Research Methodology 2: Developing a Questionnaire

Question 1

Define research

Answer 1

A study which is trying to generate new knowledge about patients or conditions or healthcare
services that will be generally true across a wider population than it is actually studying.

Question 2

what is a service evaluation

Answer 2

Evaluate or assess some part of a local healthcare service
The aim is to improve the service based on the evidence that you collect
Results from your project will only feed back into this particular service, they will not apply to
patients, or services, across the country

Question 3

What are the 5 steps of the audit cycle?

Answer 3

1. identify
2. method
3. analyse
4. change
5. monitor

Question 4

what is the best method for finding information

Answer 4

Patient Notes/Records review
• Survey of staff (paper/online)
• Survey of patients (paper/online)
• Telephone interview
• Face to face interviews
• Focus groups

Question 5

what are the problems with using patient notes?

Answer 5

1. limited types of information
2. tailor your planned analysis to objective and may not be able to use that
3. data may be categorical or continous.

Question 6

give some examples of demographic

Answer 6

ethnicity

age

Question 7

how to choose categories ?

Answer 7

national office of statistics

Question 8

list some Q types

Answer 8

◦ Closed questions with yes/no or categorical answers

◦ Closed statements answered on a scale

Question 9

define likert scale

Answer 9

Respondents specify level of agreement or disagreement

on a symmetric scale for a series of statements.

Question 10

what are the 5 assumptions for Likert Scales?

Answer 10

Bipolar scaling method, measuring either positive or negative response to a statement
2) Likert scaling assumes distances between each response are equal, that is, the distance
between each candidate value is the same (also called interval level data)
3) Each response gets a number e.g. 1 to 5
4) Usually multiple statements, all related to each other, are posed
5) Scores are summed across statements to form a scale – all items have equal weight

Question 11

define social desirability

Answer 11

◦ Social desirability bias is when the respondent provides an answer which is more socially acceptable than his /
her true attitude or behaviour

Question 12

what are the types of data you can produce from a questionnaire

Answer 12

1. binary categorical
2. multiple catgorical
3. open
4. scale
5. multiple category/multiple response

Question 13

how would you compare likert answers between 2 groups?

Answer 13

t-test

Question 14

give some recruiting options

Answer 14

◦ Convenience/ Self-identified/ Consecutive

◦ Random/stratified sampling