Self-report design

Question 1

Choices when designing questionnaires

Answer 1

Questions 
└Open questions 
└Closed questions
scales
└Likert scales 
└Rating scales 
└Fixed choice option

Question 2

Types of questions in questionnaires

List

Answer 2

Open questions

Closed questions

Question 3

Open questions

Answer 3

• questions where there are no fixed answers

- respondents can answer any way they want

Question 4

Closed questions

Answer 4

-questions where there are pre-determined fixed answers

Question 5

Types of scales

List

Answer 5

Likert scales
Rating scales
Fixed choice option

Question 6

Likert scales

Answer 6

• a scale in which a respondent indicates their agreement

- from strongly agree to strongly disagree

Question 7

Likert scales

Answer 7

-a scale where a respondent indicates their strength of feeling about a particular topic
└e.g. from 1-10

Question 8

Fixed choice option

Answer 8

-a scale where a respondent indicates what applies to them from a list of possible options

Question 9

Writing good questions in questionnaires/interviews

List

Answer 9

-don’t overuse jargon
-don’t use emotive language or leading questions
Don’t use double-barrelled questions and double negatives