QUESTIONNAIRES

QUESTIONNAIRES

1. Definition

   • A questionnaire is an instrument that collects information, consisting of a successive and organized series of questions.

2. Types

   • Group-administered questionnaire
     • Is a useful instrument for collecting data from a sample of respondents who can naturally.
   • Drop-off survey
     • The household drop-off survey is a hybrid of the mail and the groupadministered survey. Using this approach, the researcher delivers the questionnaire by hand to a member of an identified household for collection at some later date.
   • The mail survey
     • The most common questionnaire type, this instrument is addressed to respondents and delivered by mail, and can be an efficient way.

3. Issues

   • Skipped questions
   • Interpretation issues
   • Analysis issues

4. Data analysis

   • The record of questions should be
     • ticking boxes
     • providing written replies
   • Answers or responses are coded
     • reduced to a number

5. Uses

   • Can facilitate the collection of vast amounts of data with minimal effort.
   • Questionnaires protect respondent anonymity.
   • Can be used time and time again.
   • They are reliable datagathering tools.

6. Limitations

   • Leading questions
   • Complicated questions
   • Irritating questions
   • Ambiguous or unclear questions
   • Too many open-ended questions