procedure of a questionnaire survey

Question 1

1. Problem destination

Answer 1

Definition of examination tasks and objectives

formulation of hypotheses

Question 2

2. survey design

Answer 2

target population

survey method

Question 3

3. creation of the questionnaire

Answer 3

check if all questions are covered
should be compiled by more people
design of the questionnaire: dramaturgy, interviewer instruction, filter questions
consideration of statistical considerations

Question 4

4. interviewer instructions and training

Answer 4

instructions for the selection of respondents, quotas
frequency of contact: how often do you try to reach respondents
instructions on questionnaire and interviewer behavior
interviewer feedback

Question 5

5. pretest

Answer 5

problems with the questionnaire, repeated pretest after improvement
Interview should be done by researcher

Question 6

6. data collection

Answer 6

organization and controlling of the response rate

controlling interviewers

Question 7

7. data management

Answer 7

data collection coding
formatting
quality control, plausibility checks

Question 8

8. data analysis

Answer 8

recording, calculation of new variables, retranslation fo test questions
checking the data for outliers and missing values
confirmation statistics
explorative statistics

Question 9

9. representation of results

Answer 9

tables and graphs

selection of the most important information

Question 10

10. final report

Answer 10

problem, questions, hypotheses
presentation of the method and sample design
results
discussion
appendix