Questionnaire

Question 1

What are different types of questions?

Answer 1

the different types of questions in a questionnaire is closed questions and open questions.
Closed question = answer must be selected from a limited number of different options.
Open question = requires a full answer, cannot be a yes or no answer and cannot be answered from a limited number of different options.

Question 2

Definition of open question.

Answer 2

Open questions require a full answer and can not be a yes or no answer or from a limited number of different options. Open questions are good because they offer flexibility but they are hard to score.

Question 3

Definition of closed question.

Answer 3

Closed question is when your answer can only be a limited number of different options.

Question 4

Why is open questions good?

Answer 4

Open questions are good because they offer great flexibility. But open questions are hard to score.

Question 5

Why is open questions bad?

Answer 5

Open questions are bad because they are hard to score.

Question 6

Why is closed questions good?

Answer 6

Closed questions are good because they are answered quickly and are easy to score. But closed questions are bad because they may not accurately reflect a person’s opinions.

Question 7

Why is closed questions bad?

Answer 7

Closed questions have advantages like that they are answered quickly, easy to score and can be used for comparisons. However closed questions are bad because they may not accurately reflect a person’s true opinions.

Question 8

Definition of reliability.

Answer 8

Reliability refers to the consistency of an instrument or test,

Question 9

Definition of internal reliability

Answer 9

Internal reliability measures the consistency of the test itself so the questions/items.

Question 10

Definition of categorical response.

Answer 10

Categorical response is like yes or no.

Question 11

Definition of likert response

Answer 11

Likert response is ordinal or ranking response.

Question 12

What does VAS stand for?

Answer 12

VAS stands for visual analogue scale, it is a type of response type.

Question 13

Definition of validity

Answer 13

Validity is the extent to which your test measures what it is designed to measure.

Question 14

Definition of content validity.

Answer 14

Content validity = does the items in the test measure what it is designed to measure.

Question 15

Definition of state.

Answer 15

State is temporary.

Question 16

Definition of trait.

Answer 16

Trait is more enduring and stable.

Question 17

free response

Answer 17

a response you write in

Question 18

test-retest reliability

Answer 18

Test-retest reliability is the results consistent if you give the same test twice.

Question 19

split-half reliability

Answer 19

split-half reliability is does the results correlate if you split a test in half.

Question 20

alternate form reliability

Answer 20

Alternate form reliability is the results consistent if you give two versions of the same test.

Question 21

inter-observer reliability

Answer 21

Inter-observer reliability is do different scorers get consistent results.

Question 22

discriminant validity

Answer 22

discriminant reliability - do concepts/measurements that are suppose to be unrelated actually are unrelated.

Question 23

face validity

Answer 23

face validity is does the test appear to measure what it is suppose to measure at face value.

Question 24

content validity

Answer 24

content validity is does the items in a test measure what it is suppose to measure

Question 25

Predictive validity

Answer 25

predictive validity - does the results from a test predict future behaviour

Question 26

concurrent validity

Answer 26

concurrent validity = comparing new test with an established test.

Question 27

Criterion validity

Answer 27

criterion validity = does the results from a test predict an outcome.