Day 8 - Survey Flashcards
This is a data collection method that involves asking selected group of people questions. It is an objective and systematic written presentation of the goals and findings of a survey
Survey
It is by presenting the reason for conducting and objectives.
Introduction
What are the 3 guidelines when writing an introduction?
Try to capture the readers’ interest
Introduce related literature
Introduce the present study
It is a kind of research that requires selecting a sample group or people to answer questions
Survey report
What are the different descriptions of the respondents?
Demographic
Number
Criteria for selection
What are the description of the survey instruments?
Development of the questionnaire
Details of pilot tests done to refine the questionnaire
Number of questions
Amount of Time
What are the guidelines for the procedure?
Purpose Decide what you are measuring Appropriate population Measurement scale Title of the questionnaire
What are the description of the implementation of survey
Date and Place
Distribution Method
Treatment of data
This is the proportion of completed interviews to the total number of eligible respondents. This is the indicator of how successful the researcher was in gaining cooperation of potential respondents in a sample.
Response rate
Enumerate the kinds of implementation of Survey
Mail survey
Telephone survey
On site survey
Electronic or internet survey
This kind of survey requires the respondents to answer questions then mail te questionnaire back to the researcher. There is no direct interaction and there may be little incentive for the people to cooperate
Mail Survey
This kind of survey is advantageous because it generates data rapidly. There is a high degree of control over sequence. This also has low response rates and it is difficult to ask complex questions
Telephone Survey
This survey is the solutions when a population is unavailable
On site survey
This survey need to have multiple contacts. It uses electronic mails and internet
Electronic or Internet surve
This is the main body of the report. This sections shows the key results from the survey. It should highlight results both statistical and practical
Result