QUESTIONNAIRES

QUESTIONNAIRES

1. DEFINITION

   • Collect data
     • Easy to handle
     • In a structured way
     • Effective
     • Efficient
   • Tool
     • Effective
       • They may be
         • very detailed
           • cover many topics
         • Very simple
           • focus on an important area
   • complex process

2. TIPES

   • The mail survey
     • The most common
       • Addressed to respondents
         • Sent by mail
     • Considered impersonal
       • Can suffer
         • Low response rates
   • The group-administered
     • For collecting data
       • Sample of respondents
     • Each member of the group
       • Must answer
         • then return to investigator
     • The respondents
       • They feel involved
     • Has a higher response rate
   • He household drop-off survey
     • It is a hybrid
       • The mail
       • The groupadministered survey
     • The researcher
       • delivers the questionnaire by hand
         • At home
           • then pick it up

3. ISSUES

   • Design
     • Provide nstructions
       • Brief
       • Clear
       • in relevant places
         • generates data
           • Tools
           • trustworthy
     • Complicated questions

4. DATA ANALYSIS

   • the answers
     • Are coded
       • by the researcher
       • To quickly collect
         • For your presentation
           • Later its analysis
       • Provides a kind of abbreviation
         • Codes
         • Numerical

5. USES

   • To gather information
     • in great quantities
       • For interpretation
         • for transmission
           • reflect points of view

6. LIMITATIONS

   • Leading questions
     • difficult to avoid leading questions
     • provide a correct answer
   • Complicated questions
     • will be an error
       • Think
         • greater yield of information
   • Irritating questions
     • check
       • if the question is necessary
   • Ambiguous or unclear questions
     • Asking questions
       • be specific
       • be clear
   • Too many open-ended questions

7. Types of question

   • closed questions
   • multiple-choice or ranking questions
   • pen-ended questions