c. Focus groups
d. Interviewer bias
