Quantitative Assessment (non-experimental)

Question 1

What is the difference between a survey and a questionnaire?

Answer 1

Survey: to question someone to collect data for analysis
Questionnaire: an instrument used to survey
Survey research: administering a questionnaire to determine attitudes, opinions, beliefs, values or behaviours

Question 2

What are the benefits of a questionnaire?

Answer 2

Efficient - time and money
Standardized
Easier to answer/interpret
Convenient
Larger sample
Reduced bias

Question 3

How do you determine the questions for the content?

Answer 3

Is the question necessary/useful?
Will the respondent be knowledgeable about what you are asking?
Are several questions needed?

Question 4

What are the 3 most popular types of question content?

Answer 4

Questions about background
Questions about attitudes or opinions
Questions about actual behaviours

Question 5

When are questions most misunderstood?

Answer 5

An advanced reading level is required
-vocabulary is not easily understood
-complex sentence structure
2 or more questions are present within the same question
Questions are ambiguous
Questions are worded in the negative
Questions are lengthy
One or more instructions are given

Question 6

What types of questions should you start with?

Answer 6

Demographic questions - they are easy to answer

Question 7

Where should you place sensitive/personal questions?

Answer 7

Halfway - 3/4

Question 8

Is it best to follow chronological order?

Answer 8

Start at the beginning of the week and work forward

Question 9

Should questions be asked one topic at a time? Transitions?

Answer 9

Keep topics together, add space or something to show a transition

Question 10

What is the influence of prior responses?

Answer 10

Keep a balance. switch from positive to negative maybe hard if all previous questions were negative

Question 11

Does an important question come too early or too late to receive appropriate attention?

Answer 11

Too early they may not want to share

Too late they may be too tired

Question 12

What are three different question formats?

Answer 12

Open ended
Close ended
Semi-structured

Question 13

What are open-ended questions?

Answer 13

They can write down whatever they want

Question 14

What are close-ended questions?

Answer 14

Select on of the responses

Question 15

What is a semi-structured question?

Answer 15

Ask them to select one answer but provide an “other” option so they can write in their answer

Question 16

What is the dichotomous response format? (close-ended)

Answer 16

2 possible responses

Caution when you are forcing two branches –> make sure everyone can fit into the two categories

Question 17

What is the filter or contingency response format?

Answer 17

When one question is asked to determine whether a respondent is qualified or has the experience to answer a subsequent question
* do not use more than 3 levels and 2 jumps

Question 18

What is the nominal response format?

Answer 18

The number next to each response has no meaning except as a placeholder for that response

Question 19

What is ordinal response format?

Answer 19

The response are ranked based on preference
* goof at separating the best and worst not what rankings in the middle
Numbers indicate an order

Question 20

What is continuous judgment (scales) response format?

Answer 20

A continuum of responses is presented for a question
May be numbered or specifically labelled
The respondent is asked to select the place on the continuum that is most representative of him/herself

Question 21

What is the visual analog scale?

Answer 21

Most commonly measures pain
2 anchors on each end
Unipolar - measures one thing

Question 22

What is an adjectival scale?

Answer 22

Similar to VAS
Has descriptors
Pick descriptors people can relate to

Question 23

What is the Likert Scale?

Answer 23

Similar to the adjectival
Bipolar - two different characteristics
The middle is neutral

Question 24

What is the faces scale?

Answer 24

Does not require reading level
Respond to pain, emotion or RPE
Faces may not match the descriptors

Question 25

What are some general issues in construction of continuous scales?

Answer 25

People interpret the categories differently - can’t provide definitions for descriptors
Conceptual symmertry