Design of Questionnaires

Question 1

the questionnaire must

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operationalise concepts in a valid way

Question 2

the first is to generate as many

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ideas that might be relevant to the hypothesis then discard ideas that don’t work

Question 3

decisions need to be made about the types of

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questions to ask including whether they should be open or closed

Question 4

open questions allow respondents to answer in

Answer 4

whatever way that they prefer.

Question 5

open questions may produce

Answer 5

qualitative data

Question 6

qualitative data represents what

Answer 6

people think or feel

Question 7

open questions can be more

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informative than closed questions

Question 8

open questions have the disadvantage

Answer 8

of being much harder to analyse

Question 9

closed questions invite the respondent to select from

Answer 9

various possible answers

Question 10

there may be a fixed choice

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the respondent is provided with a range of responses rather then give their own

Question 11

likert scales have

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various statements and the participants task is to indicate their level of agreement on a 5 point scale

Question 12

whats the 5 point scale

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goes from strongly agree to strongly disagree

Question 13

most questionnaires used

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closed questions as they produce quantitative data that are easy to score and analyse