Surveys

Question 1

survey

Answer 1

a pre formulated, written set of questions to which the respondent records his or her answer

Question 2

advantages over interview

Answer 2

• cheaper
• results gathered quickly
• less skills required from questioner

Question 3

disadvantage over interview

Answer 3

• not sure if respondent understood question
• often low response rate
• sampling techniques are crucial in order to avoid sample bias

Question 4

personally administered questionnaire

Answer 4

presents orally and notes the answers

Question 5

mail questionner

Answer 5

presented on paper and the respondent note the answers

Question 6

electronic questionnaire

Answer 6

items presented on computer and answered by means of the computer

Question 7

open ended question

Answer 7

respondent formulates own anser

Question 8

closed ended question

Answer 8

respondent picks answer form given number of options

Question 9

order of questions

Answer 9

start with filtering the respondent (ex age)
easy, less sensitive questions
opinion questions towards the end
personal questions at the end
avoid question that require thinking
thank respondent

Question 10

variables

Answer 10

everything that is being measured, questioned or kept a record of in research is contained in variables (age or gender)

Question 11

dataset

Answer 11

contains information about all participants and all variables

Question 12

categorical variables

Answer 12

measured in groups/categories

Question 13

continuous variables

Answer 13

measured on a continuous scale

on a numerical scale